The usual "rule" I now of if you see a turtle or tortoise on a sidewalk or road to to get it off the road in the direction that it was traveling. If it was heading toward a woody or weeded area I would go a few yards in before letting it go.
Garden State Tortoise YT channel just had a vid on Sulcatas because animal control stopped by with a nearly full grown one that was just wandering the stress in NJ! Being a rescue place he took it in, but described the lies told to sell them by unscrupulous vendors at shows, markets etc…
Until you said you were going to move it into an enclosure, I was going to warn about the amount of volunteer seedlings you’ll get if you don’t keep up with culling the plants.
I have a white flowered one, and after being sick for a year I discovered I had the bed filled with seedlings and...
Took an image today. And yes, the tub is 3’X5’. They love Mulberry leaves, but you can see on munching. The other is behind the pile, and a third one likes to climb in or on his food.
I have it as bio-active as possible with springtails, isopods. Keeping it planted is tough as they go thru it...
FWIW, I just ordered from Carolina Pet Supply -
https://www.carolinapetsupply.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=41&zenid=do3s2ek09f1p250807nqn9ov26
Weird that when you order online, you get no acknowledgement, but less than a week later my seeds did show up. I bought the broadleaf mix...
Thanks for the welcome. I may have gotten the "gallon-age" wrong. It's 3ft. wide and 5 ft long, and at their size, they can walk around freely (gotta take a pic). But yes, I will definitely dig into the care sheets and link provided.
Thanks again for the welcome.
New member from NYC. I have a trio of Redfoot tortoises - two are 2 years old and 1 is a year.
They have a safe summer residence in the yard and then gave a 60 gal. (?) Rubbermaid stockade tank on my indoor porch for the winters.
Hope to learn a lot here and I’m sure somewhere along the way...