prettyinink66
New Member
Hello fellow tortoise lovers! I am a newcomer, and seemed to have accidentally missed this introduction part, so here it is. My name is Shauna, and I live in Northwest Arkansas. No, I am not a hillbilly... haha! I am a mother of fur babies, cold-blooded babies, and two human boys.[emoji38]
I have loved animals of every sort since I can remember, and desired so many as pets someday. I saw my first Sulcata at the OKC zoo, and just fell in love. I instantly knew I just *had* to have one someday. Now many, many years later my dream came true! I brought home two hatchlings four days ago, and am so in love! They are approximately 3 weeks old, give or take a few days. I’ll attach a picture so y’all can see them. The smaller one with the odd, larger scute is Koopa, and the bigger one is Porkchop. I have already posted two threads (I believe that’s what you call them on here), and have had so much great knowledge and information fed to me. I couldn’t be more thankful! I have already made a lot of errors, but I’m blessed that I was able to figure them out very early on to prevent any problems in the future.
*Neat facts about me, I’ve had all kinds of neat animals as “pets”. My family and I bred and raised raccoons for about 10 years. I have had two white-tail deer, opossums, a skunk (she just passed away Christmas Eve[emoji174]), peacocks, pheasants, wild turkeys, various amounts of water fowl and chickens, geese, emus, goats, a grey fox, parrots, rabbits, fish, snakes of all kinds (currently have a normal and spider ball python), frogs, toads, lizards, turtles, box turtles, dogs and cats. I moved here from Colorado when I was 7, and now live on seven acres. I have plenty of room for my Sulcatas once they grow bigger!
I’m looking forward to “meeting” everyone, and learning so much more!
I have loved animals of every sort since I can remember, and desired so many as pets someday. I saw my first Sulcata at the OKC zoo, and just fell in love. I instantly knew I just *had* to have one someday. Now many, many years later my dream came true! I brought home two hatchlings four days ago, and am so in love! They are approximately 3 weeks old, give or take a few days. I’ll attach a picture so y’all can see them. The smaller one with the odd, larger scute is Koopa, and the bigger one is Porkchop. I have already posted two threads (I believe that’s what you call them on here), and have had so much great knowledge and information fed to me. I couldn’t be more thankful! I have already made a lot of errors, but I’m blessed that I was able to figure them out very early on to prevent any problems in the future.
*Neat facts about me, I’ve had all kinds of neat animals as “pets”. My family and I bred and raised raccoons for about 10 years. I have had two white-tail deer, opossums, a skunk (she just passed away Christmas Eve[emoji174]), peacocks, pheasants, wild turkeys, various amounts of water fowl and chickens, geese, emus, goats, a grey fox, parrots, rabbits, fish, snakes of all kinds (currently have a normal and spider ball python), frogs, toads, lizards, turtles, box turtles, dogs and cats. I moved here from Colorado when I was 7, and now live on seven acres. I have plenty of room for my Sulcatas once they grow bigger!
I’m looking forward to “meeting” everyone, and learning so much more!