rescue

I gave my wife Eastern Box turtles for her 65th birthday. She is now approaching 70. We have been together for nearly half a century having met at the campus bookstore at Brown University. Our daughter is 30 yo. She may adopt our pets. But, animal rescues are a common path for many of us. I...

Big african tortoise(?) came into my shelter today with his shell looking like this. We don't deal in this normally and we have someone lined up to take him, just want to know if we should do anything for him while he is in our care for the next few days.

Hello, I've recently taken in a rescue male Russian tortoise, and was told by my partner who helped me do the research needed to take care of him that this forum was great at helping give some possible extra info. The person I got him from had minimal information on him - male, no know health...

I have just finished building a new indoor and outdoor enclosure for a rescue. I am willing to give it to a juvenile to adult Aldabra tortoise in need. I am willing to travel anywhere in the continental US for pick up if needed.

hi so i have a pretty decent amount of land and was wondering, whats the process for registering as a rescue? im located in texas, as i know regulations may differ from state to state.

I had my sulcata tortoise since 2016. I unfortunately had bad life changes and unable to meet my tortoise needs. He is very active and friendly. I would love to know if there is anyone willing to adapt my tortoise and continue to take good care of him. I currently live in Florida. If you are out...

Hello all, firstly I just want to say thank you for everyone who posts on this forum, all the information and advice on here has been a lifesaver and I’m so glad I found this site. We just bought a house, and as we’re moving in we saw that the old owners just left their tortoise. They were...

I haven't really seen anything about trimming their nails? Are they supposed to do it on their own/are there products to put in his house to help him scratch them down? They seem pretty long to me. Also, the previous owner just wasn't sure if his shell looks okay with the new growth being so...

I asked a sort of professional and he said that Yoshi could be shedding and that it's normal in spring season. Altough i am worried that it might be a fungal infection. Yoshi is a rescue tortoise and has an outdoor enclosure. I have been busy with exams and I am ashamed to say it but I couldn't...

Hi guys, yesterday when I finished work my brother spotted a tortoise walking on the road which nearly got run over by a car, I quickly reacted to stop the car luckily the driver stopped. Now I have bought it home with me but have no idea which breed it is. Can you guys please help me identify...

Has anyone worked on training a tortoise, Curious to hear if anyone has had success here is my story of my journey training my Russian tortoise named Yoshi. Yoshi is a 4 year rescue who loves to sleep in hoodie pockets, watch finding Nemo (he will not watch anything other then that), yoshi...

My mom became recently disabled in a car accident and could no longer take care of my little brother's tortoise. Upon taking over responsibility of the tortoise, I began to realize that she wasn't taking very good care of him anyway. I have no idea what kind of tortoise he is, just that he's a...

haven’t posted in years, thought i’d share my success story with my original 2 rescues that were in horrible shape…. before and after, hope this lets people know there is hope for these guys, just takes years of proper care. although they have both grown in size and are walking correctly now...

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We are looking to adopt a Russian tortoise. Let me know if you know of one. Thanks, Leah

I don’t know if these wanted posts ever get any traction but thought I’d try it. I would like to adopt a couple of box turtles, or elongated tortoise, or Russian. I keep red foot tortoises currently, so I am not new to keeping turtles, but would like to expand to other breeds. I’m in Georgia...

I adopted a fully grown Greek male a couple of months ago. He's never been able to look outside of his current enclosure, but since his previous owners just let him walk around in the house, he knows that there's an outside world. He spends all of his days trying to look our of the enclosure...

Any tips on what to do with this beak? This is a rescue I have had for a few months. Each month I slowly dremmel the top beak back not wanting to cause too much distress. But I’m not sure if I should attempt to do the bottom beak at the sides. I dont want to break/dislocate her jaw. So far I...