amenezes
Member
Hello all, new member here. It's nice to see everyone being so helpful so I thought I'd join and ask a few questions.
I would like to get a tortoise for my backyard, it's big, has lots of grass, flowers, etc. It's all enclosed so I don't think the tortoise would escape. I see a lot of people making enclosures in their backyard and I am wondering if there is anything wrong with letting them roam. Some enclosures seem so small for them that I feel bad so I am wondering if there is some reason I don't know for keeping them in there instead of letting them have the whole yard.
Also the sprinklers run at night, is there something wrong with that? Will it just hide from it in whatever home I build for it? I worry it could get a bit cold here at night even in summer as I live close to the beach. Any recommendations there?
Next, I volunteer with cats and dogs at local shelters and see a few tortoises available for adoption but I dont know which species they are so I dont know how to look up care instructions. I live in LA so perhaps they could be desert tortoises, I know they're not sulcatas and I dont think they're the Herman ones. Suggestions? Good sites to help me identify them?
Thank you all in advance for some guidance, I want to do my homework before I adopt one. I feel so bad for the ones in the shelter in tiny areas with nowhere to "run".
I would like to get a tortoise for my backyard, it's big, has lots of grass, flowers, etc. It's all enclosed so I don't think the tortoise would escape. I see a lot of people making enclosures in their backyard and I am wondering if there is anything wrong with letting them roam. Some enclosures seem so small for them that I feel bad so I am wondering if there is some reason I don't know for keeping them in there instead of letting them have the whole yard.
Also the sprinklers run at night, is there something wrong with that? Will it just hide from it in whatever home I build for it? I worry it could get a bit cold here at night even in summer as I live close to the beach. Any recommendations there?
Next, I volunteer with cats and dogs at local shelters and see a few tortoises available for adoption but I dont know which species they are so I dont know how to look up care instructions. I live in LA so perhaps they could be desert tortoises, I know they're not sulcatas and I dont think they're the Herman ones. Suggestions? Good sites to help me identify them?
Thank you all in advance for some guidance, I want to do my homework before I adopt one. I feel so bad for the ones in the shelter in tiny areas with nowhere to "run".