Hello there!

[Tutty]

Hi all,

I have the following tortoises on permit (legal requirement here in SA because all our torts are listed as protected species):

Padloper (parrot-beaked padloper / homopus a.)
Leopard Tortortoise
Cape Angulate

I volunteer with a wildlife group and do rehab with tortoises that are illegally kept as pets, or that are injured, or are kept in inhumane conditions.

Looking forward to learning from you

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Hello and welcome from south Florida USA

 

[Tutty]

Tortoises we recently released back into the wild after being checked and confirmed disease free by a veterinarian.

 

[cmacusa3]

Tortoises we recently released back into the wild after being checked and confirmed disease free by a veterinarian.

Great looking torts! Hope the Rhino's don't step on them.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hi

 

[BILBO-03]

Those tortoises are awesome! Are those rhinos mean ?

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome to the Forum!

I love that there are rhinos in the background! Which person is you?

Someday we'd all really enjoy seeing pictures of your tortoises and where they live.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

WOW!
Hello, and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum.
What lovely big, smooth leopards.
I, too, would love to see more piccies.
Love the rhinos.
How do you decide where to release them ?

 

[Tutty]

Welcome to the Forum!

I love that there are rhinos in the background! Which person is you?

Someday we'd all really enjoy seeing pictures of your tortoises and where they live.

I'm behind the camera, very seldom in front of it. More pictures to follow.

 

[Tutty]

WOW!
Hello, and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum.
What lovely big, smooth leopards.
I, too, would love to see more piccies.
Love the rhinos.
How do you decide where to release them ?

Thanks for the friendly welcome We try and put the torts into an environment where they would naturally occur and make sure they have good grazing and access to water.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Thanks for the friendly welcome We try and put the torts into an environment where they would naturally occur and make sure they have good grazing and access to water.

And rhinos.

 

[Jodie]

Hello, and welcome. Beautiful tortoises! I too will be watching for more pictures. Glad you have joined us.

 

[Tutty]

One of the other tort lovers in my household

 

[cmacusa3]

One of the other tort lovers in my household

Love it! Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing these amazing pictures

 

[Tutty]

And rhinos.

That's real African bush for you

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That's real African bush for you

We have to make do with camels.
And lovely Greek tortoises, of course.

 

[Gillian M]

Tortoises we recently released back into the wild after being checked and confirmed disease free by a veterinarian.

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Wow! What lovey pics! Thanks so much for sharing.

And a very warn welcome to the forum.

 

[Gillian M]

We have to make do with camels.
And lovely Greek tortoises, of course.

Hmmmmm. Camels?

 

[Tutty]

We have to make do with camels.
And lovely Greek tortoises, of course.

And a handful of these and the odd fox or panther, no? Awesome! Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

And a handful of these, the odd fox or panther, no?

Plenty of foxes, but never seen a panther or genet (if that's what i think it is) . They're very rare.
Lots of gerbils and gerboas and desert foxes down south, but not a lot round here except bats, snakes and hedgehogs.