Hi Everyone, I am Jeff Hattem. I live in Northern California. I currently keep27 tortoises.

[Jeff Hattem]

Hi Everyone, I am Jeff Hattem. I live in Northern California. I currently keep 27 tortoises. 9 Indian stars, 2 red foots, 11 Russians 4 Eastern box and 1 Hermann's

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome.

Do you get many russian babies each year?

 

[dmmj]

salutations, nice collection you have there.

 

[Jeff Hattem]

Hi Tom,
All of the breeding sized adults are new to me, so the current answer is I don't know. The previous owner said he got several clutches each year from the 6 very large females, but he never incubated them. I'm waiting with incubators at the ready. I will post if I have results to report. All of the torts in my collection have been acquired since November of last year. This has been a dream of mine since I was a kid, and I just decided not to wait any more.
Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Tom]

Wow. You are off to a fast start then. Hope you like it here.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Welcome to the forum, Jeff.

 

[LolaMyLove]

Wow that's a huge undertaking. We would love to see pictures of your torts.

 

[Jeff Hattem]

I hadn't anticipated quite how much work is involved. Fortunately my business is at home so I manage...barely. Will start posting pics when my wife teaches me how to upload from the camera. Thanks for the warm welcome!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Jeff welcome to the TFO from AZ. Wish you luck cause torts are like " Lays Chips " you can have just one . Have a great tort day


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[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome to TFO!

 

[Jeff Hattem]

Welcome to the forum, Jeff.

Thanks Ken! Sounds like we have some stuff in common. I too have a wonderful wife, 2 dogs (soon to be 3 and then??? more), 1 cat, just let go of 14 aquariums to make room for the chelonians!

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome to the Forum, Jeff.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Thanks Ken! Sounds like we have some stuff in common. I too have a wonderful wife, 2 dogs (soon to be 3 and then??? more), 1 cat, just let go of 14 aquariums to make room for the chelonians!

LOL. My wife is the fish keeper of the family. My signature is old. I've got 7 sulcata and 13 russian tortoises now. Gave my son the Uro. He has a young family and the Uro fits in well there.

 

[Dizisdalife]

Welcome to the forum, Jeff. Looking forward to getting to know you better.

 

[bouaboua]

Hello Jeff and Welcome. This is a great place to learn and share. My wife and I are also kinda new to the wonderful world of Tortoise. We started our collection just little more than a year ago and we have 17 torts now. My wife is a full time tortos's Mom that is how we managed all the care of them.

Really nice to have you here and looking forward to see the photo of your collection. I specially love to see your 9 Indian Stars.

 

[featherator]

Welcome to the forum. This place is amazing!!

We can't wait to see your tort family!

 

[Irwin4530]

Welcome Jeff!

 

[Maggie Cummings]

What? No Sulcata??? Welcome Jeff...Looking forward to photos...

 

[shanu303]

Hello Jeff Welcome to TFO

 

[WillTort2]

Welcome from the flatland of VA.