Hey there,
My name is Bijan Parandeh. I recently moved to San Jose, CA from Chicago for undergrad. Originally I'm Canadian, born in Vancouver, but I'm half Persian.
Although I've always loved tortoises, I don't have any experience with them. I've had a couple of reptiles, my beardy is still living. The closest experience to owning a tortoise would be the snapping turtles I'd occasionally take home from the neighborhood park and keep in a big Rubber-maid for a few days and then return (I know it sounds cruel but it was always ended up being a great observation)
I love large birds as well and have had a of them in my life. If anyone else is really into toos, macaws, etc. I love to talk about them. I volunteered and fostered birds from a rescue (www.rescuethebirds.org) and eventually adopted a goffins too from them. Like tortoises, there are a lot of large birds in rescues because they live so long.
I'm interested in adopting a tortoise down the road (and by down the road I mean probably in at least a year). Is anyone here affiliated with or has had experience with the California Turtle & Tortoise Club's adoptions? I'm in the process of deciding which species, etc. it's very exciting!
Thank you all for creating this community!
My name is Bijan Parandeh. I recently moved to San Jose, CA from Chicago for undergrad. Originally I'm Canadian, born in Vancouver, but I'm half Persian.
Although I've always loved tortoises, I don't have any experience with them. I've had a couple of reptiles, my beardy is still living. The closest experience to owning a tortoise would be the snapping turtles I'd occasionally take home from the neighborhood park and keep in a big Rubber-maid for a few days and then return (I know it sounds cruel but it was always ended up being a great observation)
I love large birds as well and have had a of them in my life. If anyone else is really into toos, macaws, etc. I love to talk about them. I volunteered and fostered birds from a rescue (www.rescuethebirds.org) and eventually adopted a goffins too from them. Like tortoises, there are a lot of large birds in rescues because they live so long.
I'm interested in adopting a tortoise down the road (and by down the road I mean probably in at least a year). Is anyone here affiliated with or has had experience with the California Turtle & Tortoise Club's adoptions? I'm in the process of deciding which species, etc. it's very exciting!
Thank you all for creating this community!