rachelraines
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Hi everyone! My name is Rachel! I am currently on the hunt to adopt my first tortoise! Been a dream of mine since I was little, but now I have a house and a stable income and there’s no better time! 💚🐢
Hi guys!
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The_Four_Toed_Edward
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Hi and welcome to the forum! Do you have a species in mind? How much space are you able to provide? Are you thinking about getting an adult or a hatchling?
Hello and Welcome
Please read our different care sheets for each species you are interested in. This might help you decide on the exact kind you want.
Do you want to adopt an older one or buy a hatchling?
Be sure to not get a pair. Tortoises can not live in pairs.
Please read our different care sheets for each species you are interested in. This might help you decide on the exact kind you want.
Do you want to adopt an older one or buy a hatchling?
Be sure to not get a pair. Tortoises can not live in pairs.
rachelraines
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Yes, thank you! I have done done research on different breeds and am leaning towards a Burmese Star
Be sure to do your care research on this forum. So much of the info out there is wrong or outdated.
You won't likely find a Star to adopt and a hatchling will be easier to find than an adult most likely, but they are a beautiful tortoises. Btw they are species not breed.
@Tom raises one kind of Star as there are two.
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Hello and welcome to the forum
Do yourself a giant favor and get your enclosure set up and dialed in with the correct equipment with what the species will need before purchasing the tortoise.
If you do that, you'll be farther along than most of us when we started out.
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Do yourself a giant favor and get your enclosure set up and dialed in with the correct equipment with what the species will need before purchasing the tortoise.
If you do that, you'll be farther along than most of us when we started out.
Info For New People. Please Read This First.
Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...
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Ain't that the truth. lolHello and welcome to the forum
Do yourself a giant favor and get your enclosure set up and dialed in with the correct equipment with what the species will need before purchasing the tortoise.
If you do that, you'll be farther along than most of us when we started out.
Info For New People. Please Read This First.
Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...
rachelraines
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I have! Spent the whole weekend setting up the enclosure + the outdoor pin for monitored play time. Thanks so much for all the advice!Hello and welcome to the forum
Do yourself a giant favor and get your enclosure set up and dialed in with the correct equipment with what the species will need before purchasing the tortoise.
If you do that, you'll be farther along than most of us when we started out.
Info For New People. Please Read This First.
Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...
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What species have you decided on?
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Our member @Southernreptiles ships. And he's known to us.
rachelraines
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I’m still trying to decide. I would love a Burmese Star but just a little scared because this is my first tortoise! I have an awesome closed enclosure from animal plastics. I’m actually waiting on a call from someone from the forum to chat with them to see if this would be the right species for me!
Thank you for doing your research first. It's a real breath of fresh air!
Hello and welcome! Let me just nudge you over that edge... 😁
Introduction To The Burmese Star Tortoise
I've been wanting to do this thread for a long time... This species has become one of my all time favorites, and for good reasons! The purpose of all of my ramblings that follow are primarily intended to showcase how great this species is and why its a better species for most people than most...
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Animal plastics enclosures are great. I have a bunch of them.
Here is the care info, in addition to the thread left by ZERPILOT:
The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...
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We are all here to talk tortoises. Feel free to ask questions and join in the conversation! Many people apologize for "bothering" us with too many questions. Man, if we didn't want to talk about tortoises all day, we wouldn't be here! Your questions fuel the conversation, and everyone here wants to see you succeed and have a happy tortoise keeping experience. The only thing better than a Burmese star tortoise is a GROUP of Burmese star tortoises.
