NotATurtleAnkh
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Hello everyone!
Just to introduce myself... My name is Tara, I have been keeping reptiles for just over a year. I started my addiction.. er... passion out with a Stinger Bee ball python I named Penelope, pronounced "peen-ah-lope" which started as a joke between my room mate and I that just kind of stuck
I got Penelope in June of 2015 and by Chrsitmas Eve had added a Crested Gecko and a Spotted Python. April of 2015 I was given two normal ball python from two different owners that could no longer care for them. My newest ball python, a male queen bee, came home July 2016. As well as all my scale "babies" I also share my home with three rescue dogs.
And now for the reason I'm here that's provided you made it through the novella of pets I have
Last Friday I was contacted by the Humane Society to take in a turtle that had been found in the middle of a street by a home owner. Neither our Humane Society or the pound here deal with reptiles and they had nowhere for this turtle to go, so they called me. My room mate and I head over across town to collect this poor lost turtle only to find out what they found was not a turtle but a little Sulcata tortoise! He had her for about a week while he tried to locate an owner. His intentions were good but because he thought she was a turtle he had her in a bathtub with water in it. Not 100% sure what she ate during that time but I know she was pretty hungry when she got home! Granted she seems to spend 90% of her life eating (my spirit animal!) and seemed to settle in very quick once she was out of the tub and being fed.
I have not yet weighed or measured her yet. She has pooped regularly and is active during the day and out like a light all night. I've never met such an endearing little beast!
The Humane Society is sending someone to have a look at her on Thursday, I've never picked up and housed an animal for the Humane Society so I'm not 100% sure what to expect. I'm hoping its to officially surrender her to my care as her original owner has still not been located and she has been found for almost 2 weeks now with multiple found posts on a few different sites/social media. I'm REALLY hoping she gets to stay, my roomie and I have both gotten pretty attached to her in the last few days and it would break my heart to have to give her up. If her owners are located I will be happy to return her to them, but if not then I would very much like to keep her. We've called her "Ankh" because she does have some fairly substantial pyramiding.
So now I'll see if I can get some pictures working.... Wish me luck on being able to keep her and enjoy the tortoise eye candy!
Just to introduce myself... My name is Tara, I have been keeping reptiles for just over a year. I started my addiction.. er... passion out with a Stinger Bee ball python I named Penelope, pronounced "peen-ah-lope" which started as a joke between my room mate and I that just kind of stuck
I got Penelope in June of 2015 and by Chrsitmas Eve had added a Crested Gecko and a Spotted Python. April of 2015 I was given two normal ball python from two different owners that could no longer care for them. My newest ball python, a male queen bee, came home July 2016. As well as all my scale "babies" I also share my home with three rescue dogs.And now for the reason I'm here
that's provided you made it through the novella of pets I have Last Friday I was contacted by the Humane Society to take in a turtle that had been found in the middle of a street by a home owner. Neither our Humane Society or the pound here deal with reptiles and they had nowhere for this turtle to go, so they called me. My room mate and I head over across town to collect this poor lost turtle only to find out what they found was not a turtle but a little Sulcata tortoise! He had her for about a week while he tried to locate an owner. His intentions were good but because he thought she was a turtle he had her in a bathtub with water in it. Not 100% sure what she ate during that time but I know she was pretty hungry when she got home! Granted she seems to spend 90% of her life eating (my spirit animal!) and seemed to settle in very quick once she was out of the tub and being fed.
I have not yet weighed or measured her yet. She has pooped regularly and is active during the day and out like a light all night. I've never met such an endearing little beast!
The Humane Society is sending someone to have a look at her on Thursday, I've never picked up and housed an animal for the Humane Society so I'm not 100% sure what to expect. I'm hoping its to officially surrender her to my care as her original owner has still not been located and she has been found for almost 2 weeks now with multiple found posts on a few different sites/social media. I'm REALLY hoping she gets to stay, my roomie and I have both gotten pretty attached to her in the last few days and it would break my heart to have to give her up. If her owners are located I will be happy to return her to them, but if not then I would very much like to keep her. We've called her "Ankh" because she does have some fairly substantial pyramiding.
So now I'll see if I can get some pictures working.... Wish me luck on being able to keep her and enjoy the tortoise eye candy!
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