Hi, all!
I am Taylor. I live in north GA about an hour and a half from Atlanta. My husband and I have talked about getting a tortoise for a while, but recently we found a lovely 7ish-year-old Sulcata available from a herp rescue. His name is currently "Turtle" but it will be Jasper once the adoption is finalized. We are excited because we didn't want to get a baby and all the adults we had seen before in rescues or being rehomed appeared to have health issues that we weren't prepared to handle. Although we are both familiar with reptile care, this will be our first tortoise. I have asked the foster most of my most pressing questions and she has been a ton of help and has promised to remain a knowledgeable resource after Jasper has come home with us.
The only thing putting a pause on the adoption is me finishing his outdoor habitat in our yard. We have a 6-foot privacy fence with chicken wire at the bottom buried to 6-10 inches. Our yard is large, about 1/4 acre. Jasper will have a tortoise house with heating and cooling and a smaller 10x16 enclosure to pen him up when we mow or need him contained. I bought plans for a doghouse on Etsy that will be easily adaptable for a tortoise house. I'm pretty handy, so that should come together quickly. I'm just held up by this dang heat! I don't want to be outside digging the trench for the smaller enclosure (we plan to bury it about 10" deep to prevent burrowing out) while it's so hot.
This forum has been very helpful over the last week or so while I gathered ideas and plans for the tortoise house and enclosure. I hope to continue learning and maybe become a contributing member one of these days. I'm a dog trainer so I'm interested in learning if Jasper will be open to target training or anything similar.
Thanks for having us!
I am Taylor. I live in north GA about an hour and a half from Atlanta. My husband and I have talked about getting a tortoise for a while, but recently we found a lovely 7ish-year-old Sulcata available from a herp rescue. His name is currently "Turtle" but it will be Jasper once the adoption is finalized. We are excited because we didn't want to get a baby and all the adults we had seen before in rescues or being rehomed appeared to have health issues that we weren't prepared to handle. Although we are both familiar with reptile care, this will be our first tortoise. I have asked the foster most of my most pressing questions and she has been a ton of help and has promised to remain a knowledgeable resource after Jasper has come home with us.
The only thing putting a pause on the adoption is me finishing his outdoor habitat in our yard. We have a 6-foot privacy fence with chicken wire at the bottom buried to 6-10 inches. Our yard is large, about 1/4 acre. Jasper will have a tortoise house with heating and cooling and a smaller 10x16 enclosure to pen him up when we mow or need him contained. I bought plans for a doghouse on Etsy that will be easily adaptable for a tortoise house. I'm pretty handy, so that should come together quickly. I'm just held up by this dang heat! I don't want to be outside digging the trench for the smaller enclosure (we plan to bury it about 10" deep to prevent burrowing out) while it's so hot.
This forum has been very helpful over the last week or so while I gathered ideas and plans for the tortoise house and enclosure. I hope to continue learning and maybe become a contributing member one of these days. I'm a dog trainer so I'm interested in learning if Jasper will be open to target training or anything similar.
Thanks for having us!