UPDATE!!
I was on Facebook last night venting to a friend and he told me I should get the "next door" app. I figure it would be worth a shot. I go to bed last night and when I woke up this morning I decided to download it. I told a very short hand version of the story and said if you have any information about a man with a green bronco please let me know so I can relay the information to animal control.
5 hours later I get a message on the app that says "call me please, #". I call and it was the man that told animal control that the tort was his. He said that he saw animal control try to take the tortoise and he did not want it to go to an animal shelter so he had to lie because he has bad experiences with animals going to the shelter and has seen what happens. Anyways, he said "come pick him up whenever you'd like, I'm just a block away". I go pick up the tort (not alone) and he has a enclosure/habitat that he made her and bought her food. He offered for me to take the food with me since he wouldn't have her anymore. I think he got really attached to her in the 3 days. He raved about how friendly she is and that she is very healthy. He said he was looking into getting one himself. I somewhat felt bad taking her (obviously not enough to give her away though. lol) He offered to carry her to the car and he gave me his business card because he makes sculptures for the arboretum near by. There was a sculpture on his property that was in the form of a turtle made of metal gears. Pretty cool stuff.
He seemed to know quite a bit about tortoises. I am thinking of trying to find someone that is looking to have someone take over their tortoise and possibly give it to him as a thank you. Maybe some of you have mixed feelings about all of this, but I am really happy he was nice enough to contact me and not just keep it for himself. We chitchatted for a while and I told him that I was trying to become a veterinarian. He told me that he worked with horses in the past and is an animal lover. I normally don't trust people that don't love animals
So, I figured he was one of the good guys.
Also, he does not drive a emerald green bronco. It was a teal pickup truck. How does anyone mistake the two?!?
I was on Facebook last night venting to a friend and he told me I should get the "next door" app. I figure it would be worth a shot. I go to bed last night and when I woke up this morning I decided to download it. I told a very short hand version of the story and said if you have any information about a man with a green bronco please let me know so I can relay the information to animal control.
5 hours later I get a message on the app that says "call me please, #". I call and it was the man that told animal control that the tort was his. He said that he saw animal control try to take the tortoise and he did not want it to go to an animal shelter so he had to lie because he has bad experiences with animals going to the shelter and has seen what happens. Anyways, he said "come pick him up whenever you'd like, I'm just a block away". I go pick up the tort (not alone) and he has a enclosure/habitat that he made her and bought her food. He offered for me to take the food with me since he wouldn't have her anymore. I think he got really attached to her in the 3 days. He raved about how friendly she is and that she is very healthy. He said he was looking into getting one himself. I somewhat felt bad taking her (obviously not enough to give her away though. lol) He offered to carry her to the car and he gave me his business card because he makes sculptures for the arboretum near by. There was a sculpture on his property that was in the form of a turtle made of metal gears. Pretty cool stuff.
He seemed to know quite a bit about tortoises. I am thinking of trying to find someone that is looking to have someone take over their tortoise and possibly give it to him as a thank you. Maybe some of you have mixed feelings about all of this, but I am really happy he was nice enough to contact me and not just keep it for himself. We chitchatted for a while and I told him that I was trying to become a veterinarian. He told me that he worked with horses in the past and is an animal lover. I normally don't trust people that don't love animals
Also, he does not drive a emerald green bronco. It was a teal pickup truck. How does anyone mistake the two?!?
I'm sure can work with the "guy" to find a rescue for him.
