New Guy, Multiple Tortoises

[Jay Rennemeyer]

Hello! My name is Jay Rennemeyer and I have 3 tortoises. Cecil is a female Sulcata that is 14 years old. I got her for Christmas when she was a hatchling. Seymour is a male Redfoot that is 3 years old - he was another Christmas present. Coco is a female Russian, and I'm not sure how old she is because she was a rescue tortoise, but she is at least 5 years old.

I live in north Utah and have a 13' x 13' pen in the backyard that Seymour and Coco stay in during the summer. Cecil has the entire back yard. In the winter I keep them indoors in plywood pens with heaters, however, Cecil is way to big for the pen and will require her own room next fall.

 

[tortadise]

Welcome.

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Species should never be mixed. Hope we can help.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Jay, and welcome to the forum!

Seymore and Coco require much different care, and should be each in their own habitat so you can provide that. The RF tortoise needs a jungle-like habitat and the Russian comes from the steppe, a very rocky, dry area. Besides the environment, Russian tortoises are notoriously 'dirty' because of the way they are captured and shipped. Your Russian is likely to get your RF sick.

I'd love to see pictures of your tortoises. I'll bet its not easy to keep tortoises in the Utah climate, and I'm interested in knowing what you have to do to make your tortoises thrive.

 

[želva]

Welcome to the TFO!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Jay welcome to the TFO from AZ


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[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[kathyth]

Welcome to the forum! We love pictures

 

[bouaboua]

Hello and Welcome. Good to have you here.

 

[pam]

Welcome

 

[Jason-AfricanSpined]

Jay, I'm a fellow Utahan and would love to see pics of their winter boxes you built.
Thanks

 

[tortdad]

Welcome to TFO


0.0.1 Redfoot (Spike)
0.0.1 Cherryhead Redfoot (Bruce Wayne)
1.0 Sulcata (Hal Jordan)

 

[RV's mom]

Welcome to the forum!