AnnA125
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We have a red foot tortoise that we inherited from our grand daughter. There were originally two of them but one escaped from their yard so the remaining one came to our garden because we had a good place to enclose an area for him. His name is Lola. Charlie is the one that escaped but Lola is actually a male but the name stuck. He has stayed with us. We live in the mid west and he needed to be kept inside for the winter. He had outgrown the 40 gallon aquarium he had been in before in winter and there was nowhere else for him to go, so my husband made a bigger winter home for him. When they were originally bought they were quite small and were bought by the grandfather on the other side of the family in Texas for his (and our) grand daughter. I don’t believe they were given any humidity so their shells became pyramided. Lola has just about outgrown his present winter quarters but I don’t think he will grow much more. We figure he is probably about 15 years old now so can anyone tell me if they think he will grow anymore. His shell didn’t pyramid anymore. I expect one day our grand daughter will have to take him back, or find a new home because he will outlive us. We are in our mid seventies. I wish people would not buy creatures for children. They have no idea how much work and effort goes into giving them a decent life.
We would love for someone that already has red foots in a warmer state to adopt him so he could stay outside year round instead of being cooped up in the house for 5 months or more of the year, but I expect there are many out there in his situation. I have tried to upload a picture but don’t think it worked.
We would love for someone that already has red foots in a warmer state to adopt him so he could stay outside year round instead of being cooped up in the house for 5 months or more of the year, but I expect there are many out there in his situation. I have tried to upload a picture but don’t think it worked.