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Maggie Cummings
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I said I would make a thread for Sam as I was hijacking Kendall's thread.
I got Sam from my sis on my way back from Texass. I got Daisy Mae a yearling and Pansy 6 months old. Sam was Daisy Mae then. So I set each up in a nice tort table and Pansy settles right in. She's actually in a closed chamber, she starts eating right away and just becomes an easy keeper.
However, Daisy Mae is horrible. Every morning she is out on the floor. How? She bangs and scratches and continually makes noise, won't eat and she bites. I've been covering her table with aluminum foil to keep the heat in. So one night I put her to bed and hid around the corner. She litterally pushed a rock over to the side of the table, climbed up on the rock and struggled a bit then fell 4 feet to the floor. This is a nightly routine. So I moved a yearling Sulcata out to Bob's shed that I was never going to go in again. Every morning rain or shine I open the doggie door and the now Sam (he showed off his package) goes out and grazes no matter what the weather. Then he goes into the shed and gets under the Powersun. Since I moved him out to the shed, he's doing really well. He gains a pound a day. He's 13 pounds now. 2 years old.
I know this story is not funny, but we kinda have to wait for Spring and he goes out. I do believe he is different and smarter than the average Sulcata. I can hardly wait until he stops biting me......
This is Sam, just showing how smooth he is and the bright growth lines
this is Knobby. If you can look at this first photo of him without smiling, you're too serious. He is somewhere between 2 and 5 years old, 5 inches long. He's a big as my 6 months old. But as you can see, he's a bit bumpy. He was found in downtown Portland, 80 miles away. He is the sweetest tort you ever met. I am pretty excited about showing him how to be a real happy tortoise. Taking him outside, watermelon, swimming, strawberries, there's so much for him to look forward to. If I die still having him he is to go to Jacqui.
this is Pansy. She ws 6 months old when I got her and she was already pyramiding. She lives in a closed chamber, and I'm hoping her new growth is smooth
Here's Knobby and Pansy. She's 6 months old here, and look at the size of Knobby. His face is older looking and so are his legs.I think he is between 2 and 5 yrs.
Sam takes a swim every morning....
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I'm thinking this is a 20 pound cat, not a tortoise......
I got Sam from my sis on my way back from Texass. I got Daisy Mae a yearling and Pansy 6 months old. Sam was Daisy Mae then. So I set each up in a nice tort table and Pansy settles right in. She's actually in a closed chamber, she starts eating right away and just becomes an easy keeper.
However, Daisy Mae is horrible. Every morning she is out on the floor. How? She bangs and scratches and continually makes noise, won't eat and she bites. I've been covering her table with aluminum foil to keep the heat in. So one night I put her to bed and hid around the corner. She litterally pushed a rock over to the side of the table, climbed up on the rock and struggled a bit then fell 4 feet to the floor. This is a nightly routine. So I moved a yearling Sulcata out to Bob's shed that I was never going to go in again. Every morning rain or shine I open the doggie door and the now Sam (he showed off his package) goes out and grazes no matter what the weather. Then he goes into the shed and gets under the Powersun. Since I moved him out to the shed, he's doing really well. He gains a pound a day. He's 13 pounds now. 2 years old.
I know this story is not funny, but we kinda have to wait for Spring and he goes out. I do believe he is different and smarter than the average Sulcata. I can hardly wait until he stops biting me......
This is Sam, just showing how smooth he is and the bright growth lines
this is Knobby. If you can look at this first photo of him without smiling, you're too serious. He is somewhere between 2 and 5 years old, 5 inches long. He's a big as my 6 months old. But as you can see, he's a bit bumpy. He was found in downtown Portland, 80 miles away. He is the sweetest tort you ever met. I am pretty excited about showing him how to be a real happy tortoise. Taking him outside, watermelon, swimming, strawberries, there's so much for him to look forward to. If I die still having him he is to go to Jacqui.
this is Pansy. She ws 6 months old when I got her and she was already pyramiding. She lives in a closed chamber, and I'm hoping her new growth is smooth
Here's Knobby and Pansy. She's 6 months old here, and look at the size of Knobby. His face is older looking and so are his legs.I think he is between 2 and 5 yrs.
Sam takes a swim every morning....
View attachment 193200
I'm thinking this is a 20 pound cat, not a tortoise......
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