Saying Hi!

[turtlemom68]

I am the mother of seven homeschooled children. We live on a 14 acre farm in beautiful coastal VA and have kept many different animals including: goats, horses, cows, all sorts of poultry, dogs, cats, various rodents (ferrets, guinea pigs, etc), lizards, etc, etc, etc. I developed a love for turtles and tortoises when I was a very young girl. I have been raising turtles for years, but the tortoises are fairly new to me. I fell in love with the sulcata species. We recently took in a 3 month old sulcata which we acquired from a soldier who had to give it up due to deployment. He had built a fairly nice tortoise table for it which we are enjoying. Our family is looking forward to watching it grow. We also have a marginated yearling and three approx 8 year old hermann's. I've been reading through the posts on the forum and gathering from everyone's experience and wisdom. ~Wendy

 

[Jacqui]

Hi Wendy! *waves* Sounds like a fun and busy place at your home. What kind of turtles do you raise?

 

[AZtortMom]

Hi and welcome to TFO

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Wendy:

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[turtlemom68]

Thank you, ladies, for the warm welcome! Jacqui, You hit the nail on the head! Our home is filled with joy and peace and a lot of activity. It's a blessing to live here. I have an ornate I just purchased to get out of a bad environment (bad lighting, overgrown beak and nails), and a rehabilitated box turtle (hit by mower, shell won't close completely), and some aquatic turtles. It's just nice to find a place where I am not considered weird for liking turtles/tortoises!!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Wendy and welcome to the TFO
My boss thinks I'm out of my mind with
All my turtles and torts but then his boss
Got 2x RT

 

[mike taylor]

Welcome to TFO. Where's the pictures :dodgy:

 

[sibi]

Hi Wendy. This is the place of tortoise and reptile lovers. I have a Reeves semi-aquatic turtle that almost 26 years old. I also have 3, soon 4 sulcatas. The first two I raised from about 1 month old. They are now 2 years old. The third sully was a rescue. She was 3 years old and weighed 4 ounces! She's now 4 years old and weighs almost 6 pounds. The 4th sully will also be a rescue. The member who's giving her to me rescued her from a bad situation too, but needs to find a permanent home for her. I should be getting her in a few days. So, I don't have as many animals as you, but then I don't live on a farm

 

[mainey34]

Hello and welcome...

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Welcome Wendy. Yes you have found the right place the right place! Give the prior owner of the sulcata a thanks from me, please. And one more thing, We Love To See Pictures! Post some of your critters for us.

 

[turtlemom68]

Mike, what does :dodgy: mean?

 

[turtlemom68]

How does one post pictures? I have a few, but need to take more. It can take me a while to get things online done sometimes...husband and children come first.

 

[turtlemom68]

Cowboy Ken, The soldier with the sulcata was in military housing with many more years of service, so I am not sure how he planned for that to work. He watched this sulcata hatch. He bought it through a breeder in VA Beach.

 

[smylemaker]

amazing Life Turtlemom68 sounds very busy <3 I hope we can get to know each other better I am new tortoise owner of a Russian named Fred... I only have 2 kids and a few misc pets, and admire that you can find anytime online at all... glad you found this site ... I bet ur kids will enjoy learning from all these smart ppl too...my first interest in turtles was when a few years ago we witnessed a pond turtle laying eggs in our backyard, we have been blessed watching every year since then, even a few new comers and the hatchlings are too cute.. Tortoises have always been adorable to me, and we just love having him in our family

 

[Saleama]

Wow! Sounds like a nice home. if I had 14 acres I would have a whole bunch of tortoises! Welcome!

 

[Jacqui]

How does one post pictures? I have a few, but need to take more. It can take me a while to get things online done sometimes...husband and children come first.

How you post them depends on how your wanting to post them. For instance I download my camera into my laptop, then move the pictures to my Photobucket account and then into here.