Passionate keeper and protector of the majestic yellow-footed, red-footed, and sulcata tortoises. 🐢 My mission? To ensure these incredible creatures thrive in their outdoor habitats, with love, respect, and expert care.
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New sulcata mom to a 1 month old sulcata my son found. Learning as I go & trying to provide this baby with the best life.
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smangrolia wrote on Tom's profile.
Hi Tom, I’ve seen your posts on making the box enclosures. I’m going to sit down when I have more time and write it all out, but I have like -0 carpentry skills. Do you have a very detailed guide, easy step by step of how to make a 4x4 enclosure for a sulcata tortoise in so cal? Do you sell them? My guy is only 2 years old right now.
Still deciding between Greek and redfoots. Redfoot seems to be much easier to adopt.
I don't have a tortoise yet - I'm just starting to learn.
Hi, can you tell me the composition of pellets that are good for sulcata😅??, and what are the characteristics of a sulcata affected by bladder stones? And do sulcatas have to excrete urate every day? Because my tortoise releases urates only 1-2x a week. Sometimes within a week it doesn't produce urates at all.
Sadly Bo passed away in her sleep yesterday morning💔she was unfortunately taking a rapid decline despite us trying everything, we were in the process of discussing the kindest next steps with the vet and booking her in, but ultimately she decided her own fate like the strong willed girl she was. I’m trying to take solace in the fact that she’s finally at peace, fly high sweet girl🐍💚
I am looking specifically for a Sulcata and have previous experience with them!
Looking to adopt a 15 year+ tortoise
SAVANNAH GA
SAVANNAH GA
Hi I am in Savannah GA looking to adopt a tortoise 15 years+ we have a huge backyard with lots of grass and a backyard garden for roaming. Message me if you know of or have a tortoise you’d like to give to a loving new home!
Common keeping errors
Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️ I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common...
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Sulcata/leopard starter:
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Leopard/sulcata starter
Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information below on how I’d personally tackle an indoor starter set up for this guy until they’re bigger. Hopefully it helps give you some ideas! I know it looks a lot to go over, I like to make sure all bases are covered, I’m happy to...
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Housing young red foot/cherryhead:
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Housing adult red foot/cherryhead:
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Young red foot/ cherryhead set up
Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information on an effective example of a starter enclosure for a red foot/cherry head😊 Care advice for these guys is painfully behind, fb pages, YouTube, pet stores, they’re all repeating the same outdated advice, this forum is made of...
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Housing adult red foot/cherryhead:
Housing older red foot/cherryhead
Hello there! In this thread I’m going to go over an example of an appropriate indoor red foot/cherryhead enclosure. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure(especially the size these guys get!) I understand being from the uk myself, that some climate’s make it...
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Housing young Russians/hermans:
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Housing adult Russian/herman:
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Housing young Russian/Herman
Hello there! In this thread, I’m going to include some information on an effective way to tackle a starter set up/a way you can build a bigger size once your baby is an adult. I know it looks a lot to go over, I like to make sure all bases are covered, I’m happy to break down any information...
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Housing adult Russian/herman:
Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors
Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...
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I recently made some different care/housing threads! It’s been pointed out the mods may potentially mistake them for duplicates, I do apologise if that’s the case! My thinking was, having them separate allow for new folks to ask age&species specific questions and might be easier for them to navigate🙂
Thread 'Leopard/sulcata starter' https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/leopard-sulcata-starter.217805/
No longer a tortoise owner 😢
i fricking love turtles