Anyone have tortoises

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• danastark Posted : 1/25/2011 3:31:18 AM We found a large desert tortoise in the road this morning, a female, about 2 feet long, huddled up as it was 37 degrees.  I don't think they are native to our particular area, maybe someone dumped her by the stream thinking she'd do well there?  Anyways, it is cold so we put her in a dogloo with hay stuffed around her.  Is it too cold for her to be out, should we bring her in? LIKE 7 REPLIES 1300 VIEWS LAST POST EMILLIANA KITT Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• DaneHaven Posted : 1/25/2011 4:59:43 AM Well of course you should bring the tortoise inside. Thats exactly what you need with all those puppies and dogs. []  I use to know someone who did tortoises? Let me think....... LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• danastark Posted : 1/26/2011 6:17:45 AM We emptied out the closet under the stairs, put in a heater and a box filled with hay and I think she's slowly defrosting, poor thing.... LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• DaneHaven Posted : 1/26/2011 2:11:48 PM Glad she is inside and defrosting. I think I remember who had tortoises. Do you want me to see if I can contact them? LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• earln7 Posted : 1/27/2011 11:13:15 AM My friend James Hood have a tortoises but he is small and I every day go to see him to my friends place and like to play with him, he is really too good. =============================== Earl Nunes LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Emilliana Kitt Posted : 1/30/2011 2:00:52 PM tortoises hibernate if the outside temperature drops to a certain level, I strongly advise bringing her in and putting her in a box, under a rock or shelter with a heat lamp on. You can stop them hibernating by bringing them inside where its warm and they will stay active throughout the winter. We had two herman tortoises but we swapped them for a pair of Galah parrots  LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• danastark Posted : 2/1/2011 4:12:02 AM Turns out she was a sulcata tortoise which is from Africa and does not hibernate.  On our way home on Weds., Kelly spotted a sign one road over and it was her owners, looking for her!  Her name is Crush.  She came from about a mile away, down 3 different roads!  So, she is back home, had dug out of her garden..... LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Emilliana Kitt Posted : 2/5/2011 1:40:34 PM Hah well I never! I have never heard of escapee tortoises before, but glad she is safe and well, silly thing getting lost, any truck or car could've crushed her!  LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login