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[ Please, please, please do some homework on this species. Once you learn how to properly care for them and are set up for it, they are quite easy keepers. But things like feeding fruits and veggies, not letting them outdoors to get the proper UVA/UVB lights, not keeping them very warm - no temps under 60 degrees - etc, are ways to kill them.
My big male had a lot of pyramiding when we got him. I think he was getting to much protein. Now he is looking much better, his shell is much smoother. They both live outside in Arizona so they get plenty of sun and we only get one or two days in winter that get cold, and they both come inside those nights.
I hope whoever has that tortoise with the boxer is watching it around that pool.
Glad yours is doing better. There's an excellent forum out there for tort owners if you want to check it out. Many of the people on there have been involved with them professionally for many decades. Several work for conservations and work with banned and endangered species. One of the guys is a very well known author of several books about torts. Excellent info on that site! I highly suggest anyone with exotic pets find a place they can go to for info. It never fails that no matter how much you know, those little buggers will find something new to throw you a curve!! I've had sulcatas now for 15 years and learn things from them every day. Anyway, the site is turtletimes dot com. There's a link at the top for the forum. Great site, highly recommend joining!!
I'm assuming you meant boxie, not boxer? If so, I have the boxie and he's not around that pool, LOL. He does have a pond that takes up about 60% of his enclosure. Boxies actually spend a large amount of their time in ponds and streams, at the edge of the water. It's essential for their well being. You just have to make sure they can walk through it without it being so deep that they could drown, which means daily refills. A pain in the butt, but he loves it, so it's worth it.
We seldom see him anymore. We kept him indoors the first winter to get some weight on him and he went out in the spring. Since he gained so much weight and did so good we've allowed him to hibernate each winter since and he does great. We made him a couple little burrows in case he couldn't figure that out, but he did. He's got tons of plants he can play in. We look forward to seeing his little head pop up each spring. They're neat little things!!
Lovely photos! I have seen pyramided guys in the zoo but didn't realize it meant anything bad. You have quite the managerie. Your pittie looks just like my male pittie, about 2 y/o and a rescue. Sweetest dog!
Pretty sad that the zoos don't do their homework and properly care for them to keep that from happening. I hope they were turned over to the zoo in that condition. Or it could be a different species. Some species of torts - the star tortoise for example - is supposed to have those pyramids. So maybe you saw a different species? The three biggest species - Glapagos, Aldabra, and Sulcata - should all have smooth shells, and they are usually the ones you see in zoos. Ugh.....
Pits are great aren't they? The one in the photo is Diva. She was a foster that we fell in love with and my husband refused to let her go. LOL. She was a co-workers neighbor's dog. They live in a town with BSL and got cited for owning a banned dog. The other 3 they had were taken and PTS by the town. He kept her somehow and decided to lock her in the basement at 6 months old to see how long it would take her to starve to death.
My co-worker's kids went to school with slime ball's kids and went to their house when they got off the bus. The kid went in the basement to get something and when the kids saw her they went home in tears. Their father is about 6'5" and solid muscle. The guy looks like he's carved out of the side of a mountain. He teaches the local law enforcement agencies martial arts and is an avid body builder. Big guy, but just a teddy bear.
His kids told him about her and he went over and told the guy he'd make him a deal; give him the dog and he wouldn't kill them. LOL. Needless to say they handed her over with shaking hands. He and his wife got some weight back on her while hiding her in the yard - thank God for privacy fences - and then asked if I could take her in.
She was terrified and it took 2 trys to get her here and relaxed. She is wonderful now and loves everyone and everything. Just a big baby!! We've got another female foster pit puppy now too, that also was abused. What people do to these dogs is just sick.
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Looks like mostly sliders, snakes and iguanas, though Turtle Rescue of Long Island has sulcatas. Not sure what you're looking for.
Never mind. They say southern climate only. Not sure why. I know people that have them in Canada. Takes a lot of work, but it's doable. *shrugs*
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