New Tortoise!

[David Loftin]

I have been meaning to make a post on here about our new Leopard Tortoise. "Her" name is Petunia. She is about 4 months old. We have had her for just a little over 2 weeks now. She is a very cute pig.

Here are a couple of pictures of her.

The bad news as of this morning is that this morning when I went to soak her I noticed that she had prolapsed. We have a appointment scheduled with our vet Dr. Ken Harkewicz at 7:20am tomorrow.. Before I go to work. She is soaking in sugar water right now. Which is supposed to help with swelling.. supposedly. Anyways, Wish us luck tomorrow morning. Hopefully all goes well. I have become REALLY attached to her in a very short time.

 

[geckoboy16]

very nice lookin tortoise!

 

[ByRandom]

Katie's been wanting a leopard tortoise for a while now.. Thanks guys.. I appreciate it.

 

[GECKOFREAK]

Cute little one

 

[Mel&Keith]

I hope she's doing all right!

 

[David Loftin]

After soaking her in the sugar water for over 14 hours.. Her prolapse went away. I cancelled the vet appointment for this morning. Hopefully it doesn't come back.

 

[ByRandom]

I'm glad that everything turned out okay!

 

[David Loftin]

Katie's been wanting a leopard tortoise for a while now.. Thanks guys.. I appreciate it.

Haha. I guess I will have to send her a link to this thread then. :main_laugh:

 

[ByRandom]

Haha, or you could just send her the tortoise.. :main_yes:

 

[David Loftin]

:stupid: haha.. NO WAY! Petunia is too awesome!

 

[ByRandom]

Doesn't hurt to try. :2thumbsup:

 

[Cheaton]

Must be strange to own a pet that can outlive you :main_yes: .... :main_thumbsup:

 

[David Loftin]

Haha. Its pretty awesome.

 

[Gecko]

Seriously, you should just get like 1-2 more unrelateds and raise them up with her. It doesn't take much more work to keep another one or two and they'll mature at the same time.

 

[David Loftin]

Shut up you.. Just don't tell Tamara that!

 

[Select Gex]

Beautiful! Glad everything is going well with her.

 

[robin]

what a cutie!! i love it!! how big do these guys get?

 

[Inlovewithherps]

how big do these guys get?

Big! Average 30-50 lbs and 2 ft long but some can get up to 100 lbs !

Very cute baby BTW :main_yes: Congrats!
Have you seen this Edible plant sheet yet?
http://africantortoise.com/edible_landscaping.htm

 

[Jenna4Herps]

Must be strange to own a pet that can outlive you :main_yes: .... :main_thumbsup:

LOL... I actually have them in my will & notified my younger family members that I bequeth my tortoises to them should something happen to me :main_laugh:. It's weird to think a pet is surely to outlive you :main_yes:.