We Flew to Georgia to Save Giant Tortoises! + Outdoor Enclosure Build for a Strange African Species
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2024
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We travel 2,000 to save a friend’s giant tortoises! We also show you how to build a beautiful, efficient tortoise enclosure for your own backyard!
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Chris and Casey Leone
Thank you Chris. Miss them terribly but i know they are in the best hands.
Thank YOU Paul. These animals are amazing, because of you.
Praying for improving health for your friend , Paul. 😇❤️🙏🙏🙏
I can tell how much you love them. Not only their excellent body condition but because you asked GST to take care of them. I hope things improve for you!!❤️🐢❤️
when the pancakes were put in the tote ,the way they moved their heads around curiously - reminded me of piling the kids into the van and they are all looking around and asking each other - what’s going on , are we on a trip /😂
They are in great hands AND will become YT STARS!🤩
Hello again.. Paul was so brave to do the right thing by his Babies. Thank you Paul. May you be restored to health and vigor in God's time.
Thank you for the positive vibes
I’m so very sorry about your friend Paul. I’m so glad you and your beautiful wife can help these amazing animals. Sunday morning is the best. ❤
Thanks so much
Pankcake Tortoises = Heroes in a soft shell. Tortoise power!
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@@GardenStateTortoiseThrow that on a shirt, and I’m buying. 💸
@@antoniobranderas Yes, definitely! I have been hoping for a tmnt reference on some gst merch... though I would understand if there were copyright issues
@@mentalquorum3116There shouldn’t be a copyright issue. It is after all a completely different sentence.
I'm so sorry that Paul is struggling with health issues. I wish him a speedy return to health. The tortoises are so beautiful. I would love to parent a tortoise, but the fact that they live so long...I would not want anything to happen to them if I were to pass before them. They deserve the best treatment. What a beautiful enclosure! You are a turtle/tortoise landscape specialist!
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Oh I have a turtle that we had for 15 years and I do worry about him when I pass. I want him loved and taken care of.
Thank you for taking care of all these precious creatures.
Paul did the right thing to have someone care for his animals !!
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What beautiful tortoises. His love for them is obvious. 🐢❤️🐢
Thanks Lori !
Beautiful pancake enclosure!
I'm sure your friend Paul knows his turtles are now in a safe place.
I'm sorry his health has come to the point that he can no longer provide for them, but glad he had a plan with you for their future.
You and your family are a huge blessing.
Thank you!🎉🎉🎉
I could watch a 15 - or 30-minute video of the pancake tortoise just walking around exploring their outdoor environment. It would be so calming . Thank you for showing how you've built their new outdoor pen.
The fact that your t-shirt says "it's turtle time" makes me so incredibly happy.
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Every Sunday morning when I finish my coffee, I peek into my boxie's pen and say "It's Turtle Time Sun"! Always look forward to your videos, Chris. Educational and entertaining.
Pancake Tortoises are seriously underrated!! They are so smart!!!
love the show - Need more footage of just turtles roaming in the sun ! please
It was kind of you to help your friend out by taking on his turtles, now he can focus on his health without worry. Love the setup for the pancakes, I know I'd be happy in there,lol. Thanks Chris, always look forward to your vlogs.🐢🌿🌱👍❤️
Thank you for the positive feedback!
The more you talk about pancake tortoises, the more I love them?
Not only are they an interesting species, they also can team up together to escape predators? That's super cool
Right? They’re truly incredible.
Thank you Chris for everything you do from helping turtles & people to educating & making us smile. Your videos give me such Joy thank you.🐢❤️
You are so kind, thank you!
Awesome new additions! South African Leopards are awesome! Glad to see the Pancakes getting back outside for the 2024 season. We are still working on moving our turtles and tortoises outside for the season as well. Temps are finally starting to get warmer ....we are over in WNY. Great video as always! Keep up the amazing work Chris and Casey!🐢
Thanks so much and good luck with moving them out!
So sorry your friend is going throw so much!!! So glad he reached out to you to love and care for them
I wish i have this kind of land to keep my tortoises too..
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Pancakes are an incredible, amazing species. Thanks for another awesome video. Prayers, thoughts for Paul
They are! Thank you 🙏🏻
Keeping your channel all about the animals with no drama or celebrity shenaningans. Thank you!
Forrest is a friend of ours, thanks.
Yeah! They be "jammin'"!
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The enclosure turned out beautifully!!! Well done. 🥞🐢🐢Glad you could take your friend's tortoises.
Thank you! 😊
I am always amazed at the amount of helpful information you share each week. Thank you. And thank you to your friend who found himself forced to rehome his dear friends. Thoughts and prayers are with you
They're all so unbelievably cute!! So glad these torts can live out their lives under your care. Best health health wishes to your friend Paul. Much love 💕😊
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Beautiful enclosure. I hope your friend makes a speedy recovery.
Thank you very much!
Being there for your friend in a time of need no questions asked that’s what friendship is about 🤗
Love the pancakes. You always design such nice enclosures 👍
Thank you 😁
No words to describe how I felt when you put them in their new beautiful summer home ♥️ and they started investigating.
I always learn so much from you! Paul you are a kind caring soul. May your health improve, kind sir. It is so hard to give up someone you love. ❤
Wishing a speedy recovery for your friend, letting go of a pet is always difficult.
I'm sure I mentioned it in the new enclosure video, but pancake tortoises have beautiful shells.
I always find what you and Casey are doing extremely fascinating.
Take care!!
Thank you so much!
Not sure why, but I love seeing tortoises grouped together, just doing their tortoise things. ❤
As a man for cares for 9 Tortoises I always love the work/care you put in for the animals happiness.
Love it. Thanks for passing on such knowledge :)
Thank you very much!
What a blessing to have your career
Thank you 🙏🏻
Beautiful pen, they will love it.
Thank you 🙏🏻
And I appreciate you being there for a friend and his tortoises
What beautiful, healthy torts! Thank you for giving them their new homes and the best of chances; I know how it feels to have to give up your loved ones that way; for Paul, there must be some consolation in knowing that they'll be loved, respected and allowed to grow in safety. That new pen was fantastic; I had no idea there was a species of tortoise that'd blow up like that to cram themselves in rock crevices (I see Chuckwallah's do that pretty often out where I live, though.)
So very thankful that you help these amazing creatures, for the love and care you give them, and for you helping your friend. Kudos!
Great job Chris it's always great to know you will take care of them as much as your friend did...you are a super Human!!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hey Chris, are leopard tortoises generally bigger than mountain tortoises (Manouria emys)? I thought that was the fourth largest species of tortoise. Great video as always!!😍
Yes they are, weighing upwards of 80 lbs in some cases. The mountains aren’t too far behind. 😃
I love watching enclosure builds it’s even better bc you include the reason behind your decision and why it’s important to the set up
I have a Marginated and he’s an absolute puppy of a tortoise but he has some shed stuck in his nostrils I’m fairly certain. He doesn’t blow bubbles or show any sign of illness but every once in a while when he breaths heavier there’s almost a whistle. No idea what it it, he’s humid, fed, soaked, but it’s almost a dry whistle. Great channel!
Thank you! He may just need some time outdoors under natural elements.
Wow. What a magical place you have made!
Thank you!
As much as I love the big guys-the Galaps, the Aldabras, the giant leopards-the pancake tortoises are rapidly becoming my favorite specie. They’re just so fascinating the way they live-so un-tortoiselike! Great enclosures for all your new charges.
Thank you for bringing Paul’s animals into your fold. I know he will rest easy knowing that they are in the best home they can be in. Cheers from Texas!❤
They are gorgeous!! Savannah is quite the looker!
Thanks for another great video. Always look forward to them.!😊🐢❤️
So nice of you, thank you!
Cool video 💀😎
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I love your episodes. So relaxing watching you work with your animals! 🐢 🐢 🐢
Thanks so much 😊
theyre so cute!! i love to watch them exploring their new home🥰❤️
Wow! What a great video. Thanks for taking us along❤ Sending prayers for ur friend 🙏
Thank you 🙏🏻
The sand thing is because of stuff like the old calcium sand and sand that clumps together
True and many tortoise keepers literally freak out over sand in general now.
Garden State Tortoise: a master of all skills!!!
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I appreciate your high energy it really drives home how precious these animals are ❤
love this channel it gives so much information especially on old out dated information just wish the pet shops that are selling these animals gave out the same info much love from here in the uk
Thank you so much! We’re headed to the UK in less than 2 weeks. We’ll be speaking at the European turtle alliance conference May 18-19 at Writtle University college in Chelmsford.
beautiful big babies 🥰🐢🐢🐢💘
I have 5 Herman's and 2 spurthigh love them to bits. I rescued them from an elderly lady I could not part with them. Paul sorry you had to give them up get well soon.
Great 😊👌 video love your content and so much loving❤❤❤😮😮❤❤
Thank you so much 😁
Majestic tortoises. Great enclosure!
Thank you very much!
This looks like a very fun set up
Wow! What great news!
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Pancakes or that googly eyed little guys breed are ones I'd love to keep.
Vietnamese black-breasted leaf turtles are what you’re thinking of. 👍🏻👍🏻
They are beautiful. Thank you for taking care of them.
Pancake tortoises are odd balls for sure. I have never heard of so many different adaptations and capabilities
Great video Chris! I really enjoyed it!
Thanks!
I love this channel. I learn so much each new video ❤
Glad you enjoy it!!!
I just rescued a painted turtle who almost got crushed by a truck got her to the creek she was headed towards
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for sharing this for us. I just started to watch your video. I already learned a lot from this sanctuary.
Glad it was helpful!
Oh this was innovative
I WANT THAT TSHIRT!!!???❤
Very cool setup
Very interesting! Thank you for all you do for them!
Thanks!
I wish your friend well too. I also want to say that you might think about planting native plant species in your enclosures. There are probably nurseries or garden centers down in coastal New Jersey that have some. Native sedges would be nice with flowering types of native plants. Just a friendly suggestion.
That’s what we do for our native NJ species, just not the best idea for exotic species like pancakes. 👍🏻
we love Tiki too 😂🤭💚
That looks like hard work but so much fun now I want more pets lol (I'm not going to definitely not in the situation to allow it except maybe, ants.)
Thank you 🙏🏻
You can always try make a vivarium for bugs or small animals.
@@carlosrodgers2474 I'm actually getting into ants lol. But I think I just like building things
Hey!! Awesome Brother 😎💪👍🙏
They look like radiated tortoises but flattened bc they have that star-like pattern
I love your merch ❤
Leopard tortoises look rather "petite" compared to the other 3 giant tortoise species. 😁
Hahaha right?
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Hello 👋
hey,...... im a south african and i have a leopard tortoise........ please could you do a leopard tortoise enclosure setup.... building one..... with the dos and the donts
I love watching your videos. it helped me when I was taking care of my russian tarzan. He recently passed away I have so much of his stuff left that was barely used. Do you take donations at all?
FYI, pressure treated wood can be toxic. The most common pesticide used in pressure treated wood is chromated copper arsenate (CCA), which is arsenic, which deters pests and fungi to preserve the wood.
Exactly, which does not affect the tortoises in any way. Unless an animal were to try to consume the wood. In the case of tortoises, that’s not something they do. Thanks for the input.
What happened with the original outdoor pancake enclosure? It had grown in beautifully.
It was actually too large. I tend to go too big sometimes. It came almost impossible to find them all and caused a lot of stress. So, it’s now used for our Tunisian tortoises because they are a more active species that doesn’t require rock crevices.
2:07 Crhis: *talking about the sulcatas*
The sulcatas: *trying to escape* 😂
I don't have a giant tortoise, I actually have a Red foot, and she also has her enclosure outside in our backyard because we live in the tropics.
My father based her enclosure on the ones you have there. I had just gotten her (her previous owner couldn't take care of her anymore) when he suddenly came home with a bunch of wooden planks. When I asked, he said, "I saw this guy on TH-cam with a bunch of tortoises. I'm going to make the same boxes he has."
You were "the guy with a bunch of tortoises" 😂
Awesome video. You have 85 degrees you're so lucky! We are still having low 40's at night and sometimes 60"s-day time. My CBT old enough to go outside but worried about nighttime temps.
There outside pen is all set up. Are these temps ok for box turtles?
Thank you and yes, those temps are more than safe for box turtles.
Beautiful!
How old are the Leopard tortoises?
Thank you. They were hatched in 2007 and 2008.
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I saw pancake tortoise at the zoo
What do u do about BURROWING?
Since Tortoises love to Dig.
That’s completely dependent on the species, in the case of these animals there is not an issue.
Are you holding them for him or are you keeping him
I thought the 4th largest tortoise was the Burmese mountain tortoise
@Chris . We have a 33 yo female African leopard tortoise. How exactly do you measure one?
Are leo more prone to pyramiding?
It’s fun how in the states the South African are considered the giants when the North Africans depending on location can easily grow to 82 kg😅
Pancake tortoise are able to go outside? I thought they were too sensitive.
Any tortoise species can be kept outdoors when set up correctly from the start. Pancakes thrive outside here.
Did you have to bring them in this week ? Also in NJ and It got cold where I'm at, made me nervous so brought my Redfoot back inside Just want the warm weather already
They all stayed out. Too cold would be low 40s for more than 2 days.
do they drink?? didnt see any water??
That was covered in the video. Thanks.
do you still have your american bulldog?
Murphy unfortunately passed away from cancer a few years back. We have other dogs now. ❤️
@@GardenStateTortoise oh really sorry to hear that I have a big beautiful American bulldog girl they are amazing dogs