So You Want To Adopt A Tortoise?! TortoiseGroup.Org
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- Two tortoise custodians discuss tortoise care and habitat development as we watch their tortoises in their habitats. Great information for prospective custodians and anyone who loves tortoises.
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The tortoise in the video, Tad, is a desert tortoise. He'll be 31 this summer--I've had him since he was a hatchling!
omg wbat age did you get your turtle
Kathy Utiger wow that’s awesome
Pretty cool👍👍👍👍
you are so cool and humble !!!!
So great!
I saw this video around a decade ago when I was little, it seemed like a bizarre idea. Here I am, after 5 or 6 years of owning a Mojave Desert tortoise, this is incredible.
this was super educational for me that have a tortoise for more than 10 years! thanks!
I am a care giver of 10 Tortoises. I love them so very much. I have a 20 yard pen in my yard.
They are really charming. Thanks Tortoise group!
20 by what? HOw big?
And how do they all get along? Are they one sex?
@@starcatcher7183 20 yards by 6 yards. There is a tree in there too. And all wild plants growing naturally. My Torts are mostly Russians (rescued from a vet). So the size of the torts 9 of them are about 5-6 inches. They all get along 4 females 5 males. Now with that said, you should be warned their mating courtship in agressive it loooks like fighting. I also have one large African Sulcata in the mix too. Any more questions I will be glad to help :)
I don't live in Nevada, but I have a new baby Sulcata (spur thigh) tortoise, and I'm trying to find the best information I can find for him. I've dedicated myself to a life-long torti-companion, and in just a few weeks I've already realized how unique and intelligent these guys can be. You don't just slap food down and expect it to be fine. My baby tort will actually (seemingly) contemplate his every move and decision. His food takes careful thought before being devoured. Bathtime and a meal are a slow, relaxed pace that he sets, and it forces me to slow down and contemplate a bit more alongside him.
Maybe I'm anthropromorphizing him too much, but it really seems that way to me. He's living indoors for a couple years until he can live outside, but I'm already making plans for his outdoor home to make sure it's safe and secure.
You are a great tortoise owner
Thanks so much for so much great information on how to care for and keep our tortoises THRIVING!
I'm going back in the back yard and making a den right now. I'm a permaculture garden wildlife fanatic and in the process of sanctuary style: scaping the backyard with sustainable permaculture growing techniques. The tortoise would have the best organic diet imaginable from eating anything he wants that I grow. Great vid thanks for the info
:3 my tortoise is gonna be 8 years old soon!! and I had her since she was a cute little hour-old hatching!! time goes quick !
i had my baby tortoise since he was a few days old :p
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Lagarda Lagarda can I have ur Facebook name because I'm looking to get a tortoise and I need help
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Tortoises are just so freakin cute!!!
Yes I want to adopt one.
I have a desert tortoise. I live in Arizona and he lives outside, He is 27 yrs old. And really cool.
Chancethepalomino I have a dessert tortoise also I also live in Arizona but mine is a baby
I also live in AZ. Did you get yours through an organization like this? I am getting my first one soon. Thanks in advance.
Very informative video. Thank you for it. We are trying to find information on what to do, properly as our Min Pin was touting yesterday around the house with what we though was a piece of chicken bone in her mouth; she loves to tease us to take it away from her so imagine our surprise when my daughter realized it was not a bone but a tiny baby desert tortoise she found in our backyard! Now our backyard is fully enclosed; there is no holes from the outside that this little reptile may have crawl under and our neighbors do not own them either for what we assume it belongs to a nest nearby somewhere and it dig itself into our yard somehow, well, it is not an astronaut either so unless someone throw it over the block fences we have no clue how it got here but my wife and kids want to keep it; me. i am trying to learn about it and what we are about to commit to if keeping it, we went and got a habitat for it already because we posted signs and nobody around us seems to have a clue about no tortoises in the neighborhood, truly a mystery but we will rather become custodians than give it to someone who would not help this little one. tomorrow i will be calling the Tortoise Group for info and guidance; we ddid not removed it from the wild; the wild this time just appeared in our backyard!
my sulcata adores dandelions and clover.
The narrator's voice is so calming. :)
dang everyone in comments got a tortoise, now i want one
At my local family owned pet store has a care event 1 time a month and I went to the reptile one and since I know the owner I got to hold the tortoise that was as big as a small dog he fell asleep on me it was so cute the owner said that it's because he trusts me and I'm ten
You have a wonderful program. I am a box turtle and russian tortoise keeper. They are in my will.
Very nice presentation and information. I have to California Desert Torts of about 6 months old. They are growing and eating well. They are special.
Excellent video!
They are so cool
Great video 👍🐢❤️
Very nice video thank you
i love my Sulcata :) hes a year old now and getting big :)
I love this video
God loves you❤️!
I love my sulcata
They can totally live more than 80 years
Thank you for this video thank you I will make a channel about my tortoise and thank you for this channel Tortoises should not dye they are the best I dont care what anybody things they are the cutest animals ever and nothing can beat them !
I love tortoises and I can give a desert tortoise a healthy and happy home. I have had them in the past and I also have a good home for one desert tortoise. I have 2 large enclosures, one for the inside and one for the outside. Please help me get a desert tortoise.thank you mrs knapp.
The people that disliked this video are a scourge on humanity. 😭
I think anyone buying a tortoise should do ALOT of research based on the species they are buying/adopting. care between species differs.. as does sizes.
oh thats so sweet i have 1 tortoise
Where I live it's not always sunny and hot we have seasons it gets pretty damn cold where I live during fall and winter
I seen them in person in the wild I grew up in the Mojave desert
true that :)
When my tortoises were babies I gave the many different varieties of food but their main food was romaine lettuce they were very very healthy on the romaine lettuce now that they are older they have plenty of grasses and weeds but there Mainstay is alfalfa hay which I have been told is not good for them but I disagree my tortoises do very very well on it and it is loaded with calcium which they need. My tortoises are now nine years old and I got them when they were teeny tiny babies.
Only problem I have is when they were babies they got along okay now that they are older I have to separate them they will fight immediately I have to keep them separate all the time I I thought they needed a friend I was wrong they like to be by themselves.
i think tortoises are amazing creatures I have two of them, one is a sonora desert that is 9 yrs old it was giveng to me from this lady that passed away and he is adorable, I also own a sulcata tortoise and I must say if I knew where to adopt more I would ,I would hate them going to extinsion,if anyone knows what can I do,please reply
Do they need burrows if they have a round m temperature environment?
I live in MN and ordered a baby sulcata tort from a captive breeder online.. would I need any type of papers to show I legally bought it?
This video is GREAT! We're looking at fulfilling a decades long dream of mine and get a tortoise. We live in Pinal Country, Arizona. Is there an organization here, like yours, that you know is reputable? Thank you in advance.
Never mind. Our Department of Game and Fish has a program. Thanks!
disagree on the lighting thing you can have sufficient lighting to keep a tortoise inside its uvb that they need and there are specific lights made for that
I live in Cedar park Texas and I waMy to get a desert tortoise, how can I get one legally in my State of Texas? I live near Austin Texas and I really want to get a desert tortoise. Please help me get one . Thank you mrs knapp
How is this not a game show on Fox yet?
I also have a tortoise
nice vid.
patrolling the mojave makes wish for a nuclear winter
What is the best tortoise for a beginner?
i love box tortoises more
If only they can pack food and water in their shells. They would be out on the "road" all the time.
Can I get the dimensions for that box?
'they must be kept outside' well,what if they're babies?
I have 2 male desert tortoise and the older one is getting very aggressive to the younger...I found the older 🐢 biting the younger guy he was actually shoving his head into his shell...not sure I can have them together any more
mind to
I really want a tortoise but some people think a turtle and a tortoise are the same thing so I cant get one yet :)
What kind of turtel is that
But I live in Minnesota
What species is this in the video??
More than a few can. They just need to be allowed to learn it and the terrain needs to be right. It will always be potentially life threatening but many people even experts blow it out of proportion and do not allow this critical skill to be acquired. You would be surprised how many scientists are stuck in their ways or just closed minded.
i love animals but my parents wouldn't let me get a tortoise.
my sister had one for a long time.
which breed of tortoise is in the video? mine is a russian and its so fun to see how people accommodate them. they are so much fun!
it's a sulcata tortoise
I want to adopt a tortoise
Can I Adopt a sulcata?
i used to have a box turtle i named her toes i had her for almost 3 years i am 12 now and my mom made me let her go
the quality could be better but nice video.
WOW! you have 78 likes and 0 dislikes :)
Tortoise Group Im a fairly new person to tortoises, Im looking for a more small tortoise to begin with, Is a Russian Tortoise a good pick?
+Zachary Classified Either buy from a breeder or adopt one from a rescue. Most stores and reptile expos sell wild-caught imports. Captive bred Herman's tortoises are good, too.
Yes but be careful and don't pick the wild ones, the captive bred ones are better since Russian tortoises are already threatened
I live in Minnesota and I want one so I won't know what to do when its winter
You bring it in the house. The reality is that these are very low-maintainence animals. This video depicts the ultimate in tortoise care and is very good, but they will get along with much less. I lived in Montana and was given a wild caught adult Texas tortoise back in the late 1960's when I was a kid. I had no clue how to care for it, but we just did what seemed natural - feed in vegetables and fruit, keep it warm, and give it some space. We let it have free roam of the house. It would find its own resting place - usually behind a sofa next to a heat vent. It would come out when it was hungry, but sometimes we would not see it for days. In the summer we let it live in the garden, and it even dug its own burrow. They are remarkable escape artists, and mine escaped the back yard many times. It is a miracle that we recovered it each time because they do travel fast. I had mine for about 18 years, and it traveled with me to 3 states before I finally gave it away because I could not care for it anymore.
@@aliensoup2420 can they live in the Midwest?
Lydia Carrasco They can live anywhere as long as they have warmth, food, water, and space.
You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Leon?
Help me
a million years?
I have some concerning questions regarding my hermann's tortoise.
It all started when I started bathing him less and less frequently, to the point where some might even call it neglectful. It ended up being that all I did for him was provide weeds and water, and little else.
Lately though, I gave him another bath, and several things occurred to me. He hadn't defecated to my knowledge in several weeks, until I bathed him. Also, one of his legs seemed to be soiled black, with traces of excrement up in one of his armpits (legpits?).
I had resolved to make an immediate change and get things more cleanly and orderly for him, but I'd like to know if it sounds like he's at any real health risk? He seems his usual self in nature, but I'm worried about the health issues this neglect of mine may have caused.
is he alive still?
Albino Tortoise
Yeah.
Cleaning is more regular now.
He seems to be doing okay.
Mayeur000Donz Oh all right awesome! Good luck,just bathe him once a week and feed him varied foods, good luck, hope he does fine for nearly a whole century
Albino Tortoise
Organizing the food is still a pain, tho...
It's not easy to find much in the way of varied food for him.
I've kinda been giving him the same 5 different weeds for a long time, including dandylions, broadleafs and ribworts.
'Just found a website tho that says one of the things I've been feeding him is toxic to tortoises.
Ugh.
Every time I find out something new about these animals, it's that they're even easier to kill by accident.
Mayeur000Donz I feed Spring Mix which includes radicchio, romaine, chard, and then give carrots two times a month, alfalfa hay, and the national geographic tortoise entree, which you can find at petsmart. Also the link i am gonna post you look through foods and tells you if they are safe or not. If they are outlined in green they are safe, orange are trivial and red is a no no. www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/plants_19.asp?mode=az
If your a kid I recommend a baby tortiose so you will get it out regally and also take it outside and watch it so it can get natural UVB and feed it what is healthy for tortoises and do organic food cause the non organic foods make them pyramid and I makes it grow too fast
HOW DO THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM
pewol No really????!! Im just saying, if u think about it have u ever seen 1 go?! And since he is big, are the shits he takes big also
***** I was really curious lol TY
***** glad im not alone lol.. I wound up here like 3am 1 night watching turtles out of curiosity
werent u listening to the video?
he said ONLY IN NEVADA STATE
Do u know any tortoise adoption in illionios
Are they able to survive in the Midwest?????
I am a 13 year old kid! Who said that kid can't handle a tortoise!
i used to have a tortoise that could flip itself over if it was on its back
I think my sick
so what happen to your tortiose
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Just buy a horsfield
no
Where can I get a big one
101th comment
Bro-mation? Nothing good can come of this.
Hi, I,m new to this site. Just discovered it. Love all the information here. My name is Bev. I live in Canada & I have torts! I,ve have torts for many years now & they are just the best pets ever. I own 2 red foots. Angus age 8, Duncan age 1 yr. And my big girl Sully , my sulcata. I just got her last fall, so will estimate her age as possibly between 5-6 yrs. they all have heat lights.... here especially! My husband made me a tort table for the red foots. My Sully has her house under the table with all proper lights etc. Sully has the run of the house in winter. Then they also have u.v. Lights as well. I would love to be able to show you my set up, but.... I don,t know how to put pics on here. Everyone I,ve talked to says it,s really easy, but as yet no one has shown me or better yet written out any instructions. I may learn yet though. I wish all of you good luck in raising your torts. However, do your research first. They are easy pets to raise ... but if you,r not educated about them, you can kill them. So please get some information above all else. In the summer when we go camping in our R.V. I take my torts with us. We pack along all the lights etc. The red foots don,t mind travelling at all, however my sulcata isn,t too fussy about that idea.
im the 100th comment!
You are wrong. I am 12 and I can care for a tortise with my own earned money.
dawwwwwwwwwww
Tortoises are sick pets
HI! I'm sure glad to hear that you love your tortoise enough to be responsible for it. Too many kids get sidetracked by other things and tortoises suffer. Great going! Enjoy that tortoise!
It's a desert tortoise found in the Mojave Desert in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California
Please take your tortoise to a vet for a checkup. You might want to contact your local turtle or tortoise group to find a vet who treats tortoises.
It's a desert tortoise
Great video!