Y'all... I got what was intended to be a foster tort today, but after a few hours here I am pretty sure that he's not going anywhere. 😂 He's a red foot tortoise so he's already twice as large as Tort Baby - and he still has some growing to do.
He came from a home where he wasn't properly cared for so his shell is more pyramided than it should be and his beak is slightly over-grown, but he'll be ok. I hear that he is 4-5 years old - so he's still young. We've got plenty of time to get him all worked out.
He is not shy AT ALL. He's been climbing all over us and even seems friendly with Tort Baby and not really concerned with the dogs at all. He's been a hungry hippo this evening - after he tried to eat both my hair and the TV remote I decided that maybe I should make him a salad - even though he should be sleeping. 😂 He ate an entire plate of salad. I have video. And photos. I'll be posting those shortly. 🙂
He ate a lot of stems from his salad so that should help with his beak if he keeps that up. If not, worse case - I'll take my nail file to him. 😂
Anyway. Shadow was the first to say that he really liked him. He has taken salad from Shaun and even shook it ferociously like a dog. Wish I'd gotten that on video. 😂 Of course it doesn't take much to win me over so I'm in. He will eat basically the same thing as Tort Baby so that's not any harder. I will just need to make sure he gets some protein once in a while and that's not going to be hard. I think I have this under control. 🙂
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