First pictures of my new pet.
I won't know for awhile until I can figure out what sex my Sulcata tortoise is. So far name ideas are Sam. Which could be Samatha or Samuel. Pat for Patrica or Patrick, etc. . May try to figure out other names. A couple of it's sisters/brothers name is peaches and another pear so it doesn't need to be a normal name. It does have a bat like shape on it's front scute. That's what they call the plates of the shell. Kind of favoring something bat related. Maybe just bat until I can figure out whether it's batman or batgirl.
Edit: it's not shy, stressed or scared. It doesn't tuck it's head in when you pick it up. My granddaughter worked with it already.
Edit 2: I thought about going to the florist and seeing if I could get flowers they were getting ready to throw. They do like them just have to make sure they aren’t poisonous. But then I remembered most flowers are imported and probably fumigated. So that’s out. But I do have some plants around the house I can feed it. (I hate saying it. So for now it’s Batty.) I am planting some just for Batty also in pots I can pick later. Right now Batty is too small to go out in a 20’ by 3’ raised concrete flowerbed. So I’ll see what I can do to get that started. Most food will just come from the store.
Edit 3: They do eat hay. Also the pet store does have a dried fruit, flower, etc. tortoise mix. I do have a aero garden setup so that will be going back into production.
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Kinda allows it to ‘swim’ out of the water. It’s worth going to YouTube to watch.
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