Re: Can you fence it$$?? Probably not, but here's why I don't say anything ...

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Posted by Terry on January 16, 2001 at 12:24:06:

In Reply to: Can you fence it$$?? Probably not, but here's why I don't say anything ... posted by Niki on January 16, 2001 at 08:29:10:

Amazing how much people have in common, and what a small world this is.
I grew up in the Middle East, Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Dubai nothing to do with the military either, oil.
I speak fluent Arabic (Gulf dialect), I also lived in England, Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Germany and Switzerland, Jakarta and Singapore. Nothing to do with the military.

Now, thanks to the military I live in Hawaii, (willingly), we chose Hawaii and live in military housing and I don't see any barbed wire. In fact we could have left here years ago and gone to Europe or the Middle East. We chose to stay, a big part of that was because of the torts and the reason we recently purchased a house on the Big Island. Our neighbors are willingly moving to Italy next month. Gone are the days when sailors are hijacked from port bars, slugged over the head only to wake up aboard ship heading who knows where!
Another thing we have in common is our dedication to out torts. Although I realize that my sulcatas will have to be rehomed if we moved to a cold state.

I've had the experience of trying to keep a sulcata indoors, albeit only overnight. Not in a 10 gallon tank, although to a sulcata of that size the spare room is comparable to a small tank. Neither offer enough room for this active species.

No matter where you live, or how you came to live there or where you might move to.
If you keep sulcatas , housing them indoors as fully grown adults is going to be a challenge. Something you can't fully appreciate unless you've done it.

Once again, it can be done and people do it, it takes time, money and a lot of hard work But for many people housing a 150 lb tortoise indoors isn't an option, it just won't work for them, or the tortoise.
If you're lucky enough to have the financial means, the room and are willing to do everything you can to hang on to the tortoise, that's great.

Not everyone is that lucky.

Thank goodness there are adoption organizations, willing to help overwhelmed keepers of ever growing sulcatas to find new homes for their torts. When they realize that although they had good intentions, it's proving tougher than they imagined to have such a large animal roaming around their house.

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: Amazing how much people have in common, and what a small world this is. : I grew up in the Middle East, Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Dubai nothing to do with the military either, oil. : I speak fluent Arabic (Gulf dialect), I also lived in England, Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Germany and Switzerland, Jakarta and Singapore. Nothing to do with the military. : Now, thanks to the military I live in Hawaii, (willingly), we chose Hawaii and live in military housing and I don't see any barbed wire. In fact we could have left here years ago and gone to Europe or the Middle East. We chose to stay, a big part of that was because of the torts and the reason we recently purchased a house on the Big Island. Our neighbors are willingly moving to Italy next month. Gone are the days when sailors are hijacked from port bars, slugged over the head only to wake up aboard ship heading who knows where! : Another thing we have in common is our dedication to out torts. Although I realize that my sulcatas will have to be rehomed if we moved to a cold state. : I've had the experience of trying to keep a sulcata indoors, albeit only overnight. Not in a 10 gallon tank, although to a sulcata of that size the spare room is comparable to a small tank. Neither offer enough room for this active species. : No matter where you live, or how you came to live there or where you might move to. : If you keep sulcatas , housing them indoors as fully grown adults is going to be a challenge. Something you can't fully appreciate unless you've done it. : Once again, it can be done and people do it, it takes time, money and a lot of hard work But for many people housing a 150 lb tortoise indoors isn't an option, it just won't work for them, or the tortoise. : If you're lucky enough to have the financial means, the room and are willing to do everything you can to hang on to the tortoise, that's great. : Not everyone is that lucky. : Thank goodness there are adoption organizations, willing to help overwhelmed keepers of ever growing sulcatas to find new homes for their torts. When they realize that although they had good intentions, it's proving tougher than they imagined to have such a large animal roaming around their house.

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