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#2059754
Reptyelfreek
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So many choices 
So today in Seattle it’s a beautiful day and I let Marlin, my sulcata, out in the yard to eat some grass and dandelion leafs. And I was wondering what a friend would do for him. I know that when sulcatas get large they are pretty powerful and like to push each other around and even ram each other sometimes. So I’m kinda skeptical in the first place. But I thought I could broaden my horizen and try another type. Marlin is still itty bitty, younger then a year, and so if I wanted another tortoise I thought I should start looking now so they grow up together a little. Anybody have a preference. I thought of a leopard tort just cuz they both dont hibernate and they both eat about the same. And I know a leopard gets at least half the size of a sulcata... what do you think?
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08/18/09 05:56pm
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#2059770
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Message To: Reptyelfreek In reference to Message Id: 2059754
So many choices
I don’t think you can put a sulcata with any other kind of tort except for another sulcata and even that is iffy... but I’ll give you a link and can ask around on there if you want, these people have more experience with the bigger sulcatas then I do tortoiseforum. org (they also have many other torts on that forum as well). I have heard that leopard torts are a little more aggresive with others, but that is just what I heard. They too get pretty big and strong.
But you could get a tort that will stay small and keep it in a different area. Russian, Geek and Hermans stay small and are great torts. Redfoots get a little larger then them but might do well in your area, they need lots of humidity.
Then there’s box turtles that would do really well up in your area outisde. I have three-toed boxies and they are very hardy. I actually got my oldest one from the Everett area 19 yrs ago... Theres also Easterns and Ornates, but the Ornates are harder to keep, so I have heard. I have had an eastern but not an Ornate. Theres too many to list but those are the most popular.
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08/18/09 06:25pm
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#2059800
Reptyelfreek
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Message To: Heatseeker In reference to Message Id: 2059770
So many choices
Well I am very confused... My parents had a tort that some body gave to them when they had the pet store and it was said to be a leopard. Well thats what our friend said when she was babysitting it and did a little research. Then she ended up keeping it and its huge. I know she takes very good care of it but the thing doesnt look quite like what the internet shows. It’s shell isn’t a high "hump". It has the leopard colors but looks like a hermanns. But it’s like 2ft long. Do some of the leopards have shell shape more like a sulcata? And I went onto that tortoise forum mostly to look for you and damn! There are so many threads. I didnt have time to go through and sign up. I have some time today so I’ll go back. I love my sulcata and I would have no problem getting another I thought I would just go with something a little different. I like having a desert tort and I like the size and personality. I had two baby sulcatas then I thought I was leaving the country to I gave them back to the breeder. Then when I got Marlin I thought is was just better to have one because of adult attitudes. But now I’m having second thoughts. LOL
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08/18/09 06:52pm
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Message To: Reptyelfreek In reference to Message Id: 2059800
So many choices
Yes I saw your intro on the other forum. There is a lot to look at on there. They have a tab just for Sulcata’s and one for each kind of other tort as well. Its pretty cool. Lots of info. I have two Sulcata babies but after reading that forum for a month or more I am wishing that I had only gone with one... I also have a russian and some box turtles. I think If I get anymore I will stick with the smaller ones. Hearing how much work the sulcata’s are when they are big and how much room one needs... I am going to have my hands full with the two. Sounds like one is a handful! And if they turn out to be males I will have to keep them seperate later or there could be some really bad fighting. PLus if i move back tothe PNW I will have to have a shed big enough to house them during the winter and from the pics I saw, the mess they make in those sheds is going to be like cleaning up after a couple horses ...LOL- not looking forward to that!
Anyway I’m sure I’ll be seeing you around on the forums :) Good luck with choosing!
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08/19/09 08:33am
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#2060499
Reptyelfreek
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Message To: Heatseeker In reference to Message Id: 2060131
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Yea I feel the same way... And I’ve now read all these peoples opinions that a sully and a leo are bad news together. I dont know.... I’m really conflicted. I want a leo because I like them. And I dont think it would be a problem for me to house them seperately. It just seems very far fetched that if they grew up together in the same climate that it would be unhealthy for them, in the sense of parasites. I understand the fighting though. But its always smart for "everyone" to have their own enclosure. Hmm.... what to do what to do. I’m also surprised no one else on here had an opinion on this matter.
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08/19/09 07:02pm
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Message To: Reptyelfreek In reference to Message Id: 2060499
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I haven’t seen to many people on here regularly, thats why I found the other forum. In the end it is your call. I can’t say what kind of parasites each one could carry that might be harmful to the other... I just don’t know...
I have a Russian and two box turtle’s together. I know its wrong but one of the box trutle’s and the Russian have been together for 2 yrs. I didn’t know any better at the time. I will seperate them when I am done building the other enclosure this weekend. After I started doing research and found out that it was a no no I had to wait until I had the resources to make another enclosure...
Anyway I got lucky, they are all healthy and doing well, but they are the same size and none of them are aggresive. I just had to make sure the Russian got what it needed environment wise and so did the boxies and that she didn’t get any fruit or other things she wasn’t suppose to eat. She spent most of her time outside.
Well good luck in making a decision.
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08/20/09 09:42am
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