• Address: Bone Cave, TN 38581 (map)
• Date Posted: 10/13/09
• Offered by: Shelter

Turtle - Extra Large - Adult - Female - Reptile - Sherman
Description
Sherman is an appx 10 year old female African Spur Thigh Sulcata. She has mild pyramiding from her former home. She's been on an excellent diet of fresh grass and leaves, supplemented with Mazuri Tortoises diet in the winter months for the last several years. She's showing gorgeous shell growth now. Sherm is an extremely social tortoise and will follow you around the yard like a dog and stick her head as far out as she can for you to scratch her neck. She does well with tortoises of all species, including her own. She's currently in with a larger male and a small sulcata that we also think is male, and she has no problem at all with them. She eats very well and is about 16 inches SCL. She can only be adopted to a home in a state that does not ban the ownership of torts. If your state requires you have a permit to keep her, you must provide proof of that permit prior to adoption. You must also provide knowledge of the species and their care and have an area set up that will keep her properly housed so that she can't escape. If you live north of Florida, Texas, Arizona, etc you must show proof of the indoor winter enclosure. This species will easily exceed 100 pounds and possibly get to be over 200 pounds. They can get to a couple feet in length as adults and have dug burrows over 15 feet deep and more than 30 feet in length. A single sulcata can take down a privacy fence or destroy a home's foundation on their own. This is not a beginner species of tortoise. Adoption fee for Sherman is $200. We will arrange transport for her at an additional cost for fuel alone to any state in the southeastern US that allows you to legally own this species. If you are outside that area you will need to make transportation arrangements on your own. WE WILL NOT SHIP HER. Again, because ownership of turtles and tortoises varies by state, please check with your wildlife agency before requesting an adoption application.
Characteristics
Breed: Turtle
Age: Adult
Size: Extra Large
Gender: Female
Offered by: Shelter
Petfinder ID: 14847469
additional information
Hilltop Animal Rescue Team | Bone Cave, TN | 931-686-3082 | hilltopanimalrescueteam@yahoo.com
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