The Least You Need To Know For A Rescue Tortoise

I’ve rescued seven tortoises. Five of them make up the creep of Russian Tortoises still living with me; the other two were Hingeback Tortoises that had been living with people who realized that they were out of their depths with a tricky species. The story was similar in all seven cases: the people loved the tortoise and wanted them to thrive and be happy but were unable to provide sufficient space or time or money to ensure the tortoises’ wellbeing. I didn’t hesitate because I had all of those things in sufficient abundance; the Russians still live with me, the Hingebacks…