I Have Just Gotten A Baby Tortoise ( After My Uncle Nearly Ran Him Over ) Normaly When We See Tortoises On The Road Here We Just Put Them On The Other Side Of The Road In The Bushes .. But This One Is Only A Baby So My Uncle Decided To Keep Him And Give Him To Me As A Suprise Present Well I Am In Love But I Dont Really Know Much About Tortoises So Help Would Be Greatly Appreiciated -

So Far He Has Eaten Some Grape Vine Leaves , Pooped And He Has Drunk Some Water

Pictures Later On x

Ahh bless hes landed on his feet. They are dear here £149 ish your have him a good few years they live for donkeys.

Okay So Everywhere Was Shut Today And The Last 2 Days So We Couldnt Get Anything For Him , But Tomorow Some Places Should Be Open So We Will Pop Into The Petshop x

Pictures :
( Remember I Really Am At The Moment Just Making Do With Stuff Around The House And Garden )











( ^ Do You See The Box By The Side of His 'Tank' - Thats Were I Keep His Shoe Box Den And A Few Spare Rocks And Things, I Move Them Around During The Day When He Is Awake And Moving About I Take His Hiding Shoe Box Out And Pop A Few More Rocks And Branches In )





Also - Boy Or Girl ?
What 'Breed'/Species/ TYPE Of Tortoise Is He/She/It ?

Oooo And He Needs A Proper Name

Aaaand -

bless him, he's cute!

I know absaloutly nothing about tortoise's! (for some reason I'm already assuming he's a he lol)

lol I Have Noo Idea

Where abouts in the world are you? I'm going to stick my neck on the line and say Ibera and a boy. I understand why you are caring for him but to be honest he would be better off in an outdoor enclosure than being kept inside. Are you sure he's wild? In the photos he demeaner seems very carm which I wouldn't expect from a wild tortoise. I have kept tortoises smaller than this in an outside enclosure with excess to a greenhouse all year in the uk so honestly he'd be fine outdoors. They tend to eat weeds and plants mostly have a look at this link for ideas on what weeds are safe. Diet and healthy growth
Grape vine leaves are perfectly good food too. When it gets cooler he may want to hibernate which probably in your part of the world he will do quite sucessfully in a sheltered area of soil.

Jason

Im In Turkey .

We Cant Keep Him Outdoors Because We Have Nothing To Keep Him In , He Is Too Small And Can Fit Through The Mesh/Wire.

Yes He Is Definetly 100% Wild , We Have Loads Of Wild Tortoises Around Here Keep Getting Into The Garden And You See Them By The Side Of The Roads Too, My Uncle Has Had Him For About A Month And For Some Reason The Tortoise Has Become Real Tame.

My Friend On Another Forum Said (spur-thighed tortoise) Testudo Graeca Ibera Too

It does look like an Testudo Gracea Ibera

I have two adult female Ibera's and would dearly love to add to that collection with a male to increase the collection further They are a great species.

Maybe something you should consider however is that Ibera are protected by CITES regulations, so if you are intending to keep him, and if he is indeed wild, then I would check out the legalities first.

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Lea

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