New Additions

Spring time brings new little animals around. Baby chicks and bunnies are an ever popular pet at Easter. Baby tortoises or lizards are begged for by the reptile lover. We must not forget, however, what it takes to care for these and any other animal. Do your research! Know what housing they need, what food they eat, and make sure you find an appropriate veterinarian for whatever animal you want to bring home.

This is a picture of a baby sulcata tortoise. Popular pets when they are young, these specific tortoises can live over 120 years. They can weigh over 100 pounds when fully grown. Sooner than you know it, you will have to build a special tortoise habitat inside your home as well as one outside so you can give it the sunshine and warmth it needs. Special UVA/UVB lights are needed as well as heat lights when you have your tortoise inside your home.

Although these are herbivores, and plants are easy to come by, you can over feed and under feed your little tortoise by feeding the wrong amount and type of vegetation. Your tortoise's diet should consist of 75% grasses and 25% weeds, leaves, flowers, and vegetables. Know which plants are edible around your yard and which plants you can plant to make feeding your tortoise easier and not as expensive.

We open up our homes and our hearts when we take in a new animal and that animal relies on us to be good stewards. Learn all you can so you are ready.