African Sulcata Tortoise – Parish Galleries

With a little bit of Luck

Why do people say that you have a hard outer shell? Shells are not always hard. A tortoise or turtle shell is made of the same substance as our fingernails and horses hooves. Nutrition plays a vital part in the health and strength. Too much protein is almost always the culprit. You can look atContinue reading “With a little bit of Luck”

Out Of Africa

Our African Sulcata Tortoise was estivating last week, which is what they do in winter……but we had 3 inches of rain and the ground was already saturated, so he was underwater and seemingly oblivious to it. The easiest way to move this 80 pound bombshell is to load him up in a wheel barrow.The lastContinue reading “Out Of Africa”

Back In The Saddle

Mourning is officially over, for everyone except Pony Boy. He usually just carts around little children and gets rewarded with buckets of carrots and sweet feed, but he was a good sport today. He even put up with lots of hugs and kisses. His bridle was dusty and needed a little polishI needed to walkContinue reading “Back In The Saddle”

Feeling down? Talk to the Clown

Yeah, it happens to the jolliest of us all. Even living in paradise on earth, sometimes you just need to go somewhere quiet and be alone. I was trying to escape the other day and hide out for a few minutes, just to absorb all the ups and downs of the last few weeks, withoutContinue reading “Feeling down? Talk to the Clown”

Happy Birthday Tiny T

“It’s my birthday! Why do I have to take a bath? I hate baths. It’s embarrassing and humiliating, especially when you take pictures.” Poor Tiny T was pouting the rest of the night of his party. He is two years old and three times bigger than he was when he was born. He already hasContinue reading “Happy Birthday Tiny T”