Another Tortoise

This is Whitney. She got her name from the tallest mountain in California, Mt. Whitney. She came to us via Craigslist, the owners couldn't care for her anymore and were looking for a home that had experience with large tortoises. As you can see, her shell is very pointy. This is known as "pyramiding". This is caused by, among other things, not having the right kind and/or amount of lighting, not enough calcium in the diet, etc. Whitney is our third tortoise and second Sulcata Tortoise. She is quiet a bit smaller than Hippo, in the previous post, being only 10-15 pounds, but she holds her own. She can almost always be seen following Hippo around the backyard, pushing him if he stops to much on some grass.