Our Family Tortoise

Like most families we have a family dog, and a cat. We love them, they complete our family, make things more interesting! We also have a tortoise, he is just a baby, and his name is Rocky. Because we live in Michigan, Rocky has an indoor enclosure to keep him from the weather. Today the sun is nice warm and shining so we get to bring him outside, which Alexander begs me to do daily! Rocky loves being outside, he gets to explore, eat, and sunbathe. He is a lot of fun, but also a lot of work!

Rocky has to eat a very strict diet, and have the perfect amount of UVA and UVB rays daily. Rocky also needs a calcium supplement to ensure proper bone growth and shell strength. Right now Rocky is very small, about the size of a baseball, so his housing isn't a problem. But in the next couple years Rocky will grow to be pretty large, and we will have to make arrangements for a new house for him.

He will stay with our family, we will just need to invest a lot more money into his future home, and his well being to keep him safe, happy, and healthy.

We love our family tortoise Rocky <3