Vintage Tortoise Rescue & Boutique

08/22/2025

08/10/2025

Blessed 🐷 🐈‍⬛ with spring babies

06/21/2025

Herman has his supervisor hat 🧢 on today lol. Extending the Redfoot enclosure

06/19/2025

Great day for some prickly pear cactus 🌵 🐢

04/11/2025

Spoiled little man trying to clean himself for the first time.

03/16/2025

A newborn baby bunny survived a dog attack tonight and is already bouncing back, with just a minor bite wound and a hearty appetite. What name would you give this brave little bunny?

01/11/2025

I would like to share that my husband and I will be heading to Pasadena to rescue endangered Desert Tortoises who have been burned or displaced due to the devastating wildfires 🔥. I'll be reaching out for donations to support my exotic veterinarian's office and the animal pharmacy, and I'll keep you all updated. If you're able to contribute, I'll add a link to the office on Monday. Thank you in advance for your kindness. This is a stock photo of a burned tortoise.

09/27/2024

Sunny days are the best days. Some fun in the sun is always much needed. ☀️Thank you for the fun rescue pictures. 💚🐢

09/20/2024

A Friendly Reminder 🐢

A 100+ pound Male Sulcata is monumentally different to house than a hatchling, yearling or juvenile.

They require a large, fully secured enclosure with a sizable heated shed/barn/house for the winter.

They p**p like a cow, they rearrange furniture, they dig, they eat a lot (A LOT), they will try to mate with inanimate objects, they can be destructive.

You HAVE TO spend the time and resources to set them up properly or it’s a recipe for disaster and you will end up rehoming him.

With the right setup they are amazing and very rewarding pets. Please do not listen to anyone selling them as an “easy” or “starter” pet.

You wouldn’t put a cow in your living room, or a horse in your laundry room, just like livestock they need to be outdoors.

Sulcata’s are grazers, they want to eat grass, lots of grass, they want to explore and roam a large enclosure, they need shade to escape the searing sun, they want to play in the mud and soak on hot days, they will plow through inadequate fencing and escape.

When you hear people in FB groups say “Do your Research”, this is what they mean. Is it cool to have a giant tortoise roaming your backyard? ABSOLUTELY!, but you owe it to him and yourselves to set him up for success.