Sweep - Horsfield Male 4y - Leicester

[cassesque]

Hi all, unfortunately one of our two horsfield tortoises has turned out to be a male and so we have to split them up. We don't have room to keep them separately and give them both the happy and safe lives they deserve.

Sweep is roughly 4 years 6 months old. He's very sociable and calm with people but as a male he's quite aggressive towards our female (Sooty, of course!) so he does need to live alone.

I would be happy to take Sweep to the new owner or for you to come and collect him - our other tortoise is very distressed when she isn't burrowed, so rehoming Sweep as soon as possible is in both of their interests and we would be willing to travel further if it means we can split them up sooner.

Sweep has been happy and healthy, never needed to visit a vet or caused us any concerns. He has lived mainly inside in a tortoise table but spends warmer summer days outside. Not yet hibernated (he doesn't show any interest). He has been fed on a diet of various tortoise-appropriate weeds and flowers with occasional calcium supplementation and specialist tortoise food in the winter.

Thanks in advance - I was really happy to find this site as it doesn't feel right to sell him, but I also want to make sure he goes to a safe home rather than giving him away to someone we don't know.

[lin]

Hiya casseeque.
If you could send me your postcode and your email address (send it to lin@thetortoisetable.org.uk ) I can add this post to our Facebook page, where it will get more views, in a couple of days time. I would do it sooner but I have just posted a new one this morning and I like to give it a few days for people to see it first.

Lin

[cassesque]

lin wrote:
> Hiya casseeque.
> If you could send me your postcode and your email address (send it to
> lin@thetortoisetable.org.uk ) I can add this post to our Facebook page,
> where it will get more views, in a couple of days time. I would do it
> sooner but I have just posted a new one this morning and I like to give it
> a few days for people to see it first.
>
> Lin

Done, hopefully you received it? Thank you

[aash]

Hi,

Is Sweep still available for Rehoming?

Thank you.

[lin]

Hi aash,
Sweep, as far as I know has not been rehomed yet but I have written to her a while ago and didn’t have any reply and I did have someone lined up to rehome Sweep, and they didn’t reply either so it just went cold.
You could try contacting her on the email here and ask… cass.hall.forty@gmail.com
You will have to copy and paste the email but it will be worth it if he is still needing care.
Could you keep me posted please. Good luck.
Lin