u/shadowlorn

found a pet tortoise on my doorstep, help!

found a pet tortoise on my doorstep, help!

SEEKING ADVICE: i had the surprise of finding a very sweet male tortoise on my door step around sunset today. i checked with some neighbors before it got too dark and nobody was missing him, i plan to check with others tomorrow. i posted on local lost and found pet groups but haven’t heard anything yet. the weird thing is that i live on 5 acres of very bushy weed terrain with a decently long driveway. i do think it’s possible he crawled all the way up my driveway but it absolutely must’ve taken him all day.it’s also probably worth noting that the neighbors around me live on large and similar properties as well, so wherever he came from it was a pretty long adventure, even multiple days. i offered him a mix of romain and other greens of which he seemed desperate to eat, along with some water that he was less interested in. as soon as the sun went down he was trying to put himself to bed so i brought him inside as it’s too cold outside, and he’s sleeping in a large box with a towel partly covering the top in my bathroom. i’m pretty novice in tortoise care but want to make sure there’s nothing more i could do to help him until i find his owner. also, his eyes look like they may be different colors which im guessing could be due to a possible injury of some kind? one looks very dark brown/black with no iris or pupil visible and the other has a yellowish iris and pupil. any info, advice, or tips would be very much appreciated!

u/shadowlorn — 9 hours ago

found a tortoise on my doorstep!

MAJORLY SEEKING ADVICE: i had the surprise of finding a very sweet male tortoise on my door step around sunset today. i checked with some neighbors before it got too dark and nobody was missing him, i plan to check with others tomorrow. i posted on local lost and found pet groups but haven’t heard anything yet. the weird thing is that i live on 5 acres of very bushy weed terrain with a decently long driveway. i do think it’s possible he crawled all the way up my driveway but it absolutely must’ve taken him all day.it’s also probably worth noting that the neighbors around me live on large and similar properties as well, so wherever he came from it was a pretty long adventure, even multiple days. i offered him a mix of romain and other greens of which he seemed desperate to eat, along with some water that he was less interested in. as soon as the sun went down he was trying to put himself to bed so i brought him inside as it’s too cold outside, and he’s sleeping in a large box with a towel partly covering the top in my bathroom. i’m pretty novice in tortoise care but want to make sure there’s nothing more i could do to help him until i find his owner. also, his eyes look like they may be different colors which im guessing could be due to a possible injury of some kind? one looks very dark brown/black with no iris or pupil visible and the other has a yellowish iris and pupil. any info, advice, or tips would be very much appreciated!

u/shadowlorn — 9 hours ago