Thanks Travis (& JR)...

[Michael7979]

...the wife is very happy with her NEW tortoise.

I'll get her to take pictures later.

[UPSCALES]

Welcome to the world of herpetology. You and your family are going to have a blast watching that tortoise turn into a hundred pound blob with legs. Everyone always asks why I carry reptiles, well it's because I sell the crap out of them, plus they are pretty cool.:D
Thanks Mike and family
Travis

[DChemist]

Is it a sulcata? How big? My brother has a couple- they're the coolest.

Picture?

[Michael7979]

Yes its a sulcata.

Pictures later, OK.

[Palani]

Cool, at my work we got in some Pancake tortoises and some soon to be on the endangered list ornate turtles. The pancakes look freakishly thin. yikes!

[Swilson]

Here he/she/it is!!!!!!!!!!! Tank fits in the palm of your hand and weighs about as much as an egg. Sooooo tiny, not for long though.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k90/sdwilson70/tank.jpg

[R-3]

How big, how fast do they grow? How big would one be that size in 5 years. Just wondering. Thanks Ryan

[Michael7979]

Hey Ryan
Travis had one that was around 6 years old and was the size of shoe box, (give or take), Not sure how much that one weighed. They can get to be 100+ pounds and are the third largest tortise in the world.

[R-3]

Man that would be so cool. My aunt used to raise tortise's when I was little. I cant remeber what kind they were. They are so cool. Later Ryan

[Michael7979]

We have been told to expect the tortise to out live us, (he'll pass me easy), so I figure when then time comes and we need to move him. We'll call a zoo to take over.