Alice, My Very Special Pet

[waretrop]

Alice is about 20 inches long I think and over 50 pounds. Sulcatas get from 100 to 200 pounds. They all grow as different speeds. Alice had a friend living with her over 7 years ago and they had to be separated because Alice grew faster than the other. When Alice was 17 inches the other was 4 or 5 inches. The way I look at it Alice cold get to be 150 pounds from the way she is growing now. They are packed full of muscle. They are solitaire animals. When I think of how I keep her I feel mean but it is exactly what she is happy with. We have a small amount of interaction and that makes us both happy. We are always improving her situation...

 

[Mini Horses]

Alice is one lucky gal! Kudos to research & care you give her.

 

[waretrop]

Thank you all...she has allot of drawbacks, which I wont talk about here but she is nice because I can go all day long without worrying about her. She comes and goes a will happily roaming....with a smile...LOL

I have a screen in the outside doorway that is not connected at the bottom so Alice can push it out like a curtain and go outside so all the bugs mostly stay out there....

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Very cool pet!
Friends of ours in Arizona had a giant desert tortoise for years (and maybe that's not the right name?) Theirs was about the same size as Alice and had a big yard, it's own pool, shade, etc.

 

[waretrop]

LOL yes, there are allot of them out there. Alice has her own pool and shade tree..The only problem with her shade tree is that it is a pear tree... It donates pears to her once in a while and she loves them...BUT, they give her diarrhea...due to their slow digestion rate, she has it for 2 weeks from 1 pear. I troll her area a few times a day for that reason...LOL

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Yeah, 2 weeks for one pear is a bit excessive!
We had a dog once who LOVED plums, and would eat them pit and all as fast as they could fall. Then he'd be in the corner of the yard crying in pain from the diarrhea AND pit removal...
Never stopped him from eating them but he finally got smart and started spitting out the pits at least.

 

[waretrop]

Animals just don't connect the two ends.....LOL

 

[sumi]

Good to see Alice again and that is a lovely set-up you have for her! I can't believe how strong she is though Or is that determination?

 

[waretrop]

This is the greenhouse on the patio.. It is covered with plastic now but next summer it will have glass in it.

Here is a pic of the outside of the greenhouse last summer.

She also plays with bowling balls. She rears up and throws them about 3 feet in front of her. It is amazing.

 

[treerooted]

Awesome!