Charity Hommel's Sulcata tortoise Atlas will graze in the yards of several residents this summer.
Wrangell's tortoise and turtle lover is looking for a few good yards for grazing this summer.
A few weeks ago, Charity Hommel posted on Facebook that she was looking for residents willing to open their yards to grazing for some of her tortoises, especially her Sulcata tortoise Atlas.
Hommel's inquiries were born out of a need to provide more food for the 3-year-old tortoise, who she rescued here in town when Atlas was less than 4 months old. Atlas already weighs 12 pounds and is a little larger than a football. "And she'll just continue to get big," she said, adding that with proper husbandry,...
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