Friday, April 15, 2016

Oogway the Desert Tortoise

We have a new pet! He lives in the backyard, eats greens, and sleeps half the year. I finally found my perfect pet! We got him from a friend whose family raises them, but technically they are endangered here in Nevada.  Once they are lets they can't return to the wild through.  We are guessing he is 4-5 years old but they can live to be 100. I hope my grandkids like tortoises!


We named him Oogway after the kung fu master on Kung Fu Panda.  He is so cool to watch- he's like a little dinosaur or something. 


Oogway! from Shannon Hiller on Vimeo.

We built him a burrow and an enclosed area in the backyard but he has proven to be an escape artist and we have had to fortify the walls already.  




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