Morocco and Me
 

Hello!!!!
I'm Adam and I'm Tidgy's dad.
It's my birthday today and this forum, which I joined some time ago, but don't think I've actually ever posted on, sent me a birthday greeting via e-mail.
I know this is probably an automated response but thank you very much anyway.
If I have posted an introduction before, please accept my apologies.
Morocco is, of course, one of the homes of Testudo graeca graeca, and, sadly, the numbers in the wild are ever decreasing, as they are taken as babies and sold in the markets as pets but also toys for children. Most don't live very long.
I had 2 Greeks as a child and they were with the family for 22 years before a cold winter claimed one in hibernation (she was an old lady before we got her).
The younger male 'vanished' while i was at university.
I rescued Tidgy 5 years ago as a baby, she was being used as a toy car by some children and one of her scutes had been cut out to use as jewellery. I took her in and began searching forums on tortoise care. After a long while she recovered, the wound healed and she is now the joy of my life.
I also help care for another dozen or so tortoises in my area and own an area of land in the South of the country with a protected breeding group of Testudo graeca soussensis.
I love cheese and sometimes wifey.
Nice to meet you all.

Hello and welcome and happy birthday.
I would love to see some pictures of the soussensis as I have a small breeding group.

Hi Adam and what a lovely introduction. :-)
I look forward to seeing photos too. I love cheese as well. :-D

Welcome to the forum.

Enjoyed reading your introduction and look forward to photographs.

Made me smile when I read you love cheese and sometimes wifey! I am a cheese lover, probably eat it every day in one form or another. Had feta cheese today.....

Welcome Adam, happy birthday! I too would love to see your torts :)

Welcome Cheese Lover, I liked reading about Morocco and you, look forward to some photographs and update on your little family. CB

Thanks, guys.
I can't post pictures yet, until I've made a few more posts.
Will do so soon.
Nice to see so many cheese lovers here.
I wonder if all tortoise owners love cheese ?
Could be an important thread there........................
Thanks for the welcomes.

Keep posting, I would love to see some pics of your torts please.