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How To Transport Two 150 Pound Sulcatas
By Suzy

10/16/99 Two 25 year old, 150 pound Sulcatas adopted through
Turtle Homes to California
1. Rent a large van.
2. Cover floor with carpet.
3. Cover carpet with straw.
4. Get a blanket and a wheelbarrow
5. Load tort in wheelbarrow.
6. Load tort in van, close door.
7. Open door and convince tort he can
not ride up front.
8. Close van. Start van.
9. Shut off van. Open door.
10. Remove tort from side door well.
11. Fill side door well with plywood.
12. Rearrange torts, again. Close door.
13. Get back in truck, and leave.
14.Listen to torts scratch at the walls trying to find a place they like.
15. Compute in head price for new van and story for rental yard.
16. Get on the freeway for a 4 hour drive.
17. At last , torts find corners they like and sleep.
18. Mentally rearrange existing pen plans to accommodate very determined torts.
19. Compute cost of new landscaping that will definitely not survive these guys.
20. Home sweet home...leave torts in van till morning. Safe and sound and sleeping.
21. Unload torts. Set up house and pen modifications.
22. Spend rest of the day cleaning the van!
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Female Sulcata Male Sulcata

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