A prepared home.
A lasting commitment.
Sulcata Keeper is an independent education and adoption-support initiative. Every listing is reviewed, and every home must be approved before a placement through our service.
No fees. No breeding. No selling.
No adoption charge, required donation, trade or purchase. Prior hands-on tortoise experience and a video of the prepared enclosure are required. Submitting an application is not approval.
Before any future rehoming, adopters must contact Sulcata Keeper for written approval of the new home or arrange a return. Never release, abandon or drop off a tortoise without arrangements. Intake and placement depend on capacity.
Sign in to submit or apply Secure sign-in is provided by ChatGPT.
Find a home. Offer a home.
Personal contact details are never part of a public listing. Apply here so Sulcata Keeper can screen and approve the home.
No approved listings are available yet. Owners can sign in to submit a tortoise for review.
Other rescues are welcome
Finding a safe, lasting home comes first. We encourage you to contact reputable tortoise rescues too. You do not have to use Sulcata Keeper. Independent rescues set their own policies and availability.
Find rescue resources · California Turtle & Tortoise Club · Find reptile veterinary resources
Adoption privacy and review
Public listings contain reviewed tortoise details and city/state only. Contact details, address, references, application answers and video links are stored privately with your sign-in account and are available to the Sulcata Keeper owner for screening. Other keepers cannot see your application. We do not automatically email submissions or contact references.
Use a video link that the reviewer can access, such as an unlisted video or a shared file. This is a link submission, not a video upload. Your video host has its own privacy settings; anyone who obtains an unlisted link may be able to watch it. Avoid showing people, documents, house numbers or unrelated private spaces.
You can view and withdraw your submissions below. Withdrawal removes a listing from public view but retains its screening record. Keeper-account deletion does not erase adoption records. For a copy or deletion request, contact hello@sulcatakeeper.com. Records are retained for placement coordination and follow-up until removed following a request or administrative review. We discuss any necessary contact sharing with you before a handoff.
Application acknowledgments record your agreement to our screening policies. A separate placement agreement and human approval are required before transfer. They are not an automatic transfer of ownership or a guarantee of placement.