Recent content by Drew Chappell

My juvenile desert tortoise Spot is not hibernating this year (vet recommended to keep it awake), so is inside unless it's a nice day. It has been getting nose bubbles about eery two weeks. Usually they go away after a day, but I have used the nose drops given by my vet once during the season...

Hello! My name is Drew and my family (wife Sharon and 10 year old daughter Gillian) have two juvenile desert tortoises, pictured below. Their names are Spot and Brownie. Our story: Gillian is highly allergic to animals with fur, so we explore both birds and reptiles. We almost went with a...