Recent content by snowfish42

Plastic. Broken solar light, and much too big for sampling. :)

lol! Ok, ok, but I'm still interested in the chemical process. Tortoises are much more intriguing than I previously thought. :) I've had an escape attempt today! Caught him (finally looked and it is indeed a "him", according to guides on the internets anyway), gave him some prickly pear...

Low humidity? Interesting. I would have guessed it had something to do with diet or something, as there isn't much humidity in their natural habitat anyway (the desert). Do you know the chemical process behind this?

Wow, I didn't know you could tell by that. What makes that happen to their shells in captivity? Good to know, thank you!

I posted a picture above.

I've blurred some identifying man-made markings. It would break my heart for this guy to end up in the wrong hands.

My husband found a tortoise in the middle of a five-way in the middle of our town a couple days ago. I'm pretty sure he's a desert tortoise, but I don't know how to tell for sure. The poor guy is a little rough, but friendly and obviously a pet. I've been watching the local papers and craigslist...

My husband found a tortoise in the middle of a five-way in the middle of our town a couple days ago. I'm pretty sure he's a desert tortoise, but I don't know how to tell for sure. The poor guy is a little rough, but friendly and obviously a pet. I've been watching the local papers and craigslist...