Humph at 7am patiently waiting for the sun

Since the weather is warming up more during the evenings the old man seems to be the first up these days...

It must be nice to live in an area where you can allow your tortoises to be natural. I love the pictures of him at the mouth of his burrow.

did the old man dig that burrow his self? it looks mighty deep

Yvonne, I am grateful that most of the year they can do what they do....the old man is the only one up for an enclosure upgrade....since he remembered he was a desert tort and dug his digs I have to grow off of his current space, so a bit tricky since he is right outside the front porch--with his less than perfect eye sight I don't want him too far out of range at night..silly I know, but just makes me feel better to know in a moments notice I can be on the porch swinging ....

David, his burrow is only about 4 feet down (near 45 degree angle with a turn around at the bottom) he dug it I believe mostly last summer when the temps were high and apparently the above ground hut I did for him was not to his liking....I was thrilled to see him do this, he was a tort that I had to nurse a couple of times when we first met because he was severely impacted with sand ...so once that thankfully worked out then he had a GIGANTIC abscess that had to be cleared apparently from either an injury or a malfunctioning of a salivary gland or two...but he handled both one at a time...so when he felt well enough he must have recalled he is a digger and got to doing his thing....

that is awesome i'm glad to hear even after going through so much he's still up and going like nothing ever happened =)

It's nice to see other people love DTs as much as I do . I waited along time to get mine , sometimes their my faveret of my collection .


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I hope one day I can have a CDT too. I will reserve a yard space for him now!

Geez Angela....if I ever want a swimming pool dug, may I call upon him? Will you rent him out?
Gail

He is motivated by rose flowers.....and romaine....I bet he could be convinced to toss a bit or two of dirt for the right favorable trade....