I know this is an old thread, but I've got a really sick CDT (she has a UTI)that I'm fostering for a friend and when I took her to the vet we xrayed her cause she seemed dense for her size, and she has a HUGE bladder stone. Vet thinks chonic UTI (she had one nostril scarred over) and thus...
My 30 something CDT quit coming out of his burrow just about Thanksgiving, so the week after, fearing a wet winter cause my house is in So Cal, but at 4000 feet in the San Berdoo mtns, I put him in a box in the garage. I adopted him last summer and have never brumated a tort before, so it...
Hi all! I inherited a 50 yr. old CA desert tortoise (Teddy, renamed from Tank cause there's too many torts named Tank) last summer who's currently hibernating in his burrow. I fell so in love with him I bought two Russian torts too, Boris and Natasha, who have an outdoor enclosure and an...
Given that CA desert tortoises are endangered species it ought to be a big NO NO to mix them with any other species and possibly cause their death. We're not talking about creatures you can buy on Craigs list or Petco here. And since the desert tortoise doesn't need company, why do it anyway...
I have two Russians but hands down fave, my 30 yr. old CA Desert Tortoise Teddy, who takes the cake. He's not beautiful on first inspection if you've seen the gopheri, they're dusty looking and not wildly colored), but there's something so other-worldly and sweet about him. When I take him to...
Also, feed him some real food, not just pellets. Kale, good lettuce (not iceberg), chopped bits of veggie, small amounts of fruit like apple. My russians LOVE radicchio, which is expensive, but they're worth it. In the summer cruize your neighborhood for dandelions, or grow some of your own.