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I have decided to let my 4 Arizona tort yearlings hibernate outside this winter. The people I got them from last May did not hibernate them last winter so this will be their first time. I just can't see bringing them in and keeping them in bins for 6 months after they have gotten used to being...

I just saw this news story and thought I would post it. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2014/08/25/12news-tortois-surplus/14465711/http:// Chris Williams, 12 News | azcentral.com 1:28 p.m. MST August 25, 2014 When they see the faces of these desert-dwellers, many fall in...

This is the reality of people breeding too many animals for the number of good homes available. Not just dogs and cats, all animals are being exploited to prophet people and it's the animals who suffer and pay the ultimate price.

Why NOT to use that horrible plastic netting stuff around your plants... My neighbor used it around one of her plants and found this poor snake stuck in it...really stuck in it. She called the Phoenix Herp Society but they were going to charge her $75 to rescue the snake. Even though we only...

What kind are these and why do they all get along? I am really curious about this. I took this video at the Arizona Herpetological Association (AHA), which is not a zoo. They take in all kinds of reptiles, a lot were pets at one point then the people didn't want them anymore. This is where...

These are 10 month old Arizona Desert Tortoises. I took this video 2 weeks ago. I saw the bigger one bulldoze under the little one tipping her over on her back. Then I grabbed my camera and observed the rest. Since then I have changed a lot of things in the way they are housed and I have...

They are really slow eaters. These two are in a licensed wildlife rescue that I used to do volunteer work for. They push up with their front legs to let gravity help them swallow.

Yesterday evening I was watering my garden which is part of the turtle habitat and I saw a big, but not huge, bull snake. I'm not concerned about it hurting my box turtles because they are adults. Last summer I had one that would go into the turtle hide and sleep with them. It was a shock...

Maybe a lot of you have already seen this? I find it amazing. LOL

I guess I'll just jump right in with a quick intro. I am new to the world of desert tortoises, however I have 2 box turtle rescues that I've had for going on 3 years. I wasn't looking to get tortoises but it just kinda happened the way so many things in life do. I went to buy a cactus in May...