These guys are so cool. I stayed watching them for at least an hour. One finally came over and let me(not pictured) and my son(pictured) and friend(pictured) scratch his head and neck. It was an awesome experience. I couldn't help but feel bad for the them though. My sulcata has a larger space...
I adopted this little gal a couple weeks ago. She has such a light colored shell compared to my larger guy. She is 9 inches and loving it in her outdoor enclosure.
Came across this today. Not sure if it's been posted before. I never imagined a giant tortoise swimming.
http://www.arkive.org/aldabra-giant-tortoise/geochelone-gigantea/video-06b.html?offset=0px[hr]
It appears they like the beach too...
Who has the biggest sulcata? Let's get some pics of your big guys, preferably with someone next to them for scale. The guy I adopted my male from also had a 150 pounder that had to be at least 2-1/2 feet long. I wish I had taken a pic. He looked like some of the smaller galaps and aldabrans I...
There is a thread on another sulcata forum where someone claims thier female sulcata "flags"(extends intestinal tissue perhaps?). They say females do this to scent mark territory. Has anyone else ever observed this?
I noticed my Sully going nuts over a weed that recently took over half my lawn. I had it identified by a local weed biologist as Mexican Clover(Richardia grandiflora and Richardia brasilensis, not related to "normal" clover). While searching the net for info on this weed, I stumbled across a...
I recently aquired Gos from a man who also has a 100+ lb. male. He only had Gosder for two weeks before he rehomed him with me. He didn't forsee that his dog would use Gosder for a chewtoy, since his dog has never messed with his 100 pounder(I wonder why?).
I believe him to be a male, based...