What got me started in this whole tortoise escapade was a damaged desert tortoise. The father of a co-worker of my son was discing between the rows in his vinyard and he ran over a tortoise. Because the guy knew my son had an interest in turtles, he gave the tortoise to my son. They had packed Play-doh into the crack the tractor made on the shell. I've had this tortoise since the '70's and she was full grown at that time. For the past 4 winters, I've had to keep her and another female awake during the winter because they both have an abscess in their nasal area that I just can't get rid of. The two abscess noses:
on the left
Mi-Shell - appx. 75 years old
on the right
Abscess Nose - appx. 90 years old
on the left
Jesse - appx. 40 yrs old
on the right
Jesse's Girl - appx. 50 yrs old
Jesse's Girl
Jesse
Abscess Nose (I've expressed the abscess so much that she now has a large hole to the left of her nostrils)
Mi-Shell
on the left
Mi-Shell - appx. 75 years old
on the right
Abscess Nose - appx. 90 years old
on the left
Jesse - appx. 40 yrs old
on the right
Jesse's Girl - appx. 50 yrs old
Jesse's Girl
Jesse
Abscess Nose (I've expressed the abscess so much that she now has a large hole to the left of her nostrils)
Mi-Shell