Yes it is ... so last fall/winter I closed up a deep tunnel she had. Today she dug about a foot down but right over the end of the tunnel she had. So eventually it might have made it out but she dug it up, such a COOL thing. Momma digs up the baby months later. Feel terrible for covering the tunnel now, guaranteed though the eggs had to been buried there. The pen was her pen last Summer and fall, well it still is her pen.Yay congrats! What an exciting find.
Is it Sally's possibly?
The name Must have significance. Wife likes something to do with "Survivor"What a beautiful gift your tortoise gave you...
It's against the law to take them from the wild. If you've legally adopted one, or rescued one like Epps did, then it's illegal to breed them, and if they lay eggs you're supposed to let nature take its course, as they did by leaving the eggs in the ground to hatch or not. So since they've done nothing wrong, it's perfectly legal for them to either keep the baby or adopt it out, no fee. Once a person has a desert tortoise in their possession it is illegal to turn it out into the wild. It could infect the wild population with disease.Quick question here - are you "supposed" to return it the wild once an adult, or if born in captivity it stays in captivity? I don't know how things work with DTs
Makes sense, thanks!It's against the law to take them from the wild. If you've legally adopted one, or rescued one like Epps did, then it's illegal to breed them, and if they lay eggs you're supposed to let nature take its course, as they did by leaving the eggs in the ground to hatch or not. So since they've done nothing wrong, it's perfectly legal for them to either keep the baby or adopt it out, no fee. Once a person has a desert tortoise in their possession it is illegal to turn it out into the wild. It could infect the wild population with disease.