Recent content by ActionCatt

Wow I'm overwhelmed by the awesome responses, thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions. I took him to the vet, who says it might be a "her" because the tail is tiny and the bottom of the shell is flat. But it's still very young, apparently. Also I had it scanned for a...

So, is he/she/it going to wanna hibernate?? Also, I heard something about bathing it, if so, how often? I'll take a picture of its tail later and see if you guys could help figure out if it's a male or a female

Sweet! Thanks guys. No she didn't give me anything to go with the tortoise, literally just a cardboard box and a carrot. Carrot..?! Good to know it's not fully grown yet, but won't grow into a giant. I guess if you all unanimously agree that it a desert tortoise, off I go to Google its...

Yup California. She also wasn't sure of its age.. Oh I was hoping it wouldn't be one of those sulcata tortoises, they are freakishly huge.

Hi guys. Brand new user here, although I've lurked this forum all day in hopes of finding a problem similar to mine, to the point of giving up and getting a headache. So. A neighbor is moving out and she came by asking if I want her pet tortoise. I've kept turtles before and she would come...