Hey everyone, I'm not sure if this has already been discussed here or if this is old news but it just came to my attention that a Desert Tortoise rescue near Las Vegas is being shut down due to lack of funding and many of the tortoise are going to be put down!!!!! Does anyone know anything about...
I am looking to find a better home for my almost 4-5 year old male Redfoot Tortoise. He is about 6.5 inches.
I am located in Southern California and would like to find someone local was is REDFOOT EXPERIENCED. I have posted before but I really didn't find a situation I was pleased with...
I have a RF who is roughly 4 years old. He has some pyramiding (the reason I adopted him to begin with) which has been getting better as the years have gone on. As much as I love and adore him, I would like to find him a better home. He is about 6 inches long and a very healthy eater. My climate...
She has always roamed around the house freely in addition to spending tons of time outside during the summer here. She has had the runny nose for years before being introduced to dogs or being brought back to my house. She is too large for a tortoise table in my opinion. When it is warm she is...
This is the first winter I have had my Desert Tortoise back from my mother. She kept her while I was at school. I have read that if a DT was sick at some point throughout the year then they should be kept awake during the winter. Does anyone have an opinion on this? My DT has always had...
It is not getting a good life now. The lady has had him his whole life and has let it continue. I was hoping the vet would encourage her to rehome it. However the vet told her it was nothing to worry about. He has been fed solely romain lettuce for years now.
I recently met a lady with a nine year old sulcata who asked me about its shell not growing correctly. From how she explained it I guessed it had bad pyramidding. She sent me a picture and I have now seen it in person and it looks horrible. I urged her to take it to a vet asap and find it a...
Ive set up his enclosure literally as a temperature gradient going from left left to right about 65-95 if that makes sense. He has numerous hides in several different temp spots and he moves about them freely. The DT has been here for about 2 weeks, which was my main wonder. I don't know if that...
My Redfoot (Texas) is in a 6'X2' tortoise table basically. He has a warm side and a cool side and a giant water dish that he lounges in daily, along with warm soaks outside of his tort table. His issue when I got him was that he would only eat those "lovely" tortoise pellets and not surprisingly...
I have a question about illnesses being passed between tortoises. I have had my little Redfoot for about a year now and, although he was not in great health when I got him, has been doing great.
About two weeks ago I took on my childhood Desert Tortoise who had been living with my mother and...