I was hoping to hear from you Tom, thanks for taking the time to reply. I had heard about aestivation (thanks to this forum) and was hoping that might be the issue, but as the weekend and Monday passed without him waking up I became more and more concerned. He had such a dry start and up until...
My heart is very heavy as I type this. My little Hatchback is not doing well at all. I live in the Phoenix area and the family member caring for Hatchback left him out 24/7 while I was out of town during the severe heat warnings we have been having. He has an underground hide and they did...
Thanks for the heads up Yvonne. I will do a better job of grabbing my camera when I am enjoying his company. This shot was actually taken with my phone.
Hatchback is extremely shy for a CB tortoise. Since he prefers to be admired from a distance I have not gotten many shots of him. This latest is one is of my favorites.
Thanks for the replies. I can't find anything that look enough like it for a confident ID. I have not fed this to Hatchback, but will re-post a photo when it blooms. It is nowhere near my outdoor enclosure, but due to the amount of it in the side yard I was hoping it would be okay. I ordered...
Thanks Yvonne. I ended up putting him outside and he was just fine. I probably sounded silly, but I am crazy about Hatchback and would hate to see him suffer unnecessarily.
I was outside filling the plant saucers with water in hatchback's outside enclosure, when I found a centipede under one of the saucers. I tried to catch it, but it got away. It was yellow and about 2' long. It looks like the photo of Garden Centipedes I just looked up online. I have looked...
Tom - Thanks so much for the reply. I thought it looked smooth, but I am new to tortoises (I am sure it is obvious with all of my questions) and I just wanted to check with you members here in case I needed to "tweak" his care. I feel badly that I was leaving him outdoors for such long periods...