Hi Tom, I'm trying to find a simple answer. Do we really need to be overly concerned regarding salmonella with the desert tortoise hatchlings? We are washing our hands after touching the tortoises and we're laying down a towel when we set them down outside of their indoor habitat. But do we need...
Thank you guys for your help. Thanks for the clarity with the information. Yes, we are finding a lot of contradicting information. Here's a picture of our hatchlings exterior habitat. We will get a chicken wire screen put up around it to keep the birds away before we bring them back out. The...
Hi all, we are newbies to this forum and to Tortoises. My daughter and I have started on a venture together with baby Sonoran Desert Tortoise hatchlings that we got from a friend with some experience. We've done a lot of research and we're really excited to join this community. Our question is...