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  1. Dovey

    Native Forb Seed Mix?

    Looking for a source for native grass and forb seeds, rather than the wildflower tortoise mix available from Native Seed/Search. Many sources seem to have gone out of business recently. Does anyone know of a desert tortoise native grass mix source?
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    Bird Seed Block Located in Tortoise Yard?

    I am thinking of moving my Sonora desert tortoise yard from the West side to the East Side of the house. There is better shade and lots of natural boundaries that will help with fencing, but it is also a wild animal feeding station. There is a permanent location for quail block that sits just...
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    Sonoran Eating Timothy Hay

    I actually initially provided hay for nesting and hiding, but I notice my Sonora girl is eating a lot of timothy hay. I have a great source in Idaho that ships a really nice quality soft hay. Very few big stems. Is this the best choice for dining? What about alfalfa hay or orchard grass? I...
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    Horrors! Trauma! Upside down in water tray!

    I got a new plastic flower pot bottom to use as a water dish in my desert tort's indoor habitat about two weeks ago because the teracotta one I previously had tended to absorb water and get nasty very quickly and was very shallow, maybe 1-2 inches. This one is a little bit deeper than the...
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    Lost Sulcata Behavior in Cold Desert Weather?

    My neighbor has lost her large Sulcata, and we are all on the look out for him. We live in the Sonoran Desert, in a rural neighborhood of houses on 1 to 10 acres, most of them fenced. But temperatures are dropping down into the high fifties during the day and high thirties to low forties at...
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    Drinking Through Vent? Yes or No???

    Can or cannot tortoises absorb moisture through their vents, the way many other sorts of reptiles can? My bearded dragon, for example, hardly ever drinks water through his mouth, but prefers to absorb water through his vent as part of his defecation ritual while soaking. Is this the benefit...
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    Mercury Vapor Bulbs for UVB and Basking

    I have a great mercury vapor bulb that I use for my bearded dragon. It generates both heat and a good level of UVB and at last a lot longer than a straight UVB bulb of any sort. My dragon is in brumation right now, and his fixture is available. What is your feeling about using mercury vapor...
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    Password?

    Somehow, I think I may have forgotten my password for this site. I am trying to log on to tappa talk, but they are not recognizing the password I keep entering for tortoise forum. Is there some place I can find out what password I entered? Is some special thing required for a password on the...
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    Soaking

    How long should a 6 inch DT soak for effectiveness? Thanks!
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    Indoor Brumation?

    Looking, but cannot find guidelines for indoor (garage in Phoenix) brumation. Help with this? Thanks!
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    Boy or Girl Sonoran Desert Tort?

    Apologies for crap photos! I foolishly took these pictures while cleaning koi filters and with sun glare on the screen. This wee one is about 6 inches long.
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    Globe Chamomile (Oncosiphon piluliferum)???

    Recently in the hills north of Phoenix, AZ we have had an absolute invasion of globe camomile, an invasive species from Africa. It has overtaken so much of our natural desert terrain and seems to be out competing a lot of our native forbs and grasses. Can my new Sonoran Desert tortoise eat this...
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    New Sonoran Desert Caregiver in AZ

    Greetings all. I am a professor, writer, animal behaviorist, herpetologist, Shakespeare scholar, theatre director, koi keeper, tarantula collector, and aquarium enthusiast--and now a caregiver for a lovely young Gopherus morafkai rescued off of a busy traffic median by a well-meaning neighbor...
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