What a cheeky little monkey! Fascinating (and quite dramatic) to see/watch the frenetic head/front leg shaking to try and get in a position to right himself... couldn't help cheering when he finally did ;-)
Did u post on your local Facebook lost and found pages/groups, and tortoise group pages, and/or check with local tortoise groups? I'm sure you're hoping nobody claims... she is absolutely ADORABLE and it seems like it might be fate that you found her ;-)
SO glad you rescued her from deadly roadrunners and cars, not to mention a plethora of other perils! Since it is a sulcata and not a DT, did you try and find out who might have lost her?
I am SO very sorry for the tragic loss of your beloved family member :( I think the DT on it's back in the sun scenario is the biggest fear we DT custodians/guardians have because IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME no matter how much we try to prevent (which must include doing everything humanly...
UPDATE ON ZOOMED GRASSLAND DIET AND DESERT TORT TERRY TORTELLI:
FIRST DAY: soaked and offered alone (curious as to his initial reaction)... turned up his nose and walked away
SECOND DAY: soaked, crumbled and mixed a little in his leaf/etc salad... gobbled everything up
THIRD DAY: soaked...
Well, after reading the original post and the subsequent thread, y'all have convinced me to try a commercial diet for SUPPLEMENTING Terry Tortelli's diet (and/or as a treat if he likes it) ;-). However, I agree with Kim&Tim about the ingredients and will go with the ZooMed Grassland... looks to...
I see you're in Phoenix and have (or had) DTs... some others I've seen have much "prettier"/more vibrant colored shells and I've wondered why his looks so "muted/muddy"... does coloration vary between habitats/territories? No matter, I'm crazy about him... he's my Zen Master ;-)
All's I know as a new (proud) parent to an inherited desert tortoise (age unknown), when I researched diet/care all the credible desert tortoise sites said NOT Tto feed commercial tortoise diets period. Watching him, I find it fascinating to witness what true browsers/foragers they are: when...
My desert tortoise Terry Tortelli fell head-over-heels in love with a plant pot lol! I was using the pots to protect some plants until big enough to withstand his grazing (and no, he wasn't just trying to get at the plant... I offered it and he couldn't have been less interested). He literally...