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Thank you all for the responses. I have received the pm's as well. I definitely would like to get them further south. Up north here is just not ideal. And for sure I did not want to give them to the humane society or other rescue around here. They wouldn't know what to do for them. And to let...

Hello tort parents. I have not been on the forum in quite a while. Some of you may remember The CDT's Gordo and Twitch. Well, last year I moved up to Eureka CA from Sacramento. My ex cared for the torts for a few months when they came out of hibernation and then I went down and got them. Since...

I have a 55 gallon.

Update on Gordo and Twitch. I find it so strange to have a pet that is just....not around. My husband and I both are just weirded out. I also find it strange that they are hibernating with 60 degree temps. They have yet to wake up except when I accidentally left the heater vent on to that room...

First I would like to say I am very sorry for your losses. For now though if I were you I would just hold on to the ones you have for now and avoid bringing in any other torts until you are sure that yours are thriving. I don't know hardly anything about the breeds you have now, but I have heard...

Torts, although not beginner pets, can easily turn around an owner/friend. To learn about these guys takes a little research, help from the forum, a lot of love, and a little money.....after all that, the little buddies will flourish.

As much as I do not wish to hibernate them this year I kind of don't have a choice. Last year, they hibernated themselves while living with their old owner. The owners thought they were dead and just left them at their house for more than a month while they were moving. They didn't know they...

My fish has been through a lot with the last summer heat wave and all. Had to keep dumping cold water in her tank so she wouldn't cook. Had to dump cold water over myself for the same reason. The torts didn't mind the heat thgouh. wierd. Anyways, twice now, my Oscar has jumped out of her...

I think you are doing everything right as a noob except learning about your tort prior to getting it. I did the same thing. First things first, Are you sure you have a star tort? 100 dollars does sound very low, unless you got from a friend. At first I thought mine were sulcata's, turns out...

I am curious how small your babies are. My gordo and Twitch are over, it must be two years now, and bellies are still a little soft. Depending on how young, it could be perfectly normal and not anything to stress over to where you are pulling your hair out. I was still stressed too, but the...

Old thread, but wanted to give a little update. I still go there to get my substrate/ bulbs, and so forth. So the last time I went, I just kind of asked the guys about every single pet they had, saying I was looking for another, maybe a lizard, or turtle, maybe even a snake. After walking around...

Sorry I have not posted in a bit. Been busy. They did actually hibernate themselves, even though the temp is not as low as temps I have read about on the forum. I do not want to hibernate them, but due to the average temp in my house it is necessary. They have an open home and would refuse to...

Hello all, I am not sure how to go about handling this. Gordo and Twitch are very healthy, but since the temperature change they have gone in to their own kind of hibernation. For the first few days I kept waking them up and moving them to the warmest part of their home, and making them eat...

I agree, always fun to argue points like this. Unfortunately, it is an individual "property manager" who is hired on by my real landlord who lives out of state. Still researching it, but at this point in time with the way the economy is and such, I am not trying to get kicked out of my place...

It was a very quick turn around. My husband was telling me that we had to cut some things out of our budget. I didn't want to give them away, I already had to give my cats up because we couldn't afford the deposit. Believe it or not, my landlord came over a couple of days ago and saw Gordo and...

Wow, Yvonne, I am sorry if I offended you in anyway. If I was planning on selling them, ofcourse I would have checked to see if it was legal first. I know there are many laws regarding dt's. Did not know it was illegal, but now I do. Thank you. I am not trying to do anything wrong. I spoke...

Hello all on the forum. I haven't posted in quite a while, been very busy. Some of you may remember Gordo and Twitch. The two juvenile california dt's that I got from a friend who couldn't care for them. The reason for my posting is that I fear I can not care for them the way I did before...

So sorry to see that Robyn. Poor thing. You and Little Bit are in my prayers.

What makes me mad.....is that my "uncle" had a hit and run, and he got nothing. DUI, drunk as a skunk, and they gave him probation. Lost his license for 2 years. I think he served like 3 months or something (because wasn't first strike). This guy is the biggest peice of crap, hit a little girl...

One thing that bothers me is that people don't know the rules on craigslist. You aren't supposed to post ads for animals/pets/creatures...yada yada yada. I have seen so many and flagged them. I don't think I am doing something bad because a lot of people on craigslist....if they are looking for...