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Hello! Soooo, the most random thing happened today...we found a Sulcata in our (very secure) backyard CDT habitat!! As we came to find out, while we were on a camping trip last week, our gardner found a Sulcata walking across the street from a large park by our house, didn't see anyone around it...

So, we have a pair of CDTs and they currently have a somewhat large outdoor enclosure, with soaking pond, and lots of native plants. Recently I started reading that pairs do not work well together! I don't know why that information never came across in my research and discussions with other...

I don't know if it's because I'm really missing my CDTs while they hibernate, but I'm obsessing over adding a Sulcata to our family (and so is my 7yo son, who is equally obsessed with becoming a Herpetologist). Anyway, we currently have two CDT loves, I have raised since they were about one and...

Hello! I'm posting on behalf of a friend who has come to me asking for advice. Hard to give advice, when I'm not sure the kind of tortoise it is. She got a tortoise for her daughter at the local pet store, and she has no idea what kind of tortoise it is, and it's not specified on any of the...

I'm very proud to share my pretty close to done habitat for my two beloved CDTs, Stillwater and Scout. I have been designing this space in my head for a few years, but finally got moving on it about a year ago. Who knew it would involve so many moving parts?? When my husband came out to see the...

Hey, I'm in the beginning stages of building an outdoor habitat/enclosure for my young CA Desert Tortoises. They currently live in a modified rabbit hutch, which I plan to continue to use, to house them at night; we have racoons and possum that roam the neighborhood. I'd really like some...

Hi! My name is Kelly, and I have two young Desert Tortoises, my oldest, who I have had for 6 years, is named Stillwater, is 9 years old. Stillwater likes to sleep stretched out with his head resting on his arm, or on one of the pieces of drift wood in their hutch. My youngest, who I've had...