florida gopher tortoise

Hi! So long story short my little sister was vacationing in Florida and found a tortoise. Without researching it first she decided to bring it back home to Indiana. Turns out she's illegal to mess with. My sister was not equipped to deal with the care involved so I ended up adopting Patty to...

My daughter spotted several Florida Gopher Tortoises today and wanted to share. This guy must have recently left his burrow, as he still has clumps of sand on his shell.