gopher tortoise

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    Head Bobbing (between different breeds?)

    This year and last year I've noticed my gopher tortoise (Shelly) keeps bobbing their head at my desert tortoise (Squirtle). The desert tortoise for the most part seems to be ignoring it, and will never bob back. My research led me to two things, - aggression/territorialism - mating Could it...
    • BellaMa
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    Injured gopher tortoise

    We have a gopher tortoise and she was attacked by our dog this evening. She has several puncture wounds and was bleeding and bubbling out of one of them. Which to me sounds like a punctured lung, but I don't know anything. It's Not bubbling anymore but when we cleaned her wounds with the saline...
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    Feeding trough?

    I have a very old (80-90 yr) CA desert tortoise and he has just woken up from hibernation this spring. He is eating well but seems to be having more difficulty than usual. He can eat grass fine but when it comes to his daily salad he has more trouble. We used to feed him in a pie-pan shaped...
  4. g4mobile

    Florida Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

    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.
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