gopherus berlianderi

So today I took my guy to his weekly bath and as I was picking him up I saw a strange white big spot on his plastron. This is him after his bath. He pooped a lot as usual. Right now he’s eating his escarole. To be honest I have no idea if he already had this discoloration before since I have...

He had been very active until last week when he started to sleep a lot and eating only from time to time (yesterday he ate just a little bit of his scarole). I gave him a bath yesterday and he pooped twice, but he immediately wanted to sleep again. could he be trying to brumate? Should I be...

Hello! I'm feeling kind of worried since it's the first year my Gopherus Berlandieri is with me, and the vet told me he would start hibernating around october/november. However, he's still up and asks me to take a walk out of his enclosure. He's eating around 2 times a day and even though he...

Hi everyone I have a Sonoran desert tortoise and I have fallen in love with the Gopherus genus! I am wondering today about Texas tortoises! What are they like? Are they a desert species? I live in Cali can I adopt one potentially? Can they live with desert tortoises? And any other info you may...

Hello everybody! It's been a looong while since I last wrote in this forum. I used to have another account, but I forgot which e-mail I used for that one so I made a new one with my current e.mail. Anyways. My name is Nat! nice to meet you :) I have two texas tortoises, Benjamín and Frankie...