melbelb
New Member
I'm new to this forum, and I have a couple of questions I hope you all can help me with. I'm beginning to believe our beloved Mr. T is missing. We haven't seen him at all since we got back in town last Friday. We were gone for a week, and he was in his burrow when we left, but we haven't seen him or any sign of him since we've been back. His burrow is empty as far as I can see. In asking around if anyone had found a desert tortoise during the week we were out of town, I was told that judging from his picture, I had a sulcata and not a desert tortoise, and that he was probably just hibernating. So my first question is, what species is Mr. T, and my second question is, could he have dug himself so deep in his burrow I can't see him at all? I know they can go into summer estivation and it did get very hot, but we've had 3 days of monsoons and much cooler weather and there's still no sign of him. It's too early for true hibernation, but is it possible?