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In my opinjon, the male/female ratio is out of kilter no matter how big the yard. In my opinion the female should always have her own yard.

Your response still serves others who may be interested in the topic.

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You could always take a shovel and chop them up in the ground before they start to grow.

The picture looks like an old, healed chew mark.

Mosquito larva and pupae are gone. The coconut oil on the water did the trick.

They sometimes dig several test holes. . .maybe to fool a predator?. . .maybe just looking for the ideal spot, but quite often the 'real' nest is right around the mouth of the burrow. Since she came from a household with males and females chances are good the eggs are fertile.

This is what a shell looks like when a baby has been dead for a while. It just falls apart.

Could've been a crow or a racoon.

Oooo! I hadn't thought of that.

My husband died in '83, and several years before he died he went on a motorcycle trip that had him coming home through the Mojave desert. He stopped at a roadside stand and bought me either a packet of saguaro seeds or a tiny 1" potted saguaro, I can't remember which. At any rate, for the past...

Get Terramycin opthalmic ointment and dab on the eye two or three times a day. @zovick mentioned an ointment he uses, but I cant remember

Everyone's opinion is welcome, and no argument was started, just another member's opinion, which is quite ok.

Hi, and welcome!

Glad to see you're still with us. Is the tortoise eating on his own now?

Welcome to the Forum, Dani!

Yes, it's subtle - crowding at the food, sitting or peeing on the food, what is misconstrued as cuddling, sleeping in the same burrow, then blocking the door so one can't get out, following, etc. I'm a firm believer it's also mental, with no outward signs.

I use a 3/4 hp sump pump that carries the water to a Skippy filter and the discharge is about 2' over the pond, so it makes a pretty good splash. A good circulation current is noticeable.

Who knows what goes on in that little pea brain. I go around every evening and make sure everyone is away in their shelter and I block the opening to keep them safe. Just a word of advice from a desert tortoise keeper of over 30 years: it would behoove you to separate that beautiful enclosure...

I fed my Manouria the same as I feed my box turtles - any fruits, veggies, animal protein, edible plants, etc.