Thank you for the educational stuff Tom! My guy has a shallow pool that he can soak in...should I still make a mandatory soak? He has a beautifully shaped shell...
Hi bioteach - i have planted all the desert plants you mentioned and he wont eat anything but the hibiscus and bermuda. I had to move the hibiscus plants to the front yard because he was destroying them :)
And then NOW i feel like a fool... guess who came out late yesterday afternoon... up to...
When I put the food outside his burrow he waits until I go back inside to come out...I am wondering if he has just gotten spoiled having the food come to him...I will still get an xray to rule out everything else then wait him out...I will update in a week :)
Hi Yvonne - he has a bunch of bushes to hide under... my yard is a bit of a jungle... lol... his burrow has a bush growing directly over it so its not in the sun... i am wondering if i just dont supplement feed if he would get hungry enough and come out to graze... how long can a tort go...
Phoenix usually hits 100 in June..we had a week of extreme heat but this behavior started before then. My dogs are old pugs and they have been together for the last 8 years with no problem so they are not much h bigger than him and he chases them around the yard so I am positive that's not it...
No injuries... i have examined legs, neck, head and tail - anything that is outside of his shell - he was not happy about it but he has always been a grumpy boy - i am thinking about an xray to rule anything else out but my vet thinks i am being extreme
I am at my wits end. My desert tortoise (50 year old male) lives outside year round (I'm in Phoenix AZ and have had him 8 years) and has had a normal behaviour of coming out of his den in about April and for the summer comes out daily for his march around the yard, chasing the dogs and chomping...