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Thank You @Yvonne! 💜

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. 🙏🐢

Thank you, @Yvonne G. That’s what I was thinking. I did post some pics here, but this new guy is just too smooth to be my Parker. He won’t eat & doesn’t seem to want water. AZ has been dry so weeds are not yet plentiful in my yard. I could take him/her out to an open area and see if it will...

This is Parker just after brumation this year. You can see his pyramiding. The second two are the ‘found’ tort.

Hi all, My Parker escaped my yard in May, the day after Mother’s Day. I have had flyers and ads everywhere, notified all the proper people. Yesterday, I thought he was found. Someone found a tort of similar size, def DT, but his shell is smooth. Parker had mild pyramiding. Is it possible for...

Sorry for your loss. Daisy lived a very long time. Prayers. 🙏

Thank you Tom for taking the time to write this very detailed information. Seems I re-read it each Spring. I inherited a Sonoran DT and he has just come out of his 6th brumation with me. He didn’t get a proper start, so I try to do all the right things. I have some concerns right now, but will...

Thank You for this detailed explanation of the differences brumation v hibernation. With that said, is it then okay to ‘wake’ DT on a particularly warmer day and soak and/or offer water to drink, let bask even, and then let him go back to ‘sleep’?

Welcome Randy and Tortellini. You’ve landed in an awesome place!!! All the greatest tort peeps here. ?????

I have successfully hibernated my DT Parker for 3 yrs now. First year, I think temps were a bit too warm so I worked on that by putting him in an unheated area of the house. Up off the floor, basically in a box. A cool, dark, quiet place. I have followed all @Tom care sheets,which have helped...

Our temps are dipping in low 50s already here in Mile High AZ. And we have been getting rain. Parker does not like thunderstorms so have been bringing him in at night also. He is slowing down already.

A fine sunny summer day at the home of Parker the DT. Two young hens wander in from the neighbors yard. Parker’s Mom sees them while getting his food ready & gets them some seed. All seems fine, Parker is eating, hens are pecking seed. Suddenly (as sudden as a tortoise gets), Parker looks up...

I did NOT know that, ewww! Gonna have another chat w Parker. ?? Thank you. ????

Thank you @Yvonne and @wellington. I’m keeping eye on him. Spot on neck washed off in soak. He ate some more. Had a talk with him. Told him not to scare me like that. What in the world would he eat that had blood? The lizards hang out with him a lot. So far so good, no more blood. ??‍♀️ Many...