Good advice. Thank you. We will as the post title says do it slow and steady and get a tortoise next year once the plants have grown quite a bit bigger and are safe to eat from. We already have a fenced off portion on the other side of the house where we intend to plant our prickly pear...
Hi all! I found this forum about a month ago when I was researching into tortoise care and I've already learned a ton and love the community here. We just bought a house with a large backyard (large for Mesa, Arizona) and want to get a backyard tortoise. We are going to apply to adopt a Desert...