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First of all thank you all so much. You have all been huge hgelps to us and our tort. Dawna you were right these people are wonderful! However, I am not sure if I can dig very deep underground where I live. Is there a way to bulid up the ground around her burrow? That was she can still be...

Thank you all for all of your advice and help. We are doing our best to be sure she is healthy and happy. It is getting really hard to not get attached. I am starting to hope her family doesnt want her anymore so we can have her. The sites tell us if she was found in the city chances of her...

I was just wondering if it was safe to keep her outside or if I need to bulid her a home in my house. Right now it is 81 outside, but it is raining a little. However within the next month or two it will get as high as 130. It is a very dry heat but I would feel better if she was inside. I dont...

We are in Arizona, near Laughlin, Nevada and Needles, California. We looked up the laws and we can have her but if we dont find her owner we have to go through the state and adopt her. I am not sure how long I should look for her previous owner, or how long I should wait to adopt her. We also...

now lows are about 75ish and highs are about 102 but this summer should get at its highest 120 and mabey 130 for about 2 or 3 hours at high noon. We have only had her for a day and we gave her romaine, but we are going to the store to get other mixed greens and some calcium powder. We have a...

There is no irrigation system back there. We closed her off to a smaller portion of the yard. We dug a hole lined it and filled it with about 2 inches of water. She also has two hide outs, one is directly on the rocks, and the other is a box on its side with a towel in it. She has all of that a...

Thank you for being nice. lol can you tell me anything about my tortiose? I know she is a girl but that is all I know. Amanda

Can anyone tell me what kind she is? It will help me to find more information about her. Any information or advice would be apprciated. Thank you Chamema Family

Yes we are sure they would be very sad. So we have let everyone in the area know we have a tortise but we did not give any details about her features. We want to be sure we find her real family not just someone who wants her. She must have been missing for sometime, she was very dehydrated and...

Hi everyone, I have never done this before so forgive me if I am slow at catching on. haha Well I found a Tortiose roaming around my grandparents backyard yesterday. My family loves animals so we decided to take on the challenge of keeping it. I was reading some of the postings on here and I...