Thank you! And it is a very tricky situation. I wish I could share more with this being a community of tortoise lovers but I honestly probably wouldn’t have even posted on this forum if I knew I couldn’t delete the thread to protect my privacy. I was just looking for anyone that might know...
A bit of a success story with this one. Slept in her “new” burrow last night. Ate a lot of food today, explored for about 3 hours and now back in her burrow tonight :).
I totally appreciate you! I won’t offer them the fruit. I came here for help so I’m not the type to ignore that help. I reached out to a wildlife rescue to see what they feed them when they’re in captivity. I was hesitant to do that at first but They gave me a whole list of safe “human grade”...
Thank you for the advice. Prickly pear is a native to florida and one of their favorites. My area is the mango capital of the US and mangoes have been here for roughly 140 years so they actually are everywhere and tortoises do much on them here. I know fruit is not the best and any fruit should...
Yes. He was not able to be captured but he survived. Couldn’t believe it. This place had at least 36-48 inches of water over the highest ground. But his burrow he’s lived in for decades was destroyed. And a lot of vegetation has been lost. So very stressful for sure! Lost his home, took a swim...
Hello everyone. New here and happy to find this forum. There’s only so much information out there. We have 4 gopher tortoises that live on our property. A shell island away from the mainland. They were brought over in the early 80s from previous island dwellers. Two are 50+ years old and the...