Recent content by Guillermo Limon

Thank you very much, Tom

Hi Pablo, I am in Guadalajara. Please read my reply to EpsDynasty (with some pics), it looks like I need to rectify my practice, although my oldest hatchlings are 25 years old and healthy. They were released into the grass backyard at around 6 years old, though, going through winter brumation...

Hi Tom, please read my reply to EpsDynasty below, I need to rectify my practice.

Thanks for your advice. By cement I mean additive free, completely natural sand. I have read about impaction and never had an issue. I have also experimented with mixtures of top soil and sand. Tortoises do need traction and digging, bark does not offer much of either. But of course I am open to...

Hi, Pablo, I am also in Mexico and have bred local desert tortoises for a while. If you are looking to buy a desert species (Sulcata, leopard, Mediterranean, etc.), sand is a much better substrate, it offers more traction both for moving and for digging. If you buy river sand, it must absolutely...

Can you export, Will?