Recent content by Markie Ross

Wow! I’d love to hear more about the fridge idea. How do they breath?

Oh, also, there is a type of CPR that involves holding them at an angle with their heads pointed to the ground at about a 45 degree angle and the pumping their front legs back towards you. But yours sounds good too. I am hopeful never to have to use either again!

SO scary! I think about how she just walked over the edge of the pool then had to WALK to get the the center! I felt like the worst mom ever....:-)

I forgot to mention that this was about 8 months ago. The turtle is completely safe to hibernate now. Thank you so much for your input!

I have a tortoise story I wanted to share-both as a cautionary tale and because it has a good ending. We have three Desert Tortoises that have been in our family (or are descended from tortoises in our family, long story) for nearly 60 years. Last summer we built a new enclosure for them, pix...

We took our three out of their garage hibernation box about three weeks ago and they were out and (slowly)for about for about a day, but they have since been sleeping in their outdoor burrow. It is getting warm here and I'm bit concerned. Anyone else?