Yes I will try to remember that, never been that much involved with tortoises other then loving them, but as they are wild here and so present, I never felt the need to get more involved....Now I am with my two adapted tortoises :)))) All the best to you
Oh we have all sorts here, sea turtles like loggerheads ( Carett Caretta ) Nil turtles, Caspian turtles. As for tortoises we have spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca ibera) and Greek tortoises. In May you see so many baby tortoises if you go up the village roads. I always stop and help them...
So far all good, they are bot burrowed inside the dung...that was their choice and I sincerely hope that they won't come out till spring. It is a safe place for them. They completely covered themselves, one I know where, so I made her a roof and the other one I haven't spottet yet, but I am sure...
There is also a chance that weather is getting cooler over the next months up to march...normally you see baby tortoises coming out left right and center end of april, beginning of may here...I was hoping that she is gonna go back in to hibernation by herself when the weather is a bit cooler...
Thank you so much for your reply. They are definitely wild tortoises as I know the previous owner of this place and she didnt keep tortoise pets. We have so many many wild tortoises in the area, you see one a day for sure. Tortoises were wandering in my garden all summer long. The barn they had...
Thank you so much for your quick response. They will be safe from the barn constructions as they have their fenced area a few meters away from it. She looks healthy as much as I can tell. Hopefully she will go back in to hibernations, but somehow she looks so active and also it is getting warm...
I did read that it is better to leave wild tortoises alone and I am also not sure how to sustain the care for the tortoise over 3 months, until it gets warm enough again..in march we still have cold weather at night here.......I hope someone can give me an advise and help to do the right thing...
Hello I am new to this forum and also new to Tortoises. I live in SW Turkey and just accidentally woke up 2 hibernating wild tortoises, which were in a barn I Am converting. I made them a fenced in area with the same earth coming out of the barn. One covered herself inside the dirt and seems to...