Recent content by tag78

They didn't do it any different than today - there are no arguments, just trials and threats of imprisonment.

Be careful where you go with that comment ZERO. It would seem that ignorance is the trend of the day these days. Just sayin'.

It's all good - sometimes we just feel the need to defend the honor of our friends by setting the record straight.

I didn't get either. Maybe some kind of mis-interpreted humor?

12 year sulcata care taker - Time alone does not make an expert but I can tell you when I got my little beastie he was already 60lbs and clearly spoiled. He wanted nothing to do with anything that wasn't juicy. It took about two years of mixing cut up bermuda, timmy, and orchard grasses mixed...

Sometimes we don't like being informed that we may be doing something wrong (or even that we could be doing it better). There are people, with more knowledge than us, from whom we seek advice. Some of those people are more direct than others but that doesn't mean you are being dis'd. I have...

That is why I go for more than one opinion - thanks.

Please correct me if this is wrong but I have read a few different articles saying that sulcatas can tolerate temps slightly below 50 F.

You are speaking about human nature here and there is nothing you can do about that. One would be tempted to call for more regulation but look what world politics has done with that concept.

I realize this doesn't help with your solution and I don't know if this the standard but as soon as we got Herm, he went to work digging a burrow (in the middle of his area under a large creosote bush) and he never attempted to dig anywhere else. It's been 12 years now. I guess he is happy with...

What a concept.

After 12 years experience learning how to negate some of the nefarious activities of a large sulcata (I acquired him at about 60 lbs, now over 100lbs) I have too many examples of him overcoming my efforts to tell them all. I can say this, it really got easier when I learned that if you can block...

Our vet got pretty good at surfboard repairs on damaged desert tortoises. He was even successful doing the same thing on red ear sliders.

I live in the Mojave Desert, east of Bakersfield. It gets real hot and real cold so he has his underground, main den where he can stay cool and a heated shed for the real cold winter months. I have to plan ahead in the fall for the upcoming winter and block him out of his burrow. He went in late...

Yea, they are great neighbors. We all have 1-acre lots and dirt roads. Our backyards have just a 4-foot chain-link fence between them and we talk all the time. He has had a lot of critters in the past so we get along really well. They love to visit with Herman. I think they see him more than I...