Recent content by TanyaTortoiseGal

Thank you very much for the information, unfortunately she is over 2 hours away from me, but in case things don’t work out closer to home I would contact her office! Thank you 😊

I’m sorry I was incorrect, the Dr. previously mentioned Dr. Jay Johnson, who wrote the paper posted above owns the 3 locations, not Dr. James Jarchow. Thank you again for the information!!!

Thank you for the information, it is the same veterinarian that owns 3 locations, one of them is where my appointment is, so hopefully if he’s not at that location he will have a good tortoise Dr. on staff!

He is actually the owner of one of 3 Veterinary Hospitals that I am scheduled to go to next week!!! I don’t know if he works out of the Phoenix location because his address is the Mesa location which is still a couple hours away…but at least he owns the location I have an appointment for!! He...

Yes, unfortunately that’s about 3 1/2 hours away from me 😢. Thank you for responding though!!

Some of you may have seen my thread recently about a scute lifting on the back of my 35lb Sulcata. I’ve been educated by members about outdoor enclosures, heating apparatuses, etc., thank you all for your knowledge!! I want to have my Sulcata scene by a specialized tortoise veterinarian. I am...

I rescued a hatchling from the middle of a busy road in 2021, re-homed the hatchling because I lived in a cold climate and couldn’t keep it. September 2023 I rescued an adult Sulcata Tortoise from a very busy intersection, I had relocated to Southern AZ and was able to keep him…I’ve always...

Somebody moved my original post, which I guess I posted in a different area, to its own area, so you’ll have to forgive me I didn’t realize the original pictures attached to the original post from last week where not moved with my original questions in this post. The “dirty” pics were from when...

Pictures attached below as well as information on how to tell the difference between the two tortoises below and I’ve made sure that I’ve taken the tortoise to have it identified by qualified reptile individuals.

Pictures attached below.

Please read the post below with the pictures of how to tell how a hatchling is a desert tortoise versus a Sulcata tortoise.

Thank you for your input, but I’ve been told multiple times that it definitely is a Sulcata and these pictures help explain the differences between a baby Sulcata and a baby desert tortoise. I’ve taken my tortoise to many reptile shops in the valley to help identify as well as posted pictures...

The above pictures are of Sammy my Sulcata when I found her as a hatchling in the middle of the road, when she was still very dirty, and the newer ones that you can tell she’s very clean and turning out to be very beautiful now. “Sulcata” is what I have been told over and over and over again...

I know this is an older thread, but I just wanted to add to it, and hope others may still be reading it. I have my first tortoise, I actually found him in the middle of the road as a hatchling this week he’s a Sulcata tortoise and both yesterday and today has decided that he wants me to hold him...