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Thank you all for your input! Regardless of species, I'm just grateful to have this old man :). He's a unusual character indeed...He just awoke from Brumation, warmed in the sun and ate pounds of wet greens then went back to his hibernation spot. Is this normal? I'm in So. California and all my...

Hello Tortoise Forum! I inherited a older tortoise from family this year. Have kept 3 other DT's over the past 30 years. (have multiple CA permits) This tortoise is much larger and has different behavior than any DT I have kept. He's 16.5inches carapace length, 10.5inches wide and about 21lbs...