Recent content by Trinity Ann Blackwell

Thank you!

Sorry, I should have finished the name. They told me a “Sonoran Desert Tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)”. I was thinking she looked more like an African Spurred Sulcata from the very beginning. I was really worried about hibernation and where I would put her in the winters (and how much we would...

New tortoise owner here! I was given this tortoise April 2014 last minute and told she was a Desert Tortoise, female and will hibernate during the winters. She is such a friendly thing, mostly comes when called and always on time for dinner (no call needed – ha!). We just love her. Recently...