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I'm happy to see he has recovered! I have no idea how he looked before but he sure looks good in the pics! lol Humphry looks A LOT like my female Lucy!

G. flavomarginatus is a spectacular species indeed! I recently attended a tortoise symposium in vegas and got to meet a couple of researchers who worked with them! Currently I believe they are only found at a couple of private ranches in Southern New Mexico and Arizona, maybe Texas. They are...

Hi The Mojave Kid: Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!! May we know your name and where you are (Barstow?)? Oh jeez I knew i forgot something! haha sorry! Heres a little Bio: My name is Lucas Basulto I am a 20 year old Undergraduate preparing to transfer to either UAT (University of...

Yeah the beginning of this year was pretty harsh and normally what I do is fill the burrows with leaf litter then cover the entrances but Two of my males recently decided to "re-arrange" their burrows so This past hibernation I actually had to move them into boxes in our garage because the...

Yes 24/7...They all have established burrows and plenty of shade if they want it but they do manage to sneak in and cool off once in a while though...especially now with this heat. Me being from Barstow and you from AV we basically suffer the same! :P[hr] Nice! I actually worked on a book...

I know mojave max! lol Awesome Tortoise for sure not at all cocky over the publicity he gets! ;) Have you heard of the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center outside of Vegas?

Thank you very much! and so am I! he's a trooper![hr] Thank you! Its hard to keep up with responding to you all! This is great! I feel very welcomed! haha! I have had Zeus and Duke the longest about 12 years then we got Gus about 11 years ago then finally we got lucy about 7-8 years ago. :)

Thank you very much! Zeus and Lucy have been in captivity their whole lives about 85 years now! Believe it or not we have proof of this! So they are basically spoiled here. lol

Thank you both! Its odd to here someone say that Gus (the tortoise on the far left) looks "good" haha. He was a rescue that was pulled from a backyard in the city. The owners moved out the winter and left him while he was hibernating then in the spring when he woke up the new owners had 3 dogs...

Hello everyone! This is my first post so I figure I would introduce a couple of my Mojave's! This is Lucy our only female, she has a separate enclosure away from the boys: And this is Zeus, Duke, and Gus eating one of their varied meals: Here is the meal (Mulberry leaves, Squash...