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rubber does dry rot...ask anyone with campers or cars in storage,it cracks and becomes unstable

Oh yeah,I usually kinda swing a cabbage palm stem ,about 4 foot,swing and tap the ground in front of me. Kinda like a blind person does with the white cane,No disrespect implied . I wear cowboy boots around the yard,and spent big bucks on snake boots I wear when I am going thru a lot of brush or...

Im looking for one,I am in Florida,I am currently building a pen for a sulcata that I am hoping to get from a rescue. Trying to make the pen very large. The catch is I have never had a tortoise. I have found some of the gopher tortoise on my property but they are wild and not mine .I've been...

So how did it go? Did you love having the tortoise house guest?

I moved here from Syracuse NY....lots of lake effect......I dont miss snow ,not one little bit....lol I ordered 50 lbs of pasture mix from Peaceful valley ,and i ordered African Grazer ,and broadleaf testudo mix from Tortoise supply I hope the gopher likes it , and what ever guy I end up with...

Its funny you would post this today,yesterday I was on my way to Dunnellon and they were burning the Goethe State Forest....my first thought was OMG ,the animals,where will they go......and the poor Tortoise...if they burn everything....that means the food is gone....at least for a while

Doing great,sunny and 70's today....it got cold for a few nights ,I covered my plants,but it didnt go below 38 here,other places got frost and and a few went below freezing for a few hours....I am close to the ocean.....not on the island close ,but as the bird flys about 2 miles,5 miles by...

Are they different from the Florida native tortoise? Or same but have evolved to survive in a different habitat?

didnt even think of the mineral /salt blocks.....good idea

I just started giving the deer corn....hoping they'll leave some grass for the tortoise,and to draw them away from the tortoise home

What kind are they...just desert tortoise? What do they eat?

What type of grasses/plants can I plant /seed in a part of my property so the gopher tortoise would have more food to graze on...the soil is a lot of bare sand,lots of oak,with areas of pine too.....I mowed the tall sparse grass,hoping it threw seeds and to force new tender growth for grazing...

impressive!

I saw my first Gopher Tortoise on my property today. He saw me walking and he ran as fast as he could to slide down his tunnel....I have 7 or 8 tortoise dens on my property,most seem abandoned...I knew his was still being used because I can see sand had been thrown out and the slide marks going...

so happy shes better.....

Would this work as far as moving a large tortoise -they make these sling type things with handles for Giant breed dogs, they get weak or loose function of their hips/back legs, and the sling things have shoulder straps so you dont break your back lifting them to take them out to go piddle. My...

Man ,so many great questions and help,hope Jacques is better soon,so many suggestions ...awesome

WOW....I heard about the territory thing...but it never occurred to me they would actually kill each other.....I think I just want one....no groups