Wow, what a beautiful tortoise. I have spoken with Tom and he is not expecting new SA Leopard hatchlings until January. May I ask how much yours weighs now and if he is outside year round?
I do understand this differently in terms of a hatchling (which we still want) in that care requirements...
WOW! Thank you so much Tom! I absolutley should have opened this with "Here is my yard. I'm looking for a large personable tortoise that can live back there as an adult. What species would you recommend?" I am going to research South African leopard tortoise, which sounds amazing, do you breed...
I had ruled out Redfoot and Leopard because I thought they required a high humidity and it is more arid where I live. But there are sprinklers and always shade in back, ferns grow well there - do you think Redfoot or Leopard would do well here?
My thought behind sulcata was that they are suited...
Thank you both so much for the feedback! Yes, the other tortoises we are wrestling with are Russians and adopting Desert tortoise, which I think are both well-suited to where we live.
The downside of Russian feels like it is so small id always worry about it, it can't free roam and we...
Hello! We are considering getting a baby sulcata to raise with the kids. We live in Los Angeles, CA. I wanted to share a video of my backyard and get opinions if this is a reasonable space for an adult sulcata to live. He would have free reign, it is fenced all around. I was planning on building...
Hi! I’m considering adopting a desert tortoise. A consideration is if we will ever see him. I know they burrow and hibernate, but was reading they spend like 95% of the time underground. So if we had one, would he only be out and about once in awhile? Thank you!