Well the desert hibernates for a lot of the year. Could let the desert roam in the front yard. When the sulcata gets big he could have the backyard. Just thinking out loud. I guess we have some time to think about it while he’s a baby. It’s hard to think about giving away a little tiny baby...
Since they can transfer diseases do you think we should try to find it a new home? Or as long as we keep them separated and don’t let them roam in the same yard they would be ok? I wouldn’t want anything to happen to my current tortoise.
My neighbor has 1 sulcata, but he didn’t know his had babies. I’m sure others in the neighborhood have tortoises, maybe it wandered far away? Is it normal for a baby to just show up in your yard?
This is the 2nd tortoise we’ve inherited, but the other is a desert tortoise the previous owners...
We live in the desert, my husband saw what he thought was a tennis ball behind our outdoor couch, turns out it was a tiny baby tortoise. No idea where he came from, none of our neighbors know either. We looked around our yard for any other babies, no sign of anything.
Can someone help me...
Hello. We moved into a new place where we discovered the previous owner left us their Desert Tortoise. There are a few pens and he lives in one and just came out of hibernation I am assuming.
I’ve been researching what to plant to get his habitat established, and have a good list. However on...