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https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2024/03/20/mgkwashington-county-approves-agreement-for-raven-population-control-inside-desert-reserve/?fbclid=IwAR2r3tUV_qc8oabP2ELquIhptTZ0W0PG4bZJLOhnzrtC9wKzgI5hNQCcnBc Cool little article. Ravens are very bad for the Desert Tortoises.

https://www.tortoisetrust.com/post/do-wild-tortoises-get-overgrown-beaks?fbclid=IwAR0GYKareLdIQhEFe4iam9wPH5iDDtnPnLfrngJjOJ6wGmN5_Tc6XsVUUvM

I ran across some info on honey (and wax) being used to treat sea turtles that were injured, there are many articles about it (i think about the same turtles mostly). As a beekeeper and tortoise keeper this really sparked some interest with me. There was a great thread about it here back in 2011...

There is not much action in this DT forum but i just felt like 10/1 is a important day for me (the torts) as a owner, It is a day that now marks a switch in the food offered to the desert torts I look after. I now will offer no wet food till March after winter. I will get to see them much less...

https://www.groworganic.com/products/premium-horse-pasture-mix-irrigation I only plant california native plants in and around my Desert Torts and on all my property for food and a personal project. My daughter keeps a couple rabbits and guinea pigs and she is very dedicated to their proper...

Just a article about a Florida builder being fined. https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/fwc-cites-inverness-village-4-builder-for-gopher-tortoise-infractions/article_b8f7222f-d31d-5899-880b-6837b75d90c8.html

I feel silly for not really looking into this till now but I have wild California Buckwheat that grows all over my property as well as Sage and brittlebush. I thought it was useless for my torts although great for my bees, I have tried to feed the brittlebush flowers to my Desert Tortoises but...

I keep a pretty close eye on my torts these days. I hose them with water just about every day. This morning I was distraught to find my girl had what I thought was a booger. I heated up some water and started a soak then poured water over her gently and softened everything up. I gently as...

Does anyone know this plant? I can't seem to figure out if it's safe for the torts. Southern California 93510 at 3000' elevation. Thanks in advance for any help.

https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a42052377/the-desert-tortoise-defender/

https://babylonbee.com/news/ohio-area-turtles-develop-sudden-interest-in-pizza-martial-arts Babylon Bee article

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/no-words-florida-gopher-tortoise-found-with-airbrush-painted-shell

My family gave me these signs for Cristmas. I guess they noticed all the work and energy I have been giving my torts.

I thought I would share about me checking on the Desert Tortoises I am caretaker of. Since joining this forum recently and reading and following the info going on here I have learned it is usually not best practises to allow tortoises to brumate outside. I had fairly recently built two...

https://www.courthousenews.com/fossil-of-giant-sea-turtle-discovered-in-europe/

Looking for some advice on growing two adult Desert Torts fresh cactus. I have plenty of property (as the first picture shows i literally have wild cactus growing on it)but have decided to grow a row of the Prickly Pears strictly for tortoise food. I so far planted five plants (as pictured) but...

I was wondering if a desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii or Gopherus morafkai is a species that has any commercial value? This would assume that a legally obtained and proper genetically diverse captive population existed outside the States they are naturally from. The tortoises would not be...

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2022/09/29/agl-installation-of-brutally-hard-2-ton-tortoise-statue-culminates-4-year-project-in-snow-canyon/#.YzhdKXZlAa6 A new statue of a Desert Tortoise was put in Snow Canyon Park Utah. Utah is on my bucket list and may visit here someday. It looks...

I have been caretaking two Desert Tortoises for years now and never have given warm water soaks. I always have large Terra Cotta saucers out with fresh water which they mostly ignore but theoretically they may soak in when its warm. I have not witnessed this and doubt it happens. I only a few...

It is so nice to see a actual active forum in 2022. I do not use Facebook and a majority of forums have gone there it seems. I am the care taker of two Desert Tortoise's named Tic and Toc. Adopted in I think 2014 as adults. Left two pics are Tic and right two are Toc. In the last two years...