That's a part of it. Gopher Tortoise use to be called "Hoover Chicken". People would pull them out of their burrows and eat them. The young in Georgia are pretty vulnerable, whether to coyotes, feral dogs, even feral pigs. It takes quite a few years before a juvenile is safe from things like...
Thanks for the welcomes. Emysemys, I'm a biology student interested in inverts...something about the cuttlefish and their relatives really catches my curiosity. You can call me Scott, though.
The guy I got Bert from fed 'em Mazuri and greens...I thought I'd try to follow the advice given at...
Having a lot of fun with him, so far. Does a lot of head bobbing...haven't read anything other than males doing similar during mating. Anyone know why such a young tortoise would behave like this?