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So i was inside relaxing and I look out my window to find a tortoise walking up my drive way. I knew it wasn't mine since I only have deserts and they are currently at my boyfriends house (he has a huge yard for them). So the question is what type of tortoise is he, I want to take proper care of...

Thanks so much Yvonne for my knew baby!!! And Thanks Walter for bringing him down for me!!! I named him Short Round

so earlier today my little desert hatchling died, he hadn't been growing and was significantly smaller than his brother ( his brother is still alive and doing just fine). The last couple of days he was sleeping alot and today when I came home he look like he was moments from death and we took...

So I haven't posted in a while and my torts (well one of the, steven) has gotten huge!! His brother on the other hand is given me issues still not eating a whole lot and is still kinda small. Here they are Steven sleeping! Luc thinking about eating he decided not to Brothers!

Sea Dahlia (Coreopsis maritime) native plant, OK so I see that this was under the edible landscaping for desert dwelling torts and I was just wondering what is edible. Is it the flower, the leaves, or both? Just kind wondering since I have them in my yard.

so I have two baby torts (hatched August 2009) one is about 2 inches and the other is maybe half that size. The little guy in recent days has refused to eat anything and in addition rarely wakes up on his own I usually have to wake him up by putting him under the uv bulb but even then he has...

As many of you know from the picture section I have 2 baby Deserts. I am a little concerned about them because they dont seems to be eating a whole lot lately. They never really pigged out but they would at least eat some. They have never really been to active but they still do walk around...

My torts don't seem to like yellow hibiscus is there a reason to this? they prefer the red and pink just thought this was kinda interesting has anyone else experienced this?

They are just so cute I couldn't resist post some pics to share with every one! He Loves that cup So sleepy The start of his rock climbing endeavors

I have two DT hatchlings one is a little bigger than the other but not by much, and I have noticed that the bigger of the two will bite the smaller one on the head whenever I put down food. I have seen it on several occasions and was just wondering if this could potentially become a problem...

I just want some feed back on my enclosures to make sure that my new babies will be happy with it. Inside I have cypress mulch and outside I have eco earth soon to be mixed with a bit of play sand for rigidity.

Well today I left the house to run errands and when i came back I found my poor baby flipped over. The poor little guy had chocked on dirt that we had put down for him. Its just so sad because I had just found this website in hopes of making him a better house. hopefully I can contact the person...

I have a desert tortoise that I have had for about a year. I have been keeping him outside this summer during the day and inside at night. My question is what should the humidity level be at and is that throughout the entire enclosure or is it only in a hide? Also i was confused as to what...