The strange thing is that the other tortoises avoid him. They fight with each other but they tend to let him be a loner. He is always off by himself while the other duke it out and fight!
His leg has only started to look like that within the past few days...they were fine when he arrived at our house about a month ago..just a little scabbed up. We cleaned him up today as soon as we saw what it looked like. He is going to the vet on monday who specializes in desert tortoises. We...
I've only just found this website and I am excited about it! My family has been raising desert tortoises for over 25 years after my Uncle found one wondering through his neighborhood and no one wanted to claim the girl so she made her home at our house! A few years later my Dad was mountian bike...
He has had a rough 15 years! We're hoping he will get better! On top of his scales coming off, we just realized that he wasnt eating! He has been an only tortoise for his whole life and now he is in a yard with 8 others and he apparently has been intimidated by them. We are keeping him seperated...
My family has been raising desert tortoises for years (since before I was born 24 years ago!) We recently took back a desert tortoise whom we had given to a family member to be a part of their family. This tortoise had dug a hole in their yard and was caught in the chainlink fence. While he was...