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Interesting, I guess I will just have to give things more time and watch what develops. I will watch for the aggression. Thanks for letting me know she is OK. I often wondered if she was eating enough etc.

Will any of these work? I have seen a little tail but it is tucked in right now. I can feel a very slight indentation on the bottom shell but it is hard to see in the pictures. Maybe he is younger than I thought, 12 to 15 years and still developing [hr] Here are some more pic's and yes, I have...

Nasturtiums are great and edible too, flowers and leaves. They are easy to grow from seed. Grapes are easy to grow and the leaves are yummy.

Oh how funny! I estimate he/she is 15 to 20 years old from what she told me. It was small enough to fit through a small cat door when she found it. I keep thinking and referring to it as a male. I have all along. I bet she was wrong. He is a chub! He is busting out of his shell. How fast does...

I found this picture of the protrusion under her head. A picture of her eating. I will post more tomorrow.

Also, she does follow me everywhere. I even take her out the garage door to sit out front. She plays and investigates while we sit. I watch her closely. She will listen to 'no, turn around' about half the time. The other half I have to start to get up and then she turns around like 'I was just...

No, I don't think it is anything I am doing. I don't feed her by hand. She eats outside, it is around 90 degrees here during the day. I live in sunny Arizona. If I feed her extra other than the outside grass then I just put edible flowers in front of her while she is munching on grass, maybe a...

OK, well now I know. I will have to watch her. I expected aggression to look like the first video and I knew I wasn't seeing that display. The head bobbing alone confused me. It seemed out of context to be aggression. I will watch her.

That was great video of the tortoises fighting! It was not what I am seeing at all. I could recognize that as aggression easily. That is not the behavior I am referring to as head bobbing either, not even close. I will have to record it and figure out how to upload it. I am talking big up and...

I will watch her closely more closely and see what conclusion I come to. I sure hope she is not staring to be aggressive. As long as she doesn't bite it is no big deal I guess. I can live with it. I like an animal with an attitude. LOL when she does it, she is not raised up. Her shell is...

I do think that she is excited. It looks like she is trying to make friends or in love with our feet to be honest. She would have bitten if not and my toes are directly next to her mouth when she is sitting, sometimes touching her face. Her neck is relaxed, it looks like her version of a dance...

My desert tortoise loves to climb. Why go around when you can go over? LOL

My gal will sit out front with us. I only allow her out our garage door inside our home so she never knows to get out the gate outside. She plays around us while we sit. She likes to investigate the front yard/garage and sit by our feet bobbing her head. During our out front time we will walk...

That makes sense about it being how they communicate. That was what I was thinking. I also have a green cheek conjure bird that likes to walk the floor. She bobs her head at the bird too. I caught her snuggled up to my bird once sleeping. I think she just likes to snuggle and is looking for a...

Oh how funny! OK, I will be honest. She likes to sit with me on the couch. I sit and she sleeps next to me under a blanket that I have draped over the couch's back. It forms a teepee area for her to sleep in. She pushes up against the couch under the blanket. When I go to bed, I kiss her on the...

Actually it is a she. She has a guys name so it feels natural to say he. I will have to watch my toes. She sleeps inside and goes outside for the day. She comes to the backdoor when she wants in. She also just started pushing our feet like she is trying to go through us when she is tired and...

My guy will come up to our feet and just start bobbing his head at our toes. It is like he has a toe fetish. He never bites. It is like he is happy, making a friend. What do you all think?

I heard that grocery stores and markets have trimmings from lettuce and such that they discard. They also have old things that they will sell to you at a discount. Get to know your store clerks. I have a dessert tortoise and he just eats grass from the lawn. When I go to Lowe's they will dead...

Here is a picture of my baby!

Thanks for making me feel so welcome. I actually do live where they are in the wild. People keep them outside here. I just like to have her close. I am glad to hear the closet is a OK place for her. Will she burn through more calories though because she is not in a deep sleep like she would be...