My tortoises and chickens have been around each other for years with no problems. I have seen many other people in the facebook groups who also have an open yard where the animals can mix. My tortoises have never been interested in eating chicken poop, and I have never seen the chickens pooping...
My vet would recommend betadine for that wound, diluted with water to the color of tea. It's great for skin wounds, but I think you should see a vet to be sure there isn't something deeper. My vet charges $60 for an office visit. If you have to buy medication, I'm guessing your costs would be...
Will you be keeping him outside? I hope so. You can make a yard with a planted area. They love to dig and bury themselves. And if you can make a place for a pile of leaves and such, keep it moist, and add a bunch of red worms, he will love to hunt around in there. Pillbugs will come to the pile...
After trial and efforts, I have found them fairly easy to grow from the fluffs. To get them started, they need to have regular water and some shade during the day helps too. Think about how prolifically they grow on lawns. Lawns get watered daily and the fluffs, when they get blown, spread the...
So are those miniature/dwarf trees? And if so, regular fruitless mulberry have invasive roots so can't be near foundations. Do you know if the miniature trees also have invasive roots?
In my area of Southern California, the only places I've seen plantain is mixed in with lawn grasses, like on school playfields. I recently dug some up at a small golf course near my home. I noticed it seems to grow more prolifically where the ground is wetter. It transplants very well, my...
Kittens. So cute!
Here's another thought: if your nighttime temps are freezing and below but daytime are above freezing, bring the box inside during the night only. That would work to be inside only that much.
As far as food, if you can get dandelion at a specialty food store, like Sprouts in...
It's not really cold enough in the house--cold enough to slow way down, but not to go completely dormant. I would put him in a box, and store him someplace cold and safe, like the garage. That's what I do with my desert torts. My Russian is sleeping outside, but I am in Southern California, so...
I've raised many baby boxies. They need to be kept warm, have very moist substrate to bury in, and a dish of water to soak in. Mine would always get in the water on their own, and that's where they poop. I always recommend an abundance of pill bugs, mealworms, and any other moving bugs. They...
Something to watch out for: I once adopted a boxie that had recently been chewed around the edges by a dog. Apparently, it violated some kind of seal, because after spending the winter in moist dirt, it had shell rot all through the shell. I painted her with gentian violet and kept her dry for a...