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When he wakes up around March 17th, he should have a better place. Extreme heat and a medical condition keeps me from monitoring him well in the summer. This has been ok for many years. The new neighbors have a pit bull on their side of the fence. The dog charges anything along the fence when he...

These pictures are of Mount Rubidoux in Riverside CA visible from the front yard. Just a blessed coincidence to catch a rainbow on the Mt Rubidoux cross.

This is our 2nd summer with Sherman. We are continuously improving his living space, slow and steady adding plants, more shade and such. In his night box how hot is too hot for him ? Now there is an additional green shade on top. This photo only has wire mesh on top, hard to see and not...

Just out of curiosity today I looked at surrounding shelters for a tortoise and found one with no problem. He was listed with "act quickly as this shelter does not hold pets for long". The tortoise was there for 10 days already. I emailed them and asked isn't this a protected species? I said do...

Couldn't believe I found a tortoise Easter basket ! How great is that ! Happy Easter ! Celebrate the good news.

Large yard available for growing sulcata food. Unfortunately many of the plants I hope to put in the yard are 1) plants that are considered invasive or 2) I'm not even sure if it is toxic to the sulcata. For example :Sweet Broom. Lovely flowering bush with rapid growth. :Pampas Grass. Another...

This post is my husband ALBERT's question. As I am trying to put a heater in his 4x4 house. He is not the forum fanatic like me, but he agrees to read everything posted on this thread. Hammer us with information! So who in s CA does, or does not, heat their tortoise house and why?

Excellent start to the day. Neighbor frantically knocking on our door saying " Your tortoise is loose wandering in the street a block away ". We checked and our guy is snoozing in his night box like an angel. Sure enough there is ANOTHER big sulcata in the neighborhood that is wandering around...

Is the extreme heat causing "Roady" to return to his winter burrow or should this be a concern? He does not seem to come out. Another DT, my "Shellby" has a new hiding place I don't know where and HE is making fewer appearances also. Shellby is not being fed as often because he is hiding more...

Last year he emerged on March 5th. This year the dirt piles tell me he is busy but he has not come out yet. I am worried about him.

Neighbors are giving us an adult sulcata about 40 yrs old. Will he be ok with a chain link fence or should we re-enforce it before his arrival. Any suggestions since there is a lot of fencing ? Also part of the area includes orange orchards and fruit trees. Will falling fruit be a health issue...