desert tortoise

Hello. A sad day has come where I have to rehome my eight year-old male desert tortoise. I made the cardinal mistake of adopting two tortoises, and after many years they started to fight. His name is Vincent, and he is active and personable (for a tortoise) and a great eater. I am located in...

when I watch her closely, I let Petey petunia walk around the lawn. But she has become obsessed with trying to eat the dried dates from the annoying date trees in my yard. Obsessed with them. And it’s basically impossible to avoid. So I am wondering whether or not I actually need to stop her or...

Hello, petunia is a yearling Mojave desert tortoise. She has been sting normally, except today really didn’t want to come out. She did not Brumate this year. I was examining her, and there is this Seam for lack of a better word on the bottom of her shell it’s white with like red in the middle...

My dad had this tortoise since his 20s (so would be about 50 years ago). If it helps, we live in Southern California. Someone gave it to him (unfortunately, I think but cannot confirm they took him from the wild) but no idea where he physically came from. I am trying to find a good home for him-...

*** i see other posts about swollen eye that I am reading through currently. If there’s one in particular I should see please direct me to it **** I was literally prepping petunia for brumation to start tonight when I noticed that her right eye is very very swollen! I had kind of pulled a hair...

Hello everyone, I am trying to determine if petunia, a Mojave desert tort who likely just turned one in the past few weeks is ill or if she is trying Brumate a bit early. Living in Vegas, and this past week, there was a cold spell: high nineties and triple digits replaced with averages in...

Pretty much no other symptoms. Eating and pooping. Last week, petunia seemed to feel a little under the weather and was lethargic but eating and (less than often pooping). So… acting completely normal….. but looks swollen….am I just paranoid? Its between 11-13 months old.

Hi everyone, I need to rehome my 7 year old desert tortoise. Her name is Queso. She’s growing a little too big for my tiny apartment..She is a desert tortoise with lots of curiosity! Need a loving home for her!

I bought this cheap cuddle fish for birds off Amazon but now I’m questioning whether I should give this to my tortoise because it appears to be enriched with omega-3 vitamin B one. Should I return this for something more….. fully aquatic? For hatchling Mojave desert tortoise (oh my gosh I just...

Morris is a ten year old Russian tortoise, and recently he has been having recurring redness around his left ear. It does not feel hot and he doesn't seem tender to the touch, but it is consistently only on the one side, and I want to make sure it isn't worth a visit to the vet. It started...

This year and last year I've noticed my gopher tortoise (Shelly) keeps bobbing their head at my desert tortoise (Squirtle). The desert tortoise for the most part seems to be ignoring it, and will never bob back. My research led me to two things, - aggression/territorialism - mating Could it...

Does anyone know if Valentine Bush (Eremophila maculata ‘Valentine’) is safe for Desert Tortoises? We have one in our yard which our Speedy ignored all of last year and most of this season since she woke up, but this year it’s flowering much better and today I caught her nibbling on a couple of...

Help! My little guy has done something to his lower beak. (PICTURE ATTACHED) , I don't know how or what is going on with it. Any help please, his vet is not open till Monday and I'm worrying like crazy if he will be okay till then .

Hey! I posted about a week ago in my thread “Please Help!!” asking what to do with my pet desert tortoise. I was kindly helped by Tom The Dog Trainer and SinLA. My tortoise was not in ideal conditions which included flooding and not-so-ideal temperatures. So, I brought my little Godzilla inside...

Tortoise has questionable health. Need guidance. Hang in there with the details. My desert tortoise is around 40 years old. I adopted him about 2 years ago. According to a previous owner, he has had a rough 40+ years and it shows in his shell. He has been fed dog food most of his life (this...

Hello please help, My parents recently moved and brought their desert tortoises with them, but the enclosure had to be moved, and outside was too cold to leave them out there. They kept the tortoises inside, and they entered hibernation for what they said was about a month and a half, but now...

Hello all! I recently acquired a 100+ year old desert tortoise when I purchased a home that “came with a turtle”. Am I supposed to register or get a permit for having her? Not sure of the rules. I recently learned that she was a desert tortoise through this forum and learned there are several...

So this is a roughly 5 month old desert tortoise that I recently noticed a small bulging “sac” coming from her rectum. I was told she was a female when she was given to my family. Her enclosure is pure coco coir, with nothing she could have accidentally eaten since I’ve had her at 3 days old...

My mom became recently disabled in a car accident and could no longer take care of my little brother's tortoise. Upon taking over responsibility of the tortoise, I began to realize that she wasn't taking very good care of him anyway. I have no idea what kind of tortoise he is, just that he's a...

Hi All, I am new to this forum but happy to be here to learn and hopefully one day contribute! My grandmas desert tortoise laid 9 eggs this year and in September 7 of them hatched. My grandma gave me the 7 hatchlings. They have been seemingly great the past 3 months until this week when I went...