gopherus berlianderi

Hi! I am a proud owner of a Texas tortoise (female, around 3 years of age) I know that their species doesn't need a lot of water, but I'd like to encourage her to drink more. She only drinks very small amounts, maybe twice a week. Do any of you have any tips?

Hiii, I am an owner of a female Texas tortoise, and I’ve been strategically thinking of owning a second one. But because my tortoise is a rescue (she is calm and loving) it’s hard to own another Texas tortoise where I live, and where I live they are a low concern endangered species. So I was...

So today I took my guy to his weekly bath and as I was picking him up I saw a strange white big spot on his plastron. This is him after his bath. He pooped a lot as usual. Right now he’s eating his escarole. To be honest I have no idea if he already had this discoloration before since I have...

He had been very active until last week when he started to sleep a lot and eating only from time to time (yesterday he ate just a little bit of his scarole). I gave him a bath yesterday and he pooped twice, but he immediately wanted to sleep again. could he be trying to brumate? Should I be...

Hello! I'm feeling kind of worried since it's the first year my Gopherus Berlandieri is with me, and the vet told me he would start hibernating around october/november. However, he's still up and asks me to take a walk out of his enclosure. He's eating around 2 times a day and even though he...

Hi everyone I have a Sonoran desert tortoise and I have fallen in love with the Gopherus genus! I am wondering today about Texas tortoises! What are they like? Are they a desert species? I live in Cali can I adopt one potentially? Can they live with desert tortoises? And any other info you may...