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Hey everyone i just wanted to say i love this forum and everyone is always so amazing and helpful and kind.
Well i just wanted to make this post because i dont see many desert tortoise owners on here. And i have 3 and they are a little over a year. And many of you have helped me with my little Scooby with his eye and just from day one has been awesome. They are all doing well still random sizes looking like a signal bar from At&t.

But anyways i was curious on what do other CDT you guys own look like and what does there home look like? How big are they? All the fun stuff about them! And of course is there anything i should prep for with their health? Or is there a certain way you guys raised yours? How long will they live for? Whats the biggest they will grow?

I just have been wandering all of these things and wanting to get more involved with the tort community just hard since not everyone has these guys since they are illegal certain places. Ill post an updated pic of my 3 babies when i get a chance its weirs hot and cold weather here in CA so they are outside and awake on warm days and inside on cooler days . Thank you all cant wait to see all the CDT.
 

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First, here are my couple little one. One CDT (wife named CC) and one TDT (wife named TT).

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And Mojave (Named by Yvonne G), the 21 years old CDT.

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We adopted them last Nov.
 

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This is there enclosure, closed chamber, by following Tom's thread. worked wonderfully.

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Wow this seems awesome!!! Where did u get thoses plants? And what kind are they? Thoses pictures make my heart melt they are so cute makes me miss my little ones while im at work
 

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My desert tortoises live outside all the time. This is their yard, then a few individual pictures of them:

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The last picture was a batch of hatchlings I found wandering around the tortoise yard, still muddy from finding them.
 

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Awww they look so happy haha there shells are amazing. What is the best thing to do for them to make sure there shells are smooth?
 

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Hey everyone i just wanted to say i love this forum and everyone is always so amazing and helpful and kind.
Well i just wanted to make this post because i dont see many desert tortoise owners on here. And i have 3 and they are a little over a year. And many of you have helped me with my little Scooby with his eye and just from day one has been awesome. They are all doing well still random sizes looking like a signal bar from At&t.

But anyways i was curious on what do other CDT you guys own look like and what does there home look like? How big are they? All the fun stuff about them! And of course is there anything i should prep for with their health? Or is there a certain way you guys raised yours? How long will they live for? Whats the biggest they will grow?

I just have been wandering all of these things and wanting to get more involved with the tort community just hard since not everyone has these guys since they are illegal certain places. Ill post an updated pic of my 3 babies when i get a chance its weirs hot and cold weather here in CA so they are outside and awake on warm days and inside on cooler days . Thank you all cant wait to see all the CDT.
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Hello, I'm a desert tortoise owner also, here in Phoenix AZ. Just have 1 her name is Ms Ida. She lives in my back yard with lots of plants, weeds, shade, water, 2 underground burrows and free run of the yard. This forum has been very helpful for me too!

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Awww thats so cute. I love seeing all these little guys they have such big personalities!! What plants do you have planted for them to graze?
 

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Theses are from the other day when it was hot outside. But theses are my little ones :) just over a year. How big should they be? How big and how old are your guys?
 

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