Hi All, great forum. Had a gopher tortoise for years when I was young... figure 40 years ago, lost to a tragic tipping over incident.
Anyway, my wife found a ~20# gopher tortoise yesterday, marching down the middle of the road outside Bozeman, MT. I'm thinking he's got to be a Sulcata at 14". We placed adds and notices with everyone from Craigslist to reptile vets but haven't found the owners yet.
Couple q's for y'all- first, can you confirm he's a Sulcata (figuring male with his prominent concave plastron). Second, after reading a little around the forum it would appear he's "pyramided" vs. what I first thought of as being simply captive raised and not "worn down" up top. Comments on that both for my benefit and hopefully for his owner when I find them? I do notice quite a hefty appetite and enjoyment of a very wide variety of foods including native grasses, alfalfa, dandelion, clover, tomato, etc. You figure too much fruits & lettuce with calcium/phosphorus/vit D imbalance to get these pyramids going?
Thanks- marco
Anyway, my wife found a ~20# gopher tortoise yesterday, marching down the middle of the road outside Bozeman, MT. I'm thinking he's got to be a Sulcata at 14". We placed adds and notices with everyone from Craigslist to reptile vets but haven't found the owners yet.
Couple q's for y'all- first, can you confirm he's a Sulcata (figuring male with his prominent concave plastron). Second, after reading a little around the forum it would appear he's "pyramided" vs. what I first thought of as being simply captive raised and not "worn down" up top. Comments on that both for my benefit and hopefully for his owner when I find them? I do notice quite a hefty appetite and enjoyment of a very wide variety of foods including native grasses, alfalfa, dandelion, clover, tomato, etc. You figure too much fruits & lettuce with calcium/phosphorus/vit D imbalance to get these pyramids going?
Thanks- marco