Hi Everyone,
I was gardening in my yard and watched a baby gopher tortoise walk across my driveway and dig a burrow in my front yard. I was thrilled to see this as I am aware that they are protected. I did not bother it.
This was five days ago. I’ve been so excited that I’ve gone outside at least once per day since it moved in to spy on it. The burrow is deep enough that I use a flashlight to peer in. As far as I can tell, the baby has not moved an inch since it burrowed. Did it dig the burrow to die in it?
I’ve been reading up on these tortoises in the past five days, and from what I’ve read, this is NOT normal behavior considering that I live in south Florida and it’s the middle of summer. We have been getting heavy rains every day for the past five days. Just yesterday saw 2.5 inches of rainfall. Is it possible that the tortoise drowned? Wouldn’t it have left the burrow in heavy rains?
i wish there was something that I could do to help ensure that it reaches adulthood. Thanks for any help.
I was gardening in my yard and watched a baby gopher tortoise walk across my driveway and dig a burrow in my front yard. I was thrilled to see this as I am aware that they are protected. I did not bother it.
This was five days ago. I’ve been so excited that I’ve gone outside at least once per day since it moved in to spy on it. The burrow is deep enough that I use a flashlight to peer in. As far as I can tell, the baby has not moved an inch since it burrowed. Did it dig the burrow to die in it?
I’ve been reading up on these tortoises in the past five days, and from what I’ve read, this is NOT normal behavior considering that I live in south Florida and it’s the middle of summer. We have been getting heavy rains every day for the past five days. Just yesterday saw 2.5 inches of rainfall. Is it possible that the tortoise drowned? Wouldn’t it have left the burrow in heavy rains?
i wish there was something that I could do to help ensure that it reaches adulthood. Thanks for any help.