Look what I found

[ICUSleeping]

Anyone know what this little guy is?

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He was hiding under some solar panels

 

[littleginsu]

OMG! I know what the little guy is.... ADORABLE!!

Sorry, I actually do not know what species it is.. but, squeeee!!!

 

[ICUSleeping]

He is a cutie ....I'm gonna assume gopher tortoise which means I'm gonna have to release him since I live on 6 acres of land surrounded by over 10neighbors with 6+ acres of land with millions of other gopher torts I'll make sure he's well taken care of before I release him in a safe spot

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

I would say they look to be Sulcata's but just baby's . But have a great tort day

 

[mike taylor]

Little dark for a sulcata . Will help to know where you live . I'd say gopher tortoise also .

 

[diamondbp]

I highly suspect baby golpher tortoise. What state was it found in? That will help narrow it down. It's definitely not a sulcata

 

[ICUSleeping]

He is most definitely not a sulcata I have 2 of those, I am also the only sulcata owner in the neighborhood. I live in Florida and yes I know the laws ..I just wanted to make sure what he was before I released him..he's super cute im gonna name him (sunny with a chance ) but sunny for short

 

[bouaboua]

How lucky and How cute. Wild gopher tortoise, if that what it is. in our area, we have gopher not gopher tortoises.

 

[ICUSleeping]

Well he's not eating hasn't been since he was found. Iv been soaking him everyday in water and baby food And leaving food for him And he's not even trying to eat. I have him separated in his own area with everything he needs and he goes outside thinking the sun would help but he's not wanting to do anything but burry himself n sleep I don't wanna release him he'll get eating in a heart beat and I don't want him to die ...any ideas

 

[ICUSleeping]

Sunny

 

[ICUSleeping]

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[bouaboua]

Best Luck to you.

 

[Yvonne G]

I thought he looked like a redfooted tortoise. Do you have RF tortoises?

 

[ICUSleeping]

Nope and I don't know of any neighbors that have them but then again I don't talk to my neighbors so its possible

 

[naturalman91]

i agree with Yvonne it looks like a redfoot to me to almost exactly the same as mine but darker

 

[ICUSleeping]

OK well then I need a little help determineing what he is :/ here's a picture of a baby red foot n baby yellow foot n then sunny ..no matter what he is he won't eat and I want him to be healthy

 

[ICUSleeping]

Here's a gopher tort baby

 

[mikeh]

You have a gopher hatchling. Front legs and head give it away.

 

[naturalman91]

i would let another more experienced member tell you because to me the shell screams redfoot but the head and arms say something different as for the not eating thing try feeding certain colors like red and yellow or go out and get some weeds and flowers that he'd be eating if he were outside i'm going to keep my eye on this now because i'm most interested to see what others think he is


but after seeing that picture you just posted id say gopher now to is it illegal?

 

[mikeh]

Its a Gopher. Front legs on gopher have that "showel" shape that is unique to gopher and desert tort. The scales on the legs are much finer too.

There are no identifying scales on the head unlike those in red/yellow foot.