Rebs
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My husband and I moved into a house in Los Angeles last October and it came with two tortoises. A few days before we moved in they went into brumation. They came out last week!
We don't know their ages, sexes or names. No one seems to know their backstory. They eat the grass in the yard and are often munching on dandelions and we put out a tray of water.
A few questions I'm wondering about:
1. Would these tortoises be considered captive? The yard is probably 3,000sf.
2. Is there a way to tell what type of tortoise they are?
3. Does anyone have a dog who interacts with their tortoise? This might warrant a separate thread. We used to let our dog roam the backyard freely but since the tortoises have come out she is obsessed with them, paws at the ground around them, whines and drools onto them, it seems like she wants them to emerge from their shells and and play- I think. So we've had to keep her away from them because it seems like tortoise harassment.
PICTURES (I'll try to get more close-ups this week)
-Now that they're out of brumation they usually sleep under the side of the house. A few nights ago it was really hot out and they slept side by side with just their heads under the house.
-The darker one eating a weed.
We don't know their ages, sexes or names. No one seems to know their backstory. They eat the grass in the yard and are often munching on dandelions and we put out a tray of water.
A few questions I'm wondering about:
1. Would these tortoises be considered captive? The yard is probably 3,000sf.
2. Is there a way to tell what type of tortoise they are?
3. Does anyone have a dog who interacts with their tortoise? This might warrant a separate thread. We used to let our dog roam the backyard freely but since the tortoises have come out she is obsessed with them, paws at the ground around them, whines and drools onto them, it seems like she wants them to emerge from their shells and and play- I think. So we've had to keep her away from them because it seems like tortoise harassment.
PICTURES (I'll try to get more close-ups this week)
-Now that they're out of brumation they usually sleep under the side of the house. A few nights ago it was really hot out and they slept side by side with just their heads under the house.
-The darker one eating a weed.
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