Hi all,
I have recently acquired a Mohave Desert Tortoise from my husbands co-worker who took him from the Desert (Barstow area) about 3 years ago for his daughter. They live in an apartment on the 2nd floor so my tort has not seen sun or grass or outside period in 3 years.(I know very SAD) I live in So Cal and he is fully awake and now lives in tort heaven!!!! His home is a vegetable planter approx. 5 ft-30 ft with a avacado and lemon tree for shade with access to a beautiful backyard when im home, we live on a corner with a wrought iron gate and I dont want anyone to see him and jump the gate and take him. I have read A LOT since getting him but I want to do all the right things for him. I buy all organic veggies and fruit for him from Trader Joe's and Henrey's Market (my husband says he eats better than us). I think I know what to feed him, just dont know how much to feed him each day.
Egg shells every day, every week, every month what?
How much egg shell 1 shell 2, 3, what?
I really need things spelled out for me...
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Also, the little girl who had him before me, I think poked at his face a lot, because he's so afraid of me when I reach to touch his head. Will he always be so scared?
His name is croc (for crocodile)
His shell measures from the tip above his head to his tail 14"
Websites that helped me:
sdturtle.org
anapsid.org
Thank you very much for any help you might give me.
CROCS MOM
I have recently acquired a Mohave Desert Tortoise from my husbands co-worker who took him from the Desert (Barstow area) about 3 years ago for his daughter. They live in an apartment on the 2nd floor so my tort has not seen sun or grass or outside period in 3 years.(I know very SAD) I live in So Cal and he is fully awake and now lives in tort heaven!!!! His home is a vegetable planter approx. 5 ft-30 ft with a avacado and lemon tree for shade with access to a beautiful backyard when im home, we live on a corner with a wrought iron gate and I dont want anyone to see him and jump the gate and take him. I have read A LOT since getting him but I want to do all the right things for him. I buy all organic veggies and fruit for him from Trader Joe's and Henrey's Market (my husband says he eats better than us). I think I know what to feed him, just dont know how much to feed him each day.
Egg shells every day, every week, every month what?
How much egg shell 1 shell 2, 3, what?
I really need things spelled out for me...
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Also, the little girl who had him before me, I think poked at his face a lot, because he's so afraid of me when I reach to touch his head. Will he always be so scared?
His name is croc (for crocodile)
His shell measures from the tip above his head to his tail 14"
Websites that helped me:
sdturtle.org
anapsid.org
Thank you very much for any help you might give me.
CROCS MOM