Hey one day I was driving in my car and in the middle of the street was what i have identified to be a desert tortoise. I have been taking care of her and am building an encloser outside can people recomend sites with good information on desert tortoise fod and shelter. I have been feeding her primaraly grass, dandelions, mulberry leaves and some green peppers, apples, tomatoes and zuchinni
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desert tort
kingyoto
Jul 09, 2007 11:05 PM
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matalle
Jul 12, 2007 09:23 AM
http://www.tortoise.org/general/descare.html
pay particular attention to the part where it says "endangered" and "illegal to collect". do yourself a favor and obtain one legally through adoption.
kingyoto
Jul 12, 2007 12:08 PM
What was i supposed to do leave her in the middle of the road to get killed. I have decided to take care of her and i'm trying to get a permit to make her legal.
Dillybird
Jul 12, 2007 12:31 PM
It's like that in Florida with the Gopher torts, only you _can't_ get a permit- we don't have a nice program for adoptions like the western states do for the Desert torts. So the answer is, help her across in the direction she is going, making sure no cars hit her. If she lives in that area, she probably crosses the road all the time. Scary, but true. OTOH, she could be an escaped pet if she's in an urban area- then I guess you have to collect her and try to find the owner.
There are many, many desert torts in need of adoption.
Nanci
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kingyoto
Jul 13, 2007 03:01 PM
the area I live is not somewhere that desert torts live naturaly so i asume she is a escaped pet but when I showed her to my friends who owns multiple desert torts she said that that tort has not been well taken care of. so we have been caring for her.
Dillybird
Jul 14, 2007 07:48 AM
She might be microchipped- a vet could check.
Nanci
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1.0 Classic Corn, 0.1 Lavender, 0.0.1 Cali King, 0.1 Nelson's Milk
1.0 Tricolor Hog, 0.1 Eastern Hog, 1.0 Florida King
0.1 Eastern Box Turtle, 1.0 Florida Box Turtle
0.0.2 Desert Torts, 2.0 Feral Pigeons
kingyoto
Jul 14, 2007 05:12 PM
ok I've been meaning to bring her in anyways.
