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# 1 Avoiding Crowding and Planning for Compatibility Among Your Tortoises
# 2 Determining the Age and Sex of Your Desert Tortoise
# 3 Measuring Tortoise Size and How Tortoises Grow
# 4 Comparison of Nutrient Value in Foods, Feeding Do's and Don'ts
# 5 Marking Your Tortoise
# 6 The North American Box Turtle - How to Care for it in the Las Vegas Area
# 7 Transporting Tortoises Short Distances by Vehicle
# 8 An Alternative Design for an Underground Burrow (where soil is very loose)
# 9 Considering Using PVC Pipe for Tortoise Burrows? Read this first
#10 The Aboveground Burrow
#11 Keeping Records of Tortoise Behavior and Growth
#12 Planting Spineless Prickly Pear Cactus for Your Tortoise
#13 Transplanting Dandelions for Your Tortoise
#14 Burrows for Hatchlings and Juveniles up to 3 1/2 inches Shell Length
#15 Alternative Location for Brumation (Hibernation) When an Outdoor Burrow is Not Available
#16 Water Pavilion Construction
#17 Temporary Indoor Housing for an Active Tortoise
#18 Ticks on Tortoises
#19 Growing Dandelions from Seed
#20 Tortoises In The Classroom; Concerns and Alternatives
#21 Plants To Grow For Tortoises
#22 Making A Gate Barrier
#23 Why We Don't Release Helium Balloons
#24 Area Veterinarians With Tortoise Experience
#25 Treatment Of Drowning In Tortoises
#26 Cal Zoo's Reptile Associated Salmonella Q&A
#27 MegaDiet, the Wonder Food
#28 Using a Small Mirror to See into a Tortoise Burrow
#29 The Law and the Desert Tortoise: Q & A
#30 Want to adopt me?
#31 Desert Tortoise Censervation Center
#32 The Threatend Desert Tortoise
#33 Life Cycle of the Desert Tortoise
#34 Tortoise Topics for Teachers
#35 External Examination Checklist for Signs of Deficiencies, Disease, or Injury
#36 Warning - Sulcatas Are a “Huge” Responsibility!