Our area is home to the endangered Gopher Tortoise.
Of course...our 'soil' is almost pure sand,
a tortoise can dig a burrow in a heartbeat!
Our pastures have several tortoise burrows,
(they don't make us very happy!)
although we are not certain whether the burrow openings
belong to one tortoise, or to several.
Their burrow systems can be quite extensive
and are home to many other critters.
Vickie's checking out a newly-active burrow.
With the advent of warm weather, s
the gopher's have come out of hibernation.
(We are curious...how do they know??!!)
Here's our guy...or gal.
She was on the move,
looking for something!
I like the beasts, but with horses around, their burrows are a
bad accident waiting to happen.
OK...so we don't have horses now, but who's to say we won't want them later?!
Yes, this would be a problem. I'm down to 11 horses, all oldish to old.
ReplyDelete11 horses, oldish to old, is a lot to handle. Especially when some have additional feed requirements
DeleteHow interesting. I'd never heard of a gopher tortoise and can see how their holes would be a hazard to horses. Can you transport them to a less inhabited area?
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Because the tortoise is on the endangered list we are not allowed to interfere with them in any way.
DeleteOh my what do your neighbors say? Or do?
ReplyDeleteThe tortoise is kind of an adorable pest, though. I wouldn't be thrilled with the burrow system in my pastures either.
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