Hello everyone,
My name is Angelica and I am the proud mother of two Russian Tortoises. One of them is named Chiquis and from what I can tell he seems to be a male. He has been with me and my family for almost three years. We adopted him when he was around three years old, so we believe he is around six years old. Speaking of Chiquis, may I just add that his birthday is coming up this April? I am very excited about this because it marks the third year since I've met this wonderful little guy.
Plus it is also the first year that Chikorita, our second Russian tortoise, will be joining him for his birthday. We actually just got Chikorita last month and at first it was a bit crazy, but things have been getting better. At first we were apprehensive about adopting her because taking care of Chiquis is already a lot of responsibility and on top of that Chikorita seems to be a female so we were worried about how Chiquis would react. He surprise us though and behaves like a total gentleman around her except for that fact that he enjoys sleeping on her as you can see below:
We are still getting to know my second child, but what I do know is that she is younger and a lot more feistier than Chiquis. We are guessing that she is around four years old which is younger than Chiquis, yet she is almost as big as him. I have done my research though, and I know that she will eventually surpass my Chiquis' size. Although she is feistier than Chiquis, I have to admit that I enjoy the personality contrast. It helps remind me that everyone is different and that I should not make the same assumptions for both of my children.
I hope that you guys have enjoyed my introduction and that you will welcome my babies with open arms. Thanks!
My name is Angelica and I am the proud mother of two Russian Tortoises. One of them is named Chiquis and from what I can tell he seems to be a male. He has been with me and my family for almost three years. We adopted him when he was around three years old, so we believe he is around six years old. Speaking of Chiquis, may I just add that his birthday is coming up this April? I am very excited about this because it marks the third year since I've met this wonderful little guy.
Plus it is also the first year that Chikorita, our second Russian tortoise, will be joining him for his birthday. We actually just got Chikorita last month and at first it was a bit crazy, but things have been getting better. At first we were apprehensive about adopting her because taking care of Chiquis is already a lot of responsibility and on top of that Chikorita seems to be a female so we were worried about how Chiquis would react. He surprise us though and behaves like a total gentleman around her except for that fact that he enjoys sleeping on her as you can see below:
We are still getting to know my second child, but what I do know is that she is younger and a lot more feistier than Chiquis. We are guessing that she is around four years old which is younger than Chiquis, yet she is almost as big as him. I have done my research though, and I know that she will eventually surpass my Chiquis' size. Although she is feistier than Chiquis, I have to admit that I enjoy the personality contrast. It helps remind me that everyone is different and that I should not make the same assumptions for both of my children.
I hope that you guys have enjoyed my introduction and that you will welcome my babies with open arms. Thanks!