maddie.hawks
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hello! maddie here
my nan recently passed away and she had titch (her tortoise) for 50 years and i have now inherited him almost two months ago. he was rescued by my nan as she had many tortoises in her life! i was just wondering whether any of you knew what breed he is? also, as we have never had a tortoise before, we made a nice large enclosure for him in the garden, and he is out a lot during the day and he’s loving the hot weather (i think). however, after we have a few hours outside the enclosure i pick him up and go to put him in his enclosure, he is quite reluctant and tries to stop going in there and moves his legs a lot and tries to wriggle out my hands! i’m not sure what this means, but despite this i have seen lots of things on line that shows they like and recognise their owner and he is showing those signs and he runs towards me if i’m in a different place to him in the garden. i am just a bit worried that he’s not happy! he is eating lots of food though, he actually has lots of dandelions (maybe 40) a day as we have hundreds, not sure if that’s too many! if anyone could tell me what breed he is, whether he’s happy and if he’s got the right amohnt of food it would help me so so much!
from maddie
my nan recently passed away and she had titch (her tortoise) for 50 years and i have now inherited him almost two months ago. he was rescued by my nan as she had many tortoises in her life! i was just wondering whether any of you knew what breed he is? also, as we have never had a tortoise before, we made a nice large enclosure for him in the garden, and he is out a lot during the day and he’s loving the hot weather (i think). however, after we have a few hours outside the enclosure i pick him up and go to put him in his enclosure, he is quite reluctant and tries to stop going in there and moves his legs a lot and tries to wriggle out my hands! i’m not sure what this means, but despite this i have seen lots of things on line that shows they like and recognise their owner and he is showing those signs and he runs towards me if i’m in a different place to him in the garden. i am just a bit worried that he’s not happy! he is eating lots of food though, he actually has lots of dandelions (maybe 40) a day as we have hundreds, not sure if that’s too many! if anyone could tell me what breed he is, whether he’s happy and if he’s got the right amohnt of food it would help me so so much!
from maddie