Dandelion for Levi

[Levi the Leopard]

I've never been a hand feeder or shell petting tortoise keeper. Especially as the number of turtles/tortoises grew, it was just something I never bothered with. In SoCal I spent lots of time gardening in the tort pens and just watching them... Never felt the desire to really handle them or talk to them.

Well....now that I'm down to one and in a climate with cold days, things are different. I don't have multiple pens to garden or the weather to sit and watch various torts graze. So after talking with @Elohi alot...Lol..I've decided to try and do more with Levi. I'm going to start hand feeding him sometimes and get this, I even put him on my lap today while talking to him! Haha I felt like a nut LOL

Anyway....here are some photos to document this new tortoise adventure.. At first he wouldn't touch the dandelion...kept pushing it (my hand) out of the way to graze on the grass. So I moved him to the concrete and put grass on the flower! ..He finally took to it

 

[bouaboua]

No defense for succulent of the dandelion.

 

[Elohi]

I love love love this post. I was excited when this was happening live today haha!!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Can't WAIT for dandelion season here!! -15F here this morning in MD with the windchill.

 

[wellington]

Oh Heather, don't feel silly at all. I loved my time with Tatum when he was small and I would hold him and he would crawl in the part of my neck between neck and shoulder and sleep. The good thing about handling and them getting used to it, besides the closeness of holding a tortoise, but they get used to you touching their head, legs, tail, etc, that if you up ever had to take him to a vet, they wouldn't have a problem getting them out of their shell. Not everyone "gets" the love of a tortoise. You do, take advantage and enjoy.
Btw, Tatum still gets his face kisses almost every day and he still sticks his head out further and further each time.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

I love love love this post. I was excited when this was happening live today haha!!

Yup!