Since I just can't get enough of them, and most of my friends at home don't really care to hear about them all the time! (ROFL)
First updated Tortie pics!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=1nwwghbf.3v7uzt6v&x=0&y=ch2gil
The first group is the big girls (Varda, Calypso "Lips", & Mithril - at 6.5", 6" & 5.5" respectively) and their boy toy Roland (just a nick about 5"). Mithril is the most outgoing of ALL of the tortoises! I also feel that she has the most perfect shell - in the best condition, and gorgeous! Mithril charges at our hands, assuming food is in them! You can walk in the room and wave, and she'll come running! She is 100% food driven, and she is the reason I can no longer just dump all of the food in one pile for everyone... she claims the pile as her own and will bite anyone that comes near! When I feed them, she gets her food first, then I have to lay the others' food down quietly 'cause if she hears, she'll come charging for their food, too! ROFL! Lips and Varda are very laid back! Lips is the lightest colored tort and Varda is our biggest tort - both will eat out of my hand (without nibbling my fingers like Mithril does!). Roland, the boy, is a chow hound, and LOVES to run around and around and around! He's the most energetic of all of the torts! He can do laps around his enclosure for literally hours on end!
The second group is the little girls (Carmine & Elentari - both at about 4.25" but Carmy is much wider than El), and their boy toy Hurley (who is a bit bigger than 4.5". Carmine is my favorite of all of the tortoises (and she was my first)! She is VERY friendly and very curious! Hurley still isn't comfortable here yet - he's the newest - but at least he's eating, so that's good! He and Carmine are little love birds!!! El is very sweet, but not as bold as Carmine. I think Hurley is the ugliest of all the torts we have! LOL!
Lastly is Billy, who is all alone right now. Billy is getting braver by the day and actually crawled onto my hand (and took a nibble) yesterday! We're not sure if he's 100% healthy yet, tho, so right now I consider him our most fragile! The goal is to move one of the big girls (likely Mithril) in with him once he is healthy... hopefully this spring!
That's all! I love talking about my torts! I especially love to sit and watch them eat! And I love how different their personalities are!!!
Okay you can ignore me now!
First updated Tortie pics!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=1nwwghbf.3v7uzt6v&x=0&y=ch2gil
The first group is the big girls (Varda, Calypso "Lips", & Mithril - at 6.5", 6" & 5.5" respectively) and their boy toy Roland (just a nick about 5"). Mithril is the most outgoing of ALL of the tortoises! I also feel that she has the most perfect shell - in the best condition, and gorgeous! Mithril charges at our hands, assuming food is in them! You can walk in the room and wave, and she'll come running! She is 100% food driven, and she is the reason I can no longer just dump all of the food in one pile for everyone... she claims the pile as her own and will bite anyone that comes near! When I feed them, she gets her food first, then I have to lay the others' food down quietly 'cause if she hears, she'll come charging for their food, too! ROFL! Lips and Varda are very laid back! Lips is the lightest colored tort and Varda is our biggest tort - both will eat out of my hand (without nibbling my fingers like Mithril does!). Roland, the boy, is a chow hound, and LOVES to run around and around and around! He's the most energetic of all of the torts! He can do laps around his enclosure for literally hours on end!
The second group is the little girls (Carmine & Elentari - both at about 4.25" but Carmy is much wider than El), and their boy toy Hurley (who is a bit bigger than 4.5". Carmine is my favorite of all of the tortoises (and she was my first)! She is VERY friendly and very curious! Hurley still isn't comfortable here yet - he's the newest - but at least he's eating, so that's good! He and Carmine are little love birds!!! El is very sweet, but not as bold as Carmine. I think Hurley is the ugliest of all the torts we have! LOL!
Lastly is Billy, who is all alone right now. Billy is getting braver by the day and actually crawled onto my hand (and took a nibble) yesterday! We're not sure if he's 100% healthy yet, tho, so right now I consider him our most fragile! The goal is to move one of the big girls (likely Mithril) in with him once he is healthy... hopefully this spring!
That's all! I love talking about my torts! I especially love to sit and watch them eat! And I love how different their personalities are!!!
Okay you can ignore me now!