Life In The Slow Lane

[sillyfurby]

Hi, all! It's great to find such a wonderful tortoise forum. How amazing that I can talk up a storm about tortoises, and yet right now my mind is blank. Okay, here goes. At this point I only have one tortoise, although he isn't my first. His name is Chuckles, and he's 14 years old. His home is a large natural habitat, one end being dry like the desert, the other moist with a mulch pile. Lots of shade, and sunny places. When I am watering plants in the habitat, Chuckles is often underfoot. Actually, he's over-foot. He thinks it's cool to climb onto my feet and stare up at me. He is very friendly.

 

[AZTorts]

Hi there sillyfurby! Welcome aboard!

 

[Maggie Cummings]

What species is he?

 

[sillyfurby]

Sorry it took so long to reply. I got lost here. Chuckles looks like a Desert Tortoise. However there was only one female in the securely fenced yard of the folks who had his parents. And she was a desert box tortoise. We've never been able to figure out how such a thing could have happened. Maybe the Stork took a wrong turn?

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[pam]

Welcome We would love to see pictures

 

[Abdulla6169]

Welcome!

 

[tortadise]

Welcome

 

[Yvonne G]

Birds often take up baby turtles and tortoises then drop them.

So are you saying that Chuckles is a box turtle?

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[Kaitlynn]

Welcome to the forum!!

 

[tortdad]

Welcome to TFO.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello and welcome to the TFO from AZ . What state are you from ? We love to see Picts of your enclosure and your tort .


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[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[Blakem]

Welcome, looking forward to pictures.


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Here's some great plant identification websites I use.

http://www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/diet.htm#plantlist

http://africantortoise.com/edible_landscaping.htm

http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp

 

[Anthony32]

Welcome to the forum lot of great people and info here

 

[sillyfurby]

I'm only online late at night, and so can't respond to questions quickly. Sorry about that. This photo of Chuckles was taken a couple of days ago. He had just emerged from his den, as you can tell by the dirt on his shell.

 

[sillyfurby]

Birds often take up baby turtles and tortoises then drop them.

So are you saying that Chuckles is a box turtle?

Welcome to the Forum!

Chuckles is a tortoise. He took after his daddy, and so did most of his siblings.

 

[AZTorts]

I'm only online late at night, and so can't respond to questions quickly. Sorry about that. View attachment 89035 This photo of Chuckles was taken a couple of days ago. He had just emerged from his den, as you can tell by the dirt on his shell.

He's beautiful! How old is he? What state do you live in?

 

[sillyfurby]

Here are a couple of photos of Chuckles' habitat. It is quite large, and odd shaped, so you won't be seeing all of it. Yet.

 

[AZTorts]

Here are a couple of photos of Chuckles' habitat. It is quite large, and odd shaped, so you won't be seeing all of it. Yet. View attachment 89036 View attachment 89037

Wow! That's awesome! It looks like an island!

 

[sillyfurby]

Wow! That's awesome! It looks like an island!

You're right. I hadn't realized that.