Russian Tortoise Name Help Me Choose

[Kaitlynn]

So I am a first time tortoise owner and my hatchling will be on its way starting Monday morning. I am very excited for the little guy and have everything prepared and set up. I have a topsoil/coco coir substrate (I had play sand but I read a lot of reviews so I switched) in a nice size indoor enclosure, an MVB lamp for the day and heat emitter for our colder nights here in Minnesota. I also have a nice variety of greens picked out and a calcium block and nutrition powder. My enclosure contains a an appropriate sized shelter, food/water dishes, and temperature thermometer/humidity thermometer. Now, I feel the only things I am missing is a name. I am stuck between two that are from characters in movies I loved as a kid. One is Toothless (from: How to Train Your Dragon). The second is LittleFoot (from: The Land Before Time). They are both pretty unisex names (because you cant tell the sex when they are hatchlings) and I love them both but need some help deciding. Any help would be appreciated. I also have done a lot of research on hatchlings and their first day arrivals but any advice for me being a first time owner would be appreciated! Thanks!

 

[NicoleB26]

Definitely Littlefoot! That's a great name

 

[Carol S]

Littlefoot.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[dmmj]

Salutations.
Is How to Train Your Dragon, really that old? anyways toothless is the best end of discussion.
BTW, I also loved that movie.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Little foot


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[Abdulla6169]

Littlefoot

 

[Kimm91]

Definitely little foot


Kimm

 

[Kaitlynn]

Aw Thanks everyone for the help and making me feel welcome! I love this forum, you guys are great!

 

[pam]

Welcome Little foot

 

[Flipper]

I love Toothless too

It was a great movie! And so was the second one

 

[Mommyof4]

If you want to be unique, choose Toothless. Littlefoot is a common name. Both are cute though!!!

 

[smarch]

Toothless for sure, unless you don't mind having a tortoise with a VERY common name... Trust me I own Franklin the tortoise and it kind of sucks that almost everyone names theirs franklin. Stay original and go with toothless

 

[Kaitlynn]

Because I am hearing so many people say that there are a lot of "Little Foots" I am really leaning towards Toothless Funny that it is so common. I am a Disney/Animated movie fan, so they just came to mind. Little did I know people names their torts Little Foot!

 

[tortadise]

Welcome

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Kaitlynn, and welcome to the Forum!

I'm a fan of people names for animals...hence something like "Jane" for the mare, or Billy for the little doggie, or even Sam I Am for the little baby Russian tortoise!

 

[StarSapphire22]

I have a Littlefoot. You hear a couple people with it here and there, but I wouldn't put it anywhere near popular names like Franklin or Shelly/Sheldon.

Name whichever one you like best. Both are great names and movies!!!

 

[Kaitlynn]

Hello everyone! I first posted a couple days ago asking everyone opinions about 2 names that I really couldn't decide which one. I ended up going with the more unique name, Toothless. Toothless was hatched June 3, 2014. I purchased him from a woman from this forum. Her name is Carol S. I could not have asked for a better person to get him from. He is my first RT and Carol has made my experience a lot easier than a lot of people I was interested in buying from. She allowed me to choose my hatchling and even helped me choose when I did not even know where to start. She sent him to me on a Monday afternoon and I received Toothless at exactly 11:38am the next day. When unboxed him and getting him settled into his new home, the first thing this little guy did was eat. And I don't mean a little, this guy ate A LOT. Rather than sitting in a corner and being shy at all, this little guy wanted to explore, bask, eat, and repeat. I was very surprised! When researching what to expect from ordering from far away, people said that usually they hide right away and some have even gone over a week without eating from being so stressed. Not Toothless. I could not asked for better from both the breeder and my new RT. If someone was interested in buying a hatchling around this time, I would strongly recommend Carol before all of her little ones are gone!

All of these pictures were taken in just the first day I got Toothless! He is a active little thing!

 

[Saleama]

Welcome! Nice little guy you have there. They are the best companion animals.

 

[Kaitlynn]

Welcome! Nice little guy you have there. They are the best companion animals.

Thank you Saleama! I agree, I absolutely adore him.