What's the deal with the name Sheldon?

[tortadise]

It seems everyone has a tortoise or turtle named Sheldon. What's the back story on this? I don't watch Tv or news or anything like that, so I'm obviously missing something.

 

[bouaboua]

Shell-don~~~~Sheldon. Hahahahaha...

This is only thing I can think of......Is there a tortoise or turtle name Sheldon ever on TV or movie. I don't watch movie at all.

 

[tortadise]

That's what I was thinking. Like the godfather. The don of shell. I dunno about Tv or movies either. That's why I was asking. Seems a whole lot I torts are named Sheldon.

 

[Yvonne G]

Well, The Big Bang Theory is quite popular now, and one of the lead characters is named Sheldon. However, I believe the name was popular for tortoises before the TV show. It's just a play on words - Shell don.

 

[CourtneyG]

My friend has decided Herman is a great tort name, she was very surprised when I told her about Herman's torts.

 

[tortadise]

Hah. That's pretty funny. I kinda do a play on the species if I name some.

Some of our names.
Zoey the zombensis
Spot the leopard
Astro the radiated
Yellow head the yellowfoot
Most the pancakes are obviously, flat jack. Jemima, buttermilk, short stack etc..
My mom named all the Egyptians tut, tootie, cleopatra, pharaoh etc.. I call them Egyptians
We have an elongated named big ear. Because he has huge ears. He's a turd and loves getting out and hanging with the yellowfoots next to him. Can scale the tall walls. Kinda funny.
I'm sure there's a bunch more. It's hard keeping with up a couple hundred of them.

 

[Sheldon the russian tortoise]

The Big Bang theory!!


David

 

[dds7155]

we had a little poodle for about 15 years ,his name was dog ,, spell dog real fast d,o,g, and that was his name,,

 

[Yvonne G]

My daughter also had a dog named Dee-oh-gee. We thought it was pretty original, but soon found that quite a few people use that name.

 

[tortadise]

My daughter also had a dog named Dee-oh-gee. We thought it was pretty original, but soon found that quite a few people use that name.

Ha. That's funny. I do have to say I have seen the Big Bang theory before. Pretty funny. I just never put those togethe

 

[Levi the Leopard]

You forgot, Shelly.

Lots of turtles and torts named Shelly, too. The girl counterpart to Sheldon?

 

[AZtortMom]

Yeah, I'm guilty of having a tort named Shelly, but she came that way when I got her. I call her Shelly Bean or Beannie for short, sometimes Beaner, but my neighbors give me the stink eye when they are in ear shot

 

[jaizei]

"Sheldon" always makes me think of Garfield and Friends

 

[Yourlocalpoet]

I prefer it when tortoises (or any other animal for that matter) have 'human' names. Seems to make them more comical.

 

[Saleama]

Sheldon - Shelled one - also Shelly. Franklin is another one made popular by the cartoon with a turtle of said name. I am going to go out on a limb and say Sheldon/Shelly is the Rex or Spot of the turtle world. Or if you are a cat person the Felix.

 

[Saleama]

Yeah, I'm guilty of having a tort named Shelly, but she came that way when I got her. I call her Shelly Bean or Beannie for short, sometimes Beaner, but my neighbors give me the stink eye when they are in ear shot

LOL. They would not like mine then. My first two Sulcatas are named Taco and Nacho!

 

[littles]

Sheldon was a evil turtle from a program called family guy

 

[ditzyangeluk]

I think it IS Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory as well as the play on words, so clever really!

 

[littles]

Ditzyangeluk I think you might be right forgot his surname was cooper

 

[CourtneyG]

Hah. That's pretty funny. I kinda do a play on the species if I name some.

Some of our names.
Zoey the zombensis
Spot the leopard
Astro the radiated
Yellow head the yellowfoot
Most the pancakes are obviously, flat jack. Jemima, buttermilk, short stack etc..
My mom named all the Egyptians tut, tootie, cleopatra, pharaoh etc.. I call them Egyptians
We have an elongated named big ear. Because he has huge ears. He's a turd and loves getting out and hanging with the yellowfoots next to him. Can scale the tall walls. Kinda funny.
I'm sure there's a bunch more. It's hard keeping with up a couple hundred of them.

I named my male pancake Pancake in Afrikaans, my female chocolate in German, so when they have babies they will be chocolate chip pancakes.