If ever there was a proponent for the raw food diet, it would be the redfoot tortoise. The fresher it is, the better it tastes. If it is so fresh that your mommy literally just planted it for you, then you want to commence to chomping ASAP before anyone else discovers your stash. With anyContinueContinue reading “Day 161: The Tortoise & the (Not So) Living Lettuce”
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Day 158: Tortoise Playground Escapades
All young beings love to play. Youth just seems to bring with it a natural curiosity and drive to explore, plus boundless enthusiasm and energy for both. This holds true regardless of species, which of course means that if you’ve been to the playground with one species, you’ve been to the playground with them all. InContinueContinue reading “Day 158: Tortoise Playground Escapades”
Day 155: The Littlest Tortoise Lawnmower
The large shell-less being here…. Having a tortoise in the flock is kind of like having a very specialized lawn mower. It mows alright, but not in the way you might expect. For example, it might leave whole stands of tall fresh grass waving in place and make a beeline for the pricey new sunflowerContinueContinue reading “Day 155: The Littlest Tortoise Lawnmower”
Day 152: Tortoise Is Young & Hungry
Being responsible for your own survival – shelter, snacks, the whole bit – means you have to be sharp straight out of the egg. In other words, if something tastes good and doesn’t kill you, it will probably make you stronger. So you really want to remember where you found it last so you canContinueContinue reading “Day 152: Tortoise Is Young & Hungry”
Day 149: A Tortoise and Her Mulch
If there is one thing that does not describe the red-footed tortoise, it is “gives up quickly.” Redfooted tortoises never give up. If at first you do not succeed, try again and again and again and again and again. If you do not succeed the first day (after trying all day long) then try againContinueContinue reading “Day 149: A Tortoise and Her Mulch”
Day 146: Total Tortugan (Dis)Comfort
I won’t lie. Even after spending five consecutive years together, there is so much about the inner life of a tortoise I will never understand. Say, for example, that you are out foraging vigorously on the lawn for off-limits edibles. After awhile, you get tuckered out from all that foraging. You look around to spotContinueContinue reading “Day 146: Total Tortugan (Dis)Comfort”
Day 143: The Tortoise & the Dreaded F.E.N.C.E.
It is a fact – if you have a shell on your back, you pretty much hate fences. Whether the fence is there to keep you in or to keep you out, it is never a welcome sight. Even if the grass is so succulent and green on your side of the fence…. ….it isContinueContinue reading “Day 143: The Tortoise & the Dreaded F.E.N.C.E.”
Day 140: Tortoise Home Away from Home
The large shell-less being here…. When I first brought Malti home, I was sufficiently petrified to expect a steep learning curve with daily challenges. And those were just the ones I faced while we were actually at home. It was another matter entirely when I needed to take my little girl somewhere, say, to theContinueContinue reading “Day 140: Tortoise Home Away from Home”
Day 137: Tortoise Stealth Lunching
When you are an active participant in the food chain of life, there are three possible scenarios that could occur at any given meal. The first two are fairly well known: you could eat or you could be eaten. The third isn’t so well known: you could find something great to eat and someone elseContinueContinue reading “Day 137: Tortoise Stealth Lunching”
Day 134: Itchy Scratchy Tortoise Shell
It is pretty cool to be born with your home right on your back. But then again, sometimes it is not so cool, especially when your home goes through a growth spurt and starts to….itch. Beings without shells often don’t realize that your shell is a living entity – it is as much alive asContinueContinue reading “Day 134: Itchy Scratchy Tortoise Shell”
Love & Feathers & Shells 