The large shell-less assistant here….. One reason “Love and Feathers” became “Love and Feathers and Shells” is because, well, our little flock expanded. First there was one new shelled being, and then there was a second new shelled being, and then there was no avoiding it – we weren’t just Love and Feathers anymore! TheContinueContinue reading “Day 11: Tortoise Sneezing Fit!”
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Day 8: Shelled Snuggles
When you are little (whether you happen to still look little or not), snuggling just comes naturally. Just because you were born with a shell on your back doesn’t mean you can’t snuggle with the best of them. If you have a shell and happen to live with one of the large shell-less beings, snugglingContinueContinue reading “Day 8: Shelled Snuggles”
Day 5: Tortoise Twins!
When you are (sort of) small and cute with a shell, you will very naturally begin to attract admirers. Some of those admirers may start to send you fan mail. Other beings may want to know all kinds of things about you – like what you eat and what your home looks like and whoContinueContinue reading “Day 5: Tortoise Twins!”
Day 2: Little Turtle, Big Turtle
You just never know when you are going to wake up and discover you are bigger. For example, let’s say all of your life you have been a little tortoise. But then one day, the sun comes up and suddenly you notice you are not so little anymore. Unfortunately, it seems you are the onlyContinueContinue reading “Day 2: Little Turtle, Big Turtle”
Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Tortoise Tunnels
Often when someone meets Malti for the first time, their biggest curiosity is about her personality. Is she friendly? Does she know me? Does she like to play? Does she bite? From my limited experience with pet tortoises, I can say the answers to these questions (as best I can tell) are yes, yes, yesContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Tortoise Tunnels”
Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Handling
Malti is the first tortoise (land turtle) I’ve ever cared for. I did keep (well, technically my mom kept) five water tortoises – all sliders of some sort – when I was a girl. I bonded with one of them, but I never handled them except when we were cleaning their tank. So I reallyContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Handling”
Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Recognition
I get a lot of questions about whether Malti knows who I am. Sometimes the question is more about whether Malti can recognize faces – mine or others. But then sometimes the question seems more about whether she knows me – as her carer, as someone significant, as someone she perhaps even likes or prefers.ContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Recognition”
Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Soaking, Part 2
If you’ve been following Malti’s adventures here for awhile, you may remember this post about tortoise soaking. In that post, I shared a photo of Malti soaking in her big red plastic bathtub. The photo was taken at the start of 2018 when the red bathtub still looked big. Now fast forward to the endContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Soaking, Part 2”
Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Hide n Seek
Tortoises like playing games just as much as any other pet. Malti loves games – the scarier the better. For example, let’s say you feel like playing a rousing round of the super-frightening game “hide n seek.” You scour the area and discover an intriguing soft tunnel that is perfectly tortoise-sized. You crawl in…and keepContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Hide n Seek”
Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Moss
When Malti was just a teensy tort (which seems like forever ago but was really only a scant handful of double-digit months), her favorite hobby was hiding. She liked hiding even more than she liked eating, which is frankly hard to believe now. Her favorite hiding place was anywhere there was a big pile ofContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Moss”
Love & Feathers & Shells 