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Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Diet

Malti loves to eat. I mean….she LOVES to eat. When I take her box turtle brother, Bruce, out of his enclosure and put him down on the lawn, he runs around on the lawn. When I take Malti out of her enclosure and put her down on the lawn, she immediately dips her head andContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Diet”

Bruce Explains Box Turtles: About the “Box”

Box turtles, regardless of how many toes they have, are called “box turtles” because of one unique trait they all share in common. That trait is quite amazing. Every box turtle is able to pull all of its body parts – head, tail, legs and feet and claws, all of it – inside its shellContinueContinue reading “Bruce Explains Box Turtles: About the “Box””

Presents from Parrots: Portion Control

Parrots are very giving and generous. Whatever they have, they want to share it. If they love you, they want to share it even more….and share even more of it. This means that once you welcome a being with feathers into your life, every day is like your birthday. You will get surprise presents justContinueContinue reading “Presents from Parrots: Portion Control”

Thursday Thriller: Pearl Cutts in “The Challenge With Chewing”

Even .007, pint-sized super spy, has hobbies. While such a skilled and in-demand “black ops” secret agent doesn’t have much free time, when he does, he can enjoy any hobby he likes and just pass it off as “role research.” So let’s say .007 feels like doing some chewing, for example. Chewing is very satisfying.ContinueContinue reading “Thursday Thriller: Pearl Cutts in “The Challenge With Chewing””

Pearl Explains Parrots: Napping

In the wild, most species nap for long periods of time each day. Even for those species that are so tender and delicious they must stay alert constantly, they take small naps as often as they can. For these beings, ideally, their naps take place in large groups (here, it goes without saying that theContinueContinue reading “Pearl Explains Parrots: Napping”

Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share

Gratitude is great healer. If you’ve had a good week, gratitude can make it great. But if you’ve had a bad week, gratitude can make it better. Gratitude can also draw families together in ways that nothing else (except maybe waffles) can. When everyone is in agreement that they feel grateful for something – say, theContinueContinue reading “Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share”

Monday Happys: Making Every Day Your Favorite Day

There are so many great reasons to include a feathered being in your life….especially on a Monday. For some odd reason, Monday never seems to be anybody’s favorite day of the week. Unless you are lucky enough to be born with feathers, that is. Beings with feathers can make any day a great one, andContinueContinue reading “Monday Happys: Making Every Day Your Favorite Day”

Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Size at Maturity

When most people think of tortoises, they think massive. Huge. Oh so big. Like a very small vehicle or a very large rock. In these cases, they are usually thinking about the giant Galapagos tortoises, which can weigh nearly 1,000 pounds at maturity and live 170+ years. Malti won’t ever get that big (WHEW). But….theContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Size at Maturity”

Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Boy Versus Girl

One of the first tasks I faced after I rescued Bruce and he joined our little flock was to figure out if he was a girl box turtle or a boy box turtle. This was an especially pressing issue, since my 17-year-old parrot, Pearl, had spent a whopping 11 of his 17 years to dateContinueContinue reading “Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Boy Versus Girl”

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