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Life as a (shelled) public figure means daily life may never be as private as you might prefer. It just comes with the territory when you are born looking this cute. Add in a sweet-natured mellow tortoise personality and a natural knack for appealing to fellow “foodies” everywhere, and you can just about forget aboutContinueContinue reading “Day 200: Tortoise Finds a Very Fashionable Snack”

Being born as a redfoot tortoise who is expected to find her own snacks from day one, it pays to get to know your colors pronto. For instance, those adorable dots all over your legs and face – those are red dots. The slightly larger (and equally adorable) dots on your back – well, those areContinueContinue reading “Day 194: Tortoise Tucks Into Edible Greens”

Living your whole life in a natural green space, you begin to develop an instinctive aesthetic about what should go where. As long as you are left to your own devices to garden and cultivate when you like, where you like, things will continue to go smoothly. But then let’s say you decide to takeContinueContinue reading “Day 182: Tortoise Destroys Zucchini”

Everyone knows that young beings grow up fast. And by “grow up” we mean grow out….at least if the young being in question happens to have a shell on her back. In order to grow up, er, out, you need to eat. A lot. Here, it helps if you are born with a keen gustatoryContinueContinue reading “Day 164: Tortoise Is Chomposaurus”

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”

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”

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”

It is hard to argue with true love. When you meet your beloved for the first time – in that moment when your eyes behold one another – you just know. No one else will do. You could go anywhere, be anywhere, and you will always find your way back to their side. Like so.

There is no doubt the large shell-less beings mean well. Yours, for instance, really wants to make sure you get plenty of exercise, fresh food, play time and shell scratches (not to mention restful naps). But there is one thing that will forever separate you and your assistant. She gets repeatedly hung up on thisContinueContinue reading “Day 122: Tortoise Lunch Is Very Fresh & Very Gone”

Some cold-blooded species can be notoriously picky eaters. But not the redfooted tortoise. Redfoots are often described as “opportunistic feeders” in the scientific literature. Personally, after nearly five years of close daily observation, I would say Malti’s gustatory style comes closer to that of a contestant in one of those “all you can eat” contests.ContinueContinue reading “Day 83: Food Face”