Saturday, March 30, 2013

Boo update

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Little Boo, our Greek tortoise, is doing SO well! He has gained quite a bit of weight, he is eating lots of new weeds and greens I pick for...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Variety, variety, variety!

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When you ask a tortoise expert what to feed your tortoise, the first thing you will be told: VARIETY! There is no ONE plant that is perfect ...
Friday, March 15, 2013

New Tortoise Paintings in my Etsy shop!

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I finally have listed some new tortoise paintings in my Etsy shop, Mossy Tortoise ( www.mossytortoise.etsy.com )! A little Russian torto...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Greeks vs Russians

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This sunny weather the past few days has been so nice. It was still a little chilly, but I decided to let the tortoises tank up a bit of goo...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

Russian Tortoise Feeding Frenzy!!!

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All the sunshine of the last few days has brought forth a wonderful new crop of fresh weeds for my tortoises!  They are going absolutely NU...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Bold little Boo!

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Today Boo, our little Antakyan Greek tortoise, surprised me - I was picking up some old wilted leaves from his feeding rock, and instead of ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

New Greek Foster Tortoise, Shelton!

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Today I picked up a new foster tortoise: a handsome slate-grey male Greek tortoise. His old owner named him Shelton, so we will stick with ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Such greedy little tortoises!

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Russian tortoises are such little vultures when it comes to food! A few days ago, I treated the torts to some endive lettuce, and they just...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Doing everything together

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It never ceases to amaze me how my tortoises always seem to do everything together, in spite of all the space I provide for them. My little ...
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Friday, February 8, 2013

Boo is eating!

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We have had Boo the Greek tortoise for 3.5 months now. He is still very shy, and often pulls his head inside his shell when someone walks n...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Our Tort Fort gets a dresser

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I finally finished our tort fort, and it is no longer sitting on the ground! Our friend built this for us, and now the top and bottom have f...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Sunny day = Time to bask outside!

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Today we had one of those wonderful, beautifully BRIGHT sunny winter days we sometimes have here in the Pacific Northwest (that's right,...
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