Recent content by MartinM

Thanks! And very true about Hattie, even last night she was marking her territory by drawing on their shells with pink chalk.

We don’t know for sure. My mother got the lighter shelled tortoise when she was 3. The tortoise was already fully grown so would’ve been at least 3. So, the lighter shelled one (Puffer) is at least 70. The darker shelled (Rover), we rescued and have no idea!

Hello. Noob forum member... I’ve cared for my tortoises since I was about 5 years old. I’m now 38. They have now officially become my “pets”. Although they’ve been around a lot longer than i have. (I think that makes me the pet). They are a living heir loom. They’ve had a tough life...