mylittlecholla
Active Member
A lovely afternoon, sunny but cool, today just lying around in the grass with my beautiful Chelonian baby, as she basked, and grazed, and tromped through her food dish or just relaxed in a modified "superman position" while gazing upon me with pleasant satisfaction.
What a balm to relieve stress!
It never ceases to amaze me that Cholla seems actually to enjoy my company and my husband's. She shows significantly more bright-eyed energy and appetite if we're hanging out with her. Other times she "rides around" with us swe carry her gently in our hands, her neck stretched yet relaxed, turning her little head from side to side, looking about her with serene interest. Or usually she's serene. Sometimes instead she's stretching her neck and urgently pumping her little legs in anticipation of motating around in her own personal domain.
Today she showed a significantly more enthusiastic appetite today than she's had in the past month. weeks. It's fun to watch her she's trying and enjoying new foods. Until a couple of days ago she showed zero interest in chomping the Bermuda grass in her enclosure; for some reason in the last few days she's developed a taste for it. Similary, after turning her nose up at Mazuri for months, today she was consuming it with gusto.
I've learned from this forum that tortoise husbandry is considerably more expensive, delicate and complex than I was led to believe when Cholla first came to live with us--but believe me, she's worth it. Being with her puts me into a kind of blissed-out Zen state.
My only concern is that when, when I return to full-time, on-site, in-person teaching (next fall) I won't be able to commune with her the way I do now. But for the time being, I'm loving the hours I can spend in Tortoise
Nirvana.
Best wishes to all of you and your tortie pals!
What a balm to relieve stress!
It never ceases to amaze me that Cholla seems actually to enjoy my company and my husband's. She shows significantly more bright-eyed energy and appetite if we're hanging out with her. Other times she "rides around" with us swe carry her gently in our hands, her neck stretched yet relaxed, turning her little head from side to side, looking about her with serene interest. Or usually she's serene. Sometimes instead she's stretching her neck and urgently pumping her little legs in anticipation of motating around in her own personal domain.
Today she showed a significantly more enthusiastic appetite today than she's had in the past month. weeks. It's fun to watch her she's trying and enjoying new foods. Until a couple of days ago she showed zero interest in chomping the Bermuda grass in her enclosure; for some reason in the last few days she's developed a taste for it. Similary, after turning her nose up at Mazuri for months, today she was consuming it with gusto.
I've learned from this forum that tortoise husbandry is considerably more expensive, delicate and complex than I was led to believe when Cholla first came to live with us--but believe me, she's worth it. Being with her puts me into a kind of blissed-out Zen state.
My only concern is that when, when I return to full-time, on-site, in-person teaching (next fall) I won't be able to commune with her the way I do now. But for the time being, I'm loving the hours I can spend in Tortoise
Nirvana.
Best wishes to all of you and your tortie pals!
Last edited:
