You know you have a tortoise when...

[NorCal tortoise guy]

When you realize you know the grocery store code for cactus pad by hart 4558 haha

 

[Mystic_Queen (Llaria)]

When you walk down the street and randomly shout DANDELION PLANT ?. Keep in mind I’m on my own. So everyone must think I’m absolutely bonkers. I just say it’s for my tea to add to the lovely salad greens. I get a shocked look ???.

 

[KarenSoCal]

Of course I landscape the backyard to suit my boy Tank. I have a camera in his "building" to watch out for him. I installed locks on my gate to keep intruders OUT! And during Hurricane Harvey, I did not sleep for almost 3 days while the 45 inches of rain came down so I could evacuate Tank if the water came up to the house. I live by myself so I was afraid to sleep for fear of flash flooding and the bayou down the street coming over it's banks as it was FULL!! That was the scariest 3 days of my life!!!!!

Sometimes being all alone is terrifying. When everyone (pets) depend on you for their safety. I empathize with you.

 

[newCH]

When you refer to your tort as your " Reptile Son "

 

[Maggie3fan]

Your yard is over full with blooming plants, and 3 large grape vines that you use as tortoise food not decoration

 

[Maro2Bear]

You know you own a tortoise when “your next door neighbor brings a beautiful bowl of day old hardy hibiscus blooms for Sully!”

 

[Mystic_Queen (Llaria)]

When you find yourself doing veggie patches and weed patches and gardening that you have never done before ?

 

[Golden Greek Tortoise 567]

When you find yourself doing veggie patches and weed patches and gardening that you have never done before ?

All the poisonous weeds in my backyard are constantly being pulled, so my backyard is now a tort safe zone! ?

 

[Amie.M]

When your kids roll their eyes at the amazon delivery and say “oh no more tortoise crap” ??

 

[janevicki]

When your kids roll their eyes at the amazon delivery and say “oh no more tortoise crap” ??❤

You mean like this?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KFDZJ2/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

or this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079NC5H1M/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

I love this kinda cramp... (well maybe not the halter, but it was interesting).....

 

[Zoeclare]

When you dream of building a bigger indoor enclosure and think, "do we really need a couch and coffee table?"

When you tell your wife that what you really want for Christmas is a laser temp gun. And 20 pounds of bark.

When you have family conversations about ultraviolet light and the thermodynamics of heat spreading out from a lamp.

I got a thermostat for my birthday ?

 

[Amie.M]

You mean like this?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KFDZJ2/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

or this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079NC5H1M/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

I love this kinda cramp... (well maybe not the halter, but it was interesting).....

You mean like this?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KFDZJ2/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

or this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079NC5H1M/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

I love this kinda cramp... (well maybe not the halter, but it was interesting).....

I might have to invest in the ninja turtle sign for his outdoor enclosure ?

 

[Blackdog1714]

This was a Birthday gift and it is on the front gate now! The wife has realy hit her goofy gift giving stride!

 

[Maggie3fan]

This was a Birthday gift and it is on the front gate now! The wife has realy hit her goofy gift giving stride!
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I like your wife. That's a great gift...your wife has awesome taste!!!

 

[Peggy Sue]

When your co-workers make a cover for you daily work schedule using a picture of said baby ??

 

[Krista S]

When your co-workers make a cover for you daily work schedule using a picture of said baby ??

That is so thoughtful of your coworkers to do that!! It’s so cute!

 

[Peggy Sue]

That is so thoughtful of your coworkers to do that!! It’s so cute!

It was so nice! It makes me smile when I look at ?

 

[shellcior]

This was a Birthday gift and it is on the front gate now! The wife has realy hit her goofy gift giving stride!
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I have this as well and bought one for a friend who has torts too! love these signs!

 

[Maggie3fan]

I look out my bedroom window to see my birdbath overturned. I figure it was a cat trying to get the birds. But this is what I found when I went out to straighten it out...This is what I saw. It's stuff like this that lets me know I have TORTOISE lol

 

[Liltortivert]

When you crawl across the dinner table to grab something on the other side because that's what your tortoise would do...

Fr tho, when you know a plant's nutritional value to a tortoise better than for yourself.