http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-blog.html Shelly the SBI tortoise keeps the world informed of facts, fiction, and fun about tortoises, turtles, and terrapins. en-us tortoise Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:40 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:40 GMT totallytortoise.com http://www.totallytortoise.com/horsefield-tortoise4.html we think our horsefield tortoise has died.His head is in and his back legs are in and his front legs are rigid.He does not react when blowing in his face Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:35 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/star-with-a-broken-carapace.html My star tortoise has a part of the carapace near its shoulders broken. It is more of aesthetics but otherwise he is healty and eats normally? how can i Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:54 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/post-hibernation.html How do other people keep their tortoises hot enough? I have a vivarium 3ft x 15ins with 3 in but the other is too big to put in as well, I have bubble Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:29 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/how-to-tell-age-of-an-indian-star-tortoise.html hi, i'm considering to buying a indian star tortoise and wanted to ask if there was anyway to tell the age (visual or markings etc.)? mostly adults are Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:06:06 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/my-tortoises-have-white-rings-around-there-eyes.html Hi i recently bought to horsefield tortoise's 1 male (Tuc) and 1 female (lula). i first noticed lula's eyes seen puffy in morning when she gets up and Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:07:02 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-woke-up-walking-backwards.html I have just brought my 4 year old tortoise out of hibernation. All seems well, albeit he doesn't appear to have eaten or drunk anything yet, but he doesn't Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:04 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/can-three-tortoises-live-together.html I currently have two baby star tortoise about 2.5inch. My friend want to sell me his radiated tortoise which is about 3inch. Can they live together? Since Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:05:16 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/red-foot.html I purchased a Red Foot Tortoise last year for my son, and the tortoise has been doing fine since until this week. Now it appears to have lost its appetite Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:50:12 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tpye-of-turtles.html I have two turtles that are similar but one has a hinged shell. Can you tell me their type Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:49:21 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/large-neck.html My tortoise has a puffy neck?? Is this normal? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:48:44 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/not-eating2.html Hi, I have a forest hingeback tortoise and she hasn't eaten in more than three weeks! I am starting to get very worried about her but I have been all Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:48:18 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/sick1.html what does it mean if your turtle is swimming on its side? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:46:37 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/hingeback-tortise-wont-eat.html I have a hingeback tortoise approx 30 years old.He has a dry crusty area around his right ear and wont eat.Have taken him to a vet who said all is o.k. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:45:56 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/my-indian-star-tortoise4.html Hi, I hav a Male Indian Star Tortoise,the length of its plastron is 5.1 inches. I need 2 knw whether any diseases can be transferrd frm human to tortoises Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:45:22 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-landing-on-back.html Our Russian tortise keeps climbing on top of his log that he sleeps under, but when he tries to come off, he falls on his back. We have seen him flip Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:48:50 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/weight3.html we have a horsefield tortoise who is 20 months old. we weigh him weekly and was wondering what his ideal weight should be Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:48:14 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-pee.html is it ok if my herrman tortoise pees white liqui Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:47:40 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/why-does-my-tortoise-eat-substrate.html One of my two tortoises eats its substrate. It has food in his bowl but does not seem to be hungry, it also only seems to do it in the evening as far as Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:47:20 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/growth-on-neck.html Hello, Our tortiose has a extra flap of skin or some kind of growth on its neck. Should I be concerned Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:05:30 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/the-incredible-jump.html Once, on April 28, 2001, my tortoise rolled over ! the en Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:04:55 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-mouth.html why does my tortoises mouth look swolle Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:42:25 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/hibernation3.html I found a Box-Turtle in the woods that was dug up during hibernation by some animal. So I brought him home. He stayed closed all the way up for a few days Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:42:06 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/terrapines-are-18month-old-and-have-stopped-eating.html terrapine stopped eatin Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:41:34 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-jokes.html Enjoy the tortoise jokes Shelly has collected for you. Send in your own tortoise or turtle jokes. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:55:54 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/nose.html Does it mean anything when my 3 toed box turtle has an orange nose? Or is that how they are born Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:43:01 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/turtle-belly-pink.html my terrapin turtle belly shell is turning abit pink what does that mean and when do you know when your terrapin turtles are mating.E-MAIL BE BACK AT naje_01@hotmail.co.u Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:42:35 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/how-to-know-hes-happy-or-not.html I just got a Sulcata tortise.. I just want to know what to look for to see if he is happy. Today I gave him a bath I was told to let him soak in a little Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:06:00 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-face-looks-like-its-peeling.html I am not sure if my totoise has caught her face or its peeling but her scale on the left side near her nose and mouth seems to be coming away is this normal? Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:25:41 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/front-legs-not-working.html My 5 year old herman tortoise has just come out of hibernation and his front legs are not moving...can you help please.... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:59:44 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-with-flaky-skn.html One of our seven month old tortoises has got flaky skin on its neck and legs, just wondered is this normal way of shedding skin or is this a problem? Our Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:59:27 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/cracked-shell-help.html I noticed a piece of the shell n my indian star was cracked, its still attached to to body but just cracked, should i panic or will it heal itself Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:35:53 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/red-spots.html Hiya, ive recently noticed my horsefield tortoise has red dotted spots all around her body. Not on her shell but all on her head by her eyes, and in the Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:35:27 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/my-secada-has-a-cold.html I have a Secada tortoise that is a couple years old. Recently he has not been eating, hiding in a corner and has what looks like mucus coming out of his Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:46:08 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/sulcata-tortoises.html what do you do when you sulcata tortoises legs are black Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:45:41 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/baby-red-foot-eye-infection.html my babt red foot tortoise eyes are swollan, i don't know why and he squeaks Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:52:49 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/my-terrapin-isnt-eatin-help-please.html hi my terrapin is around 3-4 month old and has stopped eating he seems to be fine otherwise his eyes and nose is clear and it is swimming around fine its Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:52:27 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/cracked-shell2.html We have a leopard tortoise, recently we discovered small cracks under his shell by the front legs, there is no blood and he walks fine. All I want to Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:52:05 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/eggs.html can you feed a hermanns tortoise hard boiled eggs. if so do you give the shell of egg to Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:51:40 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/mountain-tortoise.html I have found a tortoise in the mountains in the Eastern cape Molteno (Home of Ouma rusk) I live in Gonubie east London . Will he adapt and survive on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:51:19 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/russian-tortoise-feces.html i have been trying to find out if russian tortoises have an unusually long period between passing feces. what is the period between events for a properly Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:50:51 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/skin-and-beak.html hi there my tortoise's beak has been breaking off and his skin is really dry, not sure whether this is ment to happen, but im abit worried. please could Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:50:25 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/hermanns-sleeping-pattern.html i have a 8 month old baby hermann's tortoise, he has been living with me for two days now and sleeps most of the time. he very rarely, if ever comes out Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:50:02 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/is-my-turtle-dead-.html I have 2 red ear painted turtles that I have raised from when they were only a few weeks old for about 14 years when I was 7. I got worried this morning Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:58:55 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/horsfield-beak.html the beak fell off my horsefield tortoise the other day. is this natural because iv had him 10 years and its never happend befor Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:58:31 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/russian-tortiose-reproductive-organs.html what do russian tortiose reprductive organs look like Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:57:57 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/toe-falling-off.html Last night i found that my turtle was missing a toe on her back right toe. She is an adault three toed box turtle (DON'T LAUGH). There is a scab where Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:57:35 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/please-help-.html My mississippi map turtle has soft shell syndrome . I bought him 6 days ago and had no idea . I new something was wrong because he would not move or swim Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:56:27 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/difference-between-herman-and-horsfield-tortoise.html what is the difference between a herman and a horsfield tortoise Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:55:58 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/sores-on-russian-tortoises-neck.html I have a russian tortoise who seems to be very healthy. He/She is active, eats well, goes to the bathroom regularly and I soak him/her at least weekly. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:31 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-arm-trouble.html I just wrote a previous question regarding this tortoises arm that is swollen unilaterally. The tortoise can walk, eat and all that, but I want to be sure Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:00 GMT