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 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:22:24 GMT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:22:24 GMT totallytortoise.com http://www.totallytortoise.com/more-than-one.html Hi, Iv'e had my horsefield tortoise for nearly 6 months now, Iv'e bathed him twice in the process and cleaned his cage out completely once. My younger Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:22:18 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/pregnant-painted-turtle.html i rescued a painted turtle from a kids fishing pole. she has done great. she is a very happy anergetic picky eatin turtle. we have had her about a month Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:34 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/how-much-should-my-7-month-old-sulcata-eat.html How much should she be eating each day? When we got her in March the vet said she was overweight. Now I just kind of put down some food and let her go. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:45:12 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/crossing-the-road.html Why do turtles always walk across the road and never beside it! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:44:34 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/turtle-eyes3.html why are turtles eyes on the side of there head not the front Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:44:10 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/yellow-bellied-red-trim-turtle.html What kind of trutle has a yellow belly with a shell that has red trim on the underside. found it in upstate new york near buffal Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:43:38 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/guts-coming-out-of-the-body-when-going-to-the-bathroom.html I have a question about my tortoise. It seems like it has a serious problem going to the bathroom, today I saw it making a lot of effort and pushing Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:50:01 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/what-do-i-do2.html My turtle had Opened is mouther and closed his eyes and stop breathing for about 10 seconds and i got scared can you tell me what to do? sorry i have no Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:49:18 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/boy-or-girl6.html here are my two tortoises please can you tell me if i have a boy or a girl or two males and female Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:15:07 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/my-climbing-tortoise.html I was wondering. I have had my Red footed tortoise Kassidy for about a year now. She is a great tortoise, but she loves to climb. I haven't read anything Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:14:31 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-flips-over.html my tortoise has flipped over durin the day and has been on its back for several hours and seemed to be a little stressed. it lives in a tortoise table Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:13:48 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/bubbles1.html there are bubbles in my red eared slider turtle tank. not ones that go up and pop. these ones are small and are in a big group an darent popping. they Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:05:51 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/what-happened-to-my-tortoise.html I live in Phoenix and it was 106 degrees today. My tortoise is only a year and a half old. He lives inside. He was scrathcing at his cage today so I Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:05:17 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/sick-turtle2.html how do you know when your desert tortoise is dehydraded or exhaustion? Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:53:48 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/puffy-turtle-eyes.html what does it mean when turtles eyes get puff Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:53:19 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/my-turtle1.html hello my turtle is a pond-slider and lives in a tank but he isn't eating his food can you please tell me why also his eyes never close can you please tell Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:52:42 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/open-tortoise-mouth.html My large dessert tortoise is eating and drinking, however he seems lethargic and is hanging around unuasal for him He is opening his mouth as wide as Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:51:27 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/open-mouth1.html My large dessert tortoise is eating and drinking, however he seems lethargic and is hanging around unuasal for him He is opening his mouth as wide as Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:30:03 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/i-dont-know-what-this-means.html I PURCHASED A RUSSIAN TORTOISE FROM PETCO AND HE HASN'T CRAPPED YET WHY, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG OR IS IT THAT TORTOISES DON'T POOP, BY THE WAY WE GIVE Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:29:35 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/want-to-know-about-my-tortoise.html i want know know about my tortoise. he is green colour... and always hide himself unfer anything... as he go down to my pillow i want to know what he is Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:28:54 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/yellow-eyes.html Why does my tortoise have yellowish eyes Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:28:02 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/how-big-do-tortoise-get.html we have a sulcata tortoise. I was wondering how big he can get and how long they can live? Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:27:43 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/small-problem.html i am having a star tortoise and from few days he is smalling and even his stool also i am not able to understand what is the problem and what i should Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:03:46 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/my-red-eared-slider-lost-claws.html I just noticed recently that my red eared slider, which is about 8 months old, has lost a claw on both his back paws. One of his paws (on the righ) has Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:03:19 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/is-my-tortoise-sick1.html My tortoise, who is 7 years old, has suddenly started digging a new burrow and is no longer eating. His diet consists of the turtle salad (collard greens, Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:02:33 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/african-side-necked-turtle.html what does it mean if my african side necked turtle has yellow spots on its shell Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:02:06 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/a-little-to-warm-water-.html my baby snapping turtle was put in warm water to warm for him by accident because my brother didnt know how to change his water but he is ok now that i Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:01:45 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/turtle-age.html How can I tell how old my pet turtle is Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:01:03 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/color-of-poop.html My family is watching an Russian tortise for a friend. it pooped brown color turds, followed by a whitish cottage cheese type poop. is this ok? Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:07:24 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/white-spots6.html my Greek Tortoise has weird white spots all over his body, and he is very brown where there aren't spots. what's wrong with him Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:07:02 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/cracked-shell5.html My dogs caught a turtle and cracked his shell underneath at the front. What can I do to help him heal? I have put him outside in the garage in a container Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:06:42 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/what-do-i-do-when-my-russian-tortoise-mates.html What do I do when my Russian Tortoise mates? Also What age are they at when they mate and when is breeding/mating season? Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:06:11 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/star-tortoise-health-care.html Does a baby star tortoise need an eye drop? What r the problems regarding eyes Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:05:49 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/beak-check.html Okay, we have recently acquired a russian tortise, juvenile, most likely male, 3''. I'm doing a lot of research, but i want to know how to tell if his Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:55:19 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/hurmans-tortoise-peeing-alot.html my 5 yr old hurmans tortoise is peeing alot of clear liquid, is this normal Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:54:50 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/injured-tortoise-turtle.html Rescused tortoise from my dogs who have cracked his shell underneath at the front. He is not bleeding much, but I have put some neosporin on the shell Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:54:17 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/star-tortoise4.html For how much time should i keep my baby star totoise in water Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:05:20 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/can-they-mate.html i own an immature male sulcata tortoise named hector and a friend of mine got bored of their female russian tortoise now named Natasha we now own her because Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:14:13 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/red-eared-slider2.html how big does a red eared slider have to be before you can start feeding them fis Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:13:37 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/rocky-my-tortise.html Hi! At home I have my verry own pet tortise. He is a Baby Golden Greek Tortise his name is Rocky. So now heres his story. One day some friends of ours Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:12:56 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-question3.html Why my star tortoise's mouth is looking blac Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:11:10 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-question2.html why my tortoises mouth is looking blac Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:10:46 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/red-ear-slider-has-orange-beak-symptom.html I noticed the other day my red ear slider turtle's beak looks a little orangey. Thought she hurt herself - maybe it was blood. But she has no problem at Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:31:47 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/where-do-tortoises-live.html can my tortoise live in my living room, out of his tan Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:31:24 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/what-kind-of-turtle3.html what kind of turtle do i have? It is orange and black Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:31:06 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/why-would-a-tortoise-stay-in-the-water-dish-alot.html I was wondering if it was safe for our tortoise to stay in the water soaking dish for hours a day? We recently made them a new habitat and even though Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:30:49 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/cumberland-slider-turtle.html were does my Cumberland Slider turtle hatch her eggs Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:57:29 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/big-yellow-bump.html my tortoise has a big bump on the bottom of his back right leg. What do I do Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:56:16 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/injured-tortise.html We have a small secada tortise that our dog got a hold of. She has three punctures in the top of her shell and one puncture on her underbelly. Is there Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:55:42 GMT http://www.totallytortoise.com/shaking-arms.html I have 4 yellow bellied turtles, and the biggest one keeps going really close up to the other's faces and shaking his front arms really close infront of Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:55:14 GMT