Category: You & Your Tortoise

There are 2 reasons why your tortoise may chase you. Firstly, affection: they like you (or more likely the food you provide) so much that they follow you around. Secondly, it may be a sign of them...

Being asthmatic can be a frustrating and at times miserable experience. I myself have suffered from mild versions of this respiratory condition throughout my life, but particularly during...

Being the weird and wonderful animals they are unfortunately makes tortoises a target for thieves, especially older and larger specimens, given their significant monetary value. It is important to...

Let’s face it we’re living in a time of the MTV generation, and then some. We’re consuming and disposing of just about everything at a faster rate than ever, and while this raises a lot of...

As great as they are, tortoises aren’t really known for being affectionate creatures. For one thing a large part of their anatomy is made up of a hard shell, hardly the cuddliest thing in the...

Tortoises are great for a ton of reasons; with the right set up and care routine they’re easy to manage, they’re not noisy, they don’t produce respiratory allergens, watching them eat and walk...