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Shelly and Tails goofing off...

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Jonathan caught this pic of our girls as he was leaving for work today and snapped the shot. Thought it was adorable. It's kind of funny because Shelly completely rearranges the cage multiple times a day but the only thing she doesn't move is that big hide so Tails goes up there to annoy her by climbing on her back. Enjoy!

~Katie

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That is cute. It's hard not to anthropomorphize odd behavior like that. Is Tails going to become Shelly-sized someday?

Cool legs on them, btw.

-Sean
 
Shelly and Tails are going to become super-sized some day!

Katie, I'm taking a course right now about tortoise and turtle care.

http://www.ttinstitute.co.uk/course.html

(And something I learned already is that having a substrate that allows burrowing is very important in preventing pyramiding...)

Nanci
 
Yeppers, they're both sulcatas. 1 and 2 years old respectively. It's funny because they both have very distinct personalities even when this young.

Nanci - I've seen all of the articles on humidity and pyramiding and think that they're on to something. We recently switched them from the rabbit pellets they were on to topsoil (so I can help to control the humidity more and to let Shelly dig) and they love it. Shelly has her burrow dug out under that big hide and Tails gets hers made by me right before their light goes off since Shelly rearranges so much.

~Katie
 
EVERY female chelonian should be named "Shelly"! Perfect!!!
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Great shot as well!!!

regards,
jazz
 
Oh, I forgot to mention the huge benefit of being able to burrow- there was a study with two different burrowing species and all controls were the same except one group had an earth substrate to burrow in. All the others developed bladder stones (this was juveniles) and the burrowing torts did not. Dehydration is controlled by burrowing. Chronic dehydration causes bladder stones. (I want to bring my guys to work and see if they have stones- I've always kept them so they could burrow, but they were kept in a lab for the first three years of their lives...)

Oh, but there's a vet in Arizona who is developing a new surgery to remove stones that involves an incision in front of the femur instead of having to cut the plastron open and bend it back- and the stone is crushed before removal, that's how they get it out through a small opening...

Nanci
 
I love their names! Especially "Tails"!

All the trouble we get in, just another tail to spin. :crazy02:
 
GiantBlueberry said:
I love their names! Especially "Tails"!
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Hehehe...Shelly was kind of a given. Tails got her name because usually their tail is tucked up underneath of their shell - it's only out when they feel really comfortable. We've seen Shelly's tail twice I think. Tails on the other hand, always has her tail out - no matter what. I'm pretty sure that we're getting another one at Daytona this year but we'll see.

~Katie
 
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