Hello,
I am Cocoa, a 7 pound Redfoot tortoise. I am 5 years old and live with
my family in Madison Alabama. Although I am the same age like
my 2 buddies, I am much bigger than they are. I have no idea
why I got so out of shape, but it may be because I am a
little lazy. I just love to hang out somewhere under a bush
for hours and watch what is happening around me.
I
am the princess!!
Did
you get me close enough Mom?
Am
I sweet or what?
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Just looking around, if I can find some good weeds to eat.
My shell is always dirty, because I love to dig myself into
the mud. Mom sprays our enclosure with the garden hose
every other hour, and I love to get my personal shower from
her,
whenever I see her with the hose. She's used to brush the dirt of my
shell with a shoe brush and it feels so good to have my shell brushed
while getting showered.
Here are some of my preferred plants and weeds. I am very picky and
don't eat everything. But the ones shown below are always
welcome and every morning, when I get up, I make a tour around the
enclosure to have my breakfast.
The Hollyhock
leave which you see on the picture, is the last one and
not very attractive. All our Hollyhocks
are never going to grow, because we eat the leaves as soon as a new one
emerges. We all 3 are also crazy about the spineless opuntia
and it can't grow as fast as we eat the pads.
Unfortunately the plants are still young and don't produce
any fruits
yet, which we love most, but Mom buys them for us sometimes in Walmart.
I also love to eat all kinds of fruits, while watermelons and strawberries are
some of my favorites. Sometimes I nipple a bit on an apple and eat some grapes, but I really
die for bananas.
I don't get them too often, because Mom says, they aren't the best
choice for us.
Because we have always a high humidity here in Alabama, there are tons
of mushrooms
growing among our garden. Mom doesn't know, if they are
poisonous or not, but they aren't poisonous for us. We all love to eat
as many
mushrooms as we can find.
After a heavy rain I am always looking for worms. I could eat worms all
day long, but those little guys don't show up too often on the surface
and I hate to dig. So I just eat them, when they come out and I can get
them with no effort.
And now good night, my friends, I got a little tired. Haven't
talked that much in a year ;)