Photo Session In The Evening

So, Sun was not shining again for another 3 days

Not until now so I have to take them outside every evening when the sun shine brightly

For them to play

They look so happy, playing around the yard

And I took another pictures of them

Let's Enjoy!

Katie trying to sneak around

Escape Artist Level: Family PART II

So, after Joshua got out, they want to get out too

But, only 3 of her left and they all big

So, they decided to push Ava up, but Katie said, No, I want to, let me

Well, since George and Avalena are close together, George choose to push Ava up

Let's just see the video :D

Poor Ava, she fell upside down, so I helped her and put her back :D
After all those efforts, I took them to their terrarium and have breakfast

Escape Artist Level: Family PART I

They are ninja, Ninja Tortoises

They can get out from my bathing container now

Just see the video

Well, I assumed that Joshua asked his sisters to push him up so that he can go out

after several tries, finally Joshua went out of the container, and....

Leave the sisters alone :D

Bad Joshua

See part 2 too for the continuation of this escape artist

George's Effort

George is a curious tortoise

Like I said, she always explore my front yard whenever I put her outside to sun bathing

Then suddenly, she fell into a stepping stone in my front yard and too bad, the grass around it is too high for her

So, let's see how she tried get out from there

Well, she didn't make it though.. But I love how hard she tried to get out

One Month Monthlyversary

So, yesterday, 28 February 2012, I celebrated the 1st month of having my babies George and Avalena

Well, I just gave them more food though, since I was busy yesterday and I don't feel really good

But they are still happy

Today, I take them to my room, and measured them again

Both of them have grew 0.5cm so now they are 5.5cm length

I haven't measure them since I don't have a mini scale to scale them, probably gonna take them to vet next week for a regular check up

So, these are their pictures

See how cute they are?

They look at the camera when I call them, so smart and photogenic

Can you tell which one is George and which one is Avalena?

Avalena and Katie Got A Flu

Well, two days ago was raining all day

No sun in the morning so I can't take my babies to sun bathing

Terrarium's temperature drop to 27 degrees Celsius and I do whatever it takes to make it to 31 as usual

And in the middle of my effort, I heard Katie sneeze

I was shocked, I check on her and her nose is wet

I wipe it and she has snot now *sad*

Then I check on Avalena because she just getting better from the flu and...

She has snot, again....

Oh God, it took me 2 weeks to make Ava better, and cost me lot of money for the doctor and medcine

Please, don't let them sick

I don't want they feel in pain, they are just a baby and I don't think they have to suffer like that

Please, get better my babies

George The Acrobatic Tortoise

Remember this?

George climbed up Avalena, and I don't know what she gonna do

Then, remember this when she fell upside down from the container because she tried to get away and Avalena kick her?

Guess what she did in any other days

My TMNT

Well, I named my babies same as The TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

I have 4 tortoise (and I hope I will not get more and more even if I want to) and all of them are extremely cute and the reason why I named them based on TMNT is because they are turtles...

just that, LOL

But, behind all of that, there are reason why I named each of my babies and why that TMNT's name

First, Joshua de Leonardo

Joshua named as Joshua, my friend, that is a real gentleman whom I've ever know

I named him Joshua so that soon when he grown up, he can be a gentleman tortoise like Josh.

Why Leonardo?

Leonardo in TMNT is the leader of the team, he is the oldest, and very skilled in martial arts

Joshua is not the oldest baby, well he is smaller but male tortoise is smaller than female tortoise, but I hope that he can be the leader of my babies since he is the only male among them

Patrick's Farewell Party

Today, Michael picked up Patrick, at 11.30PM, he came and take Patrick away

I will miss Patrick sooo much

So before that, I made a little farewell party, well, not me who make it but my babies, because they are sitting next to each other, and sleep closely

 Eating together before Patrick leaves

Patrick, sleeping with his friends at the very last night before he goes home

I will miss Patrick for sure
Hope that he will come by again and stay for a while

Another Vet Visit

Well, it's been a week since the last time I took my babies to check them up

Especially Avalena because she still has the flu and Patrick is having one of the symptoms
So I decided to bring them to the vet again on Wednesday to check them up, and also Katie since she is new and I haven't check on her
 
Well, I can bring them to the vet later at evening because the doctor will be there until 9pm so that I can take care few stuff first
I went to the shop and bought a container for my new terrarium (again) and then bought another lamp which is Night Glow lamp so they still can get the heat at night
I also bought a basking stone to make a basking spot for them (not necessary but I want it for my babies)
 And, not to forget, another small container to bring Patrick to the vet

Katie Personal Data

Katie Personal Data

Full Name :Katie de Raphael

Nick Name : Katie / Kate

Sex : Female

Age : 2,5 Months (based on the size)

Hobby : Eat, Eat, and Eat

Diet : Lettuce-Siomak, Mustard Green (Caisim or Chinese Vegetable), Pakchoy

Size : 5.3cm

Special Marking : Eye Catchy color, a little Pyramid shape shell

Bought at : Littlesta Kaskuser from Yogyakarta 11 February 2012

Katie, so Photogenic and active

She walk all over the table and I barely can take her picture

I have to make it on shutter speed to be able to take this picture

Gettting To Know Katie Better

Well, You guys have known Joshua, Avalena, and George already
Since Katie is new, we don't know about her that much
Physically, Katie looks bigger than others, well, she is bigger than Joshua of course since Joshua is 4cm only
When I measure her, I wonder, why she is 5cm like other but looks bigger
then I realized that her shell is wider compared to George and Avalena

In this picture, you can see that she is bigger
She has a nice color of shell and nice pattern which I love it

When Katie arrived at my house for the first time, she had a weird kind of walking
When she walk, she is so fast but she looks like she is swimming

My New Baby, Katie and her story

Don't blame me for their cuteness !!

They make me to find another member of the family so they can be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Tortoise

I was interested in Sulcata, another type of tortoise who can grow as big as 70cm but it is so expensive so I can't afford it

But, My boyfriend said that if I bought another tortoise, he will break up with me

I was like, what the hell...Should you do that over a tortoise?

Well, since I can't afford that tortoise, I aim for another Istar and my boyfriend said, up to me

So, I looked at forum, probably gonna find some that I like

Honestly, I prefer to buy it right away, I mean like seeing the tortoise directly so I can choose it based on their personality and I can check on them right away

But, well, so far, no one sell Istar in my radius of 100km so I have to buy them online

I have seen several thread about selling tortoise Indian Star and I like some of them

When I tried to decided which one I want to buy, I opened another thread from Yogyakarta and see this picture

Silly Avalena

So this is a silly video of Avalena when they were eating for dinner

I put the food in front of them and start eating

I was recording Joshua eating his food because he looks cute but then I saw Avalena did a super silly thing that make me laugh over and over

So, just watch this video, and laugh

Finally she got it :D

Joshua Personal Data

Joshua Personal Data

Full Name : Joshua de Leonardo

Nick Name : Joshua / Josh

Sex : Male (confirmed by the Doctor)

Age : 1,5 Months (based on what Doctor said)

Hobby : Eat, Follows what George do, play dead (sleep)

Diet : Lettuce-Siomak, Mustard Green (Caisim or Chinese Vegetable), Pakchoy

Size : 4cm

Special Marking : Round Shaped Shell

Bought at : Reptile Freak Bazaar 30th January 2012

Shy little Joshua, hiding on his shell because it's the first time he had a photo session

Going To The Vet

Wednesday, it's the only day that Dr. Rotoro (Turtles Specialist) open a practice

So, on Wednesday. 8 February 2012, I went to him and bring my 3 little cute babies for a check up

 When I arrived, the Doctor hasn't arrived yet so I waited at the front desk, and put my babies on the table

They were silent at first, not moving and put themselves on their shell
But after a few minutes, this what they did

Walking Around the table, exploring the place

The Way They Sleep

You guys have seen the way they eat and other activities

Now it's time to see the way they are sleeping

So freaking cute

At first, I thought that they were dead

Because they look like no energy and so tired

Well. lets see how they sleep

Angel : " I wanna sleep with Geeoorgeee !!!"

Trying To Escape From The Container

Both of George and Avalena are silly

Sometimes they are enemy, sometimes they are friends

This video show you how they cooperate each other, trying to get out from the container

Too bad Avalena, you are too fat so you can't climb higher

Avalena's Flu

Well, actually Avalena is having a flu
The 2nd day I have her, I went to a relative's party and go home so late
When I got home, I checked on my babies and I saw drools on Avalena's left nose
I was like, OMFG, what should I do???
I read that flu can bring tortoise to death

I was completely panic and I messaged the seller (again, Bang Juju) and ask him everything about what I have to do to take care of her at least until tomorrow
Then he said that, go get a lamp and turn it on 24 hours so she can feel the heat (not getting cold)
That makes me went to the shop again to buy the gex and the basking lamp

So far, Avalena still eat passionately and she has snot, sometimes rainy nose
I took him to a veterinarian already, with a tortoise specialist
The doctor steam her so the snot can be released
So, these are some pictures of her and her flu

The steaming process
The doctor want to inject her with medicine but she is too small so we decided to steam her only

Avalena Personal Data

Avalena Personal Data

Full Name : Avalena de Donatello

Nick Name : Ava

Sex : Female

Age : 2 Months (based on what Doctor said)

Hobby : Pee in my hand, eat

Diet : Lettuce-Siomak, Mustard Green (Caisim or Chinese Vegetable), Pakchoy

Size : 5cm

Special Marking : High Dome (not that high, but compared to other tortoise of mine, she has higher shell)

Bought at : Reptile Freak Bazaar 27th January 2012

Front view of Avalena
Big mouth, has an upside down Heart-Shaped shell, sharp eyes and rainy nose (flu all the time)