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They are so dang smart!

PHRatz Jan 28, 2006 12:16 PM

We got RAIN last night!! First time since Oct. it was WONDERFUL!!!
So I go out to make sure the wind & rain aren't blowing into the tortoise mansion through the flappy door & of course I found that Destiny had pooped in there. arrgggh.
I couldn't close her up & put her to bed for the night with that in there so I came inside, got the rubber gloves & all the cleaning supplies then went out & tried to clean around her.

After a few minutes I realized she understood what I was doing, she got up & moved out of my way so I could finish.
How smart is that??
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PHRatz

Replies (6)

melgrj7 Jan 29, 2006 10:38 AM

She just knows you are her maid and that you were just doing your job, lol

PHRatz Jan 31, 2006 11:31 AM

>>She just knows you are her maid and that you were just doing your job, lol

ROFL!!! That's too true!
hee heeeeeee
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PHRatz

macgano Jan 29, 2006 05:52 PM

They sure are,

This winter, ours is in a pen in the garage. Sometimes I'm working or shuffling through boxes. She can't see me, but will know I'm their, always comes out of the hide box and start looking around for her plate of greens.

Can't get anything over on these torts..

PHRatz Jan 31, 2006 11:42 AM

>>They sure are,
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>>This winter, ours is in a pen in the garage. Sometimes I'm working or shuffling through boxes. She can't see me, but will know I'm their, always comes out of the hide box and start looking around for her plate of greens.
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>>Can't get anything over on these torts..

You've got that right! Can't get anything over on them. lol

Our tortoise is large so she lives outside but she has her heated home out there. Where we live there are a lot of days in winter when she can come outside because it's warm enough for her.
In Dec. my DH was outside getting all the Christmas stuff out of the storage building & there are several boxes so he was back & forth.
I heard him out there talking to somebody, I heard "What do you think you're doing?" I'm thinking OMG what's going on? Who's out there? What kind of trouble is it?
Yeah it was Destiny LOL.

Destiny was IN the storage building wandering around exploring & he had a heck of a time getting her out of there because it's pretty crammed full of stuff.
Until then she'd never tried to hoist herself up that step to get up in there. It is raised up off the ground & there is a full step that she had to climb to get inside.
What a smart-alec tortoise LOL.
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PHRatz

Melgrj7 Jan 31, 2006 02:23 PM

When ever we move the top to our hermann's enclosure he goes over to look and see if we put down any food

PHRatz Feb 01, 2006 11:40 AM

>>When ever we move the top to our hermann's enclosure he goes over to look and see if we put down any food

And some people still think they're nothing but moving rocks.
Nothing could be further from the truth!
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PHRatz

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