24 November, 2008

Our 'Kura-Kura' (Tortoise)

Harry

Meet Ruth and Cynthia's pet, Harry and Minnie (please don't ask me why Minnie, sounds like a mouse right haha...) Yup, Ruth named it Minnie for the female tortoise. Can you differentiate which one is male and female? I'll tell you later.


The happy couple ;-)

So these two tortoise has been with us for almost a year. We first had them like in 50 cents in size, it was so small and I even thought it might not survive. We have their aquarium changed twice this year and it seems they need another, a much bigger 'house' for this Christmas hehe..They have grown so BIG (now the size of a 5R pix) and they are still growing fast, could be their food (wheat & oats pellets) giving them the boost.

Oh please excuse my back..



Are you done with my back yet?

Ok, to know which one Harry is, yes look at the lower part of their shell. Harry's pattern looks a little blurry spots and not so 'organized' I should say (talking about male huh). Minnies spots looks more prominent, notice the difference?


And this one is as cold as stone and it doesn't grow big. This is mine..'no name' yet haha... and I bought this miniature tortoise, actually there are 2 of them for my shelves. Hopefully there'll be lil Harry and Minnie someday, and that will be another story about our 'Kura-Kura' ;-)

14 comments:

Dora A-Erb said...

Wah... your kura-kura are sooooo cute Carolyn. I'd love to have one... konon-konon good feng shui bah... hehe.

Anies Azeera said...

Wah.. so cute and so big O kura-kura kamu Carol. Pandai o kamu jaga.

Hehe.. I oso have kura-kura in the office. Tapi bukan yang hidup punya lah. Like Dora said, good feng shui bah.

Carolyn said...

Hi Dora,
yes they are cute but have to be careful jg when holding them, they have teeth sharp as a razor bah hehe..


Hi Anies,
Feng Shui, ya ka? now i know, bah harap2 la feng shui bagus ni. As Dora n yourself said so, am gonna take extra care of Harry & Minnie.. :-)

Anonymous said...

Carol ...ainaaa harry lagi nama dia mcm nama savo sia hahaha ...yes i heard about kura2 bring good fengshui ..

Carolyn said...

odoi cay siou k, te-ngam-ngam lagi pulak hehe..inilah budak2 ni kasi nama pun nama org :-D
hmm itulah i oso dont know fengshui in kura-kura, nanti i go read fengshui website, esp mana sya mo letak aquarium dorang ni hehe

Nika said...

Carol,
kiutnya ni kura2 ko. Teringat sa kura2 mama sa d kg. Pernah telepas ba... sekali jumpa sana belakang almari.

CJane said...

Oooo so cute!! My parents used to piara kura-kura also when we were back in Kunak. But when we moved, they gave it away to friends as gift. :(

But honestly lah kan, I'm so afraid of touching one! I dunno why. Hahaha!

Carolyn said...

Hi Nika
haha...i can imagine the kura2 p besorok di blkg almari, cute :-D

Hi Ethel

aww..kesian la the kura2 tu kan, hopefuly the friends take good care of them. I'm a little scared n careful too when holding them, always avoid touching d depan, they bite, yayy..

Anonymous said...

hi kak... the kura kuras...... from uncle john... huhuhuhuhuh... geez i miss the girls soo much .. i tried calling u that day from my maxis number.... i only cud get thru to mama.... i saw all the pics... xmas is around the corner.. i can,t wait to celebrate next year .... please send my hugs to the girls and say i miss them very much ...

Unknown said...

oh so adorable creature they are...
I would love to hold them....

Carolyn said...

hi bie

the kura2 gets alot of attention here hahaha, yes we will mizzz u again but for one last year xmas without u. I will hug the gals for u ;-) i didnt received calls from u :-(

Carolyn said...

Hi Afaque
hehe yes they are cute indeed but have to be extra careful when holding them :-)

Anonymous said...

bcareful with the teeth.. i heard tajam tu kan... but its cute..

Carolyn said...

hi shirl
ya am scared n careful to hold them, i heard pernah org almost putus jari biten by kura2... :-/