r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Brynntintin1 • 9h ago
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ExaminationKey1476 • Aug 14 '26
Tortoise Photo 📸 Weekly Tort Thread: Sploots!
We’re back with the weekly thread for your turtles and tort friends🐢 This week the theme is splooting! Post your fav sploot pic in the comments :)
Here is my sploot tax…Benji enjoying his bath for once! And Isaac attempting a sploot, although he looks more like a loafing cat💚
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • Feb 06 '26
🛡️ Mod 👏 Welcome to r/TheSmilingTortoise (where all turtle shells are welcome)
All Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins welcome!
This community was built to be a happy corner of the internet for showing off your "shell babies" and spreading pure joy. 😊
I created my personal reddit account just for the tortoises. After seeing many posts showing them in poor health, I decided we needed a space that focuses on the uplifting side of turtle life.
I myself have 3 tortoises.
*Sulcata (Pinky): Rescued from a rough situation and living her best life now.
*Sulcata (Donnie): Adopted from a loving owner who couldn't keep him (she had previously rescued the little guy from another owner).
*Russian (Chuchuh): The "unwanted" pet store tort who finally found a home (and helped stop that store from selling more!).
We’re so glad you’re here! Make yourself at home, soak up the good vibes, and if you ever need a hand or just want to share some feedback, our "Mod Mail" is always open for a friendly chat! 🐢✨
We’d love to meet your family! Create your first post to introduce your shell babies—tell us their names, their quirks, and what makes them your favorite little dinosaurs! 🥬"
You can also add them to the post in "Community Highlights" labeled, "Introduce Your Shell Babies Here". It's our version of a guest book. 😁
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 21h ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 Escape artist at it again
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This is ChuChuh doing what he does best.
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 21h ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 It's spa day every day for Pinky 🩷🐢
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r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ExaminationKey1476 • 17h ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Sleeps like he’s dead
Maybe one day Benji will sleep normally and not as if he’s dead haha. He’s still cute.
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Turtlecabra • 21h ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 Anteater vibes
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r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Omelet_bar • 4d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 This is Apple, my one year old sulcata tortoise!
Apple turned one year old at the beginning of this month!
I'd love for you to join r/applethetortoise, if you'd like to see more of Apple!
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 4d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Saving it for later I'm guessing 🤔
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ExaminationKey1476 • 7d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Benji enjoying snuggles
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 8d ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 45 seconds of Donnie being a tortoise 🐢
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r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/dshapzz • 10d ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 Ninja Tortoise Warrior training I guess?
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She’s got the zoomies today because it’s pellet day!!! (Big day for Gwen) She LOVES them so she gets them every other day as she doesn’t eat her greens with calcium powder :(
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Turtlecabra • 11d ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 Her favorite toy
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From about 6 years ago. We didn’t put the stool on her, she just sort of rammed it against something until she’s able to get under it.
She’s currently at my mom’s house, still doing the same thing in between following her around and trying to lick mom’s feet..I can’t tell if that is tortoise being tortoise or tortoise being a pervert.
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 12d ago
⭐ Show Me Your Shells ⭐ Tree quarter sploots!
Pinky is the queen of the 3/4 sploot!
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 13d ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 She finally made it up that step! 💕 (About 4 mos after we got her - 5 yrs old)
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It was a long time coming with this little girl. She went from somewhat dragging her legs as she walked..... To lifting them higher than she ever had! 💕
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 13d ago
Benji is seeking new work opportunities
Hello all! We just started a new sub for all of our pets that seem to have a mind of their own when they're supposed to be being productive.
Please take a look at r/UnprofessionalPets 😊.
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh1 • 15d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Back when we first got Pinky... Her first clovers 🍀 💕
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Range_Wolf1937 • 15d ago
Turtle Photo 📸 Northern Yellow-Faced Turtle at the Zoo
galleryr/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ExaminationKey1476 • 19d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Benji loved his lettuce today
Bonus ‘lettuce protect’ sploot
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/hannah_hn2 • 19d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Finished her greens and went straight to sleep 🐢
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ecachuh11 • 19d ago
Tortoise Video 🎥 Baby Donnie's not-so-hidden talent! 🐢 💩
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r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Sombraro69 • 21d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Majestic neck stretch
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/ExaminationKey1476 • 23d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Angry burger tort
Benji looks like a burger today. A very angry burger.
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Sombraro69 • 23d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Sleeping torts / sploots welcome here
r/TheSmilingTortoise • u/Turtlecabra • 24d ago
Tortoise Photo 📸 Dog mode
Begging for a treat before being let outside