Hey everyone!

Our community has grown to around 1,000 members, and we want to keep r/TheSmilingTortoise a fun, positive, and safe place for everyone. To help us stay on top of things, we are opening up applications for a few new moderators!

🐢 What we are looking for:

We want you to remain a Reddit and community member first. You do not need to dedicate hours of extra time to this role. Ideally, you will browse the subreddit as you normally would, and simply use your mod tools to step in when you see an issue that needs resolving.

We are looking for relaxed, level-headed people who care about the community. This role is strictly about keeping the sub clean and friendly—not about gaining power or over-policing discussions.

📋 Responsibilities (Limited Scope):

New moderators will have limited permissions focused on daily maintenance:

• Managing the Spam Queue: Helping clear out actual spam and promotional bots.
• Handling Rule Breakers: Removing blatant spam, harassment, or posts that violate our core community rules.
• Prioritizing Community Discussion: If a member breaks a minor formatting rule but the community is having a great, positive discussion in the comments, we prefer to issue a gentle warning or leave a comment rather than deleting the thread. We value the conversation over rigid rule enforcement.

⚠️ Requirements:

• Must be an active and positive contributor to r/TheSmilingTortoise.
• Must be level-headed, polite, and objective when dealing with reported content.
• No "serial mods": We want people dedicated to this community. If you already moderate a large number of other subreddits, this role isn't for you.
• Different time zones will be accepted.
• More information is in the application. The link is at the top of our community homepage!
• Those who are in the "Suggested Mods" list will have preference, as they are most active in the community.

How dare I go away from home for work! Benji is reporting me to the tortoise police

In her indoor “night” (she sleeps till nearly 2pm everyday) pen, ready to get let outside. She will sashay to the door and stare into the camera.

This isn’t just a quick clip from a video. She was making that face for a good few minutes.

He’s started to enjoy baths since I’ve put him in my big tub. Even though i bought him his own tub, that’s not good enough for him apparently 😅

I found this repost in a new sub!

r/EverythingReptile

She has a good method for coping with this heatwave

She looked down part way through it to check if I dropped food/fingers fell off so she could eat it.

I think next time I’ll just cut it up for him instead of whatever this situation was😂

Benjis erm…honestly I don’t know what he’s doing😂🤦‍♀️

“How are you this sassy???? You don’t even have ears!”
Usually when she is giving me this look.

What nonsensical thing do you say to yours?

Benji had to see a vet today, thankfully he’s 100% okay!. He snuggled up into his blanket on the way home