Are your torties affectionate?

herriotfan · 14-10-2012, 11:01 AM

My hermanns is very friendly and she loves sitting on my tummy having a fuss. She will quite happily go off to sleep like this. She also comes when I call her and if I'm working about near her table she follows me around and then tries to climb out and just won't settle until I get her out to sit with me. I find it so endearing that she trusts me and wants to be with me like this. Are your hermanns this friendly, loving and affectionate?

Suze65 · 14-10-2012, 11:08 AM

My very old Hermann Sammy is very affectionate, if I sit on the garden he will always come and find me and snuggle up next to me, he likes a to be gently stroked around his face and his shell.

Merlin M · 14-10-2012, 11:10 AM

I used to have a Hermann's that no matter what time of day (or how asleep she was) would wake up if my OH played guitar, and would have to come and wander about, she would only settle when she was as close as she could be to him!!!

My Horsfield's are really friendly (particularly my little boy, Misha), he will always come over to "talk" to me, loves attention! Even my little Amber likes attention (but she prefers my OH!!)

emma_mcraf · 14-10-2012, 12:06 PM

Mine love some attention and fuss too. I tend not to have them out of the table too much in the house, but when I go to talk to them they always come over for a stroke. Probably because they think I've got food, but I like to think its because they love their mummy.

Watermelon · 14-10-2012, 04:12 PM

My little ones inside always come 'running' up to me but its usually for a chomp of one of my fingers...

The older rehomers like being tickled under the chin and on top of the head. Or I think they do anyway!

Taszia · 14-10-2012, 05:05 PM

My geoffreyna only more recently does but I have found she loves a good head rub and she follows me 2 , yet a few moths ago you could never stroke her head she pop in her shell . So time to start with the new baby as she just hides all the time but in time shel get there

cherylahutch · 14-10-2012, 06:03 PM

Mine come to see me and love having there head and chin scratched. The redfoots more than the horsfields but they still like to come and see when I go near here house

THEHANDOFOMEGA · 14-10-2012, 07:16 PM

Igor likes to have a fuss. Notarock and Seven will try and bite

pagan queen · 14-10-2012, 08:30 PM

I was once ridiculed on this forum for saying things like you are all saying. But I know my adult tort loves to sit on my lap. Even if he is eating he will come over if I sit down. I was told it was because he wanted food but he does it when he's eating so work that one out.

Lane · 13-02-2013, 09:18 PM

Omg my Harley loves attention he climbs at my legs and I lay down with him and he snuggles right in, he knows my voice too <3
Evidence lol (hope pics work, first time with pics)

14-10-2012, 11:01 AM	#1
herriotfan Member Hatchling Join Date: May 2010 Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex Posts: 593	Are your torties affectionate? My hermanns is very friendly and she loves sitting on my tummy having a fuss. She will quite happily go off to sleep like this. She also comes when I call her and if I'm working about near her table she follows me around and then tries to climb out and just won't settle until I get her out to sit with me. I find it so endearing that she trusts me and wants to be with me like this. Are your hermanns this friendly, loving and affectionate? __________________ Hubby (Phil) Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol) Granddaughters (Eva & Zoe) Dogs (Ellie & Alfie) Parrot (Peanut) Crested Gecko (Echo) Electric Blue Day Gecko (Bobby Blue) Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie, Twiglet & Percy)

14-10-2012, 11:08 AM	#2
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	My very old Hermann Sammy is very affectionate, if I sit on the garden he will always come and find me and snuggle up next to me, he likes a to be gently stroked around his face and his shell. __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

14-10-2012, 12:06 PM	#4
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Mine love some attention and fuss too. I tend not to have them out of the table too much in the house, but when I go to talk to them they always come over for a stroke. Probably because they think I've got food, but I like to think its because they love their mummy. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

14-10-2012, 05:05 PM	#6
Taszia Member Hatchling Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: west mids Posts: 590	My geoffreyna only more recently does but I have found she loves a good head rub and she follows me 2 , yet a few moths ago you could never stroke her head she pop in her shell . So time to start with the new baby as she just hides all the time but in time shel get there __________________ Taszia 2 Dogs . Alfie. Riley.1 Cat . Lillyum.1Cockatoo. Cookey.2 baby THB . Geoffrey/Geoffreyna. Georgina/George.

14-10-2012, 06:03 PM	#7
cherylahutch Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northumberland Posts: 2,170	Mine come to see me and love having there head and chin scratched. The redfoots more than the horsfields but they still like to come and see when I go near here house __________________ Proud owner of Elvis, Padme, Bella,Ruby and Daisy the Horsfields, Mork and Mindi the Indian stars, Toby and Scarlett the Redfoots Yoshi and Cleopatra the Egyptians and Sam the Labrador. .

14-10-2012, 11:10 AM	#3
Merlin M Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 4,186	I used to have a Hermann's that no matter what time of day (or how asleep she was) would wake up if my OH played guitar, and would have to come and wander about, she would only settle when she was as close as she could be to him!!! My Horsfield's are really friendly (particularly my little boy, Misha), he will always come over to "talk" to me, loves attention! Even my little Amber likes attention (but she prefers my OH!!)

14-10-2012, 04:12 PM	#5
Watermelon Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,085	My little ones inside always come 'running' up to me but its usually for a chomp of one of my fingers... The older rehomers like being tickled under the chin and on top of the head. Or I think they do anyway!

14-10-2012, 07:16 PM	#8
THEHANDOFOMEGA Member Juvenile Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Wales Posts: 846	Igor likes to have a fuss. Notarock and Seven will try and bite __________________ http://www.uktutors.com/tutor/1284053588/

14-10-2012, 08:30 PM	#9
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	I was once ridiculed on this forum for saying things like you are all saying. But I know my adult tort loves to sit on my lap. Even if he is eating he will come over if I sit down. I was told it was because he wanted food but he does it when he's eating so work that one out. __________________ 1.0.1 TG Ibera 1.0.0 Chinese Frise dog 0.1.0 African Grey Parrot 0.1.0 Hahns Macaw 0.1.0 Pearly Conure 0.2.0 Guinea Pigs 0.2.0 Chickens 1.0.0 Bearded Dragon 7.4.0 Budgies 1.1.0 Cockatiels 1.3 Kids 1 Husband

13-02-2013, 09:18 PM	#10
Lane Member Hatched Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 253	Omg my Harley loves attention he climbs at my legs and I lay down with him and he snuggles right in, he knows my voice too <3 Evidence lol (hope pics work, first time with pics)

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