Introducing TOTI The Quite One

It has been sometimes I'm blogging and I have yet to introduce my "big" ..errr... sister (I think...) Toti (read: tot-tee). Honestly I dunno how to differenciate between male or female terrapin, but mummy told me that Toti is female because she doesn't has very long fingernails and Toti has flat shell on the belly.

A year before I come, daddy set up his fish tank. At first he has goldfishes (those people buy to feed lou han fish or arowana) and guppies then he bought 2 terrapins. The 2 baby terrapins only around 2 inch (the shell size). Then one terrapin died so only Toti survived. Mummy told daddy that terrapin can eat meat so don't put together with the fishes and he ignored her. Within a few weeks, all the guppies gone and left goldfishes only.. some even have holes on their fins. So, daddy convinced and put toti in cut -up water bottle.

Life goes on... but the goldfishes still died one by one only left one survival who lives quite an old age of around 1.5 years old. When Goldie died, daddy burried it under his potted neem tree (pssttt.. he put candle & joystick for Goldie.. hehehe..)

Toti grow quite fast.. then one day she disappeared. Suspected she climbed out the container, then jumped down 1.5 high cupboard & escaped through main gate (sounds like mission impossible huh?!! But she really did). Daddy searched the whole house for 4 days and still couldn't find her. He was very sad & grumpy. After more than a week, on Saturday afternoon while mummy watching TV.. suddenly she saw Suria Brother busy sniffing behind the sofa... he found Toti. Daddy was so happy & surprised.. coz he already turned the house upside down searching for her for 3 days.

Naughty Girl - TOTI

Then after Goldie passed away, Toti got a new home (this time impossible to escape anymore). Daddy give the fishtank to Toti (together with the sucker fish that daddy found near the Kallang River)

Toti loves to sleep on that stone in her Superman pose =D

My human said I'm over protective over Toti and won't let Suria Brother come close to Toti. But the truth is I'm scared he will accidently set his fat butt on her & squashed her.

Me Meet Face-To-Face with Toti

Toti eats quite a lot and whenever she is hungry, she knows how to call the humans to feed her by swimming loudly in the water & scratch the tank glass. Her shell size now is around 6 inch.

Toti posing in front of camera

OUR FAMILY PHOTO =D