New Member Here..

[Discusman]

Seriously, it is an issue and a point that every tort owners should think about before getting one.

Anyway, there was a guy walk his tort on the street of NYC. Check it out on YouTube.

BTW, are torts intelligent enough to recognize their owners?

[dmmj]

I can't answer if they can recognize their owners or not mine come to me but I think they associate me with food so it is hard to say, but other people say that yes they can recognize them so there you go.

[Seiryu]

(07-02-2009 06:51 AM)Discusman Wrote:  Seriously, it is an issue and a point that every tort owners should think about before getting one.

Anyway, there was a guy walk his tort on the street of NYC. Check it out on YouTube.

BTW, are torts intelligent enough to recognize their owners?

In response to the guy on youtube. If it's the one i'm thinking of (where it showed people stopping and looking, and saying they never have seen a tortoise on the streets before), he takes poor, poor care of that tortoise.

It is terribly pyramided, I wouldn't recommend free roaming either. As Yvonne said, too many things on the grounds that are bad.

[tortoisenerd]

They recognize the person who feeds them! Mine knows me and my fiance vs. our friends that come over. he will perk up his head and crane up to look at us! It's adorable. I love how much personality he has. No one believes me until they meet him. They think he'll be slow and boring. My favorite thing is watching him eat. It's fascinating.

Yes, their lifespan is something to think about. You can always have the tort adopted out, taken to a tort rescue, given to a friend or child, etc. There are options. With the proper planning I don't think it's something to worry about, just to have thought about and documented (eventually at least).

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Do you have a link to the video?

[Discusman]

Here you go.

The Speed Bump... The Tort is walking down the street in NYC