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What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
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Itort
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
In todays world of unimagable violence and craziness, it is nice to have contact and a relationship with a gentle, unassuming, and harmless creature. I can look at them as an example of how to maybe go through life.
Larry
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| 01-27-2008 07:12 AM |
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Chucky
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
Just as Laura, at my age they are the only things I can keep up with. Also, they don't ask stupid questions like why I like something 
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| 01-27-2008 07:13 AM |
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UMDRunner
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
Tortoises are pretty much perfect... the only thing I wish they could do is fetch my mail haha!
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| 01-27-2008 06:26 PM |
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Redfoot NERD
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
In todays world of unimagable violence and craziness, it is nice to have contact and a relationship with a gentle, unassuming, and harmless creature. I can look at them as an example of how to maybe go through life.
AMEN!!! Larry. ( Itort )
Ya know.. they outlive us.. make babies until they die.. and who knows how long they have been around and doing fine until man decided to help them. And they will never bite us on purpose.
I often wonder why I was chosen [ in some small way ] to propagate those that I have. To feel that tiny creature "squirm" in the egg.
What a face huh?
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UMDRunner
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
It is pretty cool how they never try to harm us, Tank has bit me before, but only because I wanted to see how hard he could chomp so I stuck my finger in his mouth haha... it's pretty solid, but nothing too bad
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barbie69
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
No one except my ex asks me questions like that...and I don't really have to answer him, hence the EX. LOL
I love all my creatures but I think I love my torts and puppies the most....if I had to choose , which I do not thankfully.
My mom thinks my little zoo is crazy but of all my pets she thinks the torts are the coolest. I think they have sweet personalities and I love just sitting and watching them eat, dig and grow.
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| 01-28-2008 06:25 AM |
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
That is a really sweet close-up picture of your redfoot
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| 01-28-2008 11:08 AM |
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-EJ
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
My neighbors are actually affraid of my tortoises... curious.
Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
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| 01-28-2008 07:26 PM |
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Jacqui
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
My neighbors are actually affraid of my tortoises... curious.
And I thought my "good ole boys club" here were the only ones who thought that way...lol. The three neighbors I had were sweet gentlemen, but they seriously thought my torts were dangerous for the kids to be around. I think it was based upon thinking a large shelled animal must be a snapper and by just being snappers they would be dangerous. They never did come to think Elmer the DT was safe.
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| 01-28-2008 07:39 PM |
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RE: What do you tell people when they give you crap for having a pet tortoise???
My neighbors are actually affraid of my tortoises... curious.
And I thought my "good ole boys club" here were the only ones who thought that way...lol. The three neighbors I had were sweet gentlemen, but they seriously thought my torts were dangerous for the kids to be around. I think it was based upon thinking a large shelled animal must be a snapper and by just being snappers they would be dangerous. They never did come to think Elmer the DT was safe.
Rednecks... I'm still learning.
Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
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