Shirley the tortoise
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I was discussing tortoises at work with a colleague the other day, and she mentioned how expensive she thought it was to own a tortoise. She told me about a recent article she had read:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ortoise-cost-27-000-lifetime-corners-cut.html
Obviously I was sceptical (not counting initial purchase and set up costs, I reckon Shirley costs a maximum of a couple of quid a week), so I checked out where they got the information from. Link below:
http://www.totallymoney.com/cost-of-pets/
Any thoughts? Obviously a lot of the reason tortoises have come out on top is because they live for so long, but I would still have thought some of the others on the list would have been higher. Are Hermanns just cheaper than other torts?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ortoise-cost-27-000-lifetime-corners-cut.html
Obviously I was sceptical (not counting initial purchase and set up costs, I reckon Shirley costs a maximum of a couple of quid a week), so I checked out where they got the information from. Link below:
http://www.totallymoney.com/cost-of-pets/
Any thoughts? Obviously a lot of the reason tortoises have come out on top is because they live for so long, but I would still have thought some of the others on the list would have been higher. Are Hermanns just cheaper than other torts?