Clueless Tortoise
Active Member
Hi,
Thought I would go on a little rant cause sometimes we all need to do that.
Does anyone else get frustrated when people just make up stuff about how to care for a tortoise and then just post it on the internet for the world to see? Cause I am. I was on YouTube and all I see is people constantly giving their baby tortoise tons of fruit. Or that Russian tortoises need a cage of 3x2 feet. And god forbid anyone tells them that maybe they should try leafy greens or they need a bigger cage and there goes the comments. "How dare you say something like that! You can't even take care of your own tortoise", like they know you or something. Also I keep seeing people say how easy they are as pets. Here's some advice. If you feel that they are wayyyy too easy to take care of and you've never had a tortoise before, your probably doing something wrong that needs to be fixed, like only feeding your tortoise lettuce. And that's it. I think the thing that most upset me was this girl saying Russians ( for example ) only need 3x2 ft enclosures for adults. She also said she never bathes, waters, or does any maintenance on them, because they live outdoors. Oh but don't worry they get rain for water and sunshine for heat. And they only live outdoors. The Karens just come out and say whatever they want to about owning a tortoise when they can barely keep their pet goldfish alive.
Okay I'm done,
Lets have a conversation about this, cause lord knows some people on the internet will get offended if someone gives the slightest hint that what they are doing is gonna kill their pet.
Thought I would go on a little rant cause sometimes we all need to do that.
Does anyone else get frustrated when people just make up stuff about how to care for a tortoise and then just post it on the internet for the world to see? Cause I am. I was on YouTube and all I see is people constantly giving their baby tortoise tons of fruit. Or that Russian tortoises need a cage of 3x2 feet. And god forbid anyone tells them that maybe they should try leafy greens or they need a bigger cage and there goes the comments. "How dare you say something like that! You can't even take care of your own tortoise", like they know you or something. Also I keep seeing people say how easy they are as pets. Here's some advice. If you feel that they are wayyyy too easy to take care of and you've never had a tortoise before, your probably doing something wrong that needs to be fixed, like only feeding your tortoise lettuce. And that's it. I think the thing that most upset me was this girl saying Russians ( for example ) only need 3x2 ft enclosures for adults. She also said she never bathes, waters, or does any maintenance on them, because they live outdoors. Oh but don't worry they get rain for water and sunshine for heat. And they only live outdoors. The Karens just come out and say whatever they want to about owning a tortoise when they can barely keep their pet goldfish alive.
Okay I'm done,
Lets have a conversation about this, cause lord knows some people on the internet will get offended if someone gives the slightest hint that what they are doing is gonna kill their pet.