There is mischievous and there is just plain nasty

[fenwoman]

I'm beginning to wonder about Horatio. A couple of snide remarks here, a sneer there from him and I'm starting to think he is mean minded. Then there was the incident this morning.
The day dawned sunny and warm, so as usually, he clawed my newly painted parlour door and demanded "take me out....now.!"
So I duly carried him outside, and placed him in a warm sunny spot, carefully feeling about on the ground for a bit which was warm.
I then sorted the cats, dogs, chickens out, drenched Phoebe goat, poked more browse at her, swept the goat yard and came back to hang the washing out.So I went into 'his' garden with my arm full of laundry, hubg it out and then looked about for Horatio. He was nowhere to be seen. It was warm and sunny and usually he is up near the aviary block on the slabs, sunning himself. SO I called him and looked in the usual places. No sign of him, so I looked and looked again, heart in mouth, wondering how I would tellAthraven that I had lost the tortoise she had entusted to my care.
In a blind panic, I called in the 'big guns' (Ursa) and asked him, "find 'ratio for mumsie, find".
After the earlier little problem with the previous Horatio (Ursa was terrified of him), he has come to realise that tortoises aren't scary. He knows who Horatio is and knows what 'find' means so he searched and searched. He looked at a pile of old wood (stored ready for when I get a rayburn) and as he looked and wagged, I heard it..................................a nasty snigger. Not a mischievous giggle but a really nasty malicious snigger like Muttley off the telly used to do. I lifted a bit of wood and there he was with a mean smile on his little face. He'd been hiding from me and watching me panic as I frantically searched and called.
I picked him up and I swear he muttered to Ursa and said "grass!" in a very threatening tone. Certainly Ursa gave him a startled look. After all, he was used to sunny natured, happy smiling tortoises and not ones which hid from Mumsie and then called a dog nasty names.
Do you think there is hope for him? Will the happy atmosphere in this place be able to rehabilitate him? Has he got ADHD?
What do you think guys?

[EVIEMAY]

He has been sent to keep you well and truely on your toes ...........

[fenwoman]

Originally Posted by EVIEMAY

He has been sent to keep you well and truely on your toes ...........

I have so many beasts keeping me on my toes I should change my name to Darcy chuffing Bussel!

[markyd3]

Originally Posted by fenwoman

What do you think guys?

I think you're mental!!!

[fenwoman]

Originally Posted by markyd3

I think you're mental!!!

Not so. I was at the doctor's the other week and he said I was 'within normal parameters' so there.
Granted, he was talking about weight, but normal is normal after all.

[jenrob]

I think you have a def rebel on your hands!

You'll have to him into shape of simply send him to the naughty step!

[fenwoman]

Originally Posted by jenrob

I think you have a def rebel on your hands!

You'll have to him into shape of simply send him to the naughty step!

I think we are definately going to have a discussion about who's pad this is and about humans being the superior species etc.
He reminds me a lot of an ex husband of mine, not only in character but looks too <sniggers>
Perhaps he's grumpy cos he is tired? I know I get that way. I'll make allowances for him until next Summer.