What plans have you tort owners made for your pets futures then? Chances are some of them will easily outlive you & your children.

Apparently 'Timothy '(a female Med Spur-thighed) was the last surviving member of the navy that took part in the Crimean war (1850's) when he died in 2004. 160 years old.

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I care for:

1.0.0 Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)- 10/11 yrs old

0.0.2 Leopard-Spotted Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) -5/6 yrs old

0.0.1 Red Tailed Shark (Epalzeorhynchus bicolor) - 7 yrs old

2.1.0 Moggies - various ages

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured
by the way in which its animals are treated."
- Mahatma Ghandi

im going to out live my torts

how fun with that

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0.1.0 Bci, Peanuts
1.0.0 royal python, jimmy
1.0.0 cali king, humbug
1.1.1 leopard geckos titch, sunny
im a 13 year old lad

When I'm dead... do you really think I care what happens to my tortoises????? Think about it. They are in my care for my pleasure... why do you keep them?

Now... my family capitalizing on their disposition... that's a good question.

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Ed @ not allowed to post a link
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

Do you also sleep with them then?

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I care for:

1.0.0 Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)- 10/11 yrs old

0.0.2 Leopard-Spotted Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) -5/6 yrs old

0.0.1 Red Tailed Shark (Epalzeorhynchus bicolor) - 7 yrs old

2.1.0 Moggies - various ages

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured
by the way in which its animals are treated."
- Mahatma Ghandi

You don't care what happens to them when you are no longer here to look after them?

Give that just a smidgen of thought... I'm dead... why would I care.

Why would I care about anything... there is a seriously good chance ... that I won't have a conscious thought about any of this crap... I could be wrong... in which case... I'd be in hell.

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Ed @ not allowed to post a link
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

Well depending on what torts you have That would mean they wont live as long as they could which is bad - but I know what you really mean.

Serously though the breeding of such long-lived creatures will create issues for our decendants. A kind of family heirloom. Only a couple of years ago a tort in Australia died that was owned by Charles Darwin & sparked a lot of his interest in evolutionary theory. That's cool.

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I care for:

1.0.0 Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)- 10/11 yrs old

0.0.2 Leopard-Spotted Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) -5/6 yrs old

0.0.1 Red Tailed Shark (Epalzeorhynchus bicolor) - 7 yrs old

2.1.0 Moggies - various ages

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured
by the way in which its animals are treated."
- Mahatma Ghandi

That's actually an urban legend... Her name was Harriet... Anyway... she was owned by Steve Irwin... actually his dad... but that tortoise has sparked many a story... there is actually a book on that tortoise which either proves or dispells the notion that it was C. Darwins tortoise. I'll try and find the book and post the reference.

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Ed @ not allowed to post a link
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

Your'e missing the point again Ed. Who care who owned it, Or do you think your torts will care when you die?

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I care for:

1.0.0 Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)- 10/11 yrs old

0.0.2 Leopard-Spotted Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) -5/6 yrs old

0.0.1 Red Tailed Shark (Epalzeorhynchus bicolor) - 7 yrs old

2.1.0 Moggies - various ages

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured
by the way in which its animals are treated."
- Mahatma Ghandi