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ADs and their gratuitous pussy pictures

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BogRollBOGOF · 28/01/2021 22:10

Welcome in ADs. Snuggle up hygge-style 'cause there ain't much going on out there for a while... except rain.

I haven't got a pussy of my own for gratuitous showing off, so I shall pretend to be Dr Evil with Mr Biggleswade Grin

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TheOrchidKiller · 30/01/2021 13:08

Call her Twinkle when everyone else is out of the room. The rest of the family will never know. Wink

TheOrchidKiller · 30/01/2021 13:14

Actually, now you mention it, I seem to remember that a big tortoise can fetch quite a bit of money. DH had a colleague who had one. Their house was burgled & they were more worried about the tortoise being stolen than anything else - luckily it was safely hibernating & went undiscovered by the burglars. But I seem to remember that the insurance company weren't surprised by their worry & said that tortoise-rustling wasn't unusual.

Also remembered that when DS was little he went to play with a friend & when I picked him up he was happily helping to bath the family tortoise! Apparently it was too little to hibernate.

Iheartmysmart · 30/01/2021 13:17

Ooh horse envy @Pleasedontdothat not that I’ve ever had a horse and have fallen off pretty much every time I’ve ever ridden. They are just so beautiful.

Wow. Didn’t realise tortoises were so expensive!

I went to stock up yesterday Orchid as we had snow forecast. Having to plan for the weather is just another annoyance on top of everything else.

NannyGythaOgg · 30/01/2021 13:19

@BogRollBOGOF
Our library's practically been given away already, and prior to Covid already had opening hours similar to a Vogon planning application department.

I may be a huge TP fan but there is always room for a Douglas Adams reference

ISaySteadyOn · 30/01/2021 13:54

What lovely pets everyone has. But not surprising at all as lovely people tend to have lovely pets Smile

110APiccadilly · 30/01/2021 14:00

Why are older tortoises more expensive? Aren't you paying more to spend less time with them overall then?

Anyway, yours is very cute!

Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 14:34

@110APiccadilly

Why are older tortoises more expensive? Aren't you paying more to spend less time with them overall then?

Anyway, yours is very cute!

Thank you! I suppose that older ones cost more as they've lived so long and have been kept correctly, they need careful looking after. Hatchlings and juveniles are more likely to be preyed on if outside. Also you can breed from them. As to spending less time with them, they live a long time and I've already told which of my girls I've left her to in my will! Captive bred ones can live 30/40/50 years if you look after them right, and though I hope not to be popping my clogs any time soon you never know!
Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 14:34

@TheOrchidKiller

Call her Twinkle when everyone else is out of the room. The rest of the family will never know. Wink
That's the plan!
Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 14:37

@TheOrchidKiller

Actually, now you mention it, I seem to remember that a big tortoise can fetch quite a bit of money. DH had a colleague who had one. Their house was burgled & they were more worried about the tortoise being stolen than anything else - luckily it was safely hibernating & went undiscovered by the burglars. But I seem to remember that the insurance company weren't surprised by their worry & said that tortoise-rustling wasn't unusual.

Also remembered that when DS was little he went to play with a friend & when I picked him up he was happily helping to bath the family tortoise! Apparently it was too little to hibernate.

They do like their baths, tho I can't bath her yet as she's just moved, give her time to settle. She's turned around a few times but she's still under the lamp.
Willow2017 · 30/01/2021 14:38

[quote Pleasedontdothat]@Curlygirl06 oh she’s so cute 🥰

Am I allowed to post a horse photo here? Here’s DD’s new horse - she’s very cuddly Smile[/quote]
Oh she is lovely. Lucky girl.

Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 14:39

[quote Pleasedontdothat]@Curlygirl06 oh she’s so cute 🥰

Am I allowed to post a horse photo here? Here’s DD’s new horse - she’s very cuddly Smile[/quote]
All pet pictures and rude vegetables welcomed here! What's her name- she's gorgeous.

Evenstar · 30/01/2021 15:01

@Curlygirl06 how sweet. I had a tortoise as a child and he was called Shelley, he was quite big but that was because they were still allowed to be imported I think.

Jourdain11 · 30/01/2021 15:28

The tortoise chat reminds me of when I was a student... My flatmate had come home very drunk and decided it would be a good idea to order a tortoise online. They were £100 each and she had £300 on her current account, so she decided to order 3 🤣 The next morning, our doorbell rang and she came crashing out of her room in a panic, expecting it to be the tortoises arriving (apparently they were to come by next day delivery!). Fortunately, the drink had overcome her and she'd passed out before managing to finish putting in her card details...

Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 15:46

[quote Evenstar]@Curlygirl06 how sweet. I had a tortoise as a child and he was called Shelley, he was quite big but that was because they were still allowed to be imported I think.[/quote]
It's illegal to import a lot of them now but unfortunately they still do; these are unlikely to survive or be ill as they aren't brought in under ideal conditions obviously. Mine came from a reputable breeder, he's been breeding them for years.

Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 15:53

@Jourdain11

The tortoise chat reminds me of when I was a student... My flatmate had come home very drunk and decided it would be a good idea to order a tortoise online. They were £100 each and she had £300 on her current account, so she decided to order 3 🤣 The next morning, our doorbell rang and she came crashing out of her room in a panic, expecting it to be the tortoises arriving (apparently they were to come by next day delivery!). Fortunately, the drink had overcome her and she'd passed out before managing to finish putting in her card details...
I remember reading in the paper some years ago, a woman bought a tortoise off a bloke in a pub ( what could go wrong?). She'd ended up with a huge one, a Sulcata I think and they are huge! They also don't hibernate and she had it in her house, heating on all winter and it cost a fortune to feed.
SirSamuelVimes · 30/01/2021 16:03

[quote NannyGythaOgg]@BogRollBOGOF
Our library's practically been given away already, and prior to Covid already had opening hours similar to a Vogon planning application department.

I may be a huge TP fan but there is always room for a Douglas Adams reference[/quote]
Ditto! Love Douglas Adams.

Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 17:09

Ready for her close up! She's obit eaten a little bit but that's a start.

ADs and their gratuitous pussy pictures
Pleasedontdothat · 30/01/2021 17:13

All pet pictures and rude vegetables welcomed here! What's her name- she's gorgeous

She’s called Viva (the Diva)

Baby tortoise close up is excessively cute 🥰

Curlygirl06 · 30/01/2021 17:20

@Pleasedontdothat

All pet pictures and rude vegetables welcomed here! What's her name- she's gorgeous

She’s called Viva (the Diva)

Baby tortoise close up is excessively cute 🥰

Good name, still not decided on the tortoise name!
SirSamuelVimes · 30/01/2021 17:30

@Curlygirl06

Ready for her close up! She's obit eaten a little bit but that's a start.
Squeeeee! She's so sweet. I want to pick her up and plonk her on my chest with a lettuce leaf.
ISaySteadyOn · 30/01/2021 17:46

@Curlygirl06, awww. She is so sweet. Thanks for sharing Smile

BogRollBOGOF · 30/01/2021 18:04

[quote NannyGythaOgg]@BogRollBOGOF
Our library's practically been given away already, and prior to Covid already had opening hours similar to a Vogon planning application department.

I may be a huge TP fan but there is always room for a Douglas Adams reference[/quote]
I think my favourite is "when designing something completely and utterly foolproof, never underestimate the ingenuity of a complete fool". It has stood me well in teaching and parenting Grin

Life in the past year has helped me to empathise far more with Marvin "here I am, a brain the size of a planet and they ask me to open the doors". Oh Marvin, I feel the wasted potential, relegated to the role of family feeder Grin

If only Douglas Adams had spent less time in the bath procrastinating and had been as prolific as Terry Pratchet.

I don't think Crowley would have loved 2020. Far too close to the 14th Century. Not enough fun although good flocking potential.

On that note, we hit escape mode today and ventured into the next county not so very far away in search of a walk with a different calibre of mud. One can have too much of a heavy clay, and this was more of a refreshing loam. Grin
In fairness, it's a relatively obscure spot with plenty of space, and DS1 usually happily does that one without meltdowns as it's a particular loop and he knows exactly what we're doing.
There's a few places he muddles in his head, we get to where we said, it's not where he visualised, and life gets rather irate, noisy and stressful for the next half an hour.

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dingit · 30/01/2021 19:17

Omg that tortoise. She is smiling Smile

110APiccadilly · 30/01/2021 20:56

Thanks for the explanation @Curlygirl06, that now makes sense to me.

In my family, if someone is being a bit of a grouch, someone else is sure to enquire how the terrible pain in all the diodes down their left hand side is.

SirSamuelVimes · 30/01/2021 20:57

I've just ordered a takeaway curry. Eek! So excited to not have to bloody cook AGAIN.