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catbyte

(34,374 posts) Thu Oct 31, 2019, 08:09 PM Oct 2019

Not all proud parents have kids 💚

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Not all proud parents have kids 💚 (Original Post) catbyte Oct 2019 OP

That's so cute! Thanks. nt spooky3 Oct 2019 #1

That is one pretty tortoise! They make good pets from what I hear.❤ Karadeniz Oct 2019 #2

So you get an animal that lives over 100 years. Why? Fla Dem Oct 2019 #3

I guess the same way I do for my cats--make arrangements in a will. catbyte Oct 2019 #4

spooky3

(34,439 posts)

1. That's so cute! Thanks. nt

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Thu Oct 31, 2019, 08:32 PM

Oct 2019

Karadeniz

(22,510 posts)

2. That is one pretty tortoise! They make good pets from what I hear.❤

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Thu Oct 31, 2019, 09:26 PM

Oct 2019

Fla Dem

(23,653 posts)

3. So you get an animal that lives over 100 years. Why?

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Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:10 PM

Oct 2019

What happens to it when you get to be 60, 70, 80 and you can no longer care for an over 80 lb plus tortoise who may out live you.
Cute now, but what happens 30 years down the road? Not judging, just don’t see it.

catbyte

(34,374 posts)

4. I guess the same way I do for my cats--make arrangements in a will.

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:13 PM

Oct 2019

After all, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow. I'd think exotic bird people have the same trouble. Some parrots live 60-70 years.

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