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Croney

(4,656 posts) Wed Oct 14, 2020, 02:03 PM Oct 2020

We are rehoming our Russian tortoise and I am sad.

We bought it seven years ago as a birthday present for our granddaughter, but it's always lived at our house. She is 15 now, and lost interest in Shelly years ago.

Petsmart is going to take him back, and find him a new home. Maybe he will get to meet more of his own kind! I'm happy for him, but I will miss the daily routine of feeding him and fixing his lights and all. I'll be glad to reclaim the space in my dining room.

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We are rehoming our Russian tortoise and I am sad. (Original Post) Croney Oct 2020 OP

Why don't you keep him? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #1

Haha, if I could rehome Moscow Mitch, I'd zap him to a deep hole in the tundra somewhere. Croney Oct 2020 #2

Does he enjoy human interaction? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #3

Nope, he just hisses! (And so does the turtle). Croney Oct 2020 #4

Turtles hiss? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #5

Yes. When I pick him up, he hisses. But I don't speak turtle, so I can't understand him. Croney Oct 2020 #6

Lol SheltieLover Oct 2020 #7

Nope, he'll be packed up and ready to go in the morning. Croney Oct 2020 #8

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. Why don't you keep him?

Reply to Croney (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 03:44 PM

Oct 2020

I thought you were talking about Moscow Mitch seeking asylum in Russia, until I saw that post is in Pet forum.

Croney

(4,656 posts)

2. Haha, if I could rehome Moscow Mitch, I'd zap him to a deep hole in the tundra somewhere.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 04:00 PM

Oct 2020

I doubt that Shelly is living his best life, cooped up with two old people who don't give him attention. He will go on to have adventures and probably outlive us by a few decades.