TORTOISE MAD!

IF YOU ARE READING THIS THEN YOU ARE ON THE WAY IF NOT THERE  ALREADY AND ARE MAD ABOUT TORTOISES!! I FOUND MY FIRST ONE IN A LOCAL PARK WHEN I WAS 11. HE HAD A HOLE DRILLED THROUGH THE CORNER OF HIS SHELL AND A PIECE OF BROKEN CHAIN WAS HANGING FROM IT. I RAN HOME WITH HIM AS IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT AND AFTER MUCH BEGGING OF MY MOTHER I WAS ALLOWED TO KEEP HIM UNTIL SOMEONE CLAIMED HIM....THEY NEVER DID AND " RINGO"  WAS MINE..I HAD HIM FOR MANY MONTHS AND HE WAS AMAZING; FOLLOWED ME AROUND THE GARDEN AND CAME TO ME WHEN I CALLED HIM FOR SOMETHING TO EAT. IT WAS THE HOLIDAYS AND WE ALL WENT TO LONDON ZOO FOR THE DAY AND WHEN WE GOT HOME I RUSHED TO CUDDLE RINGO AFTER SEEING LOTS OF TORTOISES AT THE ZOO.BUT...HE WAS GONE !! SOME VERY SPITEFUL PERSON HAD STOLEN HIM!!, WE KNEW WHO IT WAS BUT WE COULD NOT PROVE IT  SO I NEVER DID GET MY RINGO BACK.. IT WAS RINGO THOUGH THAT STARTED MY ENDURING LOVE OF ALL ANIMALS AND ESPECIALLY TORTOISES. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH THEY ARE A PART OF MY LIFE, I FIND THEM SO FASCINATING AND THINK THEY ARE THE NEAREST THING TO THE DINOSAUR OTHER THAN THE CROCODILE!. I HAVE NOW KEPT AND BRED BOTH HERMANNS AND SPUR THIGHED FOR OVER 35 YEARS AND HAVE HAD MANY HATCHLINGS (AROUND 60 A YEAR). I AM KNOWN AS THE TORTOISE LADY AND CAN OFFER A FOREVER LOVING HOME TO ANY TORTOISE THAT CAN NO LONGER BE KEPT FOR WHAT EVER REASON .WHEN I SAY FOREVER THAT IS WHAT I MEAN I NEVER PASS ON ANY TORTOISE THAT IS GIFTED TO ME BUT GIVE THEM THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE. PLEASE FOLLOW MY BLOG TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY WORLD AND DON'T HESITATE  TO GET IN TOUCH IF YOU HAVE A TORTOISE FOR REHOMING OR YOU JUST WANT TO ASK ME A QUESTION..

HISTORY OF MY TORTOISE WORLD

I HAVE STARTED THIS SITE TO SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TORTOISES AND HOPE IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO OLD AND NEW KEEPERS AND THOSE JUST THINKING ABOUT GETTING ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME.