Posted: 28 July 2011 5:49 PM Subject: RE: Pets in motorhomes
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We used to manage a campsite in Dorset and were regularly visited by a couple and their enormous Galapagos Island tortoise. This thing was the size of a small tank, could move as fast as a walking adult and evidently had a life expectancy of some 100 years. That meant that Atlas (as he was called) featured in the couples wills as he was almost certain to outlive both them and their children and, possibly, their grandchildren. Oh, and the warning about "Dogs die in hot cars" doesn't apply to huge tortoises - the hotter it is the happier they are evidently.
Posted: 31 July 2011 12:32 AM Subject: RE: Pets in motorhomes
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andyangyh - 2011-07-28 5:49 PM
We used to manage a campsite in Dorset and were regularly visited by a couple and their enormous Galapagos Island tortoise. This thing was the size of a small tank, could move as fast as a walking adult and evidently had a life expectancy of some 100 years. That meant that Atlas (as he was called) featured in the couples wills as he was almost certain to outlive both them and their children and, possibly, their grandchildren. Oh, and the warning about "Dogs die in hot cars" doesn't apply to huge tortoises - the hotter it is the happier they are evidently.
'Cars die when mounted by a Hot Tortoise' (Small Tank ) ???? ray
You may find mice, squirrels and even rats when you return after a winter's storage. Once had a pigeon fly in through an open door. Delicious with white wine!
