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Meet Kevin, he has just woken up from his winter sleep, just in time for Easter. He did say a brief hello at Christmas as he sleeps behind our heavy curtains in the living room and the noise woke him up for an hour or so (he was not impressed). Not a great photo but he is having a quick bath and a long drink.

 

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ooh - I don't know much about tortoises but what I do know I like :D Does he have a girlfriend? How old is he?

 

Edited to add: I've just realised this sounds like a bizarre offer....it isn't :oops:

 

:lol::lol: Kevin is about 40 now, he came to us about 6 years ago. He doesn't have a girlfriend but is rather fond of my walking boots :lol: He does have a best friend called Victor who comes to visit during the summer holidays. He sleeps from about late October to the end of March. We used to pack him into a box but we now bring him in when it gets cold - he free ranges in our garden and then he slows down and chooses where he sleeps for the winter. One year he slept under the dog's beanbag. Poor dog had a very uncomfortable winter with a huge lump in her bed :lol::lol:

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Thats really interesting - the last time I heard anything about tortoises was that blessed Freda/Fred having his/her name painted on, on Blue Peter; and then later realising how expensive they were. Its really nice to think of a load of Kevin's having cared for long lives. Is there a tortoise forum somewhere?

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ooh - I don't know much about tortoises but what I do know I like :D Does he have a girlfriend? How old is he?

 

Edited to add: I've just realised this sounds like a bizarre offer....it isn't :oops:

 

That was so funny - made me and DD chuckle :D

 

Glad to hear Kevin has made it through hibernation. :D

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When he is indoors he often comes to find me and sits on my feet. He once got in my sack of mail just about to go out to the post office and nearly got posted - without a stamp :shock: He went missing at the end of the summer when he was shut in and we thought he may have succeeded in posting himself. I had to phone the sorting office to get them to check for an escaped tortoise :oops: We found that he had got out of the back door (down a big step :shock: ) and buried himself in the garden. Naughty Kevin :shameonu:

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:lol: Is he going through his mid-life crisis? Can't quite manage the open road on a bike so he thought he'd try the next best thing 8)

 

Can you imagine it if he had got through - you'd be on local radio at the very least!

 

More adventures of Kevin when you're ready please :D

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8)

 

We don't hibernate Hughie - a bit too young and was told not to

.... but he is rather fond of mothers slippers :eh::lol:

 

Kev decides if and when he hibernates, he's a big lad. He pretty much goes to sleep and wakes up within the same couple of days every year. What is it about footwear :lol:

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When our dog Scally was a puppy she used to play flip the tortoise when no one was looking. We would look out into the garden to see poor Kev on this back with his legs in the air. Naughty Scally :shameonu:

 

 

:lol::lol:

 

Please keep Kevin's antics coming, he sounds like quite a character! :lol:

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I've got tea up my nose reading this thread :lol::lol:

 

My 90+ year old patient has a tortoise that thinks its a cat it follows it around and sits in front of the fire with it. It has a very good selection of shoes and you don't sit still too long or it takes a fancy to your shoes :roll::lol:

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