[Yvonne G]

Originally Posted by burnt toast

Yes Jon Cassius is an ancient Margie. Apparently he wondered free in a village in Hampshire for 50 years!
He dislikes, anyone getting too close to him & I wonder if this, is, why? He is a big lad over 4.5 kg's & could demolish a flower! So I wonder if people have chased him away in the past?

I got him from a man who visited a friend in the Hampshire village & a chance comment he had not realised "old Henry" was dug in in his garden & had caught the top of his shell with the lawn mower. Anyway the man said my Wife adores tortoise & she would love him, so off Old Henry went back to London, where he has lived for 38 years, until his lady owner sadly passed away.

He has hibernated, only woke him Thursday, he's, had a, long hibernation & has eaten within hours, loves grass & weeds. Showed him to Dan last year & he said he could easily be around a hundred years old & his unusual colouring is down to that, very very old age.

What an interesting story - and a very special tortoise!