I believe that the oldest living torts in the uk are those that have lived outside most of their lives with many fending for themselves, the ones that seem to have more problems are those which are those which are kept as far away from natural as possible. I'm a great believer in any animal having the chance to build up its natural resistancys and it can only do that if exposed to the world around it, yes we can keep them artificially and in this country we do have to offer some help due to the climate but there are some keepers who seem to keep animals with almost a scientific view which is fine but I don't believe we can better what nature intended and the animals mental state is as important as its health.
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