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Old 23-05-2011, 07:10 PM   #1
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Default This tortoise looks so sad

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Old 23-05-2011, 07:14 PM   #2
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He does doesn't he.
What a shame, it looks like a very small viv he is in, poor thing.

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Old 23-05-2011, 07:32 PM   #3
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yep looks far to small for him hopefully he won't be in there long and hopefully he will have friends to be with.
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Old 23-05-2011, 08:32 PM   #4
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ahhh, not a bad price either, hope someone snaps him up. I would but have a Hermann
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Old 23-05-2011, 08:42 PM   #5
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I'm curious... why do you think it looks sad? Actually look at it... it doesn't look sad to me... not the image the perfectionists force on the tortoise keeper... surely not sad.
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Old 23-05-2011, 09:24 PM   #6
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"he is a rescued tortoise so does have some pyramiding on his shell"

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Old 23-05-2011, 10:08 PM   #7
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not an indication of 'sad'.

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"he is a rescued tortoise so does have some pyramiding on his shell"

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Old 23-05-2011, 10:22 PM   #8
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not an indication of 'sad'.
I know Ed, I was just pointing out that the seller was stating the obvious
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Old 23-05-2011, 10:48 PM   #9
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Not looking fed up enough.
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Old 23-05-2011, 10:55 PM   #10
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awwww atleast he was rescued and they seem to have had him on the right diet
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