Cheap?! Lol!

[TBH123]

Havent been on in a while....


Just been reading through preloved (I know bad lol, but i cant help myself ) and the amount of people advertising tortoises as a 'Cheap' and 'easy' and 'a perfect childs/ first pet' is astonishing.

Not slating anyone who has owned one from a child or had one as a first pet but come on really?.....If you really think about it, think of all the things u need to buy/ have to keep a tortoise healthy etc:

Enclosure (Indoor and out)
Substrate
Heat Lamps
UV Lighting
Calcium/ other supplements.

Then theres replacing things such as:
small/ no longer suitable enclosures and replacing with larger or more suitable ones.
Replacing Heat/ UV bulbs

And dont forget the leccy bills! ha!

Im sorry but it just makes me laugh when people say that tortoises dont require lots of looking after and they are cheap to keep etc. The only thing i find cheap is the food (Free weeds etc). And i hate it when people think they can get away with just feeding a tortoise a bit of lettuce and be done with it! -_-

.....You cannot honestly say that they dont cost a lot when u mount everything up? Or is this just me lol!

Sorry feeling ranty! haha!

[meacy]

Agree 110%

[Gordon]

I,m saying nothing

[Catwoman63]

Ive spent thousands on mine, when i add it all up, but its my hobby and my family think im mad but i dont care, its what i love to spend my money on,plus ive got 6 birds that have the best food and my dog that is spoilt, but thats me lol.......and i agree with what you say x

[Easter Bunny]

I agree! I've just spent £100 on bit and pieces I needed for the torts and I still forgot a few things xx

[cherylahutch]

I'm always getting wrong for spending a fortune on them and everyone thinks I'm mad as well lol they defiantly are not cheep and easy to care for but they are lovely

[Easter Bunny]

I noticed this one on pre loved, you get 2 torts and a dragon

http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/sh...ull-setup.html

[wigwamman]

i saw a tortoise yesterday at a local rescue centre that does spring/autumn tort m.o.t. the tort was 70+ years old,never seen a uv or heat lamp,never been to vets because they are expensive and most of them dont know about torts.
so it can be cheap and easy to keep them!!!!!!!!
lol lol
even after chatting to the staff and being told the benefits of light/heat i still dont think she was convinced.by the way it was a gorgeous female ibera.

[Catwoman63]

Originally Posted by LYNNEE

I noticed this one on pre loved, you get 2 torts and a dragon

http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/sh...ull-setup.html

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.....wonder what the tortoises look like.....and he cant spell the word "bargain", ive seen some sorry looking tortoises on preloved.....but we cant help looking lol x

[Easter Bunny]

Originally Posted by Catwoman63

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.....wonder what the tortoises look like.....and he cant spell the word "bargain", ive seen some sorry looking tortoises on preloved.....but we cant help looking lol x

There were photos of them before and they looked ok