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This is the second part in a LONG series of posts. My Animals... it will take some time to talk about all of them but they are brilliant.
I don't have alot of pictures of him as he doesnt really like to pose a hole lot. hes just a grumpy little bugger!!
I bought him for my 21st birthday. My Grandma and Grandad had given me some money for my birthday that they wanted me to use for driving lessons and to pass my test but i wanted something that i could keep forever and i decided a tortoise would be a perfect thing to get.
Kevin is a Horsfield {Russian} tortoise and they live for about 60 years. i dont hibernate Kevin, the point of this is to get his bits working and i dont wanna breed him. The breeder i got him off said it would just cut a couple of years off his life. so instead of living to 60 he will get to about 50/55. And besides... too many tortioses die in hibernation because they either have some food left in the stomach so it rots and kills them, or they loose too much weight and die or theres about a list a mile long that could go wrong and as much as a little A-Hole he is i wouldnt want him to die.
Sorry if that offends anyone that i am cutting some off his life off but if you read up then you will understand.
anyway... back to why i got him...
as i said i wanted something that i could keep with my money. i know i would have the knowledge of driving but you get what i meen.
Plus i was in a really bad place. i was ill on my birthday {i had Crohns, thats another post} and i wasnt working as id just got made redundant from my job and my mom wanted me to get up in the morning, something to make me get out of bed. i was close to having depression and Kevin really helped me get out of that.
Animals are a great mood booster!!
ive had Kevin now for 8 years now and he was about 2years when i got him.
Tortoises cant leave their moms for about 1 and half years/ 2 years because of how slow they grow so hes about 10 years now. hes getting an old bugger.
theres a little story about Kevin i want to share with you all.
How he got his Name...
When i first got Kevin i was obsessed with the name Brian for a tortoise so i called him Brian. Then i decided when he was about 3 years i wanted him sexed properly so i went to the reptile shop and they told me he was a Girl. so i was like Shit! gotta think of a new name now... i was in love with Sex and the City at the time so i called him Carrie. i think he looked like a Carrie. so i decided to get 'her' a friend so i got Brian {he was a boy and will have a post} and then after about 2 years they started fighting and Brian would NOT stop humping 'Carrie' its was soooo annoying, tortoises actually Moan... its not pleasant!! especally at 2.30 in the morning!!!
so because i got 'Carrie' first i had to give Brian away. it broke my heart.
just so you guys know now, Brian is really happy in his new home. he has 3 girlfriends {i dont know their names} and he can hump as much as he likes and the best part... the new owner kept his name! i was so pleased with that. so hes happier where he is.
so when he was about 7 years old one day something came out of his tail. i was thinking 'Oh My God!!! what the hell is that?' i had alsorts running through my head, prolapsed bowel, prolapsed womb... i had no clue. so i ran into my mum and told her what happened and she was just like... 'Have you ever though he could be a boy?' so i did no more... i googled 'Tortoise Penis' and volia... Kevin was born. it took me ages to think of a name but i Love Kevin James so i thought that was a good a name as any. ha.
Thats the main stories about Kevin that i wanted to share with you guys.
If you want to know more about Kevin let me know or if you want to know more about tortoises in general, let me know.
Stay Happy
Buggz
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