I've been loving tortoises for 3 months now and love everything about them! But recently, I've had a talk with my mother about them and she made me think realistically about their life span. This Christmas I was going to get one but 50 years is just way too long, it will effect me so much later in life; which is the topic of this. Does anybody have an idea if I could keep it for 10 years then ship it to somewhere or someone; or if it's a full time commitment. All replies are appreciated I thank you for trying to help me with this. If I can't find any good ideas then I'll get a cat, but will stay obsessed with tortoises. That will be painful