My mum couldn't be convinced to allow me to get a tortoise, but last month she caved and allowed me to have a crested gecko :P
Here's the little guy now. He's been really active tonight!
We got Joey when he was already a year or two old. He wasn't tamed, and he wouldn't let us hold him, and we never really worked at changing that. But now I feel pretty terrible that the poor guy is stuck in his cage 24/7. It's difficult, but not impossible, I've heard, to tame an older budgie...
First of all, I live in Canada- near Toronto. So I would need a tortoise that would be able to spend around 1/3 - 1/2 of the year inside, as well as nights, aside from during the summertime (depending on what kind of year it is).
I really like the larger tortoises- but I need one that isn't so...