What part of this do you think I don't already understand?Look Tom. I understand your concern, and I really appreciate. It is a big issue; I've seen it myself, and it's happened to me before as a kid where I spent hours to find my turtle.I'm not a novice keeper. I know turtles and tortoises are faster than they're portrayed in our cheesy cartoons and what not, but I already know this. I was watching the tortoises closely, my 2 acres is fenced, and they were in the center of my yard where I had no chance of losing them. I know you have good intentions, but you have to remember, this is a form of social media. Your tone can be misinterpreted. Which I've noticed with a lot of the long time members; excited to share years of information from trial and error, and it can come off and be percieved the wrong way to new members. I know you guys want the best for animals and their keepers, which is why I joined the forum. I'm not offended by you at all, in fact, I appreciate you, but you have to keep in mind that people can't hear you and some people are easily offended.
You've answered my question to you from my last post. Your tortoise will teach you the lesson that I am unable to.