Tortoises should come with a health warning

[pepsiandjac]

I never knew keeping tortoises could be so dangerous lol,I was out the garden collecting leaves one day last week,slipped on a patch of ice and broke my arm ,goes to the doctors today for a note for work,so i asked him to take a look at my feet as i'd been having a bit of trouble with them for a couple of weeks,and he said i've got mild frostbite in my toes,which can only be from when i'm out looking for leaves,that'll teach me for wearing my flip flops in the garden

 

[mctlong]

Oh no! What bad luck! Who would've known tortoise care was so hazardous!

 

[wellington]

Wow, what crazy tortoise people won't do for their torts Hoping you have a quick recovery and put some proper shoes/boots on.

 

[kanalomele]

Oh my goodness! I hope you heal quickly and buy some garden boots!!

 

[Tom]

I'm hesitant to blame the tortoises for your ailments...

 

[Laura]

I was caring for the cdt and stepped wrong,, down i went.. severe ankle sprain.. out of work for a few weeks! and then some!

 

[AndreaRosie]

I went out on a summer night to make sure my new fence was holding them in. I live in Louisiana so a cloud of Mosquitos got me. I have a genetic disease so I do not have an immune system. My bite turned into staph of my face. I was in the ICU for four days. All for the love of helping rescue turtles.

 

[Yvonne G]

I can't tell you how many times I've stepped over a tortoise fence, caught my trailing foot and fell face first into the pen!

 

[DesertGrandma]

LOL tortoise keeping is not for the faint of heart

 

[Zamric]

it a Jungle out there! (or desert or plains land or where ever else your tort is from)