Franklin's Story

Franklin is my Russian Tortoise.  I got him last summer, I was working 2 jobs and in a rough point of depression.  A whole list of events went down that I don't like to talk or think about.  I kept telling my parents I want a tortoise.  Thinking back i have no idea what started that idea, i had goldfish and betta fish that kept dying and I wanted a pet that would last.  Franklin is a pet who can live 50+ years.  I don't recommend my strategy, because 50+ years is a legitimate lifetime commitment.  Franklin is mine for life, and I will forever be his care giver.

This picture was before his tank got a background.  Tortoises are not tank animals, you can't just stick them in a tank and expect to be happy.  Franklin currently lives in a 20 gallon long tank, due to space issues right now.  He goes out every day (weather permitting) and has a rubbermaid tub with more mulch so that he can come watch TV with us and have a change of scenery

Tortoises are social, they get lonely.  Franklin loves me, and my girlfriend, we're his mommys.  He loves to snuggle presumably because he can feel you breathing and your heart beat.  He loves ears a little too much because his head fits in and its interesting to him.  Point is you can't just ignore a tortoise they will get grumpy.

I will be posting more care information and facts as i continue to grow this blog.  With this new turtle craze i feel tortoises will get lost up in this and people will buy tortoises and not be willing to put the time, care and lifetime into it.

But now i have shared my munchkin with you.  I also call him 'Nank, Nay, and Nay-Nay because Franklin is such an uncreative name but him and I both know it and its too late to change, he had the name when i first started looking for tortoise information.

We're also on instagram, Biffforever,  most of the pictures are of him or related, we have a small little following but its more than I'd ever thought.