new member of the family

please join me in welcoming Methuselah,

an Indian Star Tortoise, named after the oldest living person in the Old Testament. He lived to be 966 years old !
it's a birthday present form me to my wifey. the enclosure for the tortoise is courtesy of a friend who's star tortoise died ( blog about it another time ). despite being named methuselah, i worry for it as my children can't seem to get their hands off it. hopefully such behavior won't last long and they soon will not volunteer to help it from one place to another.
yesterday my daughter gave the shell a scrub and it does look shinier. guess as long as she doesn't polish it it should be ok.
i must say it sleeps a lot and most of it's waking moment is spent looking for food. my good wife say it's still a baby and that's what baby does. ( good thing this one doesn't cry in the night.)