My parent’s turtle loves children, not sure what it is with kids but he/she will go crazy in his tank….swimming back and forth or trying to claw out when he see kids…and only kids.
My parents will let the turtle out when the grandkids come over and the turtle will chase after them, or search for them room to room, and a few times almost fell down the stairs trying to follow them to the basement. Doesn’t do this with the adults….he somehow knows.
He will either climb on the kid’s legs/arms or put his small face on their leg/arms and sit for hours if he could. While my son watches tv the turtle will find him and just put his small paws and his face on my sons leg and will just watch tv with him.
So I was curious would you think a turtle like ours could be a good “therapy pet” for kids or do you think the whole salmonella factor would come into play?