Hi ladies and gents,
I joined about a week ago, and noticed everyone is coming here to say hi. So I'm doing the same. My name is Sidney Scott. Sometimes I'm also called Skittles(love the candy). I'm 24 yrs old. I'm in the U.S. Army, I fly on and maintain a Boeing CH-47d Chinook helicopter. Second largest helicopter in the world(largest in the US). Anyway, I live in Texas but I'm currently in Iraq. I've had my girl since she was a baby( I'd say two maybe three weeks old). She is the coolest thing and is my only child. The only advise I really want to give and is pretty important in my eyes. Turtles in general can cost alot more than just a couple hundred bucks. For example; L.T. (her name) goes to the vet once a year(couple hundred right there), the tank I'm getting built will cost $5,000. Granted, thats extreme. But, they run anywhere in the $500-$1000 range if not more. Filtration, the bigger the tank the more filters you will need. The point is, look at the big pic when getting a pet of any kind. Turtles live a long time. Plan before hand instead of reacting to a problem. The biggest plan would have to be; put money off to the side for emergencies(they do happen)! For the most part, I love everything about my turtle. She gets all the attention. The money part is the only drawback, thank goodness for a good paycheck. Anyways, I like the site, it has always been a good spot to get good info. It's a vast improvement over what the old site was before. Everybody take it easy and say hi to your turtles for me.
