Sorry for misspelling your name, my contacts make my sight blurry sometimes.
I still sense that you believe I have not taken adequate care of my pet and that is fine. You are welcomed to believe that, only I know what I do and that's that.
Not all turtles are born with perfect shells, heck not even humans are born perfectly. I don't even know who her mom was, or what conditions she was living in. We all know an animals health as well as in humans depend on their moms. Plus in a China town turtles case, I seriously doubt the handlers were very careful. I'm just saying I take perfect care of my turtle and she is not deformed in any way, thats a harsh word.
I appreciate the advice I've received here thus far, I am also an animal lover and very often donate to animal causes, I've even been near arrest at a Peta rally. Besides Ugui I have a cat named Heccubus, and a bird named Payito. But I am also compasionate and respect people who do right by their pets and in my humble opinion you seem to be quite judgmental. You must first look at the whole picture before jumping to conclusions. I've already explained the careless situation my turtle was in when I found her but still you chose to blame me.
Should I have left her to die? would that have been better in your eyes? I seriously doubt half the people on this forum would go through what I went through to get my turtle legal status in Spain, what I had to pay both governments to let me travel with her seeing as her species is banned in Spain and is considered as they said the "parasite" of turtles. Not to mention how much I've spent getting her proper equipment from UK. WOW I guess that makes me a terrible caretaker.
I thought it would be great to join this community, but I am seriously shocked at your reaction. Don't wanna pick a fight specially not with a moderator, but a forum by definition is a place of open and free discussion. I will understand if you would prefer to squash it, ban me or speak in private.
What ever you decide is fine.
