Other Turtle Discussion :: So we're getting another baby....

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Post Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:40 am   So we're getting another baby....

We went into a local petstore yesterday, I wanted to see if they had any baby dragons or leopard geckos..... But they are closing for good. So I started looking at what animals they had left. They had a skink..sorry too close to a snake, icky flicking tounge. And on the top shelf I saw this cute little face poking out off a rock. So I do my normal, pet through the glass baby talk thing... and he put his head down like a dog does to have you scratch behind his ears. That was it... I was done for.

They have him in this crappy 30 gallon turtle tank with a large zoo-med dock that is resting on rocks. He has virtually no room to swim. They have 2 filters and some other stuff. The woman tried to tell me it was so perfect for him, I must have given her one of those, "Are you really this much of a moron" looks... So we were going to go down to pick up the whole lot of it, but Eric decided that we would get a filter, some lights and a heater, and put him in my mom's rubbermaid container, which is already better than what he's in. I'm looking into getting a 100 gal stock tank, found a rubbermaid for $68 and change so...

Oh and Brianna named him Simon. He's definately a He... log nails and a huge tail. We'll get pics when we get him home. ;)
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:52 am   

And the addiction grows.. as Eric said to me last night.. Now I'm getting into this. He was talking about building a big enclosure .. hahaha. Just to think it all started a year ago with me babysitting turtles!!!!
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:11 am   

Not to mention that this woman was a complete idiot... she said to make sure I didn't put my toads in with the turtles because "turtles like the taste of toads".

I don't know what planet this woman came from, but I wanted to smack her. Hello!! First the toads can/will kill my turtles. Second, I know turtles will eat anything so why would I put my baby toadies in with my turtles knowing they would be eaten? I don't know how I find these idiots but geeze.
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:40 pm   

Congratulations on the new addition! :)
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