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my boyfroend wants me to give away 1 of my turtle

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:13 pm
by tink
i dont know what to do. if i do give give one of my turtle away who do i give it to ? is anyone willing to take her off my hands?


Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:25 pm
by steve
If you don't mind the question... how old are you?

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:27 pm
by tink
i am 17

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:40 pm
by steve
My next question would be what authority does he have over your ownership of these turtles?

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:48 pm
by tink
he got me turtle and star and he is mad cuz i took lil monkey of my teachers hands cuz she didnt know what to do with her. my mom think i should give one away as well i dont know what to do

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:21 pm
by Kallistos
So correct me if I'm wrong, you have 3 turtles now? What are their sizes, those 3 turtles will require a large tank in the future. We can't go over to your house and stop your boyfriend or mom. All you could do is protest or give them away to
www.turtlehomes.org or
www.cohrs.org Both are reputable rescues although you have to fill out and application and pay the shipping fee.
What kind of set-up are the three turtles in right now?

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:30 pm
by tink
they each have thier own 10 gallon tank they are not that much bigger then a computer mouse

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:33 pm
by Kallistos
Note, they'll grow 9 inches to a foot long. It won't be easy to care for them, you're looking at the All-Glass 180 gallon or 210 gallon, that's if they do get along. If they don't, then it's 2 or three 75 gallon tanks. It's not all bad to give your turtles up as long as they go to good places. Like the aforementioned sites.

Posted:
Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:39 pm
by tink
well i thinjk i shoud give one away but not turlte or star two trutles already cost me alot of money i got lil monkey cuz she was just going to let her cat kill her. so is anyone will ti take her off my hands

Posted:
Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:41 am
by Hoooneylynn
I suggest the sites that RESowner has suggested. Let me get this straight... your teacher told you that she was gonna let her cat kill the turtle? And thats why you took him? HMMMMM sounds like an abusive teacher to me... maybe we should report her!!!!!!


Posted:
Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:23 pm
by Kallistos
Instead of waiting and asking people here to take one of your hands you should just send them to the sites that are listed above. Recently hundreds of baby turtles were found and I think that those turtles should be the first to be adopted (since they were dumped to die)

Posted:
Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:34 pm
by tink
i want to give her to someone i know for a fact will take care of her

Posted:
Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:55 pm
by flutterby
If you only lived closer.

Posted:
Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:17 am
by Kallistos
Taken directly from Turtlehomes.org
Previous owners (donors) have the option of being fully involved in the selection of a new home for their turtle or tortoise, or they may allow us to make the best choice for placement.
It's up to you, if you want to wait for someone on this partiuclar site to take your turtle and that lives in California that's your call.

Posted:
Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:22 am
by tink
i filled out the form