General Care Discussion :: Going to get Dog's brother

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Post Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:53 pm   Going to get Dog's brother

I've made up my mind. He's been sitting in the pet store since I got Dog in October of last year and he looks like crap. Shell is pyramiding, skinny as anything and eating mealworms. I'm going to try to talk them down on the price but he's coming home with me tonight. Wish me luck!
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Post Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:09 pm   

I hope everything goes well. I know it's probably been hard on you to see him in that condition all this time. Good luck! :)
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Post Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:18 pm   

Good luck!! Sending out positive thoughts!
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Post Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:52 pm   

good luck, let us know how it goes.
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Post Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 6:15 pm   

Good luck! Is it another RES?

Edit...I guess it would help if I read the sig. I can't keep your turts straight, lol.
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Post Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 12:49 am   

Did you get him? Box turtles seem interesting. :)
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Post Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:04 am   

Yep, got him last night. He's still nameless so if anyone has any suggestions I'm open to them. He ate an earthworm this morn and at last check was sitting under the uvb lamp (dont think he had one at the store).
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Post Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:12 am   

Congratulations!!! I'm sure he's loving his new home already!

If he's Dog's brother, do you want to stay with a Canine theme (for the name)? :)
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Post Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:21 am   

Well Pandora and Rocks are Aerosmith related and Dog is named after Duane 'Dog' Chapman (the bounty hunter) so all the names kindof mean something. That's what's making it difficult. I dont want to just pick a name out of thin air yknow?
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Post Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:45 am   

I understand. :) ...Names are important...I feel bad for my turtle since I named him when I was kid....I'm embarassed to tell people his name since I'm 26 now with a turtle named "Puddles"....It made sense when I was 7....When I took him out of his tank, he was wet, and left puddles everywhere.....

And AWESOME on the Aerosmith theme btw!! (I have everyone of their studio albums, and a couple compilations, and have seen them in concert almost every summer since I was 14).
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Post Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 10:02 am   

Did you convince them to let you have him at a lower price?
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Post Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:07 am   

no but they gave me a lot of free and discounted stuff for him. There were 3 other people willing to pay full price for him and they didnt seem to believe me when i told them he looked ill.
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Post Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:58 am   

Ok, his name is now officially Poe. :-)

I'll post pics this afternoon.
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Post Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 9:22 am   

You should have called him Tim if you wanted to stick with that theme.
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