General Care Discussion :: Thanks redearslider.com !!1

[dudio]

Just waned to thank the creator and host for a great website.
Seems to be growing exponentially and is a great resource.

I went to a local Pet Smart Friday evening and bought my old bud
a new floaty basking area, threee new charcoal things for the AquaClears,
some food for him that I've never tried before (HBH - Turtle Bites).
.. and he got 11 lil feeder fish, 3 of which are left.

I seem to have been inspired by all of you people.
Don't get me wrong, I've always loved my turtle, but the
honest caring ownership I see, I almost feel a renewed interest
in the old thing.

/cheers

[SpotsMama]

What a nice thing to say! I too feel inspired by the level of care manifested on here. Knowing what to do, also, is very comforting.

By the way, I too just went out and spent a BUNCH of money on Spot - new MVB, digital thermometer, living plants.

[turtledudee]

yep, same here, i feel so happy now that i found this site. i have spend 500 + on my lil turts...

[d0eb0y]

same here. i just got back from petco myself. since i upgraded Normans tank from a 10 gallon to his new 30 gallon rubbermaid i needed some new things to kinda fill up the empty space. also needed a new heater to keep that extra 20 gallons of water warm. I got him a Hanging Garden that suction cups to the side of the tank and within minutes of me putting it in he was allready hiding in it. And i also picked up an aquatic gardens 200 watt heater, fully submersible wit a safety shutoff for only 20 bucks. Now all i need is a new filter for him within the next couple of weeks so for now partial and full water changes will have 2 do. But just from that hanging garden i can tell norman is a whole lot happier. Pretty awesome what 5 dollars can do for your turtle.
=)

And i agree 110%. This community we have here is an AWESOME thing.
BIG Thanks to everyone for everything.

[N4784N R4613]

THANK YOU RED EAR SLIDER.COM!!!

If it wasn't for this forum I would have given up on turtles. I followed the pet store's instructions to a tee, I even got two cause the guy said the one would get lonely!!! I lost 2 res, and went back to ask what had happened? They came up with some long story, and I went home with a new light and two turtle's. Same thing happened, but this time I went online, and found this site.

It turns out that all I had over the basking area was a UVA heat bulb, the pet store told me to set the UVB tube light on a screen lid over the water!! So, I feel responsible for four poor little baby res, who where starved to death because they didn't have proper lighting, so they couldn't digest the pellets. I will never listened to some bum who just wants to make a sale again.

So once again,

Thanks to all who helped save the lives of my two res, tank and diesel.

P.S. Oh how I wish I had only gotten one little "lonely" RES!!! It would have been so much easier, but that goofy pet store clerk talked me into two.

[cute is what we aim for]

yay for this web site =]

[industrial_girl_2000]

Here, here!!! Hats off to this website who has given this long-time turtle owner lots of new ideas on how to make my adult RES Sheba WAY more comfortable. She is happier than I have seen her in years.