General Care Discussion :: Youtube and Gravel

[shedreamsinred]

I really need to stop viewing any videos of RES setups on Youtube. I cannot deal with the quantity of the videos where the 4-5 inch turtle (usually more like four 2 inch turtles) are in a ten gallon tank with a bunch of gravel and like three inches of water. It makes me want to smack someone. This is perpetuating the problem, as evidenced by the multitude of comments asking how much gravel you need for turtles, etc. So frustrating!

[Melvira_Fox]

Agreed. You could probably spend all day telling people on there NOT to use gravel and there would still be people to tell.

Maybe we should just all make videos about not using gravel to combat them.

[steve]

Stay away from Craigslist too... ::shudder::

[oobie58]

Yeah I was on Ustream last night watching some live RES footage and came across some pretty pathetic setups.. they are both actually broadcasting now. It bugs me on how much people could care less about there pets.


Links to them:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kilnik-s-turtle-cam

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tjenns-turtle-cam

[jwinters]

Yeah I was on Ustream last night watching some live RES footage and came across some pretty pathetic setups.. they are both actually broadcasting now. It bugs me on how much people could care less about there pets.


Links to them:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kilnik-s-turtle-cam

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tjenns-turtle-cam

Seems odd to me that they care enough to broadcast their pets lives, but not to take the time to look up what would be good for their pets.

[shedreamsinred]

Wow. Those are awful, and like I said with youtube, of course none of the comments say anything about the crappy conditions. It's like watching a video of someone's dog stuck in a crate.

[shedreamsinred]

*cough* none of them did have any comments regarding the conditions, before I got there.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

some of those setups remind me of mine
But Im buying him a 40 gallon tomorrow from the 1 dollar one gallon sale at PetCo so Im going to add allot more to his new tank to make it better

[oobie58]

Oooh is this sale for all petcos? And how long will it last? I'm starting to look into getting a nice 50+ gallon for my turts

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

hm i don't know if it's for all petcos but it begins Saturday and ends Sunday i think.
Call up your local petco and see its a great sale that saves you tons of money
And the limit is to 55 gallons anything bigger is normal price

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Sorry i was wrong!!
The sale started today and ends the 17th of July and i think all petco's are having it because i saw it online and in some ads

[shedreamsinred]

I saw it online as well, I think you just need to go into any store and mention it. Up to 55 gallons, rectangular tanks, just like you said.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Yeah they kind of hide it cause the petco i go to there was no signs talking about it only online