Did anyone else here have turtles when they were a kid?
I had two when i was a kid. I kept them in a death bowl (the one with the ramp and plastic palm tree) and fed them solely pellets with the occaissonal tadpole i caught. I did not know anybetter. I think baby turtles were selling for around a dollar or two at the time.
I gave one away after the other died of pneumonia. I never knew it had pneumonia at the time. There was no internet back then and my local library is a far cry from a library you would find in the city. There was no internet than. I did not even have a computer.
The poor little guy would just float on the water. He could not dive. They had no heating and no UVB light. Just a stupid little calcium block.
I gave the survivor to a guy who had big turtles. He seem to be having success at the time with them. I was young and stupid! I loved those turtles though.
My wife actually got me to buy the turtles i currently have. I think she regrets it. She wanted a turtle but she did not expect me to baby the 2 little ones! She actually unleashed a monster.
