ahhh turtles!! I want some so bad!! I used to own three RES but gave them up because I couldn't properly provide for them as they were growing. They have a good home with a guy who owns a ton of reptiles and have a huge pond to swim around in versus the tiny tank I had

Have you owned any tortoises? I want a tortoise pretty bad and am looking for suggestions.

And speaking of losing a turtle... when I was younger we had a "box turtle" as a pet (you know, picked it up on a camping trip...). My cousins were visiting and I decided to let her walk around the basement. Well we lost track of her and couldn't find her. For six months. I was devastated because I loved her and felt horrible that, as a kid, I forgot to keep an eye on her and lost her (actually technically it was my cousins but you know ).

SIX MONTHS LATER, on Easter Day actually, we found her -- ALIVE -- downstairs INSIDE my sister's toy box. How the heck that happened is beyond me, she obviously hibernated through the winter and that's how she survived, but holy cow I was amazed.