Quote Originally Posted by Jessika
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.

awww you lost your turtle when you were young, i KNOW it was sad, but, that is the WHOLE reason we got started in the RES's, we were at the local PetCo, and my hubby was looking around and saw the RES, and he told me when he was little he lost his turtle in the backyard, sadly, he never found him. SOOOO, we picked one (mikey) up and bought a 10 gal tank ( i know , shame on me ) and we took him home, me knowing nothing about turtles, studied for like 2 weeks, trying to learn all i can. and i learned that he needed a bigger tank, so, we went to the local DIY, and found a 100 gal tank for $60 bucks stand and all. ... so, i picked it up, and took him home got him set up, and he looked soo lonely, so, we went to the local pet store again, and got another one( Ralphie). we waited a few days to see how they would get along and they did. SOOOO, we went out once again and got yet another one ( Spunky) and waited about a month and added our last little guy ( Baby "T"..

now, we have them all living peacfully in the 100 gal tank. but, once we get our tax refund we are going too update all their tanks .