I Will Try

Published on by Yinglan

Remember these guys?

That’s right, I’m writing another post on them.

When my “rich friend” had asked me to “take care” of them last month, I knew it wasn’t temporary. My mom had asked her if it will be okay to ship them back to California along with the car. Well early yesterday morning at 7-something, the shipping company finally came to pick up the car and when I asked him if he could take the turtle too, he said no.

He told me anything alive would not pass inspection when entering California. So I’m stuck with these guys until who knows when. My “rich friend” had called me shortly after and I told her the driver would not take her turtle. She had said, “That’s okay.”

Well, that’s easy for you to say. I would have to take care of it and I still know nothing about turtles. I googled how to take care of aquatic turtle and all the results only pointed to how turtles survive in the ocean. Is my friend the only person raising turtle?

Anyway, I have no clue how much to feed them so at the moment, I’m just giving them pellets twice a day and a protein treatment whenever they’re restless. I’m just trying to keep them alive until my friend comes back. I just hope I don’t kill it but I think if I do, I’d be doing these guys a favor because they seem miserable stuck in that tank all day. If my friend asks, I might tell her, “Everyone makes mistake.” But I will try not to kill them in the meantime. 😉

35 thoughts on “I Will Try”

    1. I actually looked up tortoise too and got some answers got petsmart. The thing is they have these classification like babies and adults. I know these are definitely not babies but are they adults? My gut tells me they are teens and that’s probably why they are so restless. Teens just want to go out, right?

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      5. I know they are not yours but the owner doesn’t sound like she/he gives two cents about them and they need someone that will care for them. If you don’t want them, call the Animal Shelter and see if they know someone who wants them. They live very long lives and grow to become huge. They are good pets. Tell the owner you are going to do this if they don’t come get them or something. Be their advocate.

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      6. If I was living alone, I will most definitely do that but unfortunately, my mom will probably kill me if she found out I handed the turtles over to an animal shelter.

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      13. Okay, I have no idea what they eat, just seems to me they would eat them in the wild. I read where they eat wildflowers and cacti and stuff. I personally think that having a couple of tortoises would be fun and interesting pets. Do they have names?

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    1. Yeah, I got stuck with them. I don’t think they were in bad shape though, they were just dirty and okay, maybe they are just a teensy malnourished. They are probably scare of eating now. 🙂

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      1. Yeah, fish time was like the highlight of her day! She instantly turned into a speedy turtle when there was a fish in her tank. I used to feed her pellets when she was smaller, but moved on to fish when she grew up. Looks like the ones that you have are big enough to start eating fish.

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