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04-11-2011, 12:42 PM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | Dammit..my son's turtle died...
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Years ago we used to "rescue" turtles, mostly box turtles. What happens is that people buy them at pet shops for their kids etc (though not in NJ) or pick them up off the side of the road and keep them as pets (note - if you see a turtle on the side of the road, PLEASE just carry it to the other side if you can do so safely and let it live).
They then invariably end up diseased or half dead because contrary to popular belief, they are actually hard to care for properly then folks end up wanting to get rid of them. Yet, because they are potentially diseased you CANNOT release them back into the wild as they're likely to then go and spread that disease to others and possibly decimate the local populations. It's happened time and again.
We have an outdoor turtle pen and allow them to hibernate through the winter, which is the healthy, and natural way to keep them.
Anyway...I just poked outside to check and see if our turtles have come out of hibernation yet since it's such a warm day.. and I found my son's prize box turtle dead. He's not going to take it well since he's had this turtle since he was 2 (he's 16 now..) He was expecting to have this turtle until he was an old man. (Box turtles can live longer than humans if they're properly cared for.)
dammit I hate this, what a bummer.
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04-11-2011, 12:44 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Weekend at Bernies. Go watch it now. Report back. |
04-11-2011, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Weekend at Bernies. Go watch it now. Report back. | Oh God... Glad I wasn't drinking milk just then!!!! 
I'm just realizing there should be an emotocon for that!
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04-11-2011, 12:47 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Oh yeah, that one is going to hurt.
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04-11-2011, 12:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, CANADA | | | Turtles are one of the coolest animals on the planet. It's really cool that you guys them in and care for them. |
04-11-2011, 12:56 PM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Seriously Relic. All joking aside. This sucks. Hope your son takes it well.  |
04-11-2011, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by HEIST Turtles are one of the coolest animals on the planet. It's really cool that you guys them in and care for them. | Seconded!
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04-11-2011, 01:04 PM
| | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by HEIST Turtles are one of the coolest animals on the planet. It's really cool that you guys them in and care for them. | They are awesome creatures! We had one hatch from an egg in our old house about 10 years ago and she's (hopefully!) still going strong.
The sad part about this was that my son's really attached to this turtle and was even talking about taking him with him when he goes away to college in a few years... blah.
Maki - weekend at bernie's?? lol! OK, I got a laugh outta that one, I wont lie!
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04-11-2011, 01:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, CANADA | | | I'd bawl my eyes out. Does he know yet? |
04-11-2011, 01:07 PM
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04-11-2011, 01:11 PM
| | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by HEIST I'd bawl my eyes out. Does he know yet? | Not yet
He's going to be upset for sure but he'll be ok.
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04-11-2011, 01:27 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Maybe you and him could watch the episode of Saved By The Bell where Slater's lizard died.
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04-11-2011, 01:30 PM
|  | Now 10% Less Offensive! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | | Yeah, losing a pet always sucks alot. My wife and I don't have any pets now because we had to give away the last 2 and I took it pretty hard. I'm sorry that you'll have to break the news to your son.
That said... when life gives you lemons
Too soon? Yeah...I guess you're right. 
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04-11-2011, 02:32 PM
| | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by totallyfrozen Yeah, losing a pet always sucks alot. My wife and I don't have any pets now because we had to give away the last 2 and I took it pretty hard. I'm sorry that you'll have to break the news to your son.
That said... when life gives you lemons
Too soon? Yeah...I guess you're right. | Thanks,
but..yeah, too soon. "Too soon" jokes usually miss their mark with me, then again admittedly I get too emotional with some stuff 
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04-11-2011, 02:34 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | You're nicer than me Relic. If this was my thread, and someone posted up some recipes to eat the recently passed family pet, I'd be pissed off to no end.
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04-11-2011, 02:42 PM
| | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 You're nicer than me Relic. If this was my thread, and someone posted up some recipes to eat the recently passed family pet, I'd be pissed off to no end.
-Mike | I was, trust me. But having had turtles as pets all my life, I also realize that some people eat them and see them as being on par with chickens, or fish or something of the sort. It's reality..
Personally, I could not eat something with a distinct personality and who may be over 100 years old but to each their own I guess. This particular one used to sleep on my son's lap while my son was petting him and would even eat from his hands, no joke. He was very very tame so the thought of eating him is kinda repulsive TBH. Life's too short to stay pissed though.
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04-11-2011, 02:45 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Sorry to hear about your turtle, Relic. |
04-11-2011, 02:51 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | That sucks A. My sister had a tortoise that was 22 when she got it, and he lived to be 35, IIRC. Had a some major personality.
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04-11-2011, 03:31 PM
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04-11-2011, 03:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | That's a shame man, steady little characters they are
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