I read in a post in the Adoption forum that Craig's list is a good place to find free turts. So on a whim I checked it out, and sure enough.... This family was selling a 9 year old Slider with his little 5 gallon aquarium for $10.
I emailed and told him I would take the turt for free, and he could keep the aquarium. Happily, he agreed. They lived just 2 miles away so 10 minutes later I was picking up my new buddy.
Meet "Tito".
His shell is a little funky and his skin complexion is so light green, probably from never being in the sun ever. My other Sliders skin is almost black.
When I threw him in the pond he IMMEDIATELY (literally, within 4-5 seconds) starting tearing up the plants. I thought that was amazing, because he had been fed nothing but reptomin his entire life, I don't know how he even recognized the plants as a food source so instantaneously.
Anyhow, he's great, and has a really nice disposition. He's definitely a male, which is cool because he may be my only one out of the 6 Sliders in the pond. I only had babies once, and that was about 8 years ago.when I got a female that was already pregnant. I would love to get another clutch.
I emailed and told him I would take the turt for free, and he could keep the aquarium. Happily, he agreed. They lived just 2 miles away so 10 minutes later I was picking up my new buddy.
Meet "Tito".
His shell is a little funky and his skin complexion is so light green, probably from never being in the sun ever. My other Sliders skin is almost black.
When I threw him in the pond he IMMEDIATELY (literally, within 4-5 seconds) starting tearing up the plants. I thought that was amazing, because he had been fed nothing but reptomin his entire life, I don't know how he even recognized the plants as a food source so instantaneously.
Anyhow, he's great, and has a really nice disposition. He's definitely a male, which is cool because he may be my only one out of the 6 Sliders in the pond. I only had babies once, and that was about 8 years ago.when I got a female that was already pregnant. I would love to get another clutch.