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I just saw my turtle attempt suidicide
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I did. He did it twice before. Both while the boyfriend and I are at work. The first time he tried to escape http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/aname/Simba%20Jr/HPIM0352.jpg and the second time he just tried to hide http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/aname/Simba%20Jr/HPIM0354.jpg (real pictures of how I found him when I got home from work) and he's been getting up on the edge of his tank again (which is 4 feet off the ground) and I was getting pissed off and I told Simba Jr, I dare you, I fucking dare you. And the next thing I know... he did! He took my dare. Hes on his back on the floor.
My turtle hates me so much he wants to die!
My turtle hates me so much he wants to die!
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He gets up on the ledge and I put him back in the water... but neither Ed or I have come home to him exploring the house in a long long time... but today I'm home all day... that means he is so sick of seeing me he took that extra step.
Dick. I hate him too, its ok
He's desperate to prove he's tougher than his girly name. Like men called Ashley or Lesley. They're always jumping off of high things to prove their masculinity.
please potw!!
You can just fuck right the hell of becuase any dirrative of Simba is the best name ever. Godforbid I ever have a kid but it would be named Simba Jr... Lock him in a locker, fine, but he would still have th best na,e
granted he is actually a she... if I rename her to Nala?
But Simba is a boy name so still, you go right to hell, Mr funny. I no longer wish I was you for a day... humph
An no, he doesn't have a lid. I'm afraid he'll run out of air
He starts out as http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/aname/HPIM0496.jpg and just goes.
He says, oh my god, I hate Amanda...
When the garage door opens... (the boyfriend goes in the garage) he gets on his basking dock and faces towards the garage door. And he follows him across the room. One day I;m going to kill Simba Jr and Ed... but this post will be deleted by thenso there is no evidence and noone can convicrt me... and I"ve watched enough court tv an\yhow.
The more I think about, the more Simba sounds like the nick name for some old rich woman. Like Queenie, or Sweetie, or Bunny. The kind of woman who marries old rich businessmen, wears a lot of prints and looks like Liz Taylor:
There's a gay bar around the corner from my flat that has regular drag artist nights. I think one of the ladies on the poster was called Simba
Hehe, I'm sure you can get lids that are mesh tops, so it will let the air in without giving him a free door to the outside world :yes:
He will have a new home this weekend that is taller so he cannot escape anymore. I hope it depresses him... and there is nothing he can do about it. He might drown himself though.
His name is terror, im not sure how old he is but i think hes about 4 or 5 will ask my mum 2moz. I think he is around 10 inches he is a big bugger, i will try to get some pics tomoz!
took me ages to find him in the second picture too!
They can be friends!
Don't you just love their big feet, I think that is just adorable
I Have a Turtle as well, in Fact a Red Ear slider. Her name is Lucky. Anyway depending on what kind of Habitat/Tank/Cage whatever you want to call it you can screens that slide into slots on top of the Tank for a simple 20.00 bucks at the local petstore. Now if you turtle is just Bound Damn and determined to escape from the cage you might just want to relocate the cage closer to the floor and provide a ramp or something out of the cage. This way he can escape safetly. You might have to try and find her when you get home but at least you wan't be coming home to find her upside down. Also she's not trying to commit suicide she doesn't hate you she wants more of your attention. As long as you practice good hand washing when interacting with your turtle you can take them out, and let them walk around, play with them, scratch their back when their shedding their shell, so and so forth. During the summer you can even take her out and let her crawl around the yard as long as you stay outside with her. My turtle is constantly coming up with new ways to get my attention. She'll splash the water when she wants fed, bumps her shell against the glass when she wants out, Plays Hide and Go seek in the Corner, and even chases my kitten when she's out on the floor. Just b/c their not fury and adorable doesn't mean they don't get bored or want to interact with their owners. Its simple treat your Turtle like you would any other pet, spend time with her. Buy her a toy to play with when your not home it should help keep her occupied when your not there. Anyway hope this helps. and Good Luck
If it make you feel any better
A friend of mine once had a hamster in cage - the old fashioned wire kind. Only a few months after she bought it, she came home one day to find her hamster on it's back and stone dead in the middle of the cage. She had no idea how or why this happened but nonetheless she bought another one. A bit later, I can't really remember how long, months, she saw the new hamster climb up to the second story of the cage, climb the wire wall and onto the ceiling, get to the middle and then just let go. Two of her hamsters committed suicide! She got the message after that :P
Why are you a newbie? When and why did you leave and comeback?!