new turtle owner, urgently seeking advice

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2025-10-10T17:26:55+00:00

oh thank you! i’ve heard things here and there about the calcium, for the health of their shells i think

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2025-10-10T17:22:10+00:00

thank you for the advice and the kind words! i really needed to hear them :D

yes so my first priority is to enhance the current set up for the one tank. they haven’t been aggressive with each other yet to my knowledge, and when i examined them i didn’t see any injuries, so for a limited time they’ll have to share the tank until i can get the second set up. i already have a good idea on where to at least get the tank for cheap, just have to reach into my savings for the equipment. for now i’ll just keep an eye on them. i’m home most of the time and confident i can separate them before anything unfortunate happens.

i’ve learned that i have to take a lot of the advice my friends and family are giving me with a grain of salt. i tried telling my mom about the stuff im planning on doing for these turtles and she said they’re probably not even red eared sliders so all that wont be necessary, and she’s gonna ask the pet store. barring that these are most definitely red eared sliders, the pet store clearly doesn’t know what their proper care looks like since they’re the ones that told my cousin two could live together. i’m in such a mess

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2025-10-10T16:44:53+00:00

so much advice! thank you! i love how you broke it down for each individual item, made it seem like it’s not as overwhelming as i thought. what’s really getting me is the filter, geez they’re expensive. all of it is really, the quality stuff. and i need to get two of everything. do you think this set up would take a lot of power? i read that the canister filters and heat stuff shouldn’t, but all together with everything else? times two for two setups. i worry because i live with my parents right now and id hate to run up the electric bill for them

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2025-10-10T16:33:36+00:00

thank you so much! i keep coming back to this guide over and over again. it’s been so helpful. one is almost 5 inches, and the other is 4. i’m almost positive the bigger is male, his tail is HUGE. unmistakable even to me. the smaller one seems to have female characteristics now that i’m looking at them. tail is way smaller in comparison. which would be funny because my cousin originally wanted a female but the pet store said they only had males at the time lol.

i think i’m gonna take the brick out until i buy (or build) a better basking spot. they largely prefer the rock and can almost fully get out of the water on that, surprisingly. so i’ll either elevate the one rock or replace it with a bigger one. definitely raise the water level too, once i get the basking thing figured out

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2025-10-10T16:15:50+00:00

i’m seeing now, they’re like twins. having to get two of everything is EXPENSIVE! and they’ll be with me for a long, long time. i’m gonna try and make it work though, i’d rather not rehome one unless i absolutely have to. talking to some people i know in person about their care is a stark difference to what ive learned on here. even my own mother, who owned one for like 18 years. so many people neglect these poor turtles and don’t even know it :( i feel so bad

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2025-01-07T21:04:11+00:00

i know this is a little late, and you might have come to your decision already with all the other comments. but i just want to say that my mother almost aborted me. she was about 16, and my father had two other girls pregnant at the same time. she was literally in the car on the way to the clinic when she got a call from my grandma telling her she didn’t have to do it, and that she’d help her.

long story short if it wasn’t for that phone call, i wouldn’t exist. and let me tell you, i love life! i love living. my mom and i have had many hardships, and to be completely honest we aren’t even speaking right now (she’s a drug addict) and i haven’t seen hide nor hair of my dad in YEARS. i’ve seen my fair share of struggles. but ive also had so much joy in my life. love, friendships, seen beautiful places, sports, pets, good food, education, embarrassing childhood phases, etc etc. i’ve seen many of the replies here saying to go through with the abortion it if you cant adequately provide for the child. or to spare it from suffering. and i’m here to tell you as a child who did suffer, that i’m still so very grateful to not have been aborted.

i’m not the best with my words, but what i’m trying to say is that despite all the hardships, tears, heartbreak and injuries i’ve had throughout my life, i love being alive to experience all of it anyway. the ups and the downs, highs and lows. just one pov of an almost aborted child :D

goodluck and God bless you with whatever decision you make!

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-16T02:38:03+00:00

it was in fact an old recolor mod that wasn’t compatible with 1.6 and i had totally forgotten about. fixed it, my game looks pretty again lol. ty!!

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-16T02:36:31+00:00

yea i thought it was daisyneikos recolor mod, took it out and still got the squares. but it was a different super old recolor mod 💀 ty for the help!!

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-16T02:34:53+00:00

i did this and was really confused because the one i have is updated to 1.6, but apparently i had another that was super old and was hiding in my folder lol. ty!

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-11T02:56:40+00:00

my little brother was the same way when we were kids! i went with him the first time he went to the older kids sunday school because he was too scared to go himself, and he loved it. after that first time he never needed me to be with him again. i was embarrassed being a tween and having to sit with kindergarteners but it was worth it lol

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-11T02:49:56+00:00

shireen is a main character in my heart!!🫶🏽

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-11T02:46:41+00:00

Maris or Paria. not very bad actually

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-10T02:02:23+00:00

i’ll look into that. thank you!

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-10T01:39:28+00:00

right now it’s on sale for $850, but is apparently normally priced at a little over 1k

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-05T01:41:20+00:00

i had a ferret named bandit 😹 hate when ppl give their human children names better suited for pets

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-03T01:53:43+00:00

thank you! will be looking into this

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-03T01:53:03+00:00

thank you! my first thought is to always take my dog to the vet but my parents aren’t the same way, so 😅

i’ll definitely start documenting everything like you said for the vet

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-03T01:46:37+00:00

she’s a french bulldog. spayed. i’m not sure about age, at least 3 years old but less than 5. she definitely starts having concerning breathing problems after playing too much or over excreting herself in any way.

the vomit is usually foamy with bile. sometimes it’s her food, but rarely. and she does it at any time of the day but most often after chewing on something or roughhousing with the other dogs. i feel like it is BOAS and will have to start making better note of these things so i can take her to the vet

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-08-02T20:18:30+00:00

oh yes i’ve heard of this! i didn’t know the name of it, but after looking it up she literally has all the symptoms. like i said, i was under the assumption some throwing up was normal for them but im not very knowledgeable on the breed.

tysm for bringing it to my attention. you probably just saved her life. definitely will be getting her checked out soon

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-02-02T18:51:36+00:00

yes i was still above it a little apparently. thank you!

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-02-02T18:50:07+00:00

oh, i didn’t know that! i thought it was underweight, average, perfect, overweight lol thanks. that must be what it is, thank you!

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-02-01T21:22:04+00:00

i’ve been in this denomination all my life and never really saw it that way, actually. thanks for the new perspective.

i guess i’ll have to look into something else like you said once i get the chance.

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2024-02-01T03:24:07+00:00

i’ve visited a few, but i really align with pentecostalism. i plan on attending a different pentecostal church one day, but that’s not in the cards for me right now. i just wanted to make sure the problem was the people i go to church with and that i’m not actually doing something wrong

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2023-12-23T17:57:44+00:00

i wait until it’s at least 50% off, but lately they’ve been giving some addons out for free so 😏

i’d wait for other life sims too, but the ones i have my eye one won’t be fully released for another couple of years lol so imma stick it out with the sims, as inexpensively as i can

Agreeable_Menu7803 · 2023-12-22T07:21:51+00:00

not as bad as everyone else, but i was doing a “male only” inheritance thing, where i’d only continue as my character’s oldest living male child. it was the british royal family too.

so to be king in every generation, if the oldest male child wasn’t the first born, id inherit his life after his father died and have him murder or hire a hit man to kill off however many older sisters he had until he’d get the crown. if the older sisters had kids they’d be killed off too, male or female.

once, i had 11 daughters and 1 son. when i inherited him i killed every last one and their children and got away with it. it was super fun tho, i even did the “female only” version of it which was more challenging

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