Yep. A real, live turtle. He's really cute! We're pretty sure that he's a red eared slider. We've decided to name him Koopa, so now we have a dog named Bowser and a turtle named Koopa. If only we could find a walking mushroom to keep as a pet...
When she brought him home yesterday he was in this cute little cage:
Unfortunately, it's not exactly the right environment for an aquatic turtle. So we did a little "Pimp My Habitat" last night. The guys at Pet Kingdom (the best fish/reptile store in the city) hooked us up. Check out his new diggs:
Now he's got the heated pool, a nice floating rock with a basking lamp, special UVB light so he can make all the vitamins he needs, and a nice filtration system. We even had an old fake plant from the fish tank to put in there.
It says on wikipedia that these guys will eat feeder fish. That should be pretty cool! I think we need to wait for him to get a bit bigger. Speaking of which... wikipedia also says that these guys can grow to like 10 inches. We may end up converting the fountain outside into a turtle pond if that's the case!
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