T Wright
Hatchling Member
4 weeks ago I rescued a neglected Red Eared Slider Turtle, poor little guy was kept in a 20gal tank with about 4inches of water, that was soooo dirty that I could not even see him at all. No basking light no water heater a small floating dock that was not anchored so when he tried to get out of the water it would move and he would struggle most of the time igving up...nothing was good for him. So I took him away from the bad place! and now he is with us and happy.
Anyway My children are thrilled we have 2 scaley pets now...this weekend they were telling some friends about the turtle and how funny he is and their friends mom said turtles were dangerous and made children sick with e-coli...when my 10yr old proceded to give the lecture telling her that its not e-coli but samonella they naturally carried in their guts as do many other animals, and she had a Bearded Dragon too and they too can carry same thing but we just wash our hands after handling the animals and no one has gotten sick in our house...This woman had a fit and said she should call the authorities on us cause our children live in a unsafe home. And her children were not allowed to come to our house anymore and made the girls go wash their hands with hot water and antibacterial soap.
What the hell are people thinking, my 8-10 yr old came home upset and scared that the "authorities" were coming...they didn't even know what would happen if they did come or who they were...but they knew it was not good...I reassured them all was ok and no one would be coming and bothering us with this silliness and that we have friends that work for SPCA and I volunteer at the local shelter (where are cats and dogs came from!) The shelter and SPCA often call me to ask if I can foster animals...Why are people so paranoid and ignorant!!!
Anyway thats my rant for today, I don't care what they say I am happy I did the right thing for the turtle, and I love all my scaley and fur babies!
T
Anyway My children are thrilled we have 2 scaley pets now...this weekend they were telling some friends about the turtle and how funny he is and their friends mom said turtles were dangerous and made children sick with e-coli...when my 10yr old proceded to give the lecture telling her that its not e-coli but samonella they naturally carried in their guts as do many other animals, and she had a Bearded Dragon too and they too can carry same thing but we just wash our hands after handling the animals and no one has gotten sick in our house...This woman had a fit and said she should call the authorities on us cause our children live in a unsafe home. And her children were not allowed to come to our house anymore and made the girls go wash their hands with hot water and antibacterial soap.
What the hell are people thinking, my 8-10 yr old came home upset and scared that the "authorities" were coming...they didn't even know what would happen if they did come or who they were...but they knew it was not good...I reassured them all was ok and no one would be coming and bothering us with this silliness and that we have friends that work for SPCA and I volunteer at the local shelter (where are cats and dogs came from!) The shelter and SPCA often call me to ask if I can foster animals...Why are people so paranoid and ignorant!!!
Anyway thats my rant for today, I don't care what they say I am happy I did the right thing for the turtle, and I love all my scaley and fur babies!
T