Greenie The Turtle

Claire has been bugging me for the longest time to get her a pet. She wants a pet puppy, but I told her, we can't have a puppy because we have a baby in the house. I won't be able to take care of a new puppy because my hands are full taking care of her and of Ivan, my youngest.

 

Last Christmas she got a pet goldfish in a fish bowl. But due to lack of oxygen, her pet died the next day. Then she watched "Wonder Pets" at Nick Jr. and she saw Tuck the pet turtle. So she requested for a pet Turtle. Weeks passed and Claire just stopped asking me for a pet.

There was a three day sale at SM Fairview and as we were "window shopping" we came upon a pet store named, "Furry Tails." We asked them if they have turtles and they said yes! So we followed the salesperson inside the store and she directed us to an aquarium filled with small green turtles. What a perfect surprise for our good girl, Claire. And the turtles and the turtle food are on sale too! We got the turtle for P315.78 and the Turtle Food Pellets for P89.00.

 

Now, how do you choose your turtle pet from a tank full of turtles? What I did was, I picked up one turtle and drop him in the deep part of the tank. That turtle sank and hid inside its shell. Then I chose another one and did the same thing. Instead of hiding, this little turtle, swam up. I chose this active little guy and it turned out to be a male turtle. We asked them how we would know if its a female or a male. The salesperson said that it depends on the markings under the body of the turtle. I also made sure that the shell of our turtle looks healthy. The shell looks clean and strong and it doesn't have molds or any blemishes.

 

 

 

We brought this turtle home and placed him in the empty fish bowl that Claire got for Christmas. We found some stones, and carefully placed it inside the bowl. We filled it up with water-just up to the stones so the turtle can crawl up and lounge around. Then we presented it to Claire.

 

Our Pet Turtle- Greenie

Claire was giddy with excitement! At last she has her very own pet. I told her that it's her responsibility to feed her twice a day. She said yes mommy, I will. I asked her what name will she give her pet. She said, "Greenie, cause it's green." So Greenie it is. We let the turtle crawl on the floor and boy, was he fast. He almost got away from us. I thought turtles are supposed to be slowpokes..but ours was a speedy gonzales.

 

Greenie the turtle is just the perfect pet for our family. He is low maintenance, You just have to clean him and the fish bowl every morning and feed him, twice a day. That's pretty much it. Maybe when the kids are a little bigger we can get a puppy.

 

Greenie smiles for the camera.:)