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eddied316 · Level 1 Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 22

hi,

there was a guy talking to me about my new turltes and he said that when his grows to about 4 inches he is goignt o SCRATCH the turtles name in his shell. would that hurt the turtle, and should i tell him to stop.

dixieee · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject:

i think this is sick!! even if the believe that the shell is hard, there are bones inside it so of course it should hurt. it's like engraving ur nails
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

contact444 · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject:

If I knew someone did that I would call animal services. That's so cruel. People think that just because it's a shell it has no feeling, but it definitely will hurt the turtle. Like Dixie explained, tell him that if he'll carve his name on his fingernails than you won't say anything about him carving on his turtle. What an idiot! (pardon). This could make the turtle very susceptible to shell diseases too. That's just wrong. I hope you can talk him out of it.
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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject:

The shell is a living thing, it would be like scratching your name on your skin with a sharp object, it would bleed, and it would be very prone to getting infected, especially if the water is not cleaned often. Try to talk him out of doing it.

Go to this site to read up on ways to safely mark a turtle:
http://www.turtlecare.net/mark.htm
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Toolshed05 · Level 2 Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 50

seriously people do that ?

thats quite messed up.....!

people like that shouldnt own pets !

eddied316 · Level 1 Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 22

i HAVE been tlaking to him about it...he jsut thinks that its "cool" that the turtle will out live him and he says everyone will always know whose turlte it is...very stupid think..ll tell him all of this when i get a chance to call him

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject:

Well, if he doesn't listen to you, at least you tried to do what's right, the rest is up to him and his conscience, if he has one. Confused

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dixieee · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject:

he wants his name on the turtle's shell?? that's even worse i thought he wanted to have the turtle's name!!! Mad

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Jude · Level 2 Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 93

I know some ppl that draw on their shell, even that i think its mean, but to carve his name on it??....ask him how he would feel if someone carved his/her name on his skin.......hope u can talk him out of it... Exclamation

VersteckterGeist · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:

i hate things like that. Sad

when i first got my turtles, my aunt told me to paint on their shells so i'd know which one was which. i was appaled.

that's like putting a sharpie (type of permanent marker) on your kids face so you know which one it is..

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CeCe · Level 2 Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 56

A few months ago my turtle developed a shell fungas. I had to (lightly) scrub his back with a soft headed toothbrush and anti fungal (pets - wardleys actually) cream.

Iended up in tears... their shell DOES blead, and yes is made of bone, it does not take much to get down to that level either. When i took of the first level blood was sort of coming to the serface and i was at white bone, i only had to do it around the shell edges but i broke my heart.

He is fine though now.

If your friend does this please report him, as he will be hurting the turtle, making it more prone to disease and just for being a complete concieted tosser.

Also it is a known fact that people that can be that inhume are usually social outcastes become serial killers and who the heck wants to be friends with that

learn prioritys and work out who needs you to stick up fhem the most

dixieee · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject:

oh the poor guy Exclamation

i'm glad he's fine now
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Robin_Luver13 · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject:

i would call the ASPCA or something..... the shell is like, infused with their ribcage or something, its like carving live bone or like you guys said carving fingernails.... also people have almost proven that serial killers and child abusers 'start off' by torturing animals... i know because all my brother watches is animal planet and we were watching animal police one day and they said that...
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ybsldrmom · Level 2 Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 45

OMG this is so disturbing Exclamation

Has anyone heard back from this guy? I sure hope
he was able to stop the freak. Twisted Evil

I'm just sick to my stomach for
that poor turtle!!!

trtlduv · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject:

I agree! There is something seriously wrong with a person who would do that to a turtle! Somehow the human race never ceases to disgust! Crying or Very sad

I hate to say, but I work at a news station and have to hear all the horrible things people do every day... no wonder I would rather watch snappy then the television, ay?
Megan
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