Other Turtle Discussion :: Do turtles have dreams?

[VeipaCray]

Turtle: doesn't wake you up 5 times in the middle of the night for feeding.
Turtle: you don't need to change it's diapers
Turtle: if you kill it, you're not going to jail.
Turtle: Doesn't need a college fund
Turtle: Doesn't need daycare while you're at work
Turtle: Doesn't need to be run to baseball practice, football practice, band practice, etc.
Turtle: Doesn't need to be potty trained
Turtle: Doesn't need to learn to drive
Turtle: Doesn't need a car after it learns to drive
Turtle: You don't need to worry about who it hangs out with or what it's doing when you're not around
Turtle: won't ask you for a cell phone at some point
Turtle: won't eat you out of house and home
Turtle: won't paint the dog
Turtle: won't try flushing random things down the toilet
Turtle: doesn't need any kindof net nanny internet filter for inappropriate material
Turtle: doesn't require regular doctor visits
Turtle: doesn't need help with it's homework
Turtle: doesn't need a responsible role model
Turtle: doesn't need to be taught how to read and write
Turtle: doesn't need to learn how to walk

I can keep going if you'd like. I suggest you present your theory to a room full of moms. Let us know on this thread how many times you get hit.

[theartbook35]

Turtle: doesn't wake you up 5 times in the middle of the night for feeding. = Not true, my turtles try to wake us up in the middle of the night, mainly for food or attention.
Turtle: you don't need to change it's diapers = You still need to scoop their poop out of the tank. Same thing, but without the diapers.
Turtle: if you kill it, you're not going to jail. = If you kill the turtle intentionally, and get caught, you are going to jail for animal cruelty.
Turtle: Doesn't need a college fund = No, a turtle does not need a college fund. It needs a "gotta get a bigger tank" fund.
Turtle: Doesn't need daycare while you're at work = If you are leaving the house for an extended period of time, then yes, your turtle does need daycare/babysitting.
Turtle: Doesn't need to be run to baseball practice, football practice, band practice, etc. = Only if you don't like bringing your turtle outside in your backyard.
Turtle: Doesn't need to be potty trained = True. They actually teach themselves where to go.
Turtle: Doesn't need to learn to drive = I consider swimming to be a form of driving. Hatchlings have a learning curve with this.
Turtle: Doesn't need a car after it learns to drive = Turtle needs a bigger tank with more water when it learns to swim better.
Turtle: You don't need to worry about who it hangs out with or what it's doing when you're not around = If you keep multiple turtles together, you do have to worry about how they are getting along.
Turtle: won't ask you for a cell phone at some point = No, but, they ask for everything else.
Turtle: won't eat you out of house and home = You have turtles! You know how ridiculously hungry they act!!!
Turtle: won't paint the dog = Not all kids do that, this one simply does not count.
Turtle: won't try flushing random things down the toilet = I have to dump their dirty water down the toilet...
Turtle: doesn't need any kind of net nanny internet filter for inappropriate material = You do have to separate different genders though if they try to get jiggy and you don't want them to.
Turtle: doesn't require regular doctor visits = People SHOULD bring their turtles and other pets for regular vet check ups, but, no one ever does...
Turtle: doesn't need help with it's homework = If you are trying to enrich your turtle with toys of puzzles, sometimes, they do need encouragement and help.
Turtle: doesn't need a responsible role model = Turtles learn from each other. Of my two younger ones, Ty is like a big sister to Cane, and they model each others' behaviors.
Turtle: doesn't need to be taught how to read and write = But they can learn about colors!
Turtle: doesn't need to learn how to walk = But they do need to learn how to swim. For a turtle, swimming is equivalent to walking.

[VeipaCray]

Really? you're going to argue this? A turtle vs. a human? I can tell you don't have any children.

[Kemul]

theartbook35 is just giving too much unneeded attention to her turtles.

However, you do whatever you feel best doing to your pets.

I agree with VeipaCray; a human child is much more difficult to take care compared to turtles, in fact compared to anything. We shouldn't compare a pet with a child, IMHO.

[theartbook35]

Really? you're going to argue this? A turtle vs. a human? I can tell you don't have any children.

This is all in good fun, dude, believe me, it is.

BTW, I worked in a pre-school for three and a half years. I treated my students as if they were my own children, so, theoretically speaking, I have over 60 kids.

[AllTheCandies]

yeah, but you don't have to go home to them.

good friend of mine works four jobs and some how goes to school to take care of her baby. i don't think people work four jobs to take care of their pet turtles.

This is the most bizarre arguement I've ever seen.

Also, a college fund is SO MUCH MORE than a tank fund. HOW CAN YOU COMPARE THESE THINGS?! I'm in debt for the rest of my life for college, but I could go out and blow $1000 on an epic tank set up and be done with it

ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WAS IF TURTLES HAVE DREAMS GUYS.

lol

[VeipaCray]

ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WAS IF TURTLES HAVE DREAMS GUYS.
lol

Maybe they dream of college funds?

[AllTheCandies]

lol I know I sure do

[theartbook35]

AlltheCandies- I dunno about you but, most people nowadays can't blow 1,000 dollars... Not even me, and, I have a job that pays a decent wage.

The amount of money may be different, but there is a large stress level which comes with children and turtles. Turtles are not some pet, they are an investment. Eventually, Sadie will require a 120 gallon tank. That is priced at my local Petco for nearly 500 dollars! Each month, 400 of that money goes toward my half of the rent, and the remaining 100 goes toward food for myself, my mother, and all six of my pets. I do not have much in the way of breathing room when it comes to cash. Therefore, I personally do feel like the get a bigger tank fund is equal to the college fund.

[VeipaCray]

Keeping a turtle is pennies on the dollar compared to a keeping a reef setup. My reef setup is pennies on the dollar compared to what is spent on my son.

You can buy a used large tank on craigslist for cheap. You can't buy a used college fund.

[theartbook35]

Keeping a turtle is pennies on the dollar compared to a keeping a reef setup. My reef setup is pennies on the dollar compared to what is spent on my son.

You can buy a used large tank on craigslist for cheap. You can't buy a used college fund.

I'm wondering when ya'll re gonna get that I was kidding around :\

[AllTheCandies]

lol i can't blow a grand. well, i could, but i'd be missing my rent money.