Hello to all :)
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:33 pmHello everyone, glad I found an active forum for RES turtles. My daughter (7) won a RES hatchling this weekend at the fair.
We have gone extensively over basic care of her little guy, and the importance of NEVER touching him since he is just a baby, and she could give him a human disease.
( while I am NOT sure if any of that is true, I do know that baby turtles can transmit salmonella, and she is more worried about her turtle catching a human disease than she is of catching one from her turtle)
While the turtle is her pet, I will be the main care giver.
and I am here to educate myself to help make sure we can keep this guy around.
We have gone extensively over basic care of her little guy, and the importance of NEVER touching him since he is just a baby, and she could give him a human disease.
( while I am NOT sure if any of that is true, I do know that baby turtles can transmit salmonella, and she is more worried about her turtle catching a human disease than she is of catching one from her turtle)
While the turtle is her pet, I will be the main care giver.
and I am here to educate myself to help make sure we can keep this guy around.