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Wow, Look what I found....
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Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:37 pmby Ranger The Red Ear Slider
http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/turtle_pebbles.phpGets me upset that these "professionals" are making products that harm your turtle.....
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:22 pmby Marcus.85
At first I thought you were mistaken and it was actually a good product, then I read the description a second time and noticed this:
Exo Terra Turtle Pebbles are smooth river pebbles that have rounded over time in fast moving rivers.
Except very few turtle species live in said enviroment.
Exo Terra Small Turtle Pebbles (PT3830) is perfect for turtles with a shell diameter of 4”/10 cm or less. To prevent accidental ingestion in turtles with a shell diameter larger than 4”/10 cm, use Exo Terra Large Turtle Pebbles (PT3833).
This seems reasonable but then...
Small Natural River Pebbles (PT3830):
Round pebbles (8-10 mm / 0.3”-0.4”), safe for all turtles up to 4” or 10 cm
No they're not, a 4" or less turtle could swallow a 8 mm pebble.
Large Natural River Pebbles (PT3833):
Round pebbles (14-16 mm / 0.55”-0.62”), safe for all turtle over 4” or 10 cm
Same as above.
Really, this product is stupid, they go into great lenghts to explain how 'natural' and 'safe' it is but it actually isn't.
They could've just chosen bigger pebbles.
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:32 pmby jozzep
I believe they've done their research before coming up with those sizes. If a turtle meeting their requirements were to die from ingesting this substrate, they could risk getting sued.
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:13 amby Listen97
yeah at least they mention size. the last product i found at petsmart said nothing about turtles injestion it at all.
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:10 amby Marcus.85
Getting sued on a res death? yeah right.
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:55 amby Ranger The Red Ear Slider
Well they do say "To prevent accidental ingestion in turtles" So if a turtle does eat some thats false advertising which is illegal. But even then they'd probably just say something like "you have no proof our product killed your turtle" or something like that.
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:21 pmby Ashley
Bowser could easily, and WOULD easily eat those rocks.
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:42 pmby jozzep
Marcus.85 wrote:Getting sued on a res death? yeah right.
You're obviously not familiar with the US legal system......
Re: Wow, Look what I found....
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:21 pmby papoopeepoo
jozzep wrote:Marcus.85 wrote:Getting sued on a res death? yeah right.
You're obviously not familiar with the US legal system......
co-sign.