I agree with the list for the most part, but the best way still is to expose yourself to much as possible.
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Go ahead and buy supplies there. I don't trouble myself with shipping supplies, so thats the ONLY thing I buy from stores. And onlines, its an unbelieveable treasure trove of animals and info.
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I'll put the links here, because its actually not a word doc. Its a substitute thats cheaper, and you probably dont have it. And also I'd like others to see it. Just give me awhile, I'm doing homework.
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ok cool, thanks allot. ill be waiting for it. i am at work and this is all i have to do. GO NAVY!!! this is how i "accelerate my life"
Man, your wife can't stand snakes? I'm sorry 
My wife isn't the world's biggest fan of them, but she's come around a whole lot since we first started dating.
Anyway, if you're serious about a turtle and you're building a 300-gallon pond, you might just want to go ahead and get some kind of slider or painted turtle. If you're putting fish in the pond, they'd be better off with a painted turtle because they're significantly smaller than sliders, but you still might lose a couple of fish here and there. Or, a painted turtle would probably do fine in a 75 year-round.
Personally, I think you should try to get your wife to change her mind about snakes...some of them make much better, more interactive pets than turtles, and they're cheaper and generally easier to keep.
Oh, and I'm going to agree that pet stores are usually not good places to buy reptiles, but still be careful buying them on the internet. Lots of the people who sell reptiles online are scammers or just lousy people who don't care for the animals nearly as much as the animals deserve. I found a pretty good site a few weeks ago, faunaclassifieds.com, and there's a section where people can inquire about and rate people in the reptile trade.
My wife isn't the world's biggest fan of them, but she's come around a whole lot since we first started dating.Anyway, if you're serious about a turtle and you're building a 300-gallon pond, you might just want to go ahead and get some kind of slider or painted turtle. If you're putting fish in the pond, they'd be better off with a painted turtle because they're significantly smaller than sliders, but you still might lose a couple of fish here and there. Or, a painted turtle would probably do fine in a 75 year-round.
Personally, I think you should try to get your wife to change her mind about snakes...some of them make much better, more interactive pets than turtles, and they're cheaper and generally easier to keep.
Oh, and I'm going to agree that pet stores are usually not good places to buy reptiles, but still be careful buying them on the internet. Lots of the people who sell reptiles online are scammers or just lousy people who don't care for the animals nearly as much as the animals deserve. I found a pretty good site a few weeks ago, faunaclassifieds.com, and there's a section where people can inquire about and rate people in the reptile trade.
yeah i know it sucks about the snake thing. but i guess ill live. and if i gewt turtle i do want the smaller type since it will spend part of the year in an aquarium. i would hate to cramp one up.
I do have a turtle over at my mom's house, and she's a pretty personable animal. Swims up for food, acts like a puppy....but she's a snapping turtle so it's probably a bad idea to try and scratch her behind her ears 
But yeah in your case, a painted turtle or a mud or musk turtle would be great. Mud and musk turtles are pretty interesting to watch.
Or you could try some subliminal message tapes on your wife...make a tape of some white noise or waves crashing or something, and play it when you and your wife go to bed, and then when she's drifting off, a calm voice will say "snaaaaaaakes are cooooooool.......you waaaaant a snaaaaake...."
But yeah in your case, a painted turtle or a mud or musk turtle would be great. Mud and musk turtles are pretty interesting to watch.
Or you could try some subliminal message tapes on your wife...make a tape of some white noise or waves crashing or something, and play it when you and your wife go to bed, and then when she's drifting off, a calm voice will say "snaaaaaaakes are cooooooool.......you waaaaant a snaaaaake...."
lovespunaround;1133210; said:I do have a turtle over at my mom's house, and she's a pretty personable animal. Swims up for food, acts like a puppy....but she's a snapping turtle so it's probably a bad idea to try and scratch her behind her ears
But yeah in your case, a painted turtle or a mud or musk turtle would be great. Mud and musk turtles are pretty interesting to watch.
Or you could try some subliminal message tapes on your wife...make a tape of some white noise or waves crashing or something, and play it when you and your wife go to bed, and then when she's drifting off, a calm voice will say "snaaaaaaakes are cooooooool.......you waaaaant a snaaaaake...."
hahaha ill do that. hahaha
so yeah a lil mud turtle might be the ticket. african sidenecks are about the same thing right? i keep bringing them up because that is the kind my lil girl always goes to at the lps. she likes they way their eyes look like goggles.
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