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Originally Posted by mraines
I have a pet box turtle that I have had for 24 years. Yikes! At first, I thought, it's just a turtle. Over time, I realized that he is smart, sociable, and likes to get his head rubbed. When someone comes in the house, he always stretches his neck to check them out.
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That's so great. I have a pet Black Marsh turtle (aquatic) about the size of my hand and I've had her 54 years, longer than my wife!!! I think she took two hits of pretty and skipped the smart, but she knows me as the food guy and has her personable quirks.
Her breed is a sacred turtle in Buddhist temples from her Asian homeland and I try to treat her that way. She laid her one and only egg the first year we moved to Florida.
Another good aspect is we can take short trips and she can easily go a week or more without eating , though I tend to pamper her.