We have been buying pet turtles for the boys. They are in heaven! It is the perfect boy pet. It requires minimal care, and the boys really like that they get to experiment with the turtles hard shell. I watch as these turtle get thrown, dropped, shaken,and spun. They also like to take the turtles in the bathtub with them and let them swim. Jack thinks it is the funnest thing ever. He gets to run it around like a car, but then he thinks it is so funny when the turtle tries to run away from him. It hurts me to watch it, but they think it is the coolest thing in the world. So far we have had 6 turtles and only have 1 left.
Turtle 1 - got lost in the house and after a week we found a dead dusty ball
Turtle 2 - lasted a few hours. The boys put it in the bathtub and turned the water on hot. The poor turtle got cooked to death.
Turtle 3 starved to death because we didn't know what turtles ate.
Turtle 4 got left on a park bench
Turtle 5 also didn't eat at our house - we gave him everything the other turtles were eating, but he just wouldn't eat.
Turtle 6 - still alive...but is now the favorite toy of all 3 boys - so he probably won't last long.
We have also had a salamander (lost in the house) and a frog (accidently washed down the sink).
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