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How to inform Friend about her turtles2007-11-24 1:59:58

I have a co-worker/new friend who im turtle sitting for. Her turtles are in an unhealthy enviroment (10 gal tank for a 6" and 8" RES)and she doesnt seem to take proper care of them. I dont think she completely understands how to care for them. How do I go about informing her in the proper way to care for her turtles with out coming off as rude or saying she's a bad owner (she's not she really loves them). I myself have a turlte and she seemed shock at the extent we go to give him the best habitat. Hers arent fed vegitation only pellets and have no way of basking. She only has an aquarium lamp no heat lamp. And their is no adequete land for them to even dry on. Some advice on how to give her advice would be great :)

Answers:

Best way would be to print off some care instruction for turtles and tell her that you ran across some great information on turtles and thought she'd be interested. that way you're not coming across as pushy or bossy. :)

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Just tell her that because she was gone you felt insecure about taking proper care of her little friends. Which led you to an pet store..where you learned yada yada yada. That way it doesn't imply her poor habits but actually informs her of what you learned and hopefully she will adopt these habits when the turtles are returned to her care!!

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do you have the materials around (old items you don't use for your turtle) to help her out.if so then why don't you put together something for the 2 of them as a friendly jesture

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A friend of mine ahs hermit crabs in a horrible small plastic tank with no way of keeping the humidity up and the heat in, I found her a 29 gallon fish tank of freecycle for her and now her crabs are happy! Maybe try to find her a bigger tank and some supplies for cheep(freecycle or craigslist) that when you bring them to her you cna tell her that her turtles will LOVE their new home!

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i know it will sound underhanded, but pretend one got sick while she was away.