Hello, I visited this forum to learn as much as possible before buying a turtle. I loved having RES turtles when I was a kid. My sister was allergic to everything else and this was as close to a puppy as I could get! But they were sold back then in the little plastic thingy with the plastic palm tree. My parents weren't animal lovers so I was on my own. Poor thing mostly ate bologna & lettuce. I was always devastated when eventually my beloved turtles would get soft shells & die. Now decades later I'm learning what caused that & indeed it can be prevented which has sparked my interest in them again. Sooo here I am.
Welcome to the forum. It's a really good idea to do research before jumping into having a turtle. At least this way you can review all the costs involved in owning one and know that you can provide a happy, healthy environment for one. Let us know if we can help in any way.
Hi and welcome to the forum, I found this site to be great in helping me to get the correct enviroment my King Tortuga, and how to keep him healthy.
and great job on doing research before hand