Growth Has A Downside – Will You Be Ready?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

The Turtle Dad is back because the turtles are growing too big for their equipment and I wanted to post instead of Gizmo. He did try to bite me when he saw me open up this blog as he has become a bit protective of it of late. Fortunately I still have control and locked [...]

Growth and Change Are Necessary

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Once again it is time to look at changing the turtles home. The large ramp can no longer handle the weight of the bigger turtles and despite having six suction cups they usually work it loose within a day or two of placing it back. As they have grown bigger their residence keeps changing. After [...]

Are you prepared for growth

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Usually I don’t use a big picture but I wanted you to see the detail in this. Now that dock was bought a few months back to handle the growing turtles. They have gotten so big now that the dock keeps dipping into the water when all 4 get on it one time. Add in [...]

Automating and expanding your business

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

The turtles tend to be extremely dirty creatures and without some sort of filtering system the water would need to be changed daily. Yes I love them but… If I did not have a way to automate the cleaning of the tank I am not sure I could put in the effort needed to supply [...]