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    Default Today wouuld have been....

    The 13th anniversary of the day I got my turtle when I was 6.

    She died 2 years ago.

    And in case anyones wondering, I loved her like she was a puppy or another equally cuddly creature.

    She was so sweet and pleasant and almost never hid in her shell. She chased cat toys around and rode around with me in a winnie the pooh purse she claimed.

    She used to fight her reflection in mirrors and take naps with my cat.

    Her favorite food was apricots.

    And she used to yawn really big and you could see her little purple tongue.

    She had big pretty brown eyes and she used to stick her neck out and touch it to my nose and close her eyes and it looked so sweet.

    So, I had to post this to say that Sara Maroo Ann Nicole *edited out pooka's last name that usually belongs here*.....

    Thanks for being such a loyal and wonderful friend for 11 years and I hope there's lots of apricots and a winnie the pooh purse for you in turtle heaven.

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    Oh my goodness, this is so sweet. I've shared my life with all sorts of non-traditional companions. Chickens, squirrels, ducks, racoons, pigs...all clever and bright and loving! Never a turtle, though. She sounds absolutely adorable.

    RIP Ms. Sara Maroo!

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    I'm sure her place in Turtle Heaven includes many Disney themed purses and plenty of kitty toys. And I know that she was just as cuddly as the cuddliest pet out there. RIP Miss Sara.

    (And I hope you feel better Pooka)

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    amen.

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    awww. i still grieve about pets i lost too. You will see her again one day. until then she is up there watching and waiting for you.




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    Thanks you guys.

    I really did love that little turtle. And still do.

    She would have liked Gabby.

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    aww.... rest in peace, little turtle

    *hugs pooka*

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    i feel for your loss pooka... but when you said this:

    Quote Originally Posted by pookashell
    She chased cat toys around
    the mental image of that made me smile.

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    Me too. ^^^^^

    Her favorite cat toy, much to my cat at the time's dismay, was the clear plastic ball with the shiny red foil sprinkles inside. She would push it around on the tile in the kitchen forever and she and the cat would fight over who got to it first. Poor Sara, she hardly ever won that game but I think she still had fun.

    Also one time my mom lost her at the park and called the radio station and told them to announce that if people would go to that park and help her find Sara she'd pay whoever found her 200 bucks.

    Like 20 people came to look and an old man found her snuggled into a hole in the bottom of a tree and held her up and she was all squirming and he yelled "Hey - lady - is this the right turtle or just some normal park turtle?!"

    It was really funny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PookaShell View Post
    "Hey - lady - is this the right turtle or just some normal park turtle?!"
    That is a really fantastic memory to have of your time together!
    Theres no sense crying over every mistake,
    you just keep on trying till you run out of cake

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    awww! I want a turtle now

    rip miss sara.

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    I thought turtles only ate and slept! Who knew they had personalities? That's the cutest thing, Pooka!
    “What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.” - ECKHART TOLLE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    I thought turtles only ate and slept! Who knew they had personalities? That's the cutest thing, Pooka!
    Very cute post. My box turtle is, I tell people, "Currently in the 'alive' mode, which is one of the two turtle modes."

    Maybe turtles reflect the personality of their owners? Mine is nothing more than a bookend that eats. Yes, this reflects badly on me.

    (Okay, in fairness, it's cool when, for a treat, I offer him live blood worms. He hunts them and becomes a slow-moving predator.)

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    Aww I never knew turtles could be so cute!!!

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    Hehe. My turtle had an awesome personality.

    And in case you are wondering, when I picked out my turtle I wanted one with spunk, so what I did was - went to the turtle inhabitant - took one of my long pigtail braids, and wiggled the fuzzy bottom of it on the turtles heads to see which one got riled up and played with me. It sounds ridiculous but I thought it was a pretty foolproof plan. Sara totally nipped at my braid and played with it.

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    ^^^ Thats so cute!!! Now, how did you choose Gabby?




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    I didn't know turtles were cuddly. This reminds me of what my boyfriend said to me this morning. He said he was stroking my arm/back or something while I was sleeping last night, and I hit him away and told him to stop touching me like a frog. Now, I'm not really sure how you touch frogs, cuz honestly if I see one, I'm probably not gonna touch it. But I guess I don't like being touched like one.
    /end threadjack

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    Quote Originally Posted by pookie View Post
    ^^^ Thats so cute!!! Now, how did you choose Gabby?
    I was looking for houses for rent on Craigslist when I was going to move and I sauntered over to the pets section and a lady had posted that she and her room mate had found a huge gorgeous tabby cat that had had a previous owner because she was well fed and declawed but they posted ads that they found her and knocked on everyone's doors in the area to ask and nobody claimed her, and they just loved her but they weren't allowed to have pets in their apartment and their landlord was really strict and they were going to have to take he to a shelter if no one adopted her.

    I still had a month before I moved out of my dorm and I couldn't hide her but she just looked so sweet and loving and deserving and who better to snuggle a deserving fluffball than a Pooka who was about to be living alone?!

    So I kindly asked her if for the trade of knowing for sure that their new friend would have a wonderfully loving new owner who would never leave her or let her go a day without too many treats, she'd be willing to keep her for the month before I could have her if I paid her for the cost of taking care of her for the month.

    So they said they would definitely do that and I met them at The Aquarium in Houston with my car all packed up cause it was the day I moved and I gave them $50 that I had to FORCE them to take, and they handed me a gigantic wonderful fluffy kitty We exhanged email addresses so that I could send her update pictures.

    And then I got in my car and held my new best friend slash room mate and she stared up at me and meowed and purred and I cried because I loved her so much. And then she, without protest, rode for 6 hours in the car with her new best friend and we've lived happily ever after.

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