I work at a petstore and one day someone came in with a box turtle and said they didn't want it anymore (a lot of people dump pets at petstores). They were going to let it go. Since I live in the northeast and the box turtle was from texas we felt guilted into taking it. Not to mention that releasing ltc animals is not always a great idea. So my manager at the time gave them $6 for him and got info on him. We put him in the back room. His beak was very overgrown and a bit crooked and all his nails were curling back towards his feet. The next day I bought him for $6.



He had lived in a 10 gallon tank all his life, he was 5 years old and was fed only pellet food and sometimes some lettuce. Suprisingly he isn't really deformed at all, his beak doesn't line up right though. I've had him for I think 4 years now, but I'm not sure. Ratz probably knows better than I do how long I've had him, haha.

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