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I was at the petstore picking up some fish and I stopped by that tank with the painted turtles in it again. The one with the white spots on its shell was in the water, and the big one was on the rock. His eyes are swollen shut and he cant hold his head up. Its really sad. I went to the counter and asked the clerk how big a tank I would need if I got one of those turtles. He said, well they do get 10-12" long so youd need a big tank like a 30 gallon. LOL!!!! I told him he was full of crap and left.
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Well maybe next time you could try to go at some time when you're in a particularly postive mood so that you wiull be able to deal with the place. Bring a care sheet along with you.
make a specific recommendation for larger tank or outside pond in the sheet (even if you have to modify an existing one) and maybe give them some suggestions for helping the turtle with the swollen eyes and the other with the shell rot. If you go in without the angry attitude (which i know,is hard to do at some of these places) then you will project less animosity and people might be more likely to listen to you.
good luck.
you can save them if you want and help to educate other people too.

Is there another pet store near you where you can buy your fish? I don't buy ANYTHING from stores that treat animals badly. They still make money from the little things we buy so I don't want to support them at all.

Im going to put together an information package for the petstore and reccomend that they take their turtles off sale until they are healthy. If that doesnt work, I will figure out who I can report them to, which will probly get me banned from that store anyway.
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