Do you remeber these?

You know, these little things you USED TO be able to buy at any local pet shop or Woolworth?
You could even win them at a carnival game. Well, no more!

Please don't ask me why because I don't know...but yesterday on my way home from work I had this thought..."I want a turtle". And a little aquarium to put him in. Seriously, I have NO idea why that popped into my head but I though it would be cute to have one.

My charming husband said, "well honey, you know that as long as it's not too expensive, I would never say no to something you want." Followed by, "what do they eat?" Hmmmm. So I looked it up today, to see exactly what it entails; being a turtle owner.

Did you know that you can't even buy these suckers anymore? They are ILLEGAL in the United States. Any turtle with a shell smaller than 4 inches long. And do you know why? Because small turtles (and other reptiles) can carry salmonella. Seriously! I had no idea! It must have been big news...how did I miss that? So I looked into bigger turtles. They aren't as low maintenance as you would think. My little kitten attention span couldn't handle it.

Oh well.