I'm thinking about getting my girl a turtle for christmas

---I'm not toooo concerned with the price of the turtle itself, but more concerned about living expenses because i don't want her to have to pay a whole lot to keep it.

---Looking for one that's very easy to maintain, preferbly non-aquatic.


---Food should be also inexpensive.



--Also, any tips would be helpful.

Ferrets are cooler... they can eat catfood

I fell like there are probably better gifts to get than a turtle, but whatever...

As a kid two of my friends had siblings with turtles. They didn't seem to do much, so I'd say the time commitment is about equivalent to a fish.

A turtle is not an advisable gift pet. They live forever and she will be stuck with it.

she has said that she wants one.

Turtles are all aquatic dude, you may be thinking of a tortuous. However, Mississippi Map Turtles are cool if you can find one they are smaller than the average snapper and a ten gallon tank is sufficient for years. I always feel that one turtle is lonely though.

Turtle food comes like fish food its just little pellets.

you can get a ten gallon turtle tank for like $30 that already has a pre-cut hole in the center of the backside of the tank for a filter. filters run $15-40 dollars for a decent one look to spend at least 25.

a decent sized rock to climb on free-20$ depending on where you live. Some fish tank gravel or aqua-sand $10 a tank top heat lamp $35 unless you get a shitty one. Food $5

and you can find the turtle I suggested for around $15

so about $135 to start and $5 dollars for food every once in a while.

Overall turtles are cool but its not a cheap set-up to start.

- You must clean the tank on the regular otherwise it smells like swamp literally.
- You must handle the turtle regularly otherwise it will bite. Sometimes they do anyway.
- You must not forget that even though its not a cat or a dog its still an animal and you have made a commitment to take care of it.
- If you decide you no longer want the turtle it is not ok to release it into the wild you need to find a new home for it.

Just know that a turtle is more work than it seems to be.
Also note that animals are always bad ideas for gifts.

Hope that helps
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have to get atleast 2

I agree with this