First Day at My House

I feed them already and they are full now

I put them on the small container like this

yeah I know it's too small to keep two of them but this is what I have so far

So, I put them there, and put a lamp at the edge of the side so that they can warm theirselve

And guess what they did

First Meal at My House Part 2

The cuteness didn't stop right there..

Here is the 2nd part of the First Meal at My House video

Watch it, Enjoy it

First Meal at My House Part 1

First thing I did when I got home yesterday, I take my turtles to my room, and took a lettuce and feed them

I also put some calcium and D3 for them so they can grow big and stronger..

They were eating so excitedly and I love their face when they are eating

Cute and charming

Well, this is video of George and Avalena eating lettuce (which I just knew that it's not really good for turtles and now I feel like a bad mother who feed my children undernourished food)

George and Avalena

When I got home, the seller called me (I just got home like for 5 minutes) and told me that the Istar babies have come to the mall and ready to be sold

I was shocked and little bit upset because I just got home, so it's impossible for me to go back to the mall and choose them

So I told the seller to pick the one that is good and healthy and ready to be my pet, and he said okay and he will mark it and keep it for me

Again, I can't wait for tomorrow

The next morning, I woke up and quickly get ready to go to the mall and choose my pet

By the time I get there, there were only a few Istar (like 10 or 12 I forgot) and they are small like 4cm - 5cm (of course, they are babies)

I asked the seller which one is good for my pet, and he had marked some of the turtles which are good so I can choose between them

First one that he recommended is this one

 It has a nice marking, not too light and not too dark and it's clear marking so it is eye catchy

Its body is red (brownish red), not usual like other Istar with yellow color of body

and it is adorable

When I saw it, I fell in love with her

I love her face and her marking so I decided to take her with me (yes, she is female - based on what the seller said by looking it's tail, well, I don't know the different and I can't tell)

I named her George, based on my nickname on World of Warcraft (yeah, girl with nickname George, problem? :D )

Finding My True Love

Well, I've decided to have Istar as my pet so I was looking for seller who sells Indian Star.

I found like several seller who sell them with a shocking price

I don't know that Istar can be that expensive (come on...a turtle)

RES, the one I saw at the mall are sold for Rp 50.000 / pair (around US$5) but for Istar, the baby itself are sold for Rp 500.000 (US$50)

It's like 10 times from what I imagine

Shocked with the price, I was thinking to find another turtle as pet but I couldn't find the one I like.

Well, there is a small kind of turtles named Stinkpot but it is a water turtles and I'm too lazy to clean the Aquarium, lol.

So my hope of having Istar as my pet slightly reduced but I still try to find Istar with cheap price (I hope I got lucky)

After 2 weeks, I went to another mall near my campus and found another exhibition and found Istar at the booth.

It was a Pyramidi Hi-Yellow Istar and look very nice and cute

I fell in love with her (or him, I don't know the sex) and really want it as my pet

I asked the seller and he said that it is $75 but it's sold

I was like, damn, $75 and it's sold

I wanted it badly and I just got money (from Chinese New Year celebration) so I think that I could afford to buy it.

I asked the guy who bought that Istar and asking him if he wanna sell that to me, and too bad, he said NO..

Well, the seller said to me to cheer up because tomorrow, they will sell another Istar baby (just get imported) and there will be dozen of them so I could choose the one I like.

I was like "Seriously?" and so happy and can't wait for tomorrow.

The Beginning

Well, it has been 2 months since I was wanting to have a tortoise as a pet..

It all began when I was buying groceries in one mall, they were having an exhibition of plants, reptiles, and pets..

I saw a baby Brazilian Red Eyes Slider and it looks so cute. I asked the seller about it and he said that turtles can't grow big, the biggest was 20cm.

I feel like, well, that's cute, I have to have one. So I checked about them after I got home and it was a lie.. RES can grow so big (well, about 50cm) and I feel glad i didn't buy it.

Since then, I do a small research about turtles (and tortoise) and I'm in love with a land turtle (which known as Tortoise) named Indian Star (people call them Istar)

It's a land turtle from India and have a star-look like marking on their shell

They are so cute and they look adorable

The one that I love the most is, they are small and can't grow that big (only like 30cm)

So I decided to choose them as my pet.