MLAARE -Clean Again

I've seen a lot of different animals here at work.
Most of them I have a pretty good basic knowledge of.
And I do have to wonder....why people would ever want some of the pets as....pets.

For example. Turtles.
The Aquatic kind.
They're soo much work!

I mean, they're worse than a fish tank.
Because they can quickly get the water dirtier than a bunch of fish could.

Today, was an example of that.
To try and save our tank from looking disgusting.
We've begun feeding the aquatic turtles in little bowls.
And for the most part.
It helps.
It helps to keep the tank cleaner.

But that's not always the case, the turtles can sometimes move the bowl, spill the food into the water.
Which they did.

And the water ended up looking disgusting!
The filter was hardly working from how much food and such had entered the water.

Thankfully due to coming in a bit earlier than normal, we had time to take the twenty minutes or so to get all the water out and clean out the filter.
So now our turtles are once again in clean water!! Yay! Once again the filter works yay!

But I find it so tedious though...Aquatic Turtles.
Because you literally do need to change out that water at least once a week, if they make a mess of the food, then twice a week.
It's so much hassle.

So I applaud the people who actually make the effort to care for the turtles as pets.
Because I think they're nearly as messy as birds.
And if it can't stay clean for more than a day....why have it as a pet?

Thankfully, they're cute. So there's that saving grace. ;)

-Sarnic Dirchi