A few nights ago, I had a dream that a little baby turtle was biting my fingers, again and again and again. Of course, I thought, “Aww, I would love to adopt this fellow as my pet.”
Then, a couple days later, my brother found a little baby turtle wandering outside the house, near the garbage cans. No one in the neighborhood has claimed him as their pet, so I’m adopting him.
Here he is:
This little guy doesn’t have a name yet, so I’ve decided to choose a name from the suggestions in the comments section.
I’ll make my decision on May 26, so be sure to post your name suggestions before then.
Jeremy C. Shipp 
Turkle the Turtle 🙂
Soup?
Nestle.:) (Turtle chocolates are made by Nestle.:)
How about “Sheltowee”, the Shawnee word for “big turtle” since he probably a giant in his own mind! Look at that presence he has! 🙂
That’s cool, It just goes to show that there is more to dreams than just jumbled thoughts
GOBLIN. As in the Green Goblin
Gnomenshipp 🙂
Toby 🙂
Theodore or Thelonius. 🙂
Ripple.
How’s about munch? Isn’t that what he did in your dream?
Jumpin’
“Jim.”
Idk why… He just looks like a “Jim” to me. First thing that popped into my head…
Discus
Franklin. Like the cartoon tutrle.
I have two suggestions: “Sheldon” and “Edison”.
Speedy is what I named my turtle back in the day.
Dreama
Oh Jeremy! You have no idea what you are in for. That little guy is a red-earred slider. 2 of them called to me years ago. We ended up with an aquarium that was 8ft. long…plus other nec. stuff. But I’d just call him your ‘DINNER PLATE’ because that is how large he is going to get. They live forEVER. Namaste. 🙂
Oh and mine were named Tai & Chi
Make sure he gets some direct sunlight every day, even if it’s only a few minutes and even if you have to hold a mirror to angle the light to him. When he gets too big to carry outside, you’ll have to invest in a special light bulb.
Call him Nibbles.
Squirtle. Or Jeremy II.
Thunder. It is the name of the turtle that appears in my Children’s Book 😀
I’m thinking about “Albert”… :)) Hope you’ll see a name you like among all these xoxo
Raphael “The Red”
Mr. Banner (Just don’t make him angry)
No one has gone for the obvious Yertle the Turtle? (or am I dating myself). The other idea that jumped in my head. Oscar – ’cause you found him close to a garbage can.
Whatever you decide lotsa luck with your new l’ll buddy.
Name: Jeremy C. Shell.
Morla The Ancient One 🙂
kealan (in honor of the turtle boy author himself)
How about “Baby”
Digit
Mr. Pawchester, def.
“Fleck” because of the fleck of red by his/her eye
Speedy is a fun name for a turtle.
Sheldon 😉
Shelly?
Go all out with the crazy. Gamera is a nice name. Gamera was a turtle…about a hundred stories tall with sable teeth and fire coming out of his mouth and other parts.
How ’bout Nipper!