There are many more beneficial ways to spend that amount of money. Even if you have ample disposable income, you should stop and think if there is a better way to spend it.

My opinion.
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No.... but on the other hand I wouldn't even consider owning a pet turtle...
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If I had a pet turtle and it was missing two legs I would invent something, like a little trolley with wheels on, Ive seen a dog with missing back legs like this. Hey, but Im sure much of that $900 was for the surgery itself, and watch the video, hes not using them legs, hes just pushing with his back ones.
Trolley with wheels strapped to him would be perfect and a damb sight cheaper LOL.
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Never, i would just get another turtle unless this is a lucky pet, LoL
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Yes.
I love my pets. I have two cats and one dog. If any of my pets needed a prosthetic leg to continue having a great quality of life and these modifications were sanctioned by my vet of course I would provide any of them with the new leg.
There is no accounting for what type of pets people choose to have and love and a turtle is not something I would choose but if the owner loved his turtle as much as I do my pets (I'm sure they do) the whole process must make good sense to them too.

How could you not?
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I would not pay that much money, because attaching chair sliders is not expensive at all. All you need is some crazy glue. You would only pay that much if you took it to a vet to have it's legs amputated. That I would not do.
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I have to be honest. No, I would not spend $900 on prosthetic legs for a turtle.

I have a dog and if he needed prosthetic legs and I could afford it, I might get it for him.(depending on how many legs of course) I wouldn't do it for a turtle. But I'd definitely think about it for a dog. I guess it would depend on if the dog / turtle could live a good quality life with that prosthetic.

If life would just be too painful or hard for your pet with it and he / she could live a good life without it (some animals adjust and can get around just fine with a missing limb) then I would let him/her try living without it and see how it goes.

If my pet could not get along without it and with it, he / she still could not live a good quality life then I would choose to humanely euthanize him / her at a vet's office.

Getting that prosthetic might be better for you because you love your pet and don't want to lose him / her but if it is not good for your pet then you need to do what is best for for the pet that you love.

Having said all that, I repeat...I would not do it for a turtle!
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Yes I would. I am kinda strange about life. I love my pets. Life is kinda like recess, you only get to go out once, money comes and goes.
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I think it's too expensive... I love my pets so much, so I think I'll find other other alternatives to help her. There are other things I could do for her maybe I can even build an artificial leg made of something less expensive than that.

There are other ways to make your pet happy and feel at home even without over-spending.
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I wouldn't spend $900 on those tacky stumps.. She got screwed over big time. I mean was it even calculated how it's shell will eventually grow? how will it hinder the turtles growth process? She could have created her own little device which would later be modified and be way less expensive.

But I would spend the money for stitching up the poor thing. Can't really put a price on life, even if it's an animals. The turtle is obviously a couple years old and she may have formed a bond with it. She just was taken advantage of because of her good nature..

And on an other note, i now know what killed the turtle in my pond.. Damn raccoons..
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Not for a turtle, unless perhaps if it was some sort of front-fin high-tech rubber replacement for the ocean swimming variety in danger of extinction and in need of making at least one last swim to its spawning grounds.

However, one time I did spend $700 for a prosthetic hind-leg for a young cat that I was fond of.

If it had been a front leg I probably would have let him meow into the wild blue yonder, but I knew that for predatory quadrapeds like cats and dogs, it's their front legs that are more important. I got him fit with a hind-leg prostetic, and set him up with a real good scratch-post... the kind that would make sure his claws were always shiny and healthy and strong.

What's kinda funny about the whole thing is that I noticed the prosthetic helped him walk, but it didn't help him run, so eventually we just stopped using it, and he addapted fine.

He looked kinda funny the way he'd gimp along like an inchworm when walking, but when it came to a bolts of speed, he was was right up there with any other critter.

Did it ever bother me spending $700 on a prosthetic leg that ultimately got tossed into the attic for an animal not as overtly loving as a dog?

Naa... not in that case...

I loved the little furball's character - he was goofy for things like how one time he climbed up a tree to curiously check out a magpie nest, and then sat down on the branch looking hurt, confused, and perplexed as to why the parent magpies would be wanting to dive-bomb him - plus business had been good that year, and the vet was a family guy who wasn't overcharging nor living beyond his means, and it was built in a local shop by a couple who took a personal interest and did up a fine little custom device.

In fact, when I think about how much work went into the amputation and the custom fitting, it was actually a bargian, and it was nothing compared to what I spent feeding the little furball over its lifetime.
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I'm sorry to say, no. I would not, But if I was very attached to it then maybe I might but probably not. Just something to think about.
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