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A week ago ActionHank went outside to find the turtle enclosure's door wise open. He'd been by it earlier and it was shut. We're been having weirdness at the house (and honestly, some of it may be me, I am forgetting things and acting generally more brain dead than normal), but I don't have to take the blame for this one. Going down the backstairs is very hard because of my knee, so i *know* I didn't go out there. And I certainly didn't wedge it where it would stay open, which is how it was found.
The bad thing about it all is that the turtles of course went walk about. Gratefully, the back yard is fenced so they were pretty contained, but it's still a huge area to search. Hank, being a super hero, was able to locate 8. I found one, which leaves three toed box turtle named Bowser missing. He's been gone a week now. We can't mow, because he might be in the grass. He might have escaped. He might've flown away for all I know, but I can't find him and he actually belongs to my sister Amy. I look every day, but no Bowser.
I admit, I was grateful my two oldest were found, Krektai, who I've owned for 33 years, a handsome Gulf Coast box turtle who originally came to me an emaciated wreck that had been attacked by a dog. He had a respiratory infection and was in bad shape. He spent 2 years recovering, so he was never released into the wild. My next oldest is 27. Her name is Arnie Ambulance Chaser, a Three Toe. My husband Steve fetched her out of the road after she was hit by an ambulance while trying to cross a highway. She had major shell damage and thus was never able to return to the wild. Most of the others have similar stories, except Bowser who was just a beloved pet.
So where is he? I have to find him. And what shoved open the door? I have no idea. I could see maybe a cat or raccoon opening it to steal food from the turtles, but free them? What the heck.
And this is all on the heels of the cockatiel cage being opened as well, which ended with my aunt's dog Burrito pouncing on cockatiel Gabby Godzooks and accidentally killing her. Thinking maybe a cat managed to open the heavy cage door I wired it shut and twice now I've found the wire missing. Not just undone, GONE.
It's like we're haunted.
Soooo... if you were a turtle, where would you hide?
Also, anyone having weirdness they wanna chat about?
The bad thing about it all is that the turtles of course went walk about. Gratefully, the back yard is fenced so they were pretty contained, but it's still a huge area to search. Hank, being a super hero, was able to locate 8. I found one, which leaves three toed box turtle named Bowser missing. He's been gone a week now. We can't mow, because he might be in the grass. He might have escaped. He might've flown away for all I know, but I can't find him and he actually belongs to my sister Amy. I look every day, but no Bowser.
I admit, I was grateful my two oldest were found, Krektai, who I've owned for 33 years, a handsome Gulf Coast box turtle who originally came to me an emaciated wreck that had been attacked by a dog. He had a respiratory infection and was in bad shape. He spent 2 years recovering, so he was never released into the wild. My next oldest is 27. Her name is Arnie Ambulance Chaser, a Three Toe. My husband Steve fetched her out of the road after she was hit by an ambulance while trying to cross a highway. She had major shell damage and thus was never able to return to the wild. Most of the others have similar stories, except Bowser who was just a beloved pet.
So where is he? I have to find him. And what shoved open the door? I have no idea. I could see maybe a cat or raccoon opening it to steal food from the turtles, but free them? What the heck.
And this is all on the heels of the cockatiel cage being opened as well, which ended with my aunt's dog Burrito pouncing on cockatiel Gabby Godzooks and accidentally killing her. Thinking maybe a cat managed to open the heavy cage door I wired it shut and twice now I've found the wire missing. Not just undone, GONE.
It's like we're haunted.
Soooo... if you were a turtle, where would you hide?
Also, anyone having weirdness they wanna chat about?