Mmathis
TurtleMommy
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While I did think about that (Marx Bros. reference), no. Our first boxie was named "Speedy" by my son (9 or 10 at the time). So "Zippo" was a combo of the speed AND the Marx Bros. The babies are: TURBO, CHARGER, BABY BOMBER (called him "Baby" forever, then saw a B-52 fly over and decided to add the "Bomber" out of respect for the USAF -- I'm an AF Brat!), MORGAN (after the breed of horse), DRACO (we like dragons), ALPHIE (after a character in a book my son read), CHIEF (similar to Alphie's name), and X-TRA (he hatched on his own in the habitat and just found him in there one day -- all the others I found the eggs that ZIPPO had laid in the habitat and incubated them inside, well, except for CHIEF, who also self-hatched.). Both adults have since escaped, but it's taught me a lot about "escape-proofing!"
It's been such an enjoyable experience having them and designing their habitat! Have a good section of our backyard designated as "turtle habiat." I've designed and landscaped everything with their natural environment in mind. I think they're happy! But, now they are getting old enough that I can tell their genders and it's time to separate them. So in the spring I'll do an add-on for the girls in addittion to building my pond.
Hoping to design the pond so it can be shared, but with some kind of "separation" so that the boys & girls will have their own "pond" area but not have physical contact with one another. Guess I'll post about that later.
It's been such an enjoyable experience having them and designing their habitat! Have a good section of our backyard designated as "turtle habiat." I've designed and landscaped everything with their natural environment in mind. I think they're happy! But, now they are getting old enough that I can tell their genders and it's time to separate them. So in the spring I'll do an add-on for the girls in addittion to building my pond.
Hoping to design the pond so it can be shared, but with some kind of "separation" so that the boys & girls will have their own "pond" area but not have physical contact with one another. Guess I'll post about that later.
But I look at it this way, too: it makes less lawn for them to have to worry about maintaining, and when done right, the habitat is a nice little landscaped area that will be even more enjoyable (for humans) once the pond is done.