The patter of tiny...

[adavisus]

Paws? claws? fins?

While its often the more iffy visitors to a pond that get noticed I don't mind one tiny bit when quarter size turtles invite themselves

Regards, andy
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[baeya]

I would welcome one of those tiny little babies.
This is what I found in my pond last year when we cleaned it out! Never knew it was there!

 

[j.w]

Awwwwwwww, Andy that little guy/gal is so sweet. Never see any turtles around here. I guess we used to have Western Pond turtles but they have been disappearing over the years. I've heard they are trying to build up their populations again on our side of the state. Used to see them yrs ago when we rode our bikes down a river trail south of here. Would love to see more of them.

 

[sissy]

how cute

 

[adavisus]

This one is cute, too, but I'd rather see it pattering several miles away from tasty morsels such as waterlilies

Regards andy

 

[riparks]

My daughter and her friend brought me home a turtle they picked up beside the road yesterday. I don't know what kind it was, but it was rather large. I let it go in the woods behind my house. They probably saved it life because some idiot would have run over it but I didn't want a large turtle in my pond.

 

[sissy]

yep here I think drivers get a thrill out of running over a turtle ,shame on them .I stop and try to get them where they are going faster by helping them .Funny story when we had this house built my son found a turtle and used a permanent marker to write on it if any one finds the turtle to call the number on the turtle that was back in 2003 and I have picked that dumb turtle up 5 times now and someone called the other day that they found our turtle .I have mapped it and can you believe this turtle was almost 20 miles away this time .He has gone farther each time I pick him up and funny he seems to only head one way .How long do turtles live and will I be fetching this turtle for more years than I care too .I guess also permanent markers are permanent ,the number is a little deformed as the turtle has grown so getting harder to read it .Poor turtle .It's a good story though to tell friends and family .

 

[riparks]

That's a neat story Sissy. Amazing how far the little guy has travelled..

 

[j.w]

That's crazy sissy! I never heard of such a neat story like that. So nice of you to keep collecting the poor fellow! When we traveled down to Florida I would make hubby stop and let me help the turtles over the curbs next to the roads so they wouldn't get squished by those drivers who didn't care.

 

[sissy]

Gosh not sure how long he will live but i sure don't want to 90 years old collecting a turtle from different places .lol Funny how people will call for something like a turtle .My son wanted me to keep him penned up and I said no if he wanted to stay he would have

 

[j.w]

Naw, ya can't keep him penned up he's a free soul roaming turtle and prolly has lots of lady turtles waiting for him to visit when he passes through

 

[CometKeith]

Sissy, That is a great story. It's funny that people call you. Do they think it ran away?

 

[sissy]

Hey here you never know .May be the turtle was a trucker in his past life .All I know is I think it is funny and one time I'm waiting to see found turtle in the newspaper and has phone number if it is yours and you can describe it, it must be yours lol .Hope the animal shelter never gets it .geeze do I have to pay a fine for escaped turtle .