Keeping up with the turtles

[klwilliams]

It's a lot warmer these days, so I've been keeping the door between my kitchen and laundry room open. (The laundry room and back bedroom aren't heated.) There are two stairs heading down into the laundry room, so I figured the turtles would be smart enough to avoid them. Nope. I went in there to put a load in the machine, and who was there, trying to hide behind some tools? (Come on. You didn't think it would be G'Kwan.)

It gave me a chance to pick her up, give her a bath to get rid of the rest of the mud, and check her out. No sign of eggs, so if she had them before, she's laid them. I wondered why she was still wandering around so much, and it occurred to me that she must be extra hungry, so I checked their food dish. Empty. I put out some more food, cabbage this time. We'll see what she does next.

Comments

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

Turtles don't understand cliffs. They think they can walk over any edge and find water. Even box turtles.

Tortoises, on the other hand, understand cliffs. They know if they walk over an edge there might be rocks down there.

Weird, but true.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Dymphna doesn't seem to understand that anything is in her way. She'll just keep going, as determined as a little tank.

[darcyjavanne.livejournal.com]

If you'd said "upside down on the stairs" I'd've thought G'Kwan. :)

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

You ought to write a children's book about them. I'd love to illustrate it. I think it would sell.

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

Turtle mid-wifery - what a hoot!