There's a TURTLE on my patio!

[Bernadine]

Wtf do I do with it? Lol. Do I need to take it to a pond or something?



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[Jalapeñomel]

Aww! Just put it in the grass.

[berbles]

Jun 10, 2014 17:05:12 GMT -5 Les Paul said:

Feed it dandelions.

Then she'll have a pet turtle.

[Deleted]

Cook it! There's 7 kinds of meat!

[VeryViolet]

We get them in the yard sometimes and just put them back in the woods so the dog doesn't mess with them.

[alzi]

I love turtles!!

[Bernadine]

Omg, some of you people are terrible, lol. I gave him some water, lettuce, and strawberry, and moved the chair out of the way for him. He keeps opening and closing his mouth. What does that mean?!? Lol.

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[Bernadine]

Jun 10, 2014 17:10:42 GMT -5 frkls said:

if you decide to relocate it, pick it with its head pointing away from you.

signed,
bit by a turtle

Oh, I'm not picking it up. J will be home soon enough, lol.

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[pandorica]

It's a box turtle! Not a water turtle, so don't put it in water. Put it in the woods.

[pandorica]

Jun 10, 2014 17:11:35 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:10:42 GMT -5 frkls said:

if you decide to relocate it, pick it with its head pointing away from you.

signed,
bit by a turtle

Oh, I'm not picking it up. J will be home soon enough, lol.

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Box turtles are the tamest turtles ever. Don't stick your finger in its mouth and you should be fine

[Deleted]

Jun 10, 2014 17:10:46 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Omg, some of you people are terrible, lol. I gave him some water, lettuce, and strawberry, and moved the chair out of the way for him. He keeps opening and closing his mouth. What does that mean?!? Lol.

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He wants you to be his lover.

[pandorica]

Jun 10, 2014 17:10:46 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Omg, some of you people are terrible, lol. I gave him some water, lettuce, and strawberry, and moved the chair out of the way for him. He keeps opening and closing his mouth. What does that mean?!? Lol.

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I just looked this up - he might be sick That would explain him wandering up to your house.

[Bernadine]

Jun 10, 2014 17:16:49 GMT -5 pandorica said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:10:46 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Omg, some of you people are terrible, lol. I gave him some water, lettuce, and strawberry, and moved the chair out of the way for him. He keeps opening and closing his mouth. What does that mean?!? Lol.

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I just looked this up - he might be sick That would explain him wandering up to your house.

Oh fuck.  It's insane to rush a wild animal to the vet, right?

[pandorica]

Jun 10, 2014 17:24:24 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:16:49 GMT -5 pandorica said:

I just looked this up - he might be sick That would explain him wandering up to your house.

Oh fuck.  It's insane to rush a wild animal to the vet, right?

It depends on how much you love it People do it all the time! Abandoned baby animals, birds with broken wings etc....

If it's sick, it has a respiratory infection. Semi-common in box turtles, depending on where you live. He needs antibiotics. 

[TrickyBob]

He's lonely. The opening and closing of his mouth means "be my frieeeeeeend" and it wants to cuddle.

[Bernadine]

I guess I took to long googling about box turtles, it's already gone. That little thing moved pretty fast. I looked around the yard, but our grass is out of control with all the rain, and I couldn't see anything. Damn!

[MixedBerryJam]

Where do you live? I'll come get it. My son's box turtle died a few months ago ... They actually make great pets.

[Bernadine]

Jun 10, 2014 17:39:04 GMT -5 frkls said:

OMG!! i just got so excited!!!

"FRKLS!! COME OVER! THERE'S A TURTLE IN THE YARD AND WE'RE TAKING IT TO THE WILDLIFE RESCUE!!"

"OH!! I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!!"

fucking yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!

Just imagine the adventures we'll have!  Lol.

[Bernadine]

I'm heading back out to look for it.

[TrickyBob]

Jun 10, 2014 17:40:00 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

I'm heading back out to look for it.

I am going to assume it didn't get too far

[MixedBerryJam]

Jun 10, 2014 17:10:46 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Omg, some of you people are terrible, lol. I gave him some water, lettuce, and strawberry, and moved the chair out of the way for him. He keeps opening and closing his mouth. What does that mean?!? Lol.

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Is the water in a shallow enough dish? Like a tupperware lid? I'm no authority (actually I kind of am) but I have always interpreted that mouth-opening-and-closing as thirst.

I give you, Mr. T:
 

[fivechickens]

I had one of these in my yard. i put gloves on and picked it and moved it to the wooded area. The whole way it huffed and puffed at me. Lol!

[blondemoment123]

That's a big turtle!


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[pandorica]

Jun 10, 2014 17:39:37 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Where do you live? I'll come get it. My son's box turtle died a few months ago ... They actually make great pets.

no.

[berbles]

"Ith that a thnappin turtle? Cuth if it'th a thnappin turtle, and it biteth me? I'm gon' kill it."

[MixedBerryJam]

Jun 10, 2014 17:47:16 GMT -5 pandorica said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:39:37 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Where do you live? I'll come get it. My son's box turtle died a few months ago ... They actually make great pets.

no.

I suppose taking one from the wild is a bad thing ... we mostly picked them up in roadways, and I feel no guilt about that.

[pandorica]

Jun 10, 2014 17:49:05 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:47:16 GMT -5 pandorica said:

no.

I suppose taking one from the wild is a bad thing ... we mostly picked them up in roadways, and I feel no guilt about that.

Why is taking them from roads different?

[TrickyBob]

Jun 10, 2014 17:49:05 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:47:16 GMT -5 pandorica said:

no.

I suppose taking one from the wild is a bad thing ... we mostly picked them up in roadways, and I feel no guilt about that.

Did you know that when you reverse a turtle that is trying to cross the road, it will just start back across again, and that a turtle will spend most of its life trying to get back to its home? 


All I can think about are these poor turtles that just want to get home and now they live in a tank.

[pandorica]

Jun 10, 2014 17:53:40 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:49:05 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

I suppose taking one from the wild is a bad thing ... we mostly picked them up in roadways, and I feel no guilt about that.

Did you know that when you reverse a turtle that is trying to cross the road, it will just start back across again, and that a turtle will spend most of its life trying to get back to its home? 


All I can think about are these poor turtles that just want to get home and now they live in a tank.

I think I may love you Turtles are my thing, people taking them from the wild drives me crazy!

[MixedBerryJam]

Jun 10, 2014 17:51:26 GMT -5 pandorica said:

Jun 10, 2014 17:49:05 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

I suppose taking one from the wild is a bad thing ... we mostly picked them up in roadways, and I feel no guilt about that.

Why is taking them from roads different?

Mostly because they could be run over. In environs that are not, in my imperfect judgement, conducive to a long lifespan for a turtle. I'm not up for a debate over wildlife protection, but that's just what we've done in the past; I'm likely to do it again in the future if I'm driving along a main road in an urban environment and see a turtle in the road. Sorry not sorry.