Operation: Turtle Rescue
Sunday, April 16, 2006 at 3:04pm 1 comment (by Jamison)
Yesterday my roommate and I had to rescue a turtle.
He owns a nearby apartment building (a victorian which had been converted to four stdios) and when one of his tenants moved out he left behind his turtle, a red eared slider about 7-8 inches long and way to big for the tupperware bucket he's been living in.
The apartment needs a lot of work and they'd already started replacing the sheet rock and pulling up the flooring when we went for him yesterday. We didn't know how long it had been since he was last fed, the week before when we stopped by there was a pair of goldfish and they were still there because the basking shelf had been arranged in such a way he didn't even have any free swimming space and they could easily get away.
When I put him in a small container to transport him yesterday and then put the fish in with him it only took a minute before he started going after them. He seems a lot happier now, but it's only temporary till we can find him a good home.
Anyone interested in a turtle?
1 Comments
Jamison Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 9:49am
No, I haven't found a home for him yet. Weekends have been too busy and while many people have suggested contacting the SPCA, that doesn't guarantee he'll end up in a good home.
And in the meantime we're becoming attached to him and he's kind of cute.
Julia Damir Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 10:39pm
We received two silver-dollar sized baby sliders as a "gift" for our two children (2.5 yrs and 6 yrs). They were purchased at the San Jose Swap Meet. They're adorable, but we cannot keep them. We would never dump them. Were you able to find a proper home for your turtle?