I hope everyone is doing ok. I haven't posted in a while because I have been a little busy. Anyway.......just an update on my shelled family. All are doing great and really like their new enclosure my husband and I built for them. Since it faces east, the turtles get the first light of the day. When I go out there shortly after the sun has come up, I usually find 3-4 of them out walking or just sitting in the sun taking in the "new" day. I usually wait about an hour and then go out and feed the ones that I see out and about. I check off and on until I see the late wakers and go and feed them too.

Squirt, my baby boxie, is in a long plastic storage box. I put a portion of one of the grass sod sections I bought for the other's enclosure in there along with a flat rock to eat off of and a recessed water tray for soaking. At one end I put a deep layer of peat moss (no additives) that he digs under when he has eaten, sunned and soaked.

I usually place his container on the east end of my patio so he gets the morning rays of sun. After the sun has moved and is no longer shining under the patio, I move the box so the hot afternoon sun won't hit it. I have a piece of window screen fabric over the top of the box. It is held in place by a long piece of elastic that I tied so that it fits quite snugly around the top edge of the box. Squirt seems quite happy in his abode! Don't know why I call Squirt a "he". Anyway.... all the turtles are doing great "knock on wood"!

Oh, I forgot about the 'stranger' turtle. I borrowed the name of Hobo from PHRatz!!(Thank-you!) Anyway......Hobo is doing fine. No one claimed him, so he has made his home in the backyard. He chose the end of one of the flowerbeds to make his cubby. He has full run of the backyard and loves it. Not once have I seen him pacing the fence line acting like he wants out of the place. He knows where to find him a drink of water anytime he wants it; where to go to get his breakfast; and of course he knows where the best place to sit and watch the day go by is. Generally, he is a pampered turtle, the same as the rest!

How about the rest of you on the board? How are everybody's shelled friends doing? I think it is always fun to hear about everyone's turtles. I hope all of you are having a good day! Take care!..........9boxies

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