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>> I guess I offically got mine by "rescue". I received (0.2) Easterns and (1.0) 3-toed from another person. I picked out all three by pictures and got one I picked. The two easterns were shipped without bags so the styrofoam was ripped up and the heat pack was touching the top of their shells. And the 3-toed has an ear infection!!



Oh no!! Have you seen a vet about that ear infection? I had one I took in from a vet who'd been treated for the ear infection by the vet.. after treatment she recovered up very very quickly.



On the subject of ugly... I've had people tell me some of mine are ugly but it really is true they make up for it in other ways.

Chip, the most battered one I have was so close to death when I got him but he had such a will to live, & he's done so well in his recovery that does make him beautiful to me.

Janie is the one I call my beauty queen.. she's the only one who's beautifully marked and doesn't have any type of battle scars or disfigurment.

We found her when we almost ran her over then 6 more cars did the same before we could turn around to pick her up. I started to just put her on the side of the road but thought about the many box turtles I've found dead on that same road.

I brought her home,wasn't going to keep her but we had to leave town for a funeral & when we got back she was still here...she wouldn't leave.. then I realized she wasn't behaving like any other wild one I've encountered before. I think she was a lost or dumped pet.



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