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kensopher
at Sat Feb 2 08:02:49 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kensopher ]
I have two wonderful indoor cats and I keep all of my young turtles indoors for their first few years of life. One of my cats is very curious and mischievous. I personally think that it is because turtles tend to be slow moving, but my cats have never expressed any interest in the turtles other than a look or two. All the same, I do not allow the turtles to be exposed to the cats at ANY time. You never know. Even kittens' sharp teeth and even sharper claws could inflict a terrible, infectious wound to a turtle that may have lost some of its "flight response" due to captivity. Kittens are just too unpredictable.
One of our cats, Samantha, glaring at our Staffie, Zeke. She does not approve of us spoiling him so. I trust Zeke with even the smallest turtle...he protects them. Samantha, however, shows to loyalty towards them....just the typical annoyance and/or apathy.
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