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StephF
at Tue Jul 22 17:18:26 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by StephF ]
Ditto on the bark. And thinking like a turtle!
I'm taking a turtle to the vet for a claw trim later this week: it's been living on bark for many years now, & looks terrible. What really is bad about this is that the turtle has been living in a park system visitor's center all this time. I'm volunteering my time and cash to get this guy looked after.
DH and I just built a new habitat for it, so it has more room, doesn't have to live in a glass aquarium any more, and has peat and leaves to dig around in, as well as a flat piece of shale to help with the claws in the future, and a bigger, deeper water dish that it can climb in and out of easily.
Needless to say that I gave the park 'naturalist' an earful! Apparently he's been telling people for years that the turtle had enough room and was just fine eating dog food. I'll try to get some before and after photos.
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RE: Hatchling Enclosure size - StephF, Tue Jul 22 17:18:26 2008