My own pet peeve is what had me feeling so torn about Hobo & Janie that girl we found on the highway near the new housing development. I never wanted to be one of those people but knowing that I may never see Hobo again because of a dog just tore me up. If he were killed by a natural predator in the wild I could live with that but a pesky spoiled dog with an owner who didn't care what the dog was doing to him? No I couldn't stand the thought of that.

Janie had the option to leave, 4 days to leave. No other turtle has ever stayed here when it had the option to leave. They can all see through the gates, they all gravitate to them to get out & all before her have done that usually within an hour or less, but she didn't do that. I've watched Janie, she'll come out early in the morning, use the water dish, hunt around for bugs, then go back into the house she's staked out to spend the hot part of the day there. She will walk a long way through the yard but she never goes to the gates even though I know she's seen them. In the evening she'll come out for water again or to sit in the cool breeze. She'll eat what I feed her when I do feed her then it's back to her house. She doesn't appear to want to leave, so then I ask myself should I force her to leave if she doesn't want to? I've felt a lot of mixed feelings about those two but.. I dunno..
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