I'd love to see your wildlife photos once you get them.
I really do enjoy looking at people's animal photos too, it's nice to see that so many other people here do as well.
I am not originally from here although I have lived here for many years. I find the desert wildlife to be awesome so I started taking pictures because I thought other people might find them awesome too.
Thanks for the nice comments about my box turtles. Jane- Janie.... I called her Jane in the beginning then when we brought home a rat named Jayne I started calling her Janie because I kept mixing them up when I spoke to DH. I'd say something about Jane he'd say which one?
I didn't get into rehab on purpose it just sort of happened with Shell E being the first. She was found on our driveway inside our fence, bleeding. When something like that happens I take it as a sign that I am supposed to help this one. Literally on my driveway sitting next to the driver's door of the car... what could I do other than help her?
I love having a vet who will help me on these rehabs by charging me only for meds & supplies. I don't work for a vet but I am a vet-tech so my vet just sets me up with what I need & leaves the nursing to me. With Chip for instance, she did the repair work but only charged me for medications & the supplies she used, she didn't charge me for her time. She does charge me for time when it comes to my pets & it's the time that racks up the bills. I don't mind paying for medications for wild animals that would die otherwise.
About Janie, she is the one that I also thought is totally T.o.ornata. We found her on a busy highway when we almost ran her over last May. By the time we got turned around & back to her 6 more cars & trucks almost ran her over. It was near dusk, I've found more smashed turtles than I care to remember on that road so I just stuck her in the truck with us & thought I'll release her later. She came so close to meeting with calamity, that's how she got the name Jane.
The next day we had to leave town for a funeral so I left her in the yard & she was still here when we got back 4 days later. She could have gotten out under the gate, it was a brand new gate then, it wasn't secured for box turtles yet so I was really surprised to find her still here.
That's when I finally had the time to really take a good look at her. She was so clean, so friendly, she would chase me for food. That's when I thought she must have been someone's pet. She would even climb on me & sit in my lap. How weird is that?
Hobo the wild boy & other wild ones I've picked up before never behave like she did. Wild ones don't want me near them period & here she was chasing me around.
With Hobo I still have to get him to see me with food, then I have to set it down & get out of the way or he won't eat. Janie walks right up to me & demands to be fed.
So based on all that I do wonder if she is even from this region. I have met people who pick up every box turtle they see & keep them in their backyards, I know people who have picked them up off highways in New Mexico & brought them here.. so could she be one that came from NM? Maybe.
What was she doing on the road? My theories are she either escaped her home or someone dumped her near where we found her.
She didn't need rehabbing, she just moved in.
I thought if she didn't leave when she had every opportunity to do so, then she can stay.
I think she is very beautiful.
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) baby, and suddenly I'm an amateur photographer. You can only take so many pictures of a sleeping infant, so I decided to snap a few of my captive produced babies. I'm very proud of my babies, even if they're not the prettiest in the world. I value captive breeding very highly. Here is one of my Florida babies...if this works.
