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"the other box turtle"

melgrj7 Jun 17, 2006 02:10 PM

Since I have moved into an apartment Mikey cannot live outdoors in the summer like he normally does. He is not very happy about this, so he gets a few hours a day to walk around the apartment. I also take him outside when its nice out.

The other day while he was walking around he finally ventured into the bedroom. Well, now I know what would happen if Mikey ever saw another male boxie. We have a big tall mirror that sits on the floor. When Mikey saw it he went nuts. He charged the mirror trying to bite "the other turtle". When he realized he wasn't getting it he walked around the mirror . . . and of course there was not turtle there. So he came back to the front and went at it again. I've never seen him act so aggressive before. Now I put something over the mirror while he is out.

Just thought I would share

Replies (4)

sd2fast4u Jun 17, 2006 11:51 PM

That is very cute! We have three dogs and they are scared of the "other dogs" in the mirror. But they are poms, so there ya go.

steffke Jun 19, 2006 09:59 AM

That is so funny! I have a cat who was dropped in front of a mirror that we were moving. He puffed out and jumped 6 feet backwards as soon as he landed in front of his reflection. He never did like the mirror.

PHRatz Jun 21, 2006 08:51 AM

Oh that's funny. I don't have any full length mirrors so it never occurred to me to let one of them see themselves in a mirror. I wonder what they'd think?
lol
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PHRatz

melgrj7 Jun 22, 2006 12:55 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if Shell E acted the same way Mikey did, lol

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