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...of the turtles here are up now, and given the reclusive nature of the holdout, she's probably up too but lurking where I can't see her.

Cooked up the first batch of chicken for the season, too.

I guess I'm about as ready as I'll ever be.

>>I guess I'm about as ready as I'll ever be.

I am ready, too, but the weather has suddenly turned cool and rainy! Now it'll take a few days of warm weather for them to crawl out from under the leaf mulch.

I hope everyone has had a successful winter's hibernation this past year. Tess

Mine are about the same...out but lingering not far from their hideaways. We have had some cool weather too. The only thing they've done is chomp off the top of my hostas that were just coming up. Most of them still have that sleepy head look while they bask in the sun. Hopefully about another week or so and it should warm up really good.

Been working on a turtle enclosure at my folks place. They like mine so I'm working on one for them and going to have to give them a turtle to boot.....glad to do it for them though.
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Mine are all up in the South. We had a very cold Winter, relatively speaking of course. Everything seems to be in good order.

The Winter was very wet, but the Spring has been dry. I have noticed a lot more aquatic activity with the box turtles. A female Florida and a female gulf coast box turtle were both observed underwater, chowing down on the furry algae that grows on the surfaces of the pond liner. I have never observed that before. It's strange that I would see it twice in the same season!

Hmmm eating hair algae? interesting.
Mine are out only if its sunny in the morning and they have ate there usual april fare a couple nightcrawlers and superworms, even though I have offered mixed food balls, it usually takes some warm weather to get them aggressively feeding on the food balls, I have a theory that the nightcrawlers aside from being a natural first "spring rain" available meal, my theory is that maybe the nightcrawlers also serve to re-charge or re-inoculate the gut fauna and kick-start their digestive tracks too? just a wild theory
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com