I have two theories as far as where one of the turtles went. He has been renamed “Mint Jelly” since he is now “On the lamb!” har har har …(erm, sorry bad joke). I feel really bad about it; he has been gone for two days now. When I have spare moments I will sit in the backyard silently so that I can listen for little turtle scratches. Linus hasn’t been any help. I’m sure he will let me know if he sees the turtle but so far no luck.
Theory 1 (most likely what happened)
I went back to fully clean out the turtles tank after only partially doing so early this week, see previous Red Cabbage…post. I put all the turtles in a laundry basket and set them outside so they could get some sun & fresh air. When I wasn’t watching I think Mint Jelly managed to climb out of the basket, which was many times his height. I wouldn’t have believed it except that I watched another one get about 1/3 of the way up. He climbed it like a ladder! TURTLES CLIMB LADDERS? I just may start a turtle circus! So now he’s somewhere in the backyard. Most likely under the deck. I’m sure he will be fine out there as long as he can avoid the occasional neighborhood cat or skunk that comes along. If he finds the pond he will be better than fine because the goldfish are huge & he really likes eating goldfish. Sigh….stupid turtle…no one is going to feed him daily pellets & weekly fish out there.
Theory 2 (unlikely but who knows)Earlier this week when I partially cleaned out there tank I filled it up a bit higher than normal. I was tired & ready to puke from the smell. I didn’t feel like draining it again. It is possible that he climbed up onto their floating rock then on top of another turtle then climbed out and is now somewhere in the house. When I was in college I only had two turtles. One of them did this then jumped off a 5 foot dresser and managed to elude my roommate & I for two days. They are faster & smarted than you might expect.
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