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VersteckterGeist

i have a really crazy story to tell.. with a great ending!

my sis and i were coming home from our morning college classes, and i was driving. well i decided to take a different route then what i usually take (boy i'm glad i did!). anyway, i spotted something crawling around on the highway. i pulled my car over once i noticed.. and told my sis to go get it. this white car came charging down the highway afterwards.. stopped behind me. noticed my sister was chasing something in a sugar cane field.. and left.. hahaha!

you know what my sister and i found?

our newest turtle, kane! he's a beautiful big res! Very Happy

we're going to keep him as a pet. normally we'd return him into the wild, but for some reason, the back of his shell has a deformity, like he was ran over by a car or something. that.. and we found him on a highway Sad

not such a great place for turtles.

well i'm off. my sis is scrubbing the algae off with a toothbrush, and i'm going find a huge tupperware tub until we can get him a tank for his needs Smile

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Bandgeek2709 · Level 3 Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 146 Location: Georgia

Way cool!
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Kiwi and Luckey, the angels
Sloane and Tina, the devils

RES · Level 1 Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Texas

I'm not going to try & pronounce your name, but cool story! Highways are definately not a good place for turtles. Good thing you & your sis came along to save him. He'll love you both forever!

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:45 am Post subject:

Very nice story, how big is he?, he looks very big and handsome Very Happy

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dixieee · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:36 am Post subject:

this is so cool..hehe i can tell ur feelings now, like a couple of months ago everything was going normal and suddenly u have 4 turtles! congrats on ur new guy, he looks handsome Very Happy

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

VersteckterGeist · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject:

VersteckterGeist · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

thank you all for the lovely compliments on him. lets see..

his shell is 7 inches, i don't know about his body. he can't stay still long enough lol. he loves to climb.. my sis and i took him outside today and we put him in our mom's rock garden while we went swimming.. he found this angel statue and started climbing on it.. then started climbing the fence! he's really smart too! he was looking for the smallest part of the fence so he could climb over it.. really tenacious guy

and yes dixiee.. you're right lol. my attitude towards turtles changed differently... one day i was walking around.. nothing happened.. and now i have four turtles.. but i'm very happy with them Smile

and to think, if i wouldn't have found dax in the swimming pool one day.. i would have never met any of you! Sad

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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject:

I am glad you found dax Laughing

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