Trouble maker...

Maggie3fan

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So a few daze ago the sun shined here and Mary Knobbins went out to graze...I sat with her just watching for a while then I came in...when I say the sun came out, it was 45 or 50 degrees with clouds. I'm having medication problems and I didn't feel so hot and I sat on the couch and fell asleep. Almost 3 hours later I woke up, and it was pouring outside. I went out to check on my tortoises and I didn't see Mary K in her pen, oh hell, she wasn't inside the shed either...so I went back out in the pouring rain and scanned the yard for Mary and the tire looked funny and I walked over and darned it she wasn't again trapped in that tire in the pouring rain and I touched her she was very cold that means that she's been stuck in that tire while I've been having a nap... so I have no idea that how long she's been there, I know she's too cold and I know I couldn't get her out. So I tugged and I pulled and I tugged I pulled and of course now that I've disturbed her she's fighting me. I guess she likes to be stuck in the tire and so I went running in the house called on the phone to my guy up the street and he comes running down and just as I heard his feet coming up the stairs on the deck I realized that it was Mary's back feet that was keeping her trapped...her back feet were straight out and they were stuck in the tire. So I started hitting her on her feet and she pulled them into her shell and popped out of the tire but I took her in the house... yeah 40 lbs, that was a thrill and I took her in the house and I soaked her in warm water then took her back out put her in her shed closed it up raised the heat in there and moved on. I would have traded my car for a camera at that moment...lol I'm sorry I don't have a picture but here we go... I got pictures of this one... now I got trouble in River City and it's name is Mary Knobbins to be continued...100_2283.JPG
 

MenagerieGrl

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So you've got to weigh the pros and cons about keeping the tire where she can interact with it. I'm thinking you've got to figure out a less dangerous toy for her.
Or. . . . a Smaller or bigger tire for to play with. . .one that she can't get stuck in....
Since she seems so fond of that tire...
 

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