We've had several threads lately about "Lost" tortoises. I thought it would be refreshing to read about a "Found" animal.
This is my back yard, looking from in front of my back door:
And over to the right is the gate I would go out to get to my box turtle yard:
Then through the gate and past the garden shed:
But, going back into the back yard, the chain link you see directly in front of me in the first picture is where my Radiata lived before they went to live with William. Then, through to gate:
This a.m., as I stepped through this gate into the yard to water the plants in the greenhouse, I looked down and found this:
He must be about three years old, judging from the size. The Radiata yard is totally turtle proof, so I have NO idea how he got in there. . . let alone how he got out of the box turtle yard and into either the back yard or the Radiata yard. Believe me, the fence is secure, no gaps, no spaces under it. Or how he managed to live from hatch to current size with no special human attention.
This is my back yard, looking from in front of my back door:
And over to the right is the gate I would go out to get to my box turtle yard:
Then through the gate and past the garden shed:
But, going back into the back yard, the chain link you see directly in front of me in the first picture is where my Radiata lived before they went to live with William. Then, through to gate:
This a.m., as I stepped through this gate into the yard to water the plants in the greenhouse, I looked down and found this:
He must be about three years old, judging from the size. The Radiata yard is totally turtle proof, so I have NO idea how he got in there. . . let alone how he got out of the box turtle yard and into either the back yard or the Radiata yard. Believe me, the fence is secure, no gaps, no spaces under it. Or how he managed to live from hatch to current size with no special human attention.
