summer

[mark1]

summer finally arrived , summer to me is when the nights no longer get into the low 40's and 30's ....... record breaking warm winter , and a really cold spring ........ warm winter was easy on the turtles unless they didn't get deep enough, moved, and got stuck in a less than adequate spot when the temps crashed , which i'm guessing happened to this one..... her eyes were pretty badly freeze damaged , was pretty worrisome to see..... she finally opened them last week , the left eye looks good , the right eye is looking a lot better .... she can see now and she started eating, was a long time for this little turtle not to eat , that added to the worry .......

found these 2 guys wandering around late last november before a temp crash , i brought them in for the winter and put them back out yesterday

put these guys out this morning

warm winter was a breeze for these guys

 

[Carol S]

They are so beautiful.

 

[TammyJ]

Just love them all to bits, and love how you care for them! Wonderful.

 

[jeff kushner]

What a fantastic walk in the yard that you get to take!

Very cool!

 

[Markw84]

I love Blandings!!

 

[mark1]

What a fantastic walk in the yard that you get to take!

Very cool!

never thought about it in that way , but that is exactly the reason ..........

 

[mark1]

I love Blandings!!

Mark do you have a pond,your fish and aquatic turtles at your new place ?

 

[Markw84]

Mark do you have a pond,your fish and aquatic turtles at your new place ?

I set up 2 8 ft round stock tanks for temporary ponds and downsized some species. Kept all the spotted I could find set up in one. Some painted, map, musk and cooters in other. Digging a much larger pond now.

 

[mark1]

I set up 2 8 ft round stock tanks for temporary ponds and downsized some species. Kept all the spotted I could find set up in one. Some painted, map, musk and cooters in other. Digging a much larger pond now.

looking forward to seeing pics of what you do , no doubt it'll be something more perfect than the last ......

 

[mark1]

some box turtles

the girl on the right had her eyes freeze last winter, didn't look good, i thought she'd die or end up blind , their resilience is pretty amazing .

 

[SinLA]

beautiful!!

 

[mark1]

i think eastern box turtles can be some of the most colorful turtles that exist, it's just there local and get taken for granted....

not the most colorful , but he's been here longer than anyone except for the r.p.manni, he is for sure my favorite

wood turtles are not as colorful but pretty in their own way