Resident Turtle at work

[pagan queen]

Originally Posted by Levi

Yes I can't blame him for wanting to bite me either, he was lovely animal with a very flared shell and a orange plastron, definitely a slider but not a red eared. Luckily we had a separate shower.

I should say so, you wouldn't want to dangle anything that tempting in front of him.

How did it come to be in your bath, was he passing and fancied a dip? I have visions of a turtle in a shower cap, surrounded by bubbles and a plastic duck bobbing around and his toe stuck up the tap.

[TillyTortoise]

Its becoming common now to see turtles in our waterways. So many are being dumped and they seem to do well in our climate. Nice pictures Bev

Originally Posted by Levi

Yes I can't blame him for wanting to bite me either, he was lovely animal with a very flared shell and a orange plastron, definitely a slider but not a red eared. Luckily we had a separate shower.

Could have it been a Painted turtle?

[Catwoman63]

Thankyou, ill try and get more pictures if he comesclose enough, we have massive fish in the pound as well x

[Levi]

Originally Posted by pagan queen

I should say so, you wouldn't want to dangle anything that tempting in front of him.

How did it come to be in your bath, was he passing and fancied a dip? I have visions of a turtle in a shower cap, surrounded by bubbles and a plastic duck bobbing around and his toe stuck up the tap.

A local chap caught him while he was out fishing and he somehow knew we had a tortoise so he came round and asked my mother if we wanted "Tonto". That was what he had called him, he must of been a Lone Ranger Fan. I got home a few hours later to find a note and a pissed off turtle in the bath. Sorry no rubber duck, but I think he preferred real ducks anyway. Tonto did a very good impersonation of snapper if you got within range of his incredibly sharp beak.

I had a Chinese Water Dragon for 17 years and she loved a swim in our bath too, Lily had her own pool in her habitat but it wasn't big enough for a proper all out legs back swim.

[Levi]

Originally Posted by TillyTortoise

Could have it been a Painted turtle?

Yes could well have been a female painted. My turtle sexing and ID'ing at that time was pretty bad and it still is. Anyway I found Tonto a nice home just down the road from us where he could continue to enjoy the west country sun.

[egyptiandan64]

Sliders are from the US Soph.

Danny

[Alan1]

Originally Posted by Catwoman63

i mean "stroke its head"......goodness my spelling!

I'm glad you cleared that up, my mind was boggling a bit there

[Catwoman63]

Yes i dont want people to think i want to stoke the turtle with a hot iron or something ha ha ha x

[egyptiandan64]

You never know it could have been Gamera and he needed some coal stoking to keep the fires burning.

Danny

[Catwoman63]

whats Gamera mean Dan lol?