Tuesday, March 31, 2009

turtle soup




as i have mentioned before (i think) we have a gate in our back fence that opens onto th river walking trail, theres a hill/mound of dirt between th path n back fence (which i assume is for residents privacy) this unimportant piece of information seems irrelevant doesnt it, bear with me..
So mick decided he would dig some steps into th hill to make it easier 2 get up n down. As he was digging he found a group of buried eggs, at first he thought they were snake eggs but then he found hatched turtles under them. Th soil th eggs were packed into was rock hard for starters and im not sure what mummy turtle was thinking when she layed them on th opposite side of th hill to th river. Ants had found their way into th nest n alot of th eggs have holes n seem hollow, he didnt leave them where he found them because of th ants, and besides, th river has no water at th moment so he brought them back home. 4 were hatched already n one was hatching so mick gave it a hand. So now we have 5 baby turtles in a fishtank in th kitchen. Mick fed them bloodworms yesterday n they seem to be eating so hopefully they all will be ok. Th rest of th eggs are in a wooden bowl, im trying to keep them at 28c but unfortunately they feel real light n im not sure they are living. i dont really know what to do. Th one mick helped out of th egg is slower than th rest n doesnt do much but sit on a rock with his eyes shut. I hope he makes it.
Donatello, raphael, leonardo. Oh my god i cant remember th 4th ninja turtle. Tragedy.

4 comments:

ACTing Like A Mama said...

Michaelangelo! The orange one!

Good luck with the turtles, I have been nagging Joe to buy me one and you get five of them - jealous!

ACTing Like A Mama said...

I forgot to say - I read the title and did a big *gulp*, I was so relieved it didn't turn out to be a recipe or anything! lol

secret agent kaos said...

lol i would never ever eat a turtle, thats awful n i cant believe ne1 would :(
4 of them are swimming round fine but one doesnt look so good. Michealangelo! Yes! U r th shit! We were joking that we had th 4 ninja turtles and their quasimodo half brother nobody has heard about, but thats mean..
I hope u get ur turtle, use my 5 as inspiration.. "hey look joe, look how cute they are.." lol
get a small one, like a 50cent piece n u can watch him grow :)

.•:*Kasha'z*:•. said...

Awww they're sooo cute.

Kudos to you for taking them on

I've heard turtles are difficult to care for and like frogs snakes e.t.c must be kept a certain temperature to thrive ??

The dog decided she'd dig up holes under the iron and crap we removed from our block, she dug up a nest of 4 LIVE furred week old baby field mice was going to 'dispose' of them but the kids caught me and insisted we keep them until they're old enough to let go....so here's me with 4 baby field mice here.....must be baby season....odd for winter..LOL

will be updating my blog again soon so keep an eye out :P

xx kasha xx