Pet Turtle

Our Pet Turtle

I came across these shots from when we had the turtle and had to post them.  I didn't want to forget our days spent with our second pet.

We went on a walk, "to the rock wall", as the kids call it, it is to the playground over by Lemontree and Bee Creek.  As we were walking on the trail this turtle crossed our path.  It was to cool, I thought I would bring it home with us.  So he rode home in the basket of our stroller, attempting to escape a few times.

Selah loved him right away although it took Radley a few days to warm up to him.  He was so scared of him at first.  We decided to name him Big Red since he was so freakishly red inside (later I learned that turtles carry lots of diseases so that could have been why, I don't know).  We made a little home for him in our old fashion bucket/tub and fed him blueberries mostly.  Everyday we would take him out an let him walk around the deck.  Selah even gave him rides in the basket on her tricycle.  Radley got use to him and would even try and touch his shell and could say turtle.  We had the best time with this little guy.  Right before we went to Grammy's for Easter we took him home to be with his family.