I like exotic pets…among many fav is turtles …I recently got a two flapped soft shelled turtles add to my 5 red sliders and 2 other indian hard shelled turtles . I wasn’t sure about this two new faces as they seemed really bruised up . Now I had the red sliders from a very young age only when they were about 4 inches along . But these new guys well they came from the wild by a friend who knew I had a liking for turtles . I had them for a few days and then decided that its best set these two back to their natural place . For one thing they weren’t eating , second they seemed like they had rough ride , I don’t know bruises and scratches , they needed to be back in their place unlike my red sliders who have been in tanks and now pretty much used to it .
- pretty grumpy …I mean who wouldn’t be ?
- both had signs of tattered skin
- not just on the face but even on the soft shells
- I had them for a while in a bigger tank outside on the day of the release I had them in this small tank for a few hours
- caution
- now thats a pretty long neck !
- Water drained ready to be free
- I don’t know seemed like they have been through some rough patch
- transferred in a bucket to uncles place where there is a stream and pond
- Uncle holds it for me for some final shots
- now the other side – thank you !
- lets get a warm up boys for you big free swim !
- one is wee bit shy
- I choose this place 1 its a flowing stream ..they will not get stranded 2 its a bit shallow ..should help them find food ( according to my uncle )
- choosing the release spot
- ready ..but unfortunately Uncle could not come down to this point as he was suffering from a very recent leg injury so I had to try to manage the release and the shot …was hard !
- yeah couldn’t get that moment … but they are in there some where – hopefully happy they are free and in their place … pray they are safe 🙂
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