Box turtle in pond

[Bill Bunn]

This morning I was astonished to see a large box turtle in my pond. It was
floating OK, a good bit of shell above the water and it was moving
(swimming?) around the edge of the pond. We have had a long dry spell here
in Md. and a couple of days ago, this same turtle was in a tomato plant and
ate a tomato from my hand. It must have really needed water.
The thing that surprised me was, as a kid I remember putting a box turtle in
the creek and it sank to the bottom and walked along the bottom out of the
water.
So this one must be a light turtle?

[Reel Mckoi]

"Bill Bunn" > wrote in message
...
> This morning I was astonished to see a large box turtle in my pond. It was
> floating OK, a good bit of shell above the water and it was moving
> (swimming?) around the edge of the pond.

## Before netting our ponds we would occasionally find them in ours as well.
They'd soak for a day or two then climb out on a limestone rock ramp and
leave on their own.

We have had a long dry spell here
> in Md. and a couple of days ago, this same turtle was in a tomato plant
> and
> ate a tomato from my hand. It must have really needed water.

## That's what it sounds like. Poor little guy....

> The thing that surprised me was, as a kid I remember putting a box turtle
> in
> the creek and it sank to the bottom and walked along the bottom out of the
> water.
> So this one must be a light turtle?
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In >, on 09/24/05
at 05:32 PM, "Bill Bunn" > said:

>This morning I was astonished to see a large box turtle in my pond. It
>was floating OK, a good bit of shell above the water and it was moving
>(swimming?) around the edge of the pond. We have had a long dry spell

Does it have a way out of your pond when it's ready to leave?



Alan

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[Bill Bunn]

> Does it have a way out of your pond when it's ready to leave?
>
No, I had 2 small red ear sliders in the pond and didn't want them to climb
out. However, the sliders disappeared after a close lightnin strike, so I
had better build a ramp. Also, years ago a baby rabbit fell and drowned,
more reason for a ramp.

[San Diego Joe]

"Bill Bunn" wrote:

>> Does it have a way out of your pond when it's ready to leave?
>>
> No, I had 2 small red ear sliders in the pond and didn't want them to climb
> out. However, the sliders disappeared after a close lightnin strike, so I
> had better build a ramp. Also, years ago a baby rabbit fell and drowned,
> more reason for a ramp.
>
>
Just an FYI, but sliders need to be able to get out of the water to sun
themselves.

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo.