My sister, Maggie, is having trouble getting on the Forum (I'm sure it's her laptop), so she asked me to post this for her:
I have answered a lot of questions on TFO, some 700+ I'm sure. I always say it's MY experience and MY opinion. I'm pretty firm in how I feel about things...but I sure was wrong on this one. I have 2 older cats who couldn't give a darn about the chelonia in the house. So I have always said that cats don't bother turtles. Boy, was I wrong!
Yesterday morning I went to gather my 3 new turtles, 2 Eastern hatchlings and a 3-toed yearling. The one hatchling is missing his bottom jaw, but that's another thread.....and I couldn't find the yearling.I dug thru that dirt with a sinking feeling in my stomach. Nope, the one hatchling was there, the yearling was gone. Impossible for him to have escaped....
Back track...also over Christmas I inherited a 3 month old female terror kitty named "Willow", (of all things). In my house her name has changed from Willow, to Mischief, and now to Trouble. I have had cats all my life and I have NEVER had one as ornery, nosy, bad, inquisitive and playful as this one. She's so bad, she has to be crated if I leave the house and at night.
So I'm looking for this baby turtle, starting to freak out and I'm NOT paying attention to the hellcat behind me playing with a stuffed mouse....except that it wasn't a stuffed mouse, it was a yearling 3-toed box turtle! He's fine, no wounds, but what an eye opener for me...
-- So, mainly this is an open heartfelt apology to any noobie I told their cat wouldn't hurt their new baby turtle. I am sorry.
Every situation is different, but some beasts you just can't trust.
I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.......and thanks to my sis for posting this, my computer still won't do some stuff....
Maggie and Bob the tortoise
I have answered a lot of questions on TFO, some 700+ I'm sure. I always say it's MY experience and MY opinion. I'm pretty firm in how I feel about things...but I sure was wrong on this one. I have 2 older cats who couldn't give a darn about the chelonia in the house. So I have always said that cats don't bother turtles. Boy, was I wrong!
Yesterday morning I went to gather my 3 new turtles, 2 Eastern hatchlings and a 3-toed yearling. The one hatchling is missing his bottom jaw, but that's another thread.....and I couldn't find the yearling.I dug thru that dirt with a sinking feeling in my stomach. Nope, the one hatchling was there, the yearling was gone. Impossible for him to have escaped....
Back track...also over Christmas I inherited a 3 month old female terror kitty named "Willow", (of all things). In my house her name has changed from Willow, to Mischief, and now to Trouble. I have had cats all my life and I have NEVER had one as ornery, nosy, bad, inquisitive and playful as this one. She's so bad, she has to be crated if I leave the house and at night.
So I'm looking for this baby turtle, starting to freak out and I'm NOT paying attention to the hellcat behind me playing with a stuffed mouse....except that it wasn't a stuffed mouse, it was a yearling 3-toed box turtle! He's fine, no wounds, but what an eye opener for me...
-- So, mainly this is an open heartfelt apology to any noobie I told their cat wouldn't hurt their new baby turtle. I am sorry.
Every situation is different, but some beasts you just can't trust.
I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.......and thanks to my sis for posting this, my computer still won't do some stuff....
Maggie and Bob the tortoise