A while ago my neighbor across the street showed me one of her hatchling RES. She told me to come over any time and look at their pond. She said she used to have a desert tortoise but it went missing. My brother recalled seeing a desert tortoise eaten by a dog, so you can probably put two and two together for that poor baby.
Anyway. A few weeks ago I found two half-starved kittens. You could feel each individual vertebrae in their backs. Being the soft hearted person I am I brought them in. This same neighbor then asked if I knew what happened to her kittens. They were skin and bones playing in the street of course I'm not giving them back to get hit by a car. They have a dog and they feed him outside of the fence and he's covered in mats.... Well, had. I haven't seen him in forever.
Her adult female RES wasn't so lucky. I found her in the street this morning. Her carapace was completely split open. Blood, viscera... The poor baby... It looks like she was smashed under someone's tire, and based on where she was someone swerved to hit her.
I went to go tell her when I got home just now and her drunken husband called me a bunch of obscenities and told me to get off his property. She's going to be so heart broken when she can't find her turtle, but she obviously isn't taking care of her animals. UGH. That turtle was so beautiful and in great condition. She could have easily lived for many more years if they'd just take proper care of her.
The next time I see her I'm going to tell her what happened to the RES, but I'm never going to give those kittens back. If I saw one of them in the street I'd likely lose it.
Anyway. A few weeks ago I found two half-starved kittens. You could feel each individual vertebrae in their backs. Being the soft hearted person I am I brought them in. This same neighbor then asked if I knew what happened to her kittens. They were skin and bones playing in the street of course I'm not giving them back to get hit by a car. They have a dog and they feed him outside of the fence and he's covered in mats.... Well, had. I haven't seen him in forever.
Her adult female RES wasn't so lucky. I found her in the street this morning. Her carapace was completely split open. Blood, viscera... The poor baby... It looks like she was smashed under someone's tire, and based on where she was someone swerved to hit her.
I went to go tell her when I got home just now and her drunken husband called me a bunch of obscenities and told me to get off his property. She's going to be so heart broken when she can't find her turtle, but she obviously isn't taking care of her animals. UGH. That turtle was so beautiful and in great condition. She could have easily lived for many more years if they'd just take proper care of her.
The next time I see her I'm going to tell her what happened to the RES, but I'm never going to give those kittens back. If I saw one of them in the street I'd likely lose it.