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Any suggestions please write to me!
I left at noon today and got home at about 4 and cannot find my desert tortoise Lickity Split. There are signs that she may have pushed her way under a hard metal screen that we have temporarily installed where the fence broke. I can't tell for certain--the area doesn't look as disturbed as i think it should for that kind of forcing her way through. But it does possibly--just can't be sure.
Regardless of that detail...
I searched the horse trail that this fence backs out on to, and encountered many areas/other people backyards where she can go under their fence. It was getting dark and i am ASSUMING at that hour (eventually about 5:30 when i stopped looking) she is asleep somewhere.
My plan of action is to start early tomorrow. I have made fliers and will cover the whole block, firstly those houses the trail backs up to. I have asked people to please search their yards for me. I have offered a reward.
If this has happened to anybody else and you have search advise please help!! I will be hoping and praying all night that she is just hiding in a new place in our yard. Our yard is on the larger side and there are a lot of places to hide. But we looked so hard, over and over....
Please send your positive thoughts my way. She was my mom's tortoise and I inherited her. I have been trying so hard. One of my kitties passed away a couple of weeks ago. Another heartbreak, i can't take it.
Charlotte
I left at noon today and got home at about 4 and cannot find my desert tortoise Lickity Split. There are signs that she may have pushed her way under a hard metal screen that we have temporarily installed where the fence broke. I can't tell for certain--the area doesn't look as disturbed as i think it should for that kind of forcing her way through. But it does possibly--just can't be sure.
Regardless of that detail...
I searched the horse trail that this fence backs out on to, and encountered many areas/other people backyards where she can go under their fence. It was getting dark and i am ASSUMING at that hour (eventually about 5:30 when i stopped looking) she is asleep somewhere.
My plan of action is to start early tomorrow. I have made fliers and will cover the whole block, firstly those houses the trail backs up to. I have asked people to please search their yards for me. I have offered a reward.
If this has happened to anybody else and you have search advise please help!! I will be hoping and praying all night that she is just hiding in a new place in our yard. Our yard is on the larger side and there are a lot of places to hide. But we looked so hard, over and over....
Please send your positive thoughts my way. She was my mom's tortoise and I inherited her. I have been trying so hard. One of my kitties passed away a couple of weeks ago. Another heartbreak, i can't take it.
Charlotte