Shirley's Uncle
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Shirley and I joined the forum in mid-April. Our introduction was here: https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/say-hello-to-shirley.181341/ if you want to review our background.
Shirley has not been herself lately. She usually spends her days roaming around the backyard or climbing through her favorite bush. The past several days have been unusual. For several days previous, she'd go out---but would only hang out in the flower bed near the patio. She sleeps in "the cardboard condo" (a box) in the corner of the dining room---and comes to the sliding glass door at bedtime. On Friday she didn't come out of her box until around 3 pm. She ate a tiny bit (maybe), then turned around and went back inside. Yesterday, she emerged from the box around 1 pm, went out and sat in the closest flower bed. She didn't come in, though. Just as it was dark, I found her under her favorite bush and brought her in. Today, although we've heard her moving about now and again, she has not emerged from her box at all.
I don't know what to think. We've had her nearly 40 years---and have no idea how old she was before she came into our lives. I don't know if it's the weather, old age, or perhaps she ate something that disagreed with her, or something else. Do you have any ideas?
Thank you so much.
Shirley has not been herself lately. She usually spends her days roaming around the backyard or climbing through her favorite bush. The past several days have been unusual. For several days previous, she'd go out---but would only hang out in the flower bed near the patio. She sleeps in "the cardboard condo" (a box) in the corner of the dining room---and comes to the sliding glass door at bedtime. On Friday she didn't come out of her box until around 3 pm. She ate a tiny bit (maybe), then turned around and went back inside. Yesterday, she emerged from the box around 1 pm, went out and sat in the closest flower bed. She didn't come in, though. Just as it was dark, I found her under her favorite bush and brought her in. Today, although we've heard her moving about now and again, she has not emerged from her box at all.
I don't know what to think. We've had her nearly 40 years---and have no idea how old she was before she came into our lives. I don't know if it's the weather, old age, or perhaps she ate something that disagreed with her, or something else. Do you have any ideas?
Thank you so much.