One of the biggest things to get used to after being rescued is the nonstop attention. Your rescue mama really wants you to feel at home, safe, cared for….so much so that she checks on you one or a hundred times a day (hour). It is great to know you are loved, wanted, adored. ButContinueContinue reading “Day 345: Box Turtle Nap Time”
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Day 342: Box Turtle Brunch
Being rescued can take some getting used to. After being so long on your own, never sure what a day may bring, just you against the world, suddenly you are part of a flock. They do things quite differently than anything you have ever experienced before. For instance, whereas before the only way you everContinueContinue reading “Day 342: Box Turtle Brunch”
Day 339: Box Turtle Blends In
There are lots of evolutionary advantages to being colorful. For example, having different colors on different body parts helps you artfully camouflage yourself in different environments. Of course, there is also an art to showing the right part with the right color combination in the right place. Let’s say you are in a grassland area.ContinueContinue reading “Day 339: Box Turtle Blends In”
Day 336: Box Turtle Gets a Lift
Being a box turtle means you can carry your home with you wherever you decide to go. But it isn’t just any home you are carrying. Your home is extra-secure. Once you decide to head indoors, you can use your super-strong shell muscles to close up tight on both sides – so tight that predatorsContinueContinue reading “Day 336: Box Turtle Gets a Lift”
Day 333: Box Turtle Hibernation Habits
In a box turtle’s world, there are no advantages that come from being born little and cute. It is basically the difference between being appetizer-sized and entree-sized. Otherwise, your responsibilities remain the same right from day one. Foraging? Your job. Finding a mate? Your job. Evading predators? Your job. Hibernating? Yup, you guessed it….your job.ContinueContinue reading “Day 333: Box Turtle Hibernation Habits”
Day 330: Box Turtle Social Skills
Being a hibernating species is a big commitment. From preparing to hibernate, to actually hibernating, to coming out of hibernation again, you can count on spending a good chunk out of every year just on this one project. That doesn’t leave a lot of time left for socializing. In fact, snooze for a lengthy enoughContinueContinue reading “Day 330: Box Turtle Social Skills”
Day 327: The Box Turtle and the Broom
Living life in an interspecies flock really wakes you up to all the variety in the beings of this world. Some are quite short – like you – and have a shell, but they still look very different. Some are quite short, but are very long and covered in fur. Some are small and soContinueContinue reading “Day 327: The Box Turtle and the Broom”
Day 321: Big Box Turtle Stretch
Coming out of hibernation – even if just for a day – is guaranteed to make you notice your (adorably cute) box turtle legs, tail and head at a whole new level. After all, you haven’t see one another in awhile. As you are catching up again, you may also find yourself fielding a complaintContinueContinue reading “Day 321: Big Box Turtle Stretch”
Day 312: The Hibernating Box Turtle & the MommyGuard
If there is anything even less pleasant than being suddenly awakened out of the most restful long winter sleep, it is being awakened and then PICKED UP and checked out all over. Thanks, Mom. She says they are vital, critical, un-skippable “hibernating box turtle safety checks.” And that it is her job as the officialContinueContinue reading “Day 312: The Hibernating Box Turtle & the MommyGuard”
Day 309: Box Turtle Hibernation Safety Checks
Before choosing to hire a large shell-less assistant, it is worth noting they can be somewhat….anxious. Just try going into hibernation and see what happens next. So there you are, resting deeply, enjoying the heck out of some long-overdue “me-time,” binging on restorative zzzzzz’s, when all of a sudden…..
Love & Feathers & Shells 