My wife went on a delivery mission yesterday to release a bunch of turtles who'd finished their rehab regiment.
Unfortunately there were two who didn't have any location information when they were delivered to the rescue. So I'll be spending some time this weekend getting our outdoor enclosure for Nora & Mr. O setup permanent habitation for these two.
For anyone who isn't on FB, Nora is a box turtle who was turned into the rescue a couple years ago due to some injuries she'd previously suffered, probably from a dog attack. She's missing her left eye & has a misaligned jaw. Here jaw isn't able to open fully, plus its misalignment causes her beak to over-grow, requiring periodic trimming. When we adopted her 2 years ago the plan was to have her live in an outdoor enclosure full-time. However, she's been in captivity for several months by that point & had decided she likes being an indoor turtle much better. She quickly became the queen of our home with her personality & crazy antics.
Mr. O is a juvenile sulcata tortoise who was found roaming the streets of Biloxi a couple years ago, but was never claimed. He just came to us late last year, but he quickly made himself at home. Eventually he'll grow too big to live indoors, but we can't leave him alone in the outside enclosure yet because he wants to eat everything white in color - rocks, shells, Spanish Moss, glass...
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