Posted by TENA/DIAMOND on 3/4/2009, 9:21 am
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DIAMOND DIARIES #10/ OMG ITS GEORGE!
ONCE UPON A TIME , I HAD THREE SMALL CHILDREN THAT WANTED A TURTLE. WELL WHY ONE, LETS GET THREE. "NINJA TURTLES " WERE IN BIG TIME AT THAT TIME AND I WAS ONE OF THE PARENTS THAT GOT CAUGHT UP WITH THAT ONE HAVING CHILDREN.
LOVING ANIMALS, I THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT THING. WELL, THE FIRST TURTLE NEVER GREW LIKE THE OTHER TWO AND SOON IT HAD DIED. WE WERE ALL UPSET BY HIS PASSING AND WE LET IT BE THE BABY'S TURTLE THAT WAY..THE OTHER STILL HAD THEIRS. WELL THAT WAS FINE , TILL I THOUGH THEY NEEDED THE SUN AND PUT THEM OUTSIDE ONE AFTERNOON AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES. ON MY RETURN, I WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND A DANG RAVEN TAKING OFF WITH A TURTLE!! I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THIS HAPPENED.
WELL WITH ONE LEFT, IT WENT TO THE OLDEST FOR HE HELPED THE MOST AND SO LOVED THE TURTLE. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME, THE KIDS STILL DO BUT I NEVER DO. THAT IS WHEN I HAD TO COME UP WITH A NAME I COULD REMEMBER ...HAVING SO MANY PETS. HENCE I WELCOME YOU TO THE INTRODUCTION OF " GEORGE"!
WELL FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU WANT TO GET A PET FOR YOUR CHILD AND YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY PET TO INTERACT WITH, DON'T GET A TURTLE. NOT ONLY DOES THE TURTLE FOOD CARRY SALMONELLA, BUT YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN HANDLING THE TURTLE AND ALSO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD HAND WASHING TECHNIQUE AFTERWARDS. HENCE NOT A GOOD PET FOR KIDS , UNLESS THEY WILL WATCH THROUGH THE CLASS.
MANY PEOPLE FIND LOOKING AFTER A TURTLE A BURDEN AND SOON THEY ARE TAKEN BACK TO THE PET STORE OR GIVEN TO DIFFERENT PLACES, NOT LOOKED AFTER PROPERLY AT ALL OR WORSE.. FLUSHED. YES.. PEOPLE ARE FLUSHING THEM FOR THEY HAVE NO USE FOR IT. A SAD AFFAIR I FIND.
ANYWAY, I TOLD MY CHILDREN HOW TO CARE FOR THE TURTLE FROM THE START AND WHAT CAN AND CAN NOT BE DONE. MY SON WAS THE BEST AT CARING FOR THEM UNTIL NIKKI CAME ALONG AND TOOK OVER. GEORGE WAS DOWNSTAIRS AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE HIM AND IT DROVE ME CRAZY.
ONE DAY SOME HOW , THE TURTLE GOT LOOSE! HE WAS GONE FOR A WEEK AND WE SEARCHED THE BASEMENT EVERYWHERE AND THERE WAS NO WHERE TO FIND THIS ANIMAL. WE ALL FELT BY NOW THAT WE WOULD FIND HIM AT SOME POINT DEAD. NOT A SIGHT YOU WOULD WANT TO COME UPON.
WHILE I WAS TELLING THIS TO MY SISTER, SHE SAID.." WELL LETS GO DOWN AND I WILL HELP YOU . WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOOSE RIGHT". SO WITH KIDS IN HAND.. WE ALL WENT TO THE BASEMENT TO LOOK FOR THE TURTLE. AS WE BEGAN OUR SEARCH, THERE IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM , CAME CRAWLING OUT THE TURTLE. I DO BELIEVE HE WAS AS HAPPY TO SEE US AS WE HIM. HE WENT INTO THE CONTAINER AGAIN AND WE ALL WENT UPSTAIRS SO VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK!
TURTLES ARE DIFFICULT TO TELL APART FROM MALE TO FEMALE, SO WE JUST CALLED THEM ALL MALES. HE COULD BE A SHE BUT IT IS FIND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER TO MAKE ANY BABIES OR THE ENVIRONMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ALSO ..SO WE ARE HAPPY WITH ONE.
I MUST SAY THAT HAVING JUST ONE TURTLE IS LOTS OF WORK. IT MUST BE FOR ME TO SAY IT .
THE TURTLE STAYED DOWNSTAIRS AND WE LOOKED AFTER IT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. FINALLY IT CAME A POINT THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO TO SEE AND CARE FOR IT LIKE I USE TO SO I YEARNED TO HAVE THE TURTLE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO APPRECIATE IT ALSO.
ALREADY HAVING A HUGE TANK , WE DECIDED TO USE IT FOR THE TURTLE . BY NOW IT'S SHELL HAD GROWN TO THE SIZE OF THE TOP OF A COFFEE CUP . THIS DID NOT INCLUDE THE HEAD AND LIMBS THAT WOULD COME OUT WHEN HE WAS MAKING HIMSELF GET AROUND. HE HAD REALLY GROWN AND I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO LOVE HIS NEW HOME.
IN THE AQUARIUM, HE IS ABLE TO SEE AROUND HIM AND HEAR THE VIBRATIONS THAT ARE AROUND HIM ALSO. HE IS AWARE OF WHEN I AM GOING TO FEED HIM.
I HAD TOLD THE CHILDREN THAT I COULD NEVER REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE TURTLE AND I WAS CHANGING IT TO A NAME I WOULDN'T FORGET. WELL THEY WERE NOT PLEASED WITH ME BUT " GEORGE SUITED HIM BETTER I FELT " AND HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE OF THE NAME CHANGE. HE IS GROWING SO MUCH.
RIGHT NOW , GEORGE IS APPROX. 17 YEARS OLD /2009 AND HIS SHELL ALONE IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A TEA CUP SAUCER. WHEN HE EXTENDS HIS HEAD AND LIMBS, WELL I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW LARGE HE IS. HIS FEET HAVE LARGE SHARP NAILS THAT ARE MADE TO TEAR HIS FOOD APART.
GEORGE HAS NO TEETH. HE IS A GENTLE PET AND IS CALLED A " ORANGE EARED TURTLE". THE LARGER THE TANK THE LARGER THE TURTLE AND OTHER PETS OF MOST KIND WILL GET.
GEORGE IS SPECIAL TO ME AND I DREAD THE THOUGH OF HIM EVER PASSING.
THANK YOU!
TENA/DIAMOND
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
A ROSE FROM MOM AND I !!
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