Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 9:34 am Re: What was your turtle doing when you saw him/her for the
This thread is from a long time ago! But I just joined. I first saw Pan in a tiny plastic container in Chinatown, as many sad turtle stories start. Out of all the other turtles being kept there, he was the only one being active (expressing anything besides lethargy and depression.) He was scrambling against the corner of the wall, persistently trying to climb out, and flopping down in his typical clumsy manner I have now come to love. My friend talked me into getting him that day, though I was not planning to at all. Of course I felt horribly guilty almost as soon as I bought him, and after unsuccesfully looking for a new home, resolved to fully commit, buy a nice setup and pamper him. It's 8 months later and Pan is healthy, happy, and extremely social. Everyday he wakes up and stretches out his legs under the basking lamp, which I think is his type of yoga or meditation. He happily flops down in the water when I enter the room, and does a little paddling dance until I pay attention to him.
Art student living in Chicago with my 2 inch, 1 oz. red eared slider Pan, named after the Greek god of the wild. Pan loves basking, doing yoga, watching videos of fish, and nibbling on my finger.