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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:04 am **Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

Well summer is almost here and I went over to the Sunland Water Gardens to pick up some plants for the pond. They have lots of small turtles(many of which were sick, but what can you do.) They also have a pond full of adults. None of which had any signs of recent injury or attack so yay!

Anyway, the guys there are nice and educated. Every summer a local rescue service gives them lots of turtles. There were so many in this pond. Every time I moved to another view, I would see a few more hiding inside the cinder blocks. There was also a HUGE female RES, I don't know why I didn't get any pics of her. There were lots of melanistic males as well. The pics below are of several different turtles.

WARNING. : The last 2 pics are of a RES that is missing its 2 front legs, one of the pics shows the bone. It seemed quite healthy though.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:47 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

Awesome pictures!!!
Also, I'm jealous that your summer is close. Here in Massachusetts, it's cold and rainy and stupid out until like mid May.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:12 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

May is in the upper 90's here.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:15 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

Nice pics. I wonder what's going on with the shell from the RES in the 1st and 2nd pictures.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:18 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

It looks like he's losing more color.

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:29 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

Went back for some Parrots Feather and Water Lettuce today:

Couldn't tell if that was a fungus on her neck.

Very Nice male with some very interesting color, I may adopt him in the coming weeks.

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:31 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

That might also be a bite wound. How big is that one in the last pic? He's definitely melanistic.

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:54 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

8"....There's 2 or 3 like that in there.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:12 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

There are 12 turtles in the tower picture, can you spot them all?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:09 am **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

Took 2 tries, one was real stealthy

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:53 am **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

I'm assuming you mean the one in the bottom left?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:39 am **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:45 pm **Re: Sunland Water Garden Turtles**

Man, get me one of them mal's and mail him to me!!!!!!!!!

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