General Care Discussion :: i found a turtle today

[Jessica313]

i work just north of boston, MA in the suburbs..

well look who i found out in the parking lot of my work today!!



looks like a painted to me..
i was surprized to see him because i didnt know they were native in my area...

and just to let you know.. i played with him for a little while and then took him deep back into the woods (behind the parking lot) so that he wouldnt get hit by any cars...

he was such a cutie... really friendly too!

[Andrew7769]

o yea eastern painted alright and they do live in mass. as well as all along the eastern seaboard and also its breeding time i found one in my driveway the other day

[missibsu]

He's pretty cute! I'm glad you put him back. I had to do that the other day too. We had a box turtle in our driveway. I wanted to keep him, lol.

[Andrew7769]

yep the turtle in my driveway was a female just sitting calm as could be sunning herself she was probly trying to find a nest site but i took her to a big pond near my house and let her go

[Tris]

aww that looks like my Zowe!

[Jessica313]

yea i really did wanna keep him, but i know better than that

he looked like he was doin just fine on his own, really healthy

it made my day when i saw him =)

[TinySlider2]

I love it when I find a turtle out of the blue like that. Thanks for sharing with us. He/she is really pretty.

[marisa]

That's a nice looking Eastern Painted you found. They are indeed native to your area.

[KellyP]

Beautiful turtle. I saw a box turtle by a puddle the other day when I was horseback riding. I don't know what kind he/she was but it was beautiful. It had the brightest orange pattern on its head/shell that I've ever seen. I wish I had gotten a pic but I didn't have a camera with me.

[Jessica313]

yea, i love the fact that my phone is also a camera.

comes in handy in times like that one! =)