Moxie's new screen porch *Updated - Moxie's reaction
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:50 pmMiss Moxie had a bit of an adventure on Christmas day. I had to be at my parents' house for two and a half days, so I asked Michael to stop over and check the turtles on his way home. He called me and asked, "Where's Moxie?" I was like, "What do you mean where's Moxie?" She was not in her tank. So I'm on the phone while Michael's searching for her, and finally finds her asleep in the kitchen, all sucked into her shell and covered in dust.
She appears to be fine...eating fine, swimming fine, basking, no apparent injuries or bleeding, nothing showing in the seams of her plastron, no breathing issues. Rather amazing.
She has had an above tank basking area, which was escape proof as long as the water level was low enough. Unfortunately, I had decided to raise the water level and cover the other half of the tank with plexiglass. We figure she must have either jumped from her basking area to the top of the plexi, or, more likely, hooked a claw on the lip of the tank and pushed the plexi out of the way.
Anyway, it was apparent that her tank needed to be enclosed. So I give you....Turtle Screen Porch! It's rough looking, but should do the trick.
Moxie says, "You cannot contain me!"
She appears to be fine...eating fine, swimming fine, basking, no apparent injuries or bleeding, nothing showing in the seams of her plastron, no breathing issues. Rather amazing.
She has had an above tank basking area, which was escape proof as long as the water level was low enough. Unfortunately, I had decided to raise the water level and cover the other half of the tank with plexiglass. We figure she must have either jumped from her basking area to the top of the plexi, or, more likely, hooked a claw on the lip of the tank and pushed the plexi out of the way.
Anyway, it was apparent that her tank needed to be enclosed. So I give you....Turtle Screen Porch! It's rough looking, but should do the trick.
Moxie says, "You cannot contain me!"
