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Say Hi to Turtle!

A blog post about my pet turtle!

(This is turtle lounging)

So I just thought I’d introduce my pet turtle.  He’s a turtle (obviously).  His name is Squirt.  He’s a spry 8 years old.  He was gifted to me sophomore year of college about… 8 years ago.  I got him right about after he was born… or hatched?  Or… whatever it is turtles do. When I got him he was actually this tiny little dude…

(Look at him!!!  He’s sooo little there!)

OK so basically I was told, “he won’t get any bigger than he is now” by the girl who gave him to me.  That’s because the person she got him from told her “it was fully grown”.   Well, ok so that person was slightly misinformed. He grew from about the size of a quarter to well… I think he’s maybe 6 inches or so?

So there you have it!  That’s the story of the turtle.  He’s been hanging out in my room now for 8 years.  I’ve moved him various times especially during college when I would take him back and forth to school and such.

What more?  Oh ok well how about I’ll take you through the typical turtle day!

Sunrise:

Pound on glass and make lots of noise so as to wake up Kenny and get fed.

Most of day:

Bask out of the water on the rock every now and then get spooked by some noise and jump back in the water.  Climb back out of water on to the rock.

Sun set:

Hop back in water and pound on glass till Kenny comes home and feeds turtle.  (He really does bang on the glass!!!  I swear, it’s like he’s swimming but like hitting the glass with his front paws?  Or flippers?  Or whatever those things are.)

Through out the night:

Sleep… wake up every now and then and make splish splashy noises.

Oh every now and then he yawns.  I didn’t know turtles could yawn… but he does!  Then I yawn… because yawning is contagious and all.

Well there you have it!  Now you know about my pet turtle.  We also have 4 cats but this blog is about my turtle so maybe that will be a topic for another blog.