Shellar

Just a week or so after our turtle-finding adventure at the local park (which resulted in very sad boys), the kids were elated when Andrew discovered another box turtle in a friend's yard and we suddenly had a pet.

 

One of the highlights of having a turtle was feeding him worms.

 

 

Alas, he escaped. 

He was recaptured but escaped again.

The kids mourned and blamed Matthew.

 

 

Joy of joys: he was found again yesterday.  Unfortunately, it seems his ear had a large abscess.  I have done a lot of crazy things in my time - just ask my husband - but performing surgery on a turtle may be the craziest yet.   He was doctored and released to the wild (and if he is smart, he will move as fast as his little turtle legs can so that he is not captured again).