Duck's Birthday Present! 8-2-08

There is actually a really long story behind this one, and a bit hard to explain...and i couldn't post it through the week as I went through it so I'll have to breifly try to hit the basics:

• Friends Offered pet turtle found months ago in a yard
• They thought it was an Asian box turtle
• I discover he isn't
• I try to figure out what he is so to give the best care
• I spend hours on line trying to figure out what kind he is
• Finally find a picture that maybe is it
• Hear about endangered sepcies in Oregon
• Look them up
• Pretty convinced that he was never a pet turtle to begin with, but a wild turtle who is endangered and needs to be returned to his home
• In the mean time we have a pet turtle!

I hope that slightly describes the process...but also through it hiding this guy in the basement for a week and trying to keep it totally a secret from Duck was torture! Poor little thing, I just want him to be comfortable, but without a species how can I know what he needs!? Working on it.

He hates being in his tank!

Oh, look at that innocent face! Actually he looks like a snake face here!