**HELP** Injured turtle - Page 3

adamanteus · 04-30-2008, 04:48 PM

I'm sorry, Lori

. I know we (and especially you) would like to save every creature in need. But sometimes it's just beyond us. I think you did the right thing. We need to recognise when our intervention is counter-productive.

The next needy turtle you happen across will probably become a family pet for the next forty years!

Lori P · 04-30-2008, 04:52 PM

Kyle, I have no idea what sex it was... just called him a he. :-) I'm no turtle sexing expert.

I agree James, at least he isn't still lying on the road with traffic whizzing over him!! We do what we can, right?

Zephyr · 04-30-2008, 04:52 PM

He was a boy: Check the nails.

adamanteus · 04-30-2008, 04:53 PM

You did the best for him anyone could have done, Lori.
He was a boy.

Lori P · 04-30-2008, 04:55 PM

Really?? How do you tell by the nails, you constant wealth of info??

adamanteus · 04-30-2008, 04:56 PM

Males have long claws on the front legs... for tickling females.

Lori P · 04-30-2008, 05:01 PM

I never knew! I learn something new here every day.... :-)

adamanteus · 04-30-2008, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lori P

I learn something new here every day.... :-)

We all do, Lori.... that's the beauty of our wonderful forum......everyone of us has something to teach to the rest.

We're the best.

Sid · 04-30-2008, 05:39 PM

Sorry there was no saving him Lori. Had such nice coloring. I found my first Spotted Turtle last week and it was in the same condition, so I ended its suffering there and then.

Lori P · 04-30-2008, 05:54 PM

Sid, I gotta tell you, I was waiting to hear from you... I had this sinking feeling that you'd find this thread and tell me he COULD have been saved... I figured you would have come across this before!! I rarely have found them hit and alive... Usually they are dead when I find them. So, it reassures me again that you agree he was better put down. Thanks.

04-30-2008, 04:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 6,690 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle I'm sorry, Lori. I know we (and especially you) would like to save every creature in need. But sometimes it's just beyond us. I think you did the right thing. We need to recognise when our intervention is counter-productive. The next needy turtle you happen across will probably become a family pet for the next forty years! __________________ James.

04-30-2008, 04:52 PM	#22 (permalink)
Lori P The Purple Snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: VA Posts: 1,924 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle Kyle, I have no idea what sex it was... just called him a he. :-) I'm no turtle sexing expert. I agree James, at least he isn't still lying on the road with traffic whizzing over him!! We do what we can, right? __________________ Lori, New Hope Rescue-- rescuing equines and others www.newhoperescueva.com

04-30-2008, 04:52 PM	#23 (permalink)
Zephyr "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 746 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle He was a boy: Check the nails.

04-30-2008, 04:53 PM	#24 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 6,690 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle You did the best for him anyone could have done, Lori. He was a boy. __________________ James.

04-30-2008, 04:55 PM	#25 (permalink)
Lori P The Purple Snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: VA Posts: 1,924 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle Really?? How do you tell by the nails, you constant wealth of info?? __________________ Lori, New Hope Rescue-- rescuing equines and others www.newhoperescueva.com

04-30-2008, 04:56 PM	#26 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 6,690 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle Males have long claws on the front legs... for tickling females. __________________ James.

04-30-2008, 05:01 PM	#27 (permalink)
Lori P The Purple Snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: VA Posts: 1,924 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle I never knew! I learn something new here every day.... :-) __________________ Lori, New Hope Rescue-- rescuing equines and others www.newhoperescueva.com

04-30-2008, 05:39 PM	#29 (permalink)
Sid Thamnophis Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,360 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle Sorry there was no saving him Lori. Had such nice coloring. I found my first Spotted Turtle last week and it was in the same condition, so I ended its suffering there and then. __________________ Sid 7.6T. s sirtalis- Eastern Garter 1.0 T. s concinnus- Oregon Red-spotted 1.1 T. e vagrans- Wandering Garter

04-30-2008, 05:54 PM	#30 (permalink)
Lori P The Purple Snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: VA Posts: 1,924 Country:	Re: HELP Injured turtle Sid, I gotta tell you, I was waiting to hear from you... I had this sinking feeling that you'd find this thread and tell me he COULD have been saved... I figured you would have come across this before!! I rarely have found them hit and alive... Usually they are dead when I find them. So, it reassures me again that you agree he was better put down. Thanks. __________________ Lori, New Hope Rescue-- rescuing equines and others www.newhoperescueva.com

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