Tom's Catch-and-Relase Program

[guidofatherof5]

I remember having a painted turtle as a kid- that thing was always in a sour a** mood!

Wow Jason,

In all my 50 years and many,many painted turtles I've never seen or heard of one with a bad attitude.
I've always found them to be pleasant and easy to work with.
You must have been teasing yours.

[Didymus20X6]

Caught this little fella today. He was probably about 2 or 2.5 feet long. What surprised me is that he didn't put up any fight when I caught him. He was quite skittish, and kept hiding under the leaves. I only just did coax him out so I could get a pic.

[prattypus]

Wow Jason,

In all my 50 years and many,many painted turtles I've never seen or heard of one with a bad attitude.
I've always found them to be pleasant and easy to work with.
You must have been teasing yours.

NOt to my knowledge, but it is a distinct possibility. Of course, it could be that on this side of the country they don't have very good manners taught to them!

[Didymus20X6]

Thanks, guys!

Also, total garters rescued is now 16.

Here's one I released today. Pretty calm guy pretty much the whole time.



Along with this one, I released another little green one. No pics of him, though. He took off too fast.

Then there's this little guy. Caught him by surprise at the back fence, and he wasn't at all pleased. I just had to get a pic of him, though - just look at that beautiful checkered pattern on him.



Haven't released him yet. When I do, I'll try to get a clearer pic of him.