Painted Turtle Study Progress Results and The Kitten Transportation Methods
Painted Turtle Study Progress Results
By Camilla
As some of the readers may know after last year's posts, Camilla and Isaac had been observing and training the behavior of painted turtles from the Crescent Pond by removing net usage. Now this study continues into 2024. So far at there has been a good number of turtle feedings this June, here are the results and some observations:
The turtles are getting faster and faster getting over to the dock when they hear footsteps.
There are about eight regular turtles each feeding session.
These turtles include one mom, a tiny baby, a teenager, one large turtle and a few medium sized ones
Myrtle the three legged turtle is nowhere to be seen this season, we assume that Myrtle is gone from the land of the live turtles, and succumbed to the muck. R.I.P M.T.T (Myrtle The Turtle)
The Kitten Transportation Methods
By Camilla
Now that the kittens have mostly completed harness training, Camilla wants them to see the sights! The only trouble is that Echo and Ember are too young for tick medicine, which means no grass and bushes for them, they’ll need to find other modes of transportation. The first thing Camilla tried off-porch, was a wheelbarrow, she rescued one wheelbarrow from further decay on the Big Barn property, but it turned out to have a nice big rusty hole in the bottom, and the other was full of the most disgusting water you have ever seen, containing wood and a few bugs. After cleaning and drying the more intact of the two , Camilla lay down some of the old towels, and proceeded to test Echo and Ember’s first ride. Echo immediately disliked the whole thing, jumping out and wanting to go straight back to the comforts of the porch, or even better, under the couch! Ember did much better making it in a full lap around Claudia’s Surf City only jumping out four times!
