Basically these days we are just fussing about turtles! Hubby and I adores them and their little tricks! They are small but full of characters! These kids are growing by the day and they are showing personalities and different sides of themselves! We are definitely entertained!
Here now introducing :
Raphael's the name....World! When we first adopted him, he was very scared and always hide into his shell. Now he is energetic and cheeky! He is always swimming to and fro, up and down. The only time he stops is ZZZ time! ZZZ time also is just a short while by the side of the rock or basking top side or under the rock! He is up to being very naughty nowadays! We had scolded him a few times and put him in the naughty boy box once because he likes to use his mouth to push his ways through! (Bites!) His favorite things are swimming frantically, hanging by the heater (It warms his plastron (Yellow part) and he likes it!) and feeding time! (He is a naughty food beggar! No amount of sticks are enough for him) He likes to follow me around in the tank, when I walk to the left, he will swim right to the left and when I got to the right, there he will be! But when I turn to ask him what he wants he will just swim away! Very playful and indeed getting bigger by the day!
What I said about swimming frantically?!? Always that way, its hard to keep up with him!
Now without further delay, presenting :
Yes! Yes! Dona is a GUUURRRL! She is the calm and peaceful one! When she swims she just paddle about gently as compare to Raphael who puts all his energy into it! Dona is the gentle soul, from the way she swims to the way she waited for her food to soften before eating them (so it usually takes longer time for her to finish her food). Sometimes her gentle spirit has given advantage to Raphael to bully her! Raphael did make attempts to bite her but Dona is a tough girl! She move away giving Raphael a kick! We usually monitors them closely and when we weren't around we will separate them to keep Dona safe! Dona is not growing as fast as her brother but nonetheless she is bigger than when we first adopted her! Dona is the inquisitive one, always takes her time to look around, to feel her surrounding and also carefully entering new territory! Although gentle she is the brave one! When we first installed the new home for them (yeah! Terrace house to bungalow), Dona is the first one to swim about and feel the surrounding and climbed unto the rock to bask and feel the warm of the basking light! Among her favorite things are pictures taking (Yeah! She usually just stand there or just float by the water when we are taking her pictures!), giving us side eyes (She love that!), basking on the rock with both legs wide open, being a vacuum cleaner (she loves to go to the bottom of the tank and kind of just suck up the algae that is building up at the bottom of the tank) and also sleeping! (Dona is a sleeper trooper!) Although she sleeps more than Raphael she has her time! Usually after feeding and bathing, Dona will be very active, it is her swim time! So to say she is good at dividing her time! After all Dona is a diva!
Told ya! That is Dona's favorite thing to do! Basking on the rock! While Raphael busied himself with :
ENDLESS SWIMMING THAT IS!
Alright I am off to capture some turtles moments! Here you go with a turtle joke!
