'Turtle'

This is the box that was in my car the day I found 'Turtle' out in the road with a crow standing over him. Lucky for 'Turtle' I was prepared. He ran quickly to the side of the road, but I caught him anyway.

Notice the crack in 'Turtle's' shell. 'Turtle' was in the road about twenty feet from Ford Nature Center in Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Ohio.




Here is the original environment that I created for 'Turtle' in a Sterite tub with peat moss and leaves and clover. As I was to discover peat is not a good thing to put in your turtle's temporary environment because it can get stuck in his arm and leg holes. You will notice 'turtle' has a crack in the lower portion of his shell around his tail.