Never too big to be eaten

Monday, May 18th, 2009

After the last time the turtles went on a fish diet the gold fish got a lot more careful. After a month or so though that caution went away and the biggest one got aggressive again. When I would feed the turtles the fish would push them out of the way to get his share.
Yesterday [...]

Find your quiet area and avoid the big competition

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Competition even amongst the turtles can be fierce. Now I still have no idea why they love to eat certain rocks but they do. In this picture Gizmo is pushing Gizzie out of his preferred area. The 3 big turtles always seem to want to compete over the same small are of rocks despite the [...]

Stop fighting for food and move to the back of the tank

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Baby has stepped up and decided to help with the blog and show me things that the other big turtles have not. Yes she is probably only a tenth of the size of the others. Even the fish are a lot bigger than she is too.
Despite the size difference she has her own way of [...]