broms2 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 HOW GOOD ARE REEVES TURTLES AT CLIMBING, PUT THREE IN AN OUTDOOR POND 2 MALES 1 FEMALE, 4 RES ALREADY IN THERE ON SATURDAY, HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE FEMALE AND NO IDEA HOW SHE HAS GOT OUT, IVE GOT A BIG GLASS FRONT BUT ONLY BIG ROCKS FOR THE BACK, THE RES HAVE BEEN IN THERE BEFORE AND NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CLIMB OUT - I AM GUTTED, ONLY FEMALE i HAVE :evil: DO THEY COME BACK TO THE POND? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 i have no idea but i hope the come back all the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Keep looking all through your gardens and stuff. A mate had his large RES go walkabout and we found it a couple days later in his garden munching away at some plants. hope you find her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 lost my res about a month and 2 weeks ago and another about 2 weeks ago Havnt found either. dont know if bird got them or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 slevin i hope u find them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 TO BE HONEST, WOULDNT BE TO WORRIED IF MY RES WENT MISSING, EVEN A MALE REEVES, BUT NOT MY FEMALE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 id be worried id h8 to lose a turtle or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 probably been getting a hard time from the males or res?have a look in there for it burried with just the top of its shell showing(if your lucky) or get a little foxie etc and have fossick around about,they actually spend more time out of the water like this in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Check spca/dog pound(fish pound?) to see if they have been picked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 I lost a red ear male last year. He'd got under the neighbours fence where the dog had been chasing a hedge hog. Was found 3 wks later 'running' down the middle of the road at 8am by a passing fireman! Had got quite a long way with out being spotted. Fortunately the fireman rushed him into a house where I'd put a flyer the day before, so I could be contacted. The lady of the house was in 'shock' when I got there...she had the turtle sitting on the kitchen table where the fireman had put him....she preferred soft fluffy cats to my turtle.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 i was going to put my snake neck in the pond but when the res escaped i just put him back in the tank. Theres still 4 res in the pond though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 how big are the ponds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimsum Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 I has a turtle take off on me once when I was cleaning out the pond. I ended up sitting very still in the garden for 2 hours listening for movement. It paid off though. Snake neck got out the other day, but I was watching it, she didn't know. Smart thing, climbed on top of a large female res basking in the sun to make her escape. Looked very planned almost in a mission impossible way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 theres still a bit of hope for the escaped res! ran down to pond to check if a turtle was healthy as is being sold and something dived into the agapanthas im sure it was a turtle the way it kinda plonked so I put a tray with water and food iin it where i tough it went in! I HOPE IT IS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 !!!GREAT NEWS!!!! The turtle that has been missing for over a month has returned. was just checking the health of the turtles in the pond and my res female has returned wasnt there yesterday so mustve come back at night or this morning. no it wasnt buried in dirt and had definatley escaped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 i think u should put a fence up around the pond ae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 there is it mustve climbed in cause theres one place where they can't get out but rocks built up make it so they can get in, when it escaped i found the hole nd fixed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 u know the new law saying that u ahve to have a fence around a pool with water in it which is more than 40cm high. would that count for a turtle pond etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 duno but fence is 50cm :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 good luck slevin i hope they dont escape again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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