Hi all,
I am sorry I have not been on the blog lately. I usually am sick of computers by the time I am free.
I really want to share this video of our newest family member enjoying a swim. He was given to us by a really good friend. He is definitely a gift that keeps on giving, in a good way. Enjoy!
acilius
believer1
lefalcon
losthunderlads
vthunderlad
Panther Red 
cymast
/ October 22, 2009Cute! Is Crush the kind of turtle you can take out of the tank for playtime?
believer1
/ October 22, 2009Yes, you have wash your hands before and after so you both stay healthy. He is a lot of fun. I have not gotten him out yet because I want him to have a chance o get use to his new mansion.
Acilius: you spelled Crushie’s name wrong on You Tube. Please fix it.
acilius
/ October 22, 2009Believer: Done!
You should mention that the reason Crushie doesn’t get out of the tank as often at our house as he did at his previous residence is that we live with a certain beagle-terrier mix who is so devoted to his job as an exterminator that no non-mammalian life forms have much chance of survival when they are on the loose here.
cymast
/ October 23, 2009My Ting is a housefly exterminator. I think she knows I’m terrified of them. Ting is a very quiet, reserved, reclusive cat, but shen she spies a fly, she goes absolutely nuts! Leaps, spins, flips through the air. She becomes a fly-ingesting machine. I’d film it and put it on the blog if I wasn’t cowering in the corner.
vthunderlad
/ October 28, 2009Crushie is a cutie! More vids, especially of him eating (and what he eats…is it all “turtle kibble” or will there be “live food”?), please.
acilius
/ October 28, 2009He eats fresh things. He’s picky about fish, which is good news for our goldfish. And he’s refused to eat the carrot Mrs Acilius put in his tank a few days ago. But spinach, lettuce, turkey, etc, he eats all those things.
cymast
/ October 28, 2009I’m also putting in a request for more pet videos! How about Bingo and Phoenix next? Or Crush playing with the mysterious goldfish. Have you guys leveled off at 4 pets now?
acilius
/ October 28, 2009Yes, we’ve been at four pets for some time. I’d specify that the Believer and I have three pets, the dogs and the turtle. We didn’t mean for the goldfish to be a pet. We’d fed some goldfish to our previous turtle, Patton. Then Patton decided she’d rather have company than a snack. So the goldfish was her pet, and is now Crushie’s pet.