Lettuce of the Day

Is your turtle a culinary snob?  Today’s Lettuce of the Day is Red Russian Kale, a pleasantly chewy variety sure to entice even the most discerning turtle back to its cage.

The Horror

What are you doing, Darien? “Bye, turtle, I love you?” Quit yapping and fetch some lettuce from the fridge before this situation gets out of control.

What to do in case of turtle escape (according to TurtleTalk)

I found this article now and was appalled that they don’t even mention using lettuce to lure your escaped turtle back to its cage! How can people successfully find their turtles when they don’t even have the proper information? Thank God for howtolureturtlesbacktotheircagesusinglettuce.wordpress.com.

The Proper Turtle Cage

I found this on dummies.com, click here to go to the original URL. Read this and hopefully never have to experience the heartbreak of having to try to lure your turtle back to its cage using lettuce. I have put in bold the most important parts.

Preventing a great escape

No matter what kind of cage or enclosure you use, it must be escape-proof. Box turtles are wonderfully inventive escape artists! The males, especially, are quite tenacious. Don’t assume that your adorable little pet won’t climb; given the opportunity, it might!

Make sure that the sides of the cage are high enough to prevent escape and are as vertical as possible, with no slanting sides. Don’t pile cage furnishings (covered in the following section) along the sides or in the corners. And every cage, even a swimming pool, should have a cover of some kind. Hardware cloth (mesh screening) of 1/2-inch squares works very well.

If you’re building a wooden enclosure, make the height of the sides twice the length of the turtle. (If your turtle is 6 inches long, for example, the sides should be at least 12 inches high.) Plus, cut a triangular piece of wood for each corner and fasten it at the top of the corner, making a small triangular roof. If the turtle tries to escape by using the corners as a brace, it will be unable to do so.

Yes…

Kidding

I wasn’t kidding.