Prologue: It was sometime after Miguel’s dead that my father bought 3 little RES. Their story will be told but for now let’s return to Sarapica’s life.
Due to the Sun, the little bath tub began to show signs of old age and it was decided that another “pond” was needed to accommodate our 4 turtles (by this time the RES were already big enough to be taken to the backyard).
The pre-formed pond was placed in a hole in the lawn.
Sarapica didn’t mind the new guests although sometimes she got irritated by their paws in her head – and tried to bite them.
But Sarapica didn’t live in the water so the problems between species were almost nonexistent.
And then my parents decided to move again and bought another house, this time with 3 independent zones large enough to be used as habitats although much smaller compared with the previous backyard.
Since Sarapica and the 3 RES could share the same pond, they were put in one of the zones together.
Looking back, I think that it was foolish of us to keep them together. Although nothing wrong happened between them, European Pond Turtles are too much different from RES.
Next episode: A Miracle!
