Hello! I am so new here that the ink is still wet on my registration! I have found this site SO invaluable. Thank you, thank you!
A little about us: My husband and I are huge animal lovers. He is a surgical resident, I am a college instructor, and we are temporarily living in Cincinnati for his residency. We have five black cats of our own (I KNOW! Just happened that way) and are also the caretakers for a small band of loving and beautiful semi-ferals who live on or about our deck (yes, the female is spayed. We are working on the boys one-by-one now!)
As my birthday gift, we rescued two red-eared sliders, and we just LOVE them, but obviously are still learning! They are so cute and curious. They seem to adore our cats, too. The cats will come to the tank, put their paw on the glass, and the turtles will swim right over and put their "flipper" up on the inside of the glass. It's so sweet! (There is something oddly "penitentiary visit" about it, though . . . ) The cutest is when the cats sleep on the chair next to the tank, basking with the turtles in the heat of their lamp!
The two species also share a love of tuna. We couldn't get the turtles to eat at first. I read here that tuna is an excellent enticement food - worked for us!
I have a question, which I will post appropriately. If anyone could help out, we would appreciate it!
Kimberly
