Urgent Care :: Lost turtle...

[Silvermist464]

I have a 15 gallon fish tank which I keep my two inch goldfish and my Midland Painted turtles. The first turtle that I got is about an inch long and I named it Tiger. My second turtle I got is around 2 inches long and I named it Skit. My fish tank is out of the sun, and I don't have a lamp for the turtles. So I put the turtles in a container that sits in the window for sunlight. Once, Skit got out of the container and we found it quite easily.

Then, earlier today at about 12:30pm, I open the door to my room to find Tiger MIA (Missing in Action.) There is no way for Skit to get out of it now that we fixed the problem we had with him before, and Tiger's smaller than Skit, so I turned to the only other possibility, My cat.

Somehow, my year old cat, Pocket, got locked in the room with the turtles. I guess she managed to scoop out Tiger. The screen on my window is loose, with one bottom corner coming off. Upon closer inspection, I realized that if Pocket decided to play with Tiger after she had gotten it out and Tiger tries to get out the window to hide, Pocket could have easily pushed the screen open enough for Tiger to slip out.

The other possibility is that Tiger fell on the floor and hurried to hide somewhere away from Pocket. I tore my whole room up looking for Tiger and didn't find it.

Does anyone know how to help me?

[VeipaCray]

This topic doesn't belong in urgent care.

However, this might be of some help... http://www.redearslider.com/lost_turtle.html

[steve]

The key is to keep looking. He most likely fell to the floor, though I don't know how that arrangement with the window is.

[Silvermist464]

Thanks everyone... I've given up now. I'm just glade I still have my other one...

[steve]

It's only been a week... don't give up.

[Tokapeli]

i agree, like the wise Joe Dirt said, you gotta keep on keepin on!