We were driving down I-15 towards Kaysville and Mike said to me that he thinks he sees a turtle on the side of the road. I thought yeah right? So he turned around on the next exit and went back around and sure enough my husband did in fact see a turtle.
It was alive but bleeding. And of course my super-husband knew where to take a turtle so we went to Clearfield Vet Clinic. And they suspected it was ran over so they would look at it and see what they could do. The kids of course we yelling "Hurry to the doctor!". "We need to save my pet!" They pretty much adpoted the thought that we could keep it. So not sure what to do in this type of situation we told the kids that they need to say a prayer for the turtle and if lives we will keep it. They prayed so hard and so much. It made my cup runneth over.
After about 2 hours we got the call that the "I-15 turtle" would be ok. That the clinic did tiny turtle surgery. That it would need some TLC and follow the vets care plan but we could keep it.
We were informed that the turtle was a girl, from the wild possibly since the location we found her, old-but no idea how old exactly, and got some instructions on how to care for a Red Earred Slider. (that's the breed) When we heard the turtle was a girl we pondered a few names for it but came up with Princess Bella. Cute huh?
So right now Bella is in a tank in the garage with a heating pad. We have a few of the things she needs and the rest we are impervising. (Turtles are expensive) So now time will tell if she will stay with us or not. Since she's not use to humans we have to be calm around her and continue looking for signs on her improvement. If she withdraws and starts to get sick it means she's not taking to home-life. Then we might have to give her to some rehab natural place so they can continue to take care of her.
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