On occasion we take myrtle out in the back yard and let it roam. Well I guess Makenna did this yesterday and then forgot to check on it. It has made a few burrows in our yard, but nothing too deep that we can't see it. Well I got a text yesterday while I was at work informing me they lost the turtle and had been searching all day long and can't find it. I was just sick. I even left work an hour early because I wanted to help before it got too dark. Well we searched and searched and couldn't find myrtle. For some reason she likes the pool area. She will literally pace back and forth along the fence line until she finds a spot where she can slip through. This is the last place that makenna saw it.
So after many prayers and sleeping on it, we all once again started our search. Still no myrtle to be found. My prayer actually was that it wouldn't somehow fall in to the pool and drown. She can float, but I don't think that it could keep its head up all night. So I was thankful I didn't find it in the pool. You can see by the pictures that it is really good at hiding and so I keep hoping it will show up. I feel sick about it and now makenna isn't wanting to leave town until it is found. So for now I am hoping and praying myrtle shows up so we can feel happy and complete over our vacation!
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That's just awful. When we lost our dog, I not only felt bad about the animal-but also because there wasn't a thing I could do to comfort the kids. Ugh! I hope Myrtle shows up soon.
As a side note-Kirstin tells me that you once lost a turtle here in SJ-just about the time my family found one with a little hole drilled in the end of his shell to "tie" him up. So if it was yours, he lived a happy and long life in the backyard. Although he was an escape artist too...
OMG! I should have put up signs. I am sure it was mine. TICK!
I hear you found Myrtle! Lucky you!! If it makes you feel any better about losing her, we had a cockatiel named Zazu. We got Zazu right when Lion King came out, hence the name, and had him/her (never knew the sex...it was a bird) for about 11 ye...ars. One day, Zazu was sitting on my hand and I walked outside with him to get something out of the trunk of my car. Zazu had been outside before but not in the front yard. The sound of the trunk popping open scared him and he flew away. I was screaming his name, like it was a dog or something, but he just kept flying away :( I was home alone and sobbing. My Dad came home and I was crying so hard he thought someone had died. I was 20 when that happened and my siblings still tell me I "killed" Zazu. Still miss him...losing a pet stinks!
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