{"id":5667,"date":"2010-09-20T18:29:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2010-09-20T18:41:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T16:41:05","slug":"a-lego-of-my-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/5667","title":{"rendered":"A Lego of My Own"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I spoke about the mysterious death of two of my turtles<\/a>. I still have no idea what happened but it was in July of last year, shortly after we came back from our camping trip, and they died within a few days of each other. They were in separate tanks, nothing had been shared between the two.\u00a0 I honestly have absolutely no clue what caused their deaths.\u00a0 At one point we thought it was the fish but after observing them and keeping them separate from the turtles for a period of time, there appeared to be no illness or problems at all.<\/p>\n

So I still have no idea why my turtles died.\u00a0 I give them amazing tanks to live in, I take good care of them and even though it\u2019s a total mystery, I can\u2019t help but wonder what I had done wrong.<\/p>\n

I ended up with a beautiful big tank and no idea what to do with it.<\/p>\n

\"riosand\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Stelo was gone, I wasn\u2019t ready for another turtle and had no interest in fish.\u00a0 I could have put one of my smaller turtles in there, but it felt like such a waste after all the work we put into the above tank basking area.<\/p>\n

\"riosand2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was a big, empty sad aquarium that was taking up a lot of space.\u00a0 For a while I did remove the upper part and tried putting Chip and Sydney<\/a> in there together, but after having been in their own tanks for a few months the aggression Chip was showing towards Sydney worried me and I set up their smaller tanks again where they could both live in peace.<\/p>\n

So I was faced with a choice.\u00a0 Either get another turtle, possibly an adult as I didn\u2019t know if I was up to dealing with another fragile hatchling, sell the tank and start getting out of the hobby of keeping turtles all together, or try to do a tropical tank or get some kind of interesting fish.<\/p>\n

In the end I did come to a decision.<\/p>\n

I decided\u2026 the hell with fish. I\u2019m a turtle lover at heart!<\/p>\n

It had been a little while since I lost Radar and Stelo, and a girl here in the Netherlands who breeds turtles happened to have hatchlings of a breed I\u2019d always wanted but never thought I could get my hands on here.\u00a0 I also never thought I\u2019d have space for one as I\u2019d reached my maximum capacity with the others.<\/p>\n

I rationalized it as fate.\u00a0 I had an empty tank, and she had the hatchlings\u2026 it was meant to be, right?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s just say it was.<\/p>\n

He has been with us for the better part of a year now, and I\u2019ve been hesitant to talk about him, write about him or even take photos because I was afraid he\u2019d die on me.\u00a0 Sort of like if I got too invested that he might up and die on me too.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t try to make sense of my brain.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it\u2019s time to introduce him!<\/p>\n

\"Lego\"<\/a>
\nHi, everyone!\u00a0 My name is Lego! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I have to tell anyone how he got his name.\u00a0 I have a husband who is obsessed with Lego Mindstorms and Robotics. You do the math!<\/p>\n

Lego is a Diamondback Terrapin<\/a> which, in my opinion, is one of the coolest species of turtles there is. I think it\u2019s the white skin or the unique patterns, I don\u2019t know\u2026 I just love them.\u00a0 Here are some more photos\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Lego\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lego\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lego\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I just love this little dude, or uhh\u2026 dudette. I can\u2019t tell which it is yet so I just say ‘he\u2019 anyway.\u00a0 Either way, if he dies on me I\u2019ll be very<\/em> upset. He appears to be going strong so far though, he eats like a pig and is quite active.<\/p>\n

Although, judging by the amount of guppies in his tank, I have serious doubts about his hunting abilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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