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Post Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:54 pm   Where could he have possibly gone??? In panic mode

My friend gave me 2 young turtles for my birthday yesterday, each about an inch and a half long. This morning I thought I'd let them get some sunlight outside and put them in an enclosed area that I have outside:
heres a pic of the area I put him in
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I live in SoCal so it's still relatively sunny and warm.I had them out there for 40 minutes, checking up on then every 15-20 minutes. When the 40 minute mark hit I went to get the turtles to take them back inside. I quickly spotted the first, but the other one was MIA. I went and put the first turtle back in his enclosure, and went back outside and meticulously searched every nook and cranny of the area. The walls are about 5 inches tall, so theres no way he could have climbed over them, next I looked around the permimeter to see if there were any holes that the turtle might have dug out of, none that I could see. I looked did a quick skim around the surrounding area and found nothing. I'm seriously at a loss right now, we do have hawks in the area but the crate is covered so I doubt they would have seen him... How do u think he could have escaped in such a short amount of time. I'm scared I'll never be able to find him again, he's so tiny.
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Post Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:30 pm   Re: Where could he have possibly gone??? In panic mode

You have to keep looking... they can bury themselves fairly well. They like to hide in dark areas and might have moved along the perimeter of any fencing you have.
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