Short and Not-So-Sweet

Two more turtles are gone. It is sad but it has become less of a question as to whether one has died or not but rather who has died this time. Today it was #38 and my favorite from the start #45. I was especially sad and shocked to find #45 because he was doing so well on Monday. I really had my hopes up that he would end up pulling through and be one of the strong ones.

Today Sandro and Joice were there as well so I had a chance to speak with them about the project and discuss how many had died and what symptoms each of them had. Sandro was taking a quick look at one of the turtles which previously had no signs of any poor health but has now developed one swollen eye and has extremely low activity; we're talking barely moves when you touch his foot. Sandro took him to observe in a different area so we'll see what ends up happening with him.

I've decided to clean the water every day that I go incase bacteria of some kind is being contained in the tank. I also started to bring some shredded carrot with me. Today was the first time doing it and it was a hit! All the turtles loved it and I had a great time feeding them. I would hold a piece in front of a turtle and make sure that everyone was eating (as best as I could keep track of anyways). I think some of them were actually hunting me rather than the carrot but settled for what they could get :P It was kind of scary at times having all these turtles crowding around me for the next piece. I think I was on the verge of having a turtle riot!

Anyways, that's about all I have to update with for now other than some photos from R3: A super cool anteater and some crazy-cute marmosets!