What to do if there’s a Turtle in the Road …

It is that time of season again. The trees are blooming, the birds are chirping and the happy little animals are frolicking in the road without a care as big metal beasts zooming down the road. In this case, there was a turtle in the road and yes, we do try to brake for turtles. So what do you do?

Now here is my disclaimer-We were on a back road and could safely pull over to rescue the turtle.

-When braking, pulling out of the way or pulling over, practice safety and common sense. We don’t want you to become a roadkill casualty alongside whatever you were trying to rescue.

-Remember, certain types of turtles can really hurt you.  Snapping turtles can eat your fingers like a Vienna Sausage. Picking them up by their tails can dislocate their vertebra. This will permanently injure them.

-When you get home, you should really wash your hands too or use hand sanitizer in your car.

Our Story-

We were coming home from running errands when my husband yells, “turtle” and proceeds to pull over. He gets out of car and grabs this cute little painted turtle from the middle of the road. He brings it into the car and we show Abigale as he begins driving toward the pond. We tell her all about our little hitchhiker. Then I start asking silly questions such as,

“What about his family? Won’t Mrs. Turtle wonder where he is?”

My husband just looks at me silly and replies,

“The turtle is getting upgraded to a nicer pond … It’s moving day.”

I know it is wrong of me, but my immature five year old, inner self was kind of hoping the turtle would pee on my husband. I know.

We continued driving down the road as my husband yells,

“Fastest turtle in the world going forty miles an hour.”

My daughter in back seat, must think her parents are completely insane.

We pull-up to the pond and he passes the turtle to me to bring down to water’s edge. As I’m walking down, I hear two guys shouting and pointing from other side. They had rescued a turtle too. We shout back and forth to each other in victory and I grab my cell to take another quick picture before leaving Mr. Turtle at his new home.

It was a great small adventure for Abigale and taught her a little something too and maybe I gained back some karma points after flattening the chipmunk the other day. Just remind yourself, as much as you want to, you can’t save them all.

Final Thoughts-

Here are some awesome turtle facts. One point we did wrong, is you never move a turtle from their location to another pond.  All the key points on how to properly move a turtle can be found here. When in doubt, call your local wildlife rehabilitation place.

Happy Spring everyone!

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