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Shelbi (top) and Jessi (bottom) at about 1 month old
Meet Jessi and Shelbi - the red eared sliders
Same turtles, at 3 1/2 months old (December, 2002)
Jessi loves to bask on the rocks
Basking turtles
Jessi
This is their home
Front view (turtles are floating to the left)
Shelbi comes up to say hello
Jessi swims along the bottom, while Shelbi heads up for some air
Floating turtles (Jessi left, Shelbi right)
Whoever said turtles are slow, never saw them swim
Jessi dives to the bottom while Shelbi floats
Looking back on those early months...a ten gallon tank and quarter-sized baby dinosaurs!
Their tank setup (this is about half the tank)
Shelbi rises up for a breath of air...
...then slides back under the water.
This is Shelbi
...and here's Jessi
Shelbi looks hungry
...and Jessi waves for you to come closer...
Gliding through the water
Ah, c'mon, you can come closer
We are poety in motion
Peek-a-boo!
Shelbi glides by
Ready for the water ballet?
Who ever said turtles are clumsy never saw us swim
Ta Da !
Synchronized swimming, anyone?
Jessi chomps a mouthful of shrimp
The tank from the front (about a third of the tank is in view)
Jessi basks on a log
Sammi stands guard
Jessi and Shelbi wait in their "holding bucket" while I clean their tank