Last spring one of my hubbys coworkers brought him a baby softshell turtle he caught in a ditch at the plant they worked at, there were several in it and the company was going to eradicate them . he knew we had ponds so thought we'd like to have it.
We put it in our canoe, that houses water lillies, and a few days later it rained, the little guy escaped, until this morning that is. 2 of my dogs were barking madly, so I went out to see what they were barking at, they were staring at the ground and at first it looked like they had lost it and were barking at a rock, til a closer look revealed the missing turtle, it's about an inch or so bigger and has no fear. hoping to find a more escape proof home for it.
here are its pics we took this afternoon. hope y'all enjoy them. Isn't it the cutest!