Goodbye, Doc

I have some really bad news.

My turtle, Doc Holliday, crossed over to the turtle rainbow bridge yesterday at about 5pm.

I don't know what happened. He loved his new tank. I thought everything was just perfect, and all of a sudden, Josh told me I needed to go check on him, that he wasn't moving. I thought he was asleep, b/c they do sleep underwater at the bottom of the tank sometimes. Not this time, though... he was just laying down on the base rocks with his little legs and arms spread out. :(

I'm taking him back home to my mom and dad's house and burying him in their garden, alongside his older brother Ernie, and younger sibling, Howie.

I'll still post my beautiful pictures of Doc when I can (here's one for now that I had at work). I'm glad I got some recent photos of him before he died.

This will be my last turtle. I've decided that since I had him for 11 years, I have fulfilled my obligation as a turtle mommy.

I'll write about him more later.