Bubba, a three-toed box turtle, came to a GCTTS rehabber on July 12, 2008. This rehabber who has seen many, many deformed turtles over the years was horrified when she saw Bubba. Bubba has the worse case of Metabolic Bone Disease she has ever seen. After recovering from the shock of seeing this turtle, she immediately gave her a thorough exam and set her up outdoors in a protected area.

We regret having to make this sad announcement but Winky suddenly passed away this fall/winter (2007). She had been indoors for the winter for only a few weeks. She had been acting and eating normally and was found dead one morning. We all here at GCTTS were very surprised and unhappy to here this news.

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