Slow Coach is 11 years old today (in human years). This blog is a birthday gift to her. It tells the story of her life, not forgetting her (mis)adventures.
When she joined the family, she was only the size of a coin, short of an inch long & wide. Now she measures about 9 inches long and 8 inches wide. She weighs a healthy 3kg.
Slow Coach will be celebrating her birthday with her partner, Charlie, who is also a red-eared slider terrapin at 1/2 her age and size.
Their rendez-vous will start with a salutation to the morning sun; i.e. sun bathing with all four limbs out-stretched; followed by a lazy afternoon of back-massage; i.e. back scrubbing with a toothbrush (yes, tortoise can feel through its shell); and catching some ZZZzzz. In the evening, they will enjoy a sumptuous mouth watering dinner of fresh juicy prawns and her favourite caviar (actually, it’s a sac of fish eggs) under the mid-autumn moonlight on a balcony overlooking a beautiful park.
C'est la vie! What a lucky tortoise~!
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