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MrBook
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#Yertle was browsing the shelves today! Wonder what she picked 🤔.

#LitsyLovesLibraries #turtlesofLitsy 🐢

wanderinglynn Too cute! 💚🐢 5y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot Is this a pet or accidental wondering into library? 5y
Rachel.Rencher Show her Esio Trot by Roald Dahl 😁 5y
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MrBook @MyBookSwapClub Our library mascot for the past 35 or so years ☺️. She wandered up to the library as if pre-ordained and was readily accepted by staff and patrons alike. I was told the library held a 20-year anniversary party for her and over 1,000(!!!!) attended the celebration of our beloved shelled reptile. Biggest event in the library‘s history after the main building‘s grand opening. She has endeared quite a following. 😌 🐢 5y
kspenmoll What a wonderful story!! 5y
Ddzmini 🐢📚😍😍📚 5y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot @MrBook that's so cool :) 5y
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AmyRebecca
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Reading outside, and someone decided to come say hi! Lots of gopher tortoises roaming around. 🐢
#turtlesoflitsy

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MrBook
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The second surprise greeting I got this morning coming back to work was #Yertle! She was checking out the kids books when I was walking by and asked, “Yo, how was #BookExpo, Mr. Jay?” It was mighty fine, Yertle, it was mighty fine. 😁

#LitsyLovesLibraries #turtlesofLitsy 🐢

wanderinglynn Aw, ❤️💚🐢 6y
ReadingRover Cute!!! 6y
TheSpineView 💚💚 6y
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jfalkens
The Last Unicorn | Peter S. Beagle
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1. This was how Wally decided to sleep Sunday, the picture I took today didn't turn out
2. 2, The Neverending Story and The Icewind Dale Trilogy
3. Yes, for a couple months now
4. Yes, all the time glasses and reading glasses
5. The last book I bailed was The Last Unicorn, I just couldn't get into it and found it boring.
#humpdaypost @MinDea

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think we need to start a new tag #TurtlesOfLitsy he‘s adorable. 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Nevermind, there‘s already a tag. But he‘s still adorable! 6y
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bookcollecter
Frankenstein | Mary W Shelly
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And last but not least introducing #MaryShelly the #African #SideneckTurtle of my three #PetsOfLitsy

Wish I had a better picture of her.

AmyG Not to be stupid, but how can you tell if it‘s a he or she? 6y
bookcollecter Lol not stupid at all! It's difficult and usually requires a vet or trained herpetologist to determine the gender. Reptiles have their sexual organs inside the Cloaca which is kinda an "all purpose" opening similar to anus. The vet is able to probe the Cloaca to determine the gender. Hope that wasn't too graphic ? 6y
Erofan 🐢❤ 6y
MrBook 😻 6y
MrBook #turtlesofLitsy 😁👏🏻 6y
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jfalkens
Untitled | Unknown
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1. We got a new turtle(on the right, Walnut) and took our turtles for supervised outside time(on the left Murphy and on the right Wally)
2. Procrastinating cleaning lol
3. All day 🤓
4. Not really
5. 🤔 try reading something completely different than usual or reread
#humpdaypost @MinDea
#turtlesoflitsy #tortoisesoflitsy #Murphy #Walnut

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jfalkens
Untitled | Unknown
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1. My husband and our kids(Left to right: Murphy, Danica, Joban, Pickle and Wally) and pictured with Danica and Pickle my books and unpictured my nephew and niece
2. 0ne, The Fog Diver
3. Nothing
4. Not really
5. As long as I can take my husband and kids I'm with @MinDea on the deserted Island #Introvert 😊
#humpdaypost @MinDea
#husbandsoflitsy #catsoflitsy #petsoflitsy #turtlesoflitsy #tortoisesoflitsy #Danica #Joban #Pickle #Murphy #Walnut

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jfalkens
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I haven't gotten much reading done because we got a new Russian Tortoise Saturday!!!! We think it's a boy and have named him Walnut, Wally for short 😊🐢😊 #turtlesoflitsy #tortoisesoflitsy #Walnut
30 of 664 pages

JoScho Wally is awesome! 🐢 6y
RadicalReader @jfalkens absolutely gorgeous and stunning tortoise so terrific #reptiles #tortoises 6y
jfalkens @JoScho @RadicalReader thank you 😊 he's still adjusting but was very brave walking around on the carpet while we set up his temporary home 😊🐢 6y
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Alfoster He‘s so cute!😍😍😍 6y
jfalkens @Alfoster thank you 🤗 6y
tammysue Wally‘s a cutie! 💚🐢 6y
Reviewsbylola Awwww he‘s cute! 🐢 6y
jfalkens @whatshesreadingnow @Reviewsbylola thank you 🤗🤗🐢🐢 6y
Ddzmini 🐢😍😍😍 6y
jfalkens @Ddzmini 🤗🐢 6y
MrsGagnonreads2024 If his under shell is flat he is a she but if it‘s con caved he is definitely a he :-). My brother has two a male and a female and next year they will be breeding age 😁. 6y
jfalkens @Endowarrior21 thanks 🤗 we had a Russian but he passed away a few years ago. My husband says the spot on his shell looks like a v(female is u shaped) and the way his shell is shaped both point towards male but we are unsure on his age. The pet store said he was from a private breeder and one employee said he was 5-6 mths(was there a few weeks) and another seemed to know him really well. Also my husband said at that age they are much smaller. 6y
Libby1 ❤️🐢❤️ 6y
MrsGagnonreads2024 @jfalkens he looks like a male to me too but it‘s been 8 years since Gus was that small lol and Lilly was smaller lol. They are now 9 years old and rule the backyard lol. 6y
jfalkens @Endowarrior21 it's been 10 years since my husband got our other Russian, Genbu(wild caught by the pet store) and 3 years since he died. My husband said Genbu was never grew. Sounds about right lol we gave Wally some dandelion greens today and he got very excited about them and ate them right up, first time he ate after we took him home 🤗🐢 when we had Gebu we also had a female but we had to rehome her because she beat Genbu up and wouldn't 6y
jfalkens @Endowarrior21 let him eat or use the heat lamp. Genbu tried reproducing with her but he always mounted in the wrong spot(her leg,face,side,etc) and the few times he got the right side she would just walk away. Genbu was much healthier and happier after we rehomed her on a turtle forum. 6y
MrsGagnonreads2024 Oh my brother is in no hurry to mate them Gus has not tried to mount her yet he is more interested in eating lol and she keeps to her corner of the yard and lays in the sun when she is not eating. It‘s just he knows at 10 they will be breeding age. He got them because he loves tortoises and has the yard space for them. He did not plan on getting a male and female he just bought two so him and my sister in law each had a pet to look after. 6y
MrsGagnonreads2024 It just so happened one was a male and the other was a female. 6y
jfalkens @Endowarrior21 lol turtle babies would have been fun and cute with Genbu and the female but it was never the intention, she was more supposed to be his friend and keep him from getting lonely. We hope to have a secure outdoor enclosure(for nice weather) but we need indoor enclosure's first, next weekend we are planning on building indoor enclosure's, we have an ~11 year old female box turtle too 😊 My husband had turtles when we met and it was 6y
jfalkens @Endowarrior21 always his thing, until we lost Genbu and our painted turtle(Lily) a few years ago and we were both devastated. Before that I knew I liked them but I didn't realize how much. Now it was me who convinced my husband on getting Wally lol He had our box turtle(Murphy) when we met and got her as a baby but doesn't remember when lol he has bad memory for certain things(like the year he got her), so her age is a guess. 6y
knittedgnome He is so cute!!! Fun! 6y
jfalkens @knittedgnome thank you 😊 6y
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MrBook
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Little #Yertle came to join me for lunch alongside another colleague 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🐢! She runs for the foliage, lol.

#LitsyLovesLibraries #turtlesofLitsy 🐢🐢🐢

wanderinglynn So cute! Turtles rule! ❤️🐢 7y
BookBabe I like turtles! 🐢 7y
Gissy 🐢💚💚💚 6y
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jfalkens
The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman
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1. My niece and nephew, my husband, our 3 cats(Danica, Joban and Pickle), my books and unpictured our eastern box turtle, Murphy 😊
2. That is hard!!! I've narrowed it down to 3, His Dark Materials, Lord of the rings or Wheel of Time.
3. Coffee with lots of creamer, Cherry Coke Zero, water or juice
4. Put off spring cleaning until next year lol this year is the year we're going to do it lol
5. Rain, I hate the snow and cold
#humpdaypost @MinDea

MinDea I need to check out WoT. This is the third or fourth time you have mentioned it! 7y
Cathythoughts Great pic ! happy days ❤️ 7y
tammysue Great pics! Fun! 7y
jfalkens @MinDea lol it is really good so far and I am mid series(just started book 9) but besides 2 books it's all I've read this year. @Cathythoughts @whatshesreadingnow thanks 🤗 7y
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