Chick Pick aka Scuba

A tiny green turtle ...... with a white angel mark on his shell ...... I got chick pick in my life on November 6th , a baby turtle very much afraid of his surroundings . And now , about a month later hes blossomed into a naughty acrobat !!!!!

I must admit he lives in a pretty mundane fish bowl ....with a few rocks to give him company . His fav is the flat yellow stone ...on which he sits with his head just above the water ....contemplating in peace ....
Sometimes he swims around , or stands up with only one feet on the stone ...turning around on himself .
When he gets his food , there are rare moments of exuberance ....turtle level of exuberance ....which can be described as frisky behaviour :))

He has come a long way in just a month . Day one , he wasn't even able to float properly . Still remember how he used to surface with flailing limbs ....balance for a few seconds before he would slowly fall down . And the slightest movement around his bowl used to send him scuttling down , had n limbs tucked into his shell !!!

Chick pick eats processed fish food ..may be for him it would be tiny fish sausages ....four in the morning n four in the evening . Hes used to his feeding time being slightly flexible ( after all i dont wanna turn him into one of those rigid disciplined freaky turtles do i ??? ) ....n when he see me coming with the food he eagerly puts his head out of water and stares at me .

Every one loves the baby ...Bhavani whistles at him , Jhili pulls his tail , her brother to takes him out of water n exercises him, once Saurav even became a human obstacle course for the baby - sadly he climbed into the darkest corner ( that being the crook of his arm !!!) . And then i had to catch him before he fell on the floor .
Yesterday i took him to our other room , for a change , and he crawled under my suitcase !!! Extractin him from there without harming him was quiet an ordeal .

One of my friends had commented ...you Chobu n Scuba make quiet a threesome ...

Well it sure beats being alone . And im glad i have them for company :)