Cleaning the kitchen sink.

Wait, why is this in the pets section you ask? Well, that's because of what happens every week BEFORE the sink gets cleaned. Hector gets some sink time. Fore everyone who's freaking out right now about salmonella you can stop. After he's had his sink time, it gets thoroughly scrubbed with Soft Scrub w/Bleach... plus a rinse of bleach just for good measure.

This whole thing does two things: First, it ensures that I have some time each week to check Hector over - examine his shell, beak, eyes, feet, claws etc - and can identify if there are any issues. Otherwise he pretty much hides all the time!! Second, I have a clean sink regularly.....

Today, Hector enjoyed a lunch of a small, deformed strawberry, some sort of caterpillar and a dandelion leaf. And let's not talk about my hideous grout lines.... That's a project for another time!!

He ate the strawberry first - surprisingly, turtles have very good vision. So things with contrasting shapes and colors/textures get their attention.

He gazed longingly at the caterpillar, but couldn't seem to quite figure out how he was going to get it - each time he'd move forward the leaf would move away.

Then he wandered around till I dumped the poor caterpillar off it's leaf into the water. As soon as it started wiggling he hat it - two bites and it was gone.

I love bleach. Without it, Hector could not enjoy his weekly buffet and bath sessions.