Injured Turtle/No Vet

Date: 2/11/2019

In this dream, I was at my Dad’s apartment and he (in real life) owns a turtle that I gave to him a few years ago. Turtle’s name is Nattie. So in this dream, I was over there and I noticed Nattie in her tank and she was moving about very agitated. She was purposely trying to hurt herself, and she succeeded because the heat lamp fell on her, and broke her shell in a few places. I freaked out and also felt very anxious because there are no vets in the area and basically no vets that know what to do about turtles. So I try to call vets and ask if they know how to take care of a turtle shell, and no one knows of any thing to do. Plus it was nearing midnight, so I was losing hope. Well, I ended up finding this place in Brooklyn so I took a bus with my friend and boyfriend in the dream (a person I’ve never seen in real life). We get off the bus and realize we never brought Nattie. So my boyfriend freaks out and yells at my friend and we get pissed so we have to go back to my Dad’s place and we were on the bus for like 45 mins. So we get back to my dad’s place and I ask him how Nattie is. He says she’s fine, and opens a box where she was at and then puts her back into the tank. Her shell is still broken, but I can see her swimming and looking at me. She smiles at me and I still feel worried about her, but optimistic and in awe of her resilience.