COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

The bedding Merlin has and him in his wild plants feeding place thingyView attachment 248344View attachment 248345

Hi James (is that your name? )
Both look very small for a big boy like him. He probably wanders off to find, what he thinks, safer corners.

 

[Kristoff]

Thank goodness it is Wednesday for me. Except this week seems to be taking ages.

Ages? Are you very busy at work this week?

 

[Kristoff]

Okay, Finally caught up with all the posts that I missed yesterday. I hope that everyone is having an awesome Wednesday. It is only two more days to go then it is Weekend. Yayyyy. Hmmm have you guys cottoned onto the fact that I like weekends yet? if you haven't - I do!!!

This week has been really busy for me at work but at the same time is going really slowly. I know doesn't make sense, but then again Adam did say that things would not make sense in the CDR in the beginning. So I am just doing my best to go with the theme of the CDR.

Tomorrow is my eldest's birthday and he is turning 20 years old. But that is okay because I am still only 29 years old. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

Lol Anyway have an awesome Wednesday everyone - NOT see you later

Adds up. Good luck with the birthday. Hope it’s better than having a kiddie party.

 

[Kristoff]

This is his full enclosure, he isn't in it much, more often in the rest of the garden which I took a photo of a little bit of it here (halfish)View attachment 248380View attachment 248381

Lovely garden!
I’d put the nightbox elsewhere, not on the stones. Stones can be too cold. That way also you wouldn’t need a basket to put the substrate in (it’s too high). I used Linda’s thread about her nightbox to create one for one of my torts, but we were in Turkey and didn’t need an extra heat source.

 

[Kristoff]

Okay. The garden certainly looks big enough for him. Does he go into the little hutch himself at night or do you put him in there yourself.

My take on things for Merlin:
1.) I would actually cover the hutch fully and put it in between some plants. That way the hutch becomes a night box.
2.) I would try and put some heat with a thermostate connected to the night box so that at night it is nice and warm for him.
3.) The garden can become his enclosure and for burrowing, unless you don't want him to destroy your garden with holes, In which case I would create an area specifically for him with an area where he can dig and sleep etc. But that hutch unless it is only a sleeping place is not big enough on its own as an exclosure.

Ditto.

 

[Kristoff]

What kind of heat would you suggest, I know that Hermanns are meant to have cooler nights but especially in spring and autumn and for those British summers . The enclosure is definitely not his only space, basically just a bedroom, joesmum suggested covering the wire mesh with some acyclic, would this be a good idea?

Sorry my previous post posted before I had finished typing. I did go back and edit it. But I am not sure about hermann's but I would try and make his sleeping place as close to how they like to sleep as possible. Hopefully Adam or Linda or Lyn or Lena or Bambam or Yvonne can give you further advice, They more than likely know more about Hermanns than I do. But I would definitly Cover the wiring of the hutch, put a coco coir or orchad bark inside it, so that when he is in it he has a bigger space to sleep and it would be warmer for him. Hopefully you can see what I mean by the pic below. But cover both sides, take out the little partition in the middle, take out tray and cover the floor with substrate about 4 or 5 inchs of substrate.

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CHE would be the best source of heat. Yes, they can manage cooler nights, but the obvious question is: what happens if the temps drop a lot? Say, below 10C? Does he have an indoor enclosure for colder days? Hermanns come from the mild climate of the Mediterranean and the Balkans, and Merlin may need extra heat to deal with British weather unless you want to risk RI.

 

[Kristoff]

Sorry auto correct said body hole instead of hidy hole, a body hole would be very wierd!

Well, we all have skeletons in our... garden. !!

 

[Kristoff]

Yes.... here is a good article on how some figs are “pollinated”. - http://mentalfloss.com/article/8534...d-probably-results-you-eating-mummified-wasps

For a long time, there was a great Fig Forum based out of California. Somehow, i recall from those forum days, that most of the fig wasps were only noted in some California grown figs.

But....for the most part, any remnants of the pollinator are gone by the time a fig is consumed

• While we don’t eat the figs in which the female usually lays her eggs, occasionally one makes it into the wrong flower, where it dies having not fulfilled its life’s purpose. Those are the sad little insects we end up consuming.
• Don’t worry though—not only are the wasps itsy bitsy, but by the time you’re cutting a fig up to put in your morning yogurt, the bug has been (at least mostly) broken down by an enzyme called ficain.

It’s all really an interesting process.

Just a bit of protein

 

[Yvonne G]

Hello, Everybody!

 

[Kristoff]

Hello roommates! I’m having a Wonderful Wednesday. Hope everybody else does too!
Just saw a new sign outside our Drunken Penguin bar:

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I saw that, too! [emoji6]

Good afternoon, Mooz!
Hope you're having a good day.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello, Everybody!

Good morning, Yvonne!
Have a nice day, please.

 

[Bee62]

Hi roomies, I just pop in to say hello to you all.
I caught a cold ( got infected by someone ) but I am recovering. Only a little tired from no good sleep last night.
I have read all posts and I think I am up to date.
Have all a great day.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello roommates! I’m having a Wonderful Wednesday. Hope everybody else does too!
Just saw a new sign outside our Drunken Penguin bar:
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Glad you're having a nice day.
I am.
Just identified two more fossils.
Oh, the internet is wonderful!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi roomies, I just pop in to say hello to you all.
I caught a cold ( got infected by someone ) but I am recovering. Only a little tired from no good sleep last night.
I have read all posts and I think I am up to date.
Have all a great day.

Hi, Sabine!
Get well soon.
Get some sleep.
I need you well, it's about time we did a night flight again.

 

[Bee62]

Hi, Sabine!
Get well soon.
Get some sleep.
I need you well, it's about time we did a night flight again.

Hi Adam. I can sleep when I am dead ....
Yes, a nice night flight would be great.
Until then I have prepared something for you a week ago. I hope you have fun with it and always remenber: ".... all I`m taking is your time...."
For you Adam:

 

[Lyn W]

Good afternoon, Lyn!
Hope that Lola perked up and ate something.
Enjoy the day.

Hi Adam, Lola is up and about but not eating much.
He has just tucked into some nice young and fresh dandies but not enough to say he has had a really good meal.
I'm hoping the dandies will start to grow better with the rain we've had but they are slow!
Hope you have a good day too.

 

[Momof4]

Adam, I hope your feeling better today!

 

[Lyn W]

You too Lyn. Are you behaving yourself today?

I always behave myself, Carol

 

[Bee62]

Hi Adam, Lola is up and about but not eating much.
He has just tucked into some nice young and fresh dandies but not enough to say he has had a really good meal.
I'm hoping the dandies will start to grow better with the rain we've had but they are slow!
Hope you have a good day too.

Hi Lyn, tell Lola I would sing him his song when he is not eating well.....