COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

Hello everyone here's a pic of Opo pushing mommies chair around View attachment 275508

They just don't have any awareness of their size do they?
Lola is constantly trying to push himself through small spaces just because his head has gone through!

 

[Lyn W]

Good afternoon/evening all.
Another day in school, (well from about 11.30 I had a visit to my doc during my 2 PPA lessons this morning.)
A scorchio day but the school has AC so not too bad.
Lola has just gone to bed, but hasn't eaten much today and didn't really want to be outside when I got home, but he did have a wander.
Hope everyone's Thursday is going well.

 

[Lyn W]

How about a little heat to sll those aching muscles n bones! One could zip here, but I see most of Europe is in the throngs of a heatwave as well. Reportedly many major Eoro locations will break records today or tomorrow,

A look at our forecast... not so nice :-(

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They have shut schools and postponed exams in France because of the heat, but lots of other countries are suffering too.
It will be hot here but not as bad as many European countries.

 

[Lyn W]

There have been some beautiful butterflies in my garden this afternoon - painted ladies, red admirals and a small red butterfly I haven't found in my book yet.
Very pretty though.

 

[JoesMum]

Hey friends. Wishing y`all a beautiful Thursday.
I have so much to tell but sooo short time. Torts are happy in their new enclosure indoor & outdoors. They slept only one night in their new indoor enclosure and found their way back in their night box ( yesterday they had been outside the first day this summer too ). It is a little surprise that they walked in their night box where they only slept one night. Amazing little dinosaurs !
A few pics:
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Nightbox ( indoors )

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outdoor enclosure:
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the tortoise "walk" . They can go indoor our outdoor by themselves.

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Wow! Good work Sabine!

 

[JoesMum]

Hello everyone here's a pic of Opo pushing mommies chair around View attachment 275508

Oh Opo. I see you are just as intelligent as Joe. Never working that just because your head fits under something doesn’t mean the rest of you will [emoji849][emoji16]

 

[JoesMum]

Good afternoon/evening all.
Another day in school, (well from about 11.30 I had a visit to my doc during my 2 PPA lessons this morning.)
A scorchio day but the school has AC so not too bad.
Lola has just gone to bed, but hasn't eaten much today and didn't really want to be outside when I got home, but he did have a wander.
Hope everyone's Thursday is going well.

It’s been lovely today. The wind got up last night and is really quite gusty, but it’s dealt with the oppressive humidity and made temperatures today really pleasant.

 

[JoesMum]

There have been some beautiful butterflies in my garden this afternoon - painted ladies, red admirals and a small red butterfly I haven't found in my book yet.
Very pretty though.

There’s been a huge influx of migratory Painted Ladies from Europe. They reached Kent in big numbers last weekend and have been much commented on and photographed on Kent social media channels. They have obviously made it to Wales

The Red Admirals will be local bred and seem to be out in numbers.

Your other “red” butterfly. Small tortoiseshell? Comma? I can’t think of any truly red butterflies. Are you sure it’s not a moth?

 

[Lyn W]

There’s been a huge influx of migratory Painted Ladies from Europe. They reached Kent in big numbers last weekend and have been much commented on and photographed on Kent social media channels. They have obviously made it to Wales

The Red Admirals will be local bred and seem to be out in numbers.

Your other “red” butterfly. Small tortoiseshell? Comma? I can’t think of any truly red butterflies. Are you sure it’s not a moth?

The PLs have had a long trip - no wonder they were on my purple hebe shrub for so long.
The red could be a moth but very pretty. I'll look at butterflies and moths.
It had small roundish wings and plain deep red wings, maybe some black but when i tried to get close it fluttered off.
I have seen them other summers but never managed to ID them.
We had quite a few scarlet/red tiger moths last year - they are very pretty.

 

[Lyn W]

Hey friends. Wishing y`all a beautiful Thursday.
I have so much to tell but sooo short time. Torts are happy in their new enclosure indoor & outdoors. They slept only one night in their new indoor enclosure and found their way back in their night box ( yesterday they had been outside the first day this summer too ). It is a little surprise that they walked in their night box where they only slept one night. Amazing little dinosaurs !
A few pics:
New indoor enclosure.View attachment 275500

Nightbox ( indoors )

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outdoor enclosure:
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the tortoise "walk" . They can go indoor our outdoor by themselves.

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They look very toasty in their night box, well done Sabine.

 

[Cathie G]

Hey, I have a toad too that is living in the frontyard of my house. I see him every evening / night walking around catching moths. I put out two flat bowls with water and he is bathing and soaking every night.

I always find the babies in one of my frontyard flower beds. I move them outback to my tortoise enclosure to protect them from neighborhood cats. They can get out when they figure out how to. I'll come up with something he likes besides cans. He's so cute. I know now that he/she is older that the cats probably won't mess with him...but I don't want to chance it with the babies. I haven't found a baby this year yet. I'll try to incorporate what you said with my little toad house habitat...in the outback.

 

[DE42]

Set up a betta tank.

 

[Cathie G]

Set up a betta tank.
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I'm sure your little one feels like part of the scenery...and loves the new home. It's really pretty.

 

[DE42]

Thanks.

As for the kittens.
Idk if it is going to work out
I thought my allergies had got better with the new autoimmune meds. But i afraid it's getting bad again.
I may have to re-home them. Which breaks my heart. I'm going to give it a few more days with additional allergy meds. But if it keeps getting worse I'll have no choice.

 

[Lyn W]

Set up a betta tank.
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That's lovely, we've had a few Betta tanks set up in here lately, Cathie can probably show you some pics of hers.

 

[Lyn W]

Thanks.

As for the kittens.
Idk if it is going to work out
I thought my allergies had got better with the new autoimmune meds. But i afraid it's getting bad again.
I may have to re-home them. Which breaks my heart. I'm going to give it a few more days with additional allergy meds. But if it keeps getting worse I'll have no choice.

That's a shame. How many do you have?

 

[DE42]

That's a shame. How many do you have?

Two. I got two kittens just a few days ago.

 

[Lyn W]

Two. I got two kittens just a few days ago.

Double trouble!!
Do you have any pics?

 

[Cathie G]

I don’t see why you shouldn’t do it, it’s a good idea.

It's for sure he has plenty of food. Moths, millers, and snails. I'll just have to figure out what it is he likes about the wet bags of cans. Do they help him cool off? The smoothness of the cans and bags? Why is he out in the daylight just hanging out? It's fun. He's probably going to help me figure out a cute little toad habitat. I can't hardly wait.

 

[DE42]

Double trouble!!
Do you have any pics?

His is the only one I have really got.