COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Our Lord Baltimore Hardy Hibiscus is POPPING this morning. Check out those blooms (aka Sully treats).

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Hmmm, I am sure Sully falls in love with Lord Baltimore with every blossoms she`s eating...
Btw: The color is beautiful. I have some hibiskus in my garden too but they bloom real late every year. Maybe next month. It is too cold in Germany.

 

[Bee62]

Welll, There is still an egg there, I have not touched it, but they normally hatch around March, April and May, so we have quite a while to wait. And then she should have laid another egg sometime last week as they apparently lay their eggs 23 days apart. BUT if she did lay another egg, I did not catch it.

Waiting until March, April, May for little torts to hatch is exciting ! Good luck !

 

[CarolM]

Ok. I think I see now. it’s winter time for you and therefor a natural holding period for eggs. So, in the wild, a females nest would accumulate a new egg every 23 days until spring when warmer temperatures would trigger the incubation period...??? Is this what your hoping to simulate??

Yes, but they lay the eggs each in it's own nest. They don't go back to the same nest and lay an egg. So you will have babies hatching at different times within that 3 month period that I mentioned. I have also separated Whitey from Blue because he was and is becoming too aggressive with them when he mates with her. So these eggs may be the last that are fertile if they are fertile. They may still not be fertile even though he was with her last year during spring. We will see.

 

[CarolM]

Okay. Then I understand that it is getting uncomfortable in lower temps in the house and you have to use electric blankets.
Btw: A friend of mine asked me where do you live in Capetown, which district. He visited Capetown this year and his wife is from South Africa.

We live in Milnerton Ridge. Is your friend still here?

 

[CarolM]

Waiting until March, April, May for little torts to hatch is exciting ! Good luck !

I am very impatient.

 

[Bee62]

We live in Milnerton Ridge. Is your friend still here?

No, he is now in Germany. He and his wife are living here. Do you want to ask him something ?

 

[Bee62]

I am very impatient.

I would be too.

 

[Ray--Opo]

When you all visit Georgia....a side trip to a turtle rescue.

https://jekyllisland.ticketleap.com/behind-the-scenes-tour/details

Thanks for the info. They have a sea turtle hospital and rescue in marathon key. We stopped in the morning we checked out. When I asked for a tour the next available was 2 hrs. I didn't know you had to reserve.

 

[Ray--Opo]

This is a nice Sully Pool ! I hope she will not forget about the pool rules Nr: 5 : Don`t use the pool when you are sick with diarrheah !
Or better: Don`t poop in the water... LOL !
@Ray--Opo

 

[DE42]

Aww those blue eyes

What about the name “Blue”?

That's a good name. I'll add it to the list

He had me up all night but it's good because we was going out so he could go potty. House breaking is a chore but it is one of those you can't skip on. Lol

 

[DE42]

How about “Franky” as in Frank Sinatra

• While Sinatra never learned how to read music, he had an impressive understanding of it, and he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. A perfectionist, renowned for his dress sense and performing presence, he always insisted on recording live with his band. His bright blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes".

Interesting. Has a good story to go with it also.

 

[Ben02]

That's a good name. I'll add it to the list

He had me up all night but it's good because we was going out so he could go potty. House breaking is a chore but it is one of those you can't skip on. Lol

I remember that with my dog

 

[Yvonne G]

Found this little guy at the shelter. Had about a thousand flees on him. He had been turned in that day. He looks full husky but we really are not sure. He had a sister someone was coming to get that had a coat that look like a tri-color collie or something like that. Got all the flees off when we got home and he seems to get along great with the other dogs.
Thought I'd share.
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Still debating on a name.

Aw, what a cutey pie!

 

[Cathie G]

Nope we have not, because Mark is the one always taking the pictures.

Ok but he did say he was the one with the red paddle. I can't remember what exact event it was though. There were a lot of kyackers at a gathering in a bay of some sort.

 

[Yvonne G]

Ok but he did say he was the one with the red paddle. I can't remember what exact event it was though. There were a lot of kyackers at a gathering in a bay of some sort.

I remember that.

 

[Cathie G]

Ok

I remember that.

Ok...I am not alone and actually remembered something.

 

[Cathie G]

Good morning ! I am already frustrated today trying to figure out what to do with myself. Last week, my “shoulder was bothering me and I mentioned to my husband that I might have pulled something. On Monday, it was really bothering me and causing my nerves to go crazy (I have mild Cubital tunnel), so I called my Orthopedic Dr. I ended up having to go in Yesterday ahead of scheduled appointment only to find out that it’s not my shoulder at all.It seems there is something going on with my neck. So now, there’s this long process of getting MRI, and finding out treatment plans (kinda scares me) and in the mean time it hurts like hell[emoji35]. I don’t do painkillers and I’m too busy to sit Idle.. this is CRAP!

On another note, our heat index is creeping up and the humidity is insane!
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So sorry to see you have that pain. I don't take painkillers either so it's what it is. I'll be thinking hoping and praying for you...and some relief for both.

 

[Cathie G]

That's a good name. I'll add it to the list

He had me up all night but it's good because we was going out so he could go potty. House breaking is a chore but it is one of those you can't skip on. Lol

He sounds like a really good dog...and will get back on track. After being eaten while alive by all those fleas, anyone would need a nice restful sleep.

 

[Cathie G]

How many years ago ?? I`ve never seen such a pic.

Ok...I take the challenge...here's me.

 

[Maro2Bear]

I’m in here