COLD DARK ROOM

Chefdenoel10

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Thank you!! I see him everyday so it’s hard for Me to notice Any significant difference.. he is obviously feeling a lot better. Has some spunk to him and actually tries to engage me in play. I’ve been around a lot of horses and I’ve only ever seen the colts do that... I saw pictures of your babies and they were gorgeous! It’s odd that one wouldn’t want to eat.. have you had his teeth / mouth checked?

And no Mam... her name remains Rig dog / Rigsy... the name at the vet is listed Rig dog ???

hey , I am sooooo happy that you RESCUED this beautiful dog you could call her “ Daryl “ for all I care.. just glad she is safe,happy,and most important HOME.♥️
thanks for being her hero!!
 

Chefdenoel10

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Pouring down rain here in bands now. It was quiet at 0600, then light misty rain, now heavy showers. Our garden needed a soaking. Just yesterday i was thinking that our flowers and luffa need a drink. Overnight some heavy thunderstorms. Today, for the next few hours - bands of tropical rain. Wet & warm.

Our Sully LOVES this type of summer, hot, humid & wet. This morning Sully has her head & legs hanging out of the nightbox - enjoying the splashes of rain. Nightbox reads 86F & 83% humidity.

I want a picture of your sully enjoying the rain!!!!! ?
 

Chefdenoel10

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Well, it's 6:50a and already I have briskly walked 10 laps (appx. 1 mile) around the pasture, fed the cats, prepared the daily tortoise dood, fed the young box turtles, the hospitilized painted turtle, the hatchling russian and softshell, played with the kitten, read all the new posts and dispatched my moderator duties on the Forum. As soon as I'm finished here I'm taking the tortoise food out to dispense, then pick up poop and clean and refill waterers. I have it in mind to run the strimmer, but can't predict the future.

wow!!! You really are “WONDER WOMAN”
??????????????

what time did you wake up 3:30???
I figured I wake up for work every day for the past 30yrs...at 3:30am. Now with this pandemic keeping me home I wake up at 7:30/8:00am... I figured I deserve the “make up” sleep????
 

Chefdenoel10

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Blasphemy! I'll have to send @KarenSoCal after you. It's Spock with a "k" you know... ? ? ?

Fascinating, your spelling... ?

Not that I'm one to talk, with autocorrect second guessing my word choices... :rolleyes:

i swear that’s what happened!!!???
Dam spell check!!!!
I like mr. Spocks line!!!
Please KarenSoCal accept my sincerest apology....?
I know ....
That is where blasfamy started in the first place.. (people misquoting Star Trek)
it is if the devil forked Siri’s tongue ? on my phone!!!!
MR. Spock ? I will have to do penance today in honor of you!!!!!! ?
 

Yvonne G

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wow!!! You really are “WONDER WOMAN”
??????????????

what time did you wake up 3:30???
I figured I wake up for work every day for the past 30yrs...at 3:30am. Now with this pandemic keeping me home I wake up at 7:30/8:00am... I figured I deserve the “make up” sleep????
It seems like a lot when it's listed, but I still feel like a lazy lunk because I don't do ANYTHING after that's done.

Normally I get up at 6a, but since I changed to walking my laps in the a.m. I've been trying to get up at 5a
 

Golden Greek Tortoise 567

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Only because you’ve already outdone us all!!!
So I just saw a new member with name Yvonne Z....... this could really get confusing now ??
That’s what I thought! We have EllieMay and EllyMae and now we have Yvonne G and Yvonne Z. What’s next Golden Greek Tortoise 567 and Golden Greek Tortoise 568?
 

Lokkje

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I hope it didn’t sound like i was implying that you were lax in their care!!! I’m just full of questions. Does he struggle to breathe in the heat??? I have been trying to educate myself on equine health, especially with the new horse... the vet told me that horses with the heaves burn more calories and struggle with weight when they are affected. A good friend of mine had a horse with the heaves and she said hers was only bothered in the summer... I am still trying to pin point what’s up with Ready so I’m I’ve been reading ALOT.. LOL... I did mount a fan in his stall and he can often be found standing under it just looking out.. he has claimed that space as his and I leave the door open for him...
No offense is ever taken with me. I didn’t detect any offense in the first place plus I’m extremely thick skinned. I’m like a tortoise. Hard shelled and thick skinned. I didn’t detect any in the first place plus I’m extremely thick skinned. When a horse has the heaves he has respiratory distress and it’s believed to be an allergic response to small particles in the air usually from food. It’s recommended that you not feed horses in too high a feeding bin so that they don’t inhale a lot of the particles. Usually they’ll be coughing or their nostrils will flair or they seem to be having a bit of difficulty breathing (the chest is heaving). Think of it almost like asthma or COPD In a horse. Lokkje doesn’t have that at all. He is a thoroughbred and thoroughbreds tend to be hard keeps anyway. He’s also very dominant and very busy and tends to be more play driven then food driven and so when it gets hotter he drops more weight. I am lucky because I have a lot of easy keep horses but Lokkje is different and he had an epiploic foramenal obstruction that required surgery so he’s even more difficult to manage. He cannot eat alfalfa hay and can only have Bermuda and is very disinterested in food and has been for the 16 years that I’ve had him. When I first got horses I signed up for a veterinary website that would give general information and had a lot of topics. I tried to look for it for you as I haven’t looked in years and it’s no longer available. If you are new to veterinary/horse medicine it would be a good idea to find a site like that because it’s quite helpful. When I first got horses I signed up for a veterinary website that would give general information and had a lot of topics. I tried to look for it for you as I haven’t looked in years and it’s no longer available. If you are new to veterinary/horse medicine it would be a good idea to find a site like that because it’s quite helpful. Like the tortoise forum has been for me learning about taking care of a leopard.
 
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