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Good afternoon everyone. Quick question. Should wisteria and Emeraldas shells harden by now? I believe they are around 2 months old but their shell is still really soft. Like it hasn't hardened at all.
I think it's the two littlies (sulcatas) he got a while back.
@Thomas tortoise I think it's fine. If you *gently press* on their plastron, it should feel like a plastic lid. They're still very young, but with the recommended UVB on Toms' caresheet, and a pinch of calcium a few times a week like he mentions in his caresheet they should be fine, in a few months the shells should be hard
 

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Goeie naand!
It's been a while since I've been here.
It's going good here, my grandparents are in Stilbaai, doing the finishing touches on the house
The Outeniqua berge
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The Outeniqua berge todayIMG-20220615-WA0001.jpg
(For those who don't now, snow on the mountains here mean that we're gonna die of cold in the coming week)
Today's max was 13C, minimum -1C. Normal weather for our friends up North, but here we have a problem.
Our houses are made for summer, meaning whatever it's outside, it's going to be around 2C warmer inside.
Last night the broke into my grandparents house😔, luckily they were in Stilbaai
 

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I think it's the two littlies (sulcatas) he got a while back.
@Thomas tortoise I think it's fine. If you *gently press* on their plastron, it should feel like a plastic lid. They're still very young, but with the recommended UVB on Toms' caresheet, and a pinch of calcium a few times a week like he mentions in his caresheet they should be fine, in a few months the shells should be hard
Oh ok, I guess I haven't been around enough to stay informed what's going on in the CDR family.
Sorry @Thomas tortoise for suggesting a different thread to post your question. It was just a general question for the CDR family. 😁
 

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I am confused ( which isn't hard to do)
Are you talking turtles or torts or flowers?
🤔🤔
It's probably almost the same problem I have with Sapphire's name. I named him after a rock 😁 but why would people think that's a female's name. It's a dang rock 😁 and as far as I know there's no gender for a rock. That could be a problem with flower names also, even though they may be male or female, a flower name is gender neutral.🤗
 

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Goeie naand!
It's been a while since I've been here.
It's going good here, my grandparents are in Stilbaai, doing the finishing touches on the house
The Outeniqua berge
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The Outeniqua berge todayView attachment 346057
(For those who don't now, snow on the mountains here mean that we're gonna die of cold in the coming week)
Today's max was 13C, minimum -1C. Normal weather for our friends up North, but here we have a problem.
Our houses are made for summer, meaning whatever it's outside, it's going to be around 2C warmer inside.
Last night the broke into my grandparents house😔, luckily they were in Stilbaai
I'm so glad to see you. I've actually been wondering about you.and how things are going the past couple of days. Sorry to see your grandparents had a break in. Not being present for that is a real blessing. It's still hard though when people think they can just invade your space. Stay warm, lots of layers of clothes and such.🙏🙏🙏
 

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It's a wonder we survived to an older age when you think about all the things you did as a kid up thru your fifties. I ran in a harrier (sp?) race during a snowstorm climbing over fences & a bridge & I didn't kill myself & finished the race. But now, forgetta bout it!
Yea. Since around 2015 or '16, I haven't had the stamina to do much at all. Now I have the stamina but my body is falling apart at the seams because of bone problems...dang dang darn it!!!! Where there's a will there's a way though..😉 I'll just move slower like a 🐢🤗😁
 

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Miss Cathie, you always have a kind word or thought for everyone......that kind of happiness & sheer goodness will keep the body running long after it would have, maybe not at peak operating efficiency, but running pretty well!

"Mind over matter, till it don't matter" LOL

I miss Matilda....I moved my little box turtle outside and this morning I missed her badly. We would wake together. I miss having her there when I wake up.......
 

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Miss Cathie, you always have a kind word or thought for everyone......that kind of happiness & sheer goodness will keep the body running long after it would have, maybe not at peak operating efficiency, but running pretty well!

"Mind over matter, till it don't matter" LOL

I miss Matilda....I moved my little box turtle outside and this morning I missed her badly. We would wake together. I miss having her there when I wake up.......
Daisy May was carried out in the morning on a homemade fleece pillow that looked like a cloud.🤣 and brought in at night the same way. There's a method to my madness though 😁as long as she had terra firma under her nobody's leg got saturated 🐢😂
 

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Pretty yucky day here in Maryland. Hazy, very hot & very humid.

Pretty sure Baltimore set a heat record today… 🥵

I did manage to dig up & create a little wildlife pond. The runoff of watering the banana trees will add some water for creatures great & small to cool off. Drink. Carry away some mud for their nests.
 

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Pretty yucky day here in Maryland. Hazy, very hot & very humid.

Pretty sure Baltimore set a heat record today… 🥵

I did manage to dig up & create a little wildlife pond. The runoff of watering the banana trees will add some water for creatures great & small to cool off. Drink. Carry away some mud for their nests.
The weathers been ruff here too for the last few days. You're probably getting that now because all that left us The next few days are supposed to be nice. They'll be heading your way too ☺️and then here it's supposed to head right back into high heat and humidity what ever 🤗 can't wait to see your pond 😊
 

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Pretty yucky day here in Maryland. Hazy, very hot & very humid.

Pretty sure Baltimore set a heat record today… 🥵

I did manage to dig up & create a little wildlife pond. The runoff of watering the banana trees will add some water for creatures great & small to cool off. Drink. Carry away some mud for their nests.
Yes it was a tad hot today here in Baltimore today, spent most of my day inside with the air conditioner. Made sure my garden was watered and my plants in my yard also, Funny you mentioned your Banana tree. I was just looking at my Banana Tree, mentioned it last year having a little tree coming up next to the big one. Planted it in the ground before winter, It survived very well. Now it has 6 little trees coming up from the big one.
 

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Yes it was a tad hot today here in Baltimore today, spent most of my day inside with the air conditioner. Made sure my garden was watered and my plants in my yard also, Funny you mentioned your Banana tree. I was just looking at my Banana Tree, mentioned it last year having a little tree coming up next to the big one. Planted it in the ground before winter, It survived very well. Now it has 6 little trees coming up from the big one.

Hey Warren, your banana trees & pups look great. So you had it in tge ground all Winter? Must be a hardy one. I have mine in very large, i think 90 gallon, nursery tree pots. I split the main one this Spring & now have three “plantations”. Your Hibiscus look great too. Do you know what type? Very nice & bushy growth. Mine are more upright stalks.
 

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Hi everyone! Have a good day!IMG-20220618-WA0051.jpg
Today I went to Potchefstroom, an old student city, or dorp in Afrikaans.
We started the day by house scouting. It was about 3C here. (It's imporant to note that Potchefstroom is found in the vlaktes, meaning lower area. In winter, like today, it gets *extremely cold*. That 3C I could normally endure, made me shiver, sadly my viking genes didn't play their part today lol. In summer it also gets hell hot, from 35C and a bit up).
Potchefstroom is an old Afrikaans city, famous for it's massive and old oak smuthered streets, and student life.
We walked through loverslane, a long path on campus, which has chinese elm(?) trees surrounding it. Today it was stunning, even with no leaves it looked really beautiful.
Here's an image from the internet of what it looks like in summerScreenshot_20220618-194919_Chrome.jpg
Anyway enough blabbing from me, have a good day!
 

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Hey Warren, your banana trees & pups look great. So you had it in tge ground all Winter? Must be a hardy one. I have mine in very large, i think 90 gallon, nursery tree pots. I split the main one this Spring & now have three “plantations”. Your Hibiscus look great too. Do you know what type? Very nice & bushy growth. Mine are more upright stalks.
Yes my Banana tree is a Hardy one, bought it online last year. My Hibiscus are perennials, I have 4 different kinds. I also have 4 different Rose of Sharon, Sammy love eating the flowers. My Rose of Sharon are getting ready to bloom, there are alot of buds. Here are what the Hibiscus look like, these are last year's pictures.
 

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Hello Marco2Bear, moved into a neural post. They sell the Hibiscus in 1gal. and 3gal. containers. Less then twenty dollars for the 3gal. Goodluck
 

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Hi everyone! Have a good day!View attachment 346160
Today I went to Potchefstroom, an old student city, or dorp in Afrikaans.
We started the day by house scouting. It was about 3C here. (It's imporant to note that Potchefstroom is found in the vlaktes, meaning lower area. In winter, like today, it gets *extremely cold*. That 3C I could normally endure, made me shiver, sadly my viking genes didn't play their part today lol. In summer it also gets hell hot, from 35C and a bit up).
Potchefstroom is an old Afrikaans city, famous for it's massive and old oak smuthered streets, and student life.
We walked through loverslane, a long path on campus, which has chinese elm(?) trees surrounding it. Today it was stunning, even with no leaves it looked really beautiful.
Here's an image from the internet of what it looks like in summerView attachment 346161
Anyway enough blabbing from me, have a good day!
You describe places that I've never heard of before. I love your photos & you're perceptions are spot-on. Thank you for posting what you do.

Eventually, Tortoise Forum will have enough diverse postings & pictures to do a book on modern torts & their owners, who they are & where they've been. So keep on keeping on!! I LUV that last photo.
 

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You describe places that I've never heard of before. I love your photos & you're perceptions are spot-on. Thank you for posting what you do.

Eventually, Tortoise Forum will have enough diverse postings & pictures to do a book on modern torts & their owners, who they are & where they've been. So keep on keeping on!! I LUV that last photo.
Hahaha 😂 good luck trying to sort all that out and get the best photos. It's all good ☺️
 

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Hahaha 😂 good luck trying to sort all that out and get the best photos. It's all good ☺️
In a world where a lotta people don't know anything about tortoises at all, this here's a book. I believe @Tom is working on one. We all have experiences & photos that can speak to modern day torts. I meet so many people who have no idea what a tort even is.
 

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