Recent content by JohnnyB65

This is going to be hard because I’ve had him for so long and I know I’m going to miss him following me around the yard like a puppy. I just read another tread that is making me nervous about who I give it to...

I may have to move out of CA and I don't know anyone who can adopt him. I really don't know how to go about this and I'm hopping I can find a responsible person in the Southern CA High desert. I've had him for 10 years and he is used to hibernating outside every year.

Well, my DT seems to be enjoying his daily soaking and today he even had a good portion of food along with wild grass and weeds. I’ve allowed him complete freedom of my yard since he woke up and he has been camping out the last week in different spots around the yard. I was a little worried...

I added some more water and he doesn't seem to mind it, but tomorrow I try to arrange it so that his head is a little higher than the back

Ok well he isn't fighting it, but I really don't know how much water to put in.

I couldn’t find anything large enough yesterday and then a neighbor gave me a small cement mixing tub last night, but my tort was already heading in to sleep. The mixing tub looks pretty clean so I’m going to soak him this morning. He has been pretty active exploring the whole yard like it’s all...

My DT came out after over 5 month hibernation 4 days ago and hasn’t drank anything. I expected him to be drinking up as much as he could, but he’s just not interested. He did eat a teaspoon of wet food yesterday and some grass, but it just doesn’t seem like enough. I had him over 10 years and...

Sorry, I was just having fun. I figured you would have something like that

I originally bought the regular spring traps, but they were too messy. I really like these new electronic traps because you just pick up the trap and dump the rat in the garbage with no blood or guts. I did have some around my pond the last time I had this problem years ago and that’s when I had...

WOW! You mean on the shelf next to the Thanksgiving turkey? LOL

Yes but I just don't have the room to do it and I'm glad for the hibernation because he takes to much time. When I first got my tortoise about 10 years ago, I used to put him in the garage and it was kind of a hassle trying not to disturb him. I now have turned my garage into a complete work...

I haven't caught any more since the one big fat one. Today I'm going to move the traps around to see if that helps. I can't wait for the extra 2 traps I ordered to come in.

Wow! I haven't seen any mice yet and I hope I don't have many rats I can rid the place of them. We used to have a hawk nesting nearby, but they vanished last year and now I'm wondering if the rats didn't eat the eggs. I forgot about them chewing through things although my tortoise burrow is...

Its kind of funny that i have a rat because I've always hated them. When my daughter was a teen she hid a caged pet rat in her room so I wouldn't find out, but I had to fix something in her room and that dam rat scared the heck out of me.

This is one of my main concerns, but I think the electronic trap will work well were i have it. I ordered 2 more trap that's supposed to delivered next Tuesday.