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Reptilony

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Hi Lena

Good to not see you back in the CDR and I am glad you have finally found the Canadian entrance. Talking of which where has Olivier been of late? @Reptilony?

Hi everyone! Im very busy this summer with my student job, now I gotta go scare the goose’s! So Lena has arrived in Canada eh? I wonder where she and her husband decided to live! Hopefully in Québec!! hehe : )
 

Ray--Opo

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Do the neighbours mind him?
No they like him. They don't mind if he goes in their yard. I have asked if they use fertilizer. Which I knew the answer because they don't mow the grass to often. :(
I just don't want Opo to get used to going there. Then Opo might not like it when I put a fence up. Plus I can't get him in my wheelchair. I would get stuck.
 

Ray--Opo

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Good morning everyone! Last night I got a alert on my phone that there was movement on the porch. I looked at the cam and saw 2 shady looking tortoises trading some mazuri for Opo's mustard greens and bok choy. I didn't realize Opo had that bad of addiction to mazuri. I guess it might be rehab time.
I couldn't identify the torts because they both had hoodies on. :mad:
 

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Good morning everyone! Last night I got a alert on my phone that there was movement on the porch. I looked at the cam and saw 2 shady looking tortoises trading some mazuri for Opo's mustard greens and bok choy. I didn't realize Opo had that bad of addiction to mazuri. I guess it might be rehab time.
I couldn't identify the torts because they both had hoodies on. :mad:
Hahahahaha! That's great! :D Are you sure they were wearing hoodies? Or were they wearing helmets? :p
 

Ben02

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Good morning everyone! Last night I got a alert on my phone that there was movement on the porch. I looked at the cam and saw 2 shady looking tortoises trading some mazuri for Opo's mustard greens and bok choy. I didn't realize Opo had that bad of addiction to mazuri. I guess it might be rehab time.
I couldn't identify the torts because they both had hoodies on. :mad:
You need to locate the dealer Ray;)
 

Yvonne G

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And downright messy!
Years ago we had a grey toulouse goose. His name was Baby Huey because when he was an ungainly adolescent he looked pretty much like that cartoon character. He was a lot of fun to have, but could be pretty mean to little children. And nothing smells worse than goose poop. Ah, the good old days.
 

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Yes they show me their tongues and hiss at me if I approach their babies too much!

I used to be part of a group that ringed Canada Geese in Yorkshire to study their moult migration. Soon after the goslings hatch, the adults moult and can’t fly. They tend to cluster on lakes. As a kayaker, I was part of a team that would be like sheepdogs and herd the geese from the lake into a pen. We could then take the birds from the pen and ring them. The kayakers had the advantage in that our buoyancy aids protected us from scrabbling feet. A tight hold was required just behind the head to stop the beak doing damage to you as well.
 

JoesMum

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Years ago we had a grey toulouse goose. His name was Baby Huey because when he was an ungainly adolescent he looked pretty much like that cartoon character. He was a lot of fun to have, but could be pretty mean to little children. And nothing smells worse than goose poop. Ah, the good old days.

Actually gull poop smells far worse :D Try walking a sea cliff and the smell of decaying fish is awful!

At the rescue, I would much rather clean out the geese than the gulls. The smells are better and gulls just want to kill you [emoji16]
 

Lyn W

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He sure has. The last few days in the morning .I let him in the yard he grazes for about an hour. When he is done he walks back into the porch nibbles on some food. Then goes back to bed. Afternoon he goes back outside grazes then I put him in the pool. Again today he basked in the pool for a hr then did his duty. Took him out washed him down and he grazed back to the porch nibbled on some food and went back to the hide. This is the 2nd day for this routine. I hope it stays this way. It makes it easier on me having to chase him from going to the neighbor's, picking him up with one hand and holding him against my chest to bring him in.
He is almost getting to big for me to do that. Soon if I have to pick him up I will have to put my prosthetic arm on.
He can get out of the lovely enclosure you made him?
Where there's a tort there's a way!!:)
 

Lyn W

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No they like him. They don't mind if he goes in their yard. I have asked if they use fertilizer. Which I knew the answer because they don't mow the grass to often. :(
I just don't want Opo to get used to going there. Then Opo might not like it when I put a fence up. Plus I can't get him in my wheelchair. I would get stuck.
Can he get out of their garden? He may decide to try to go further afield one day and end up on a road. Naughty torty!!
 

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