Hi everyone,
I apologise in advance for the long-winded, rambling post, but all my questions seem to overlap each other, so here goes…….
We (two musicians and two musical cats) were recently adopted by what my research indicates to be a lovely female Afghan/Russian tortoise who we named Farishta (Afghani name meaning “Angelâ€Â). She just wandered into the garden in front of our apartment about three weeks ago and appears to be a very robust, friendly, active little lass and we really hope to keep her that way.
Obviously I know absolutely nothing about this darling, i.e., how long she has been a resident of Los Angeles (“the ‘hoodâ€Â, to put a fine point on it) and its climate; whether she has any living memory of her native habitat of Baluchistan (if you are not familiar with that word please click the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser – fear not, it isn’t booby-trapped: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk...why_baluchistan_matters.html.printer.friendly) or points further northeast;
The main issue is that she has shown no interested in eating whatsoever since we took her in. Other side issues involve behaviour that I can’t imagine being “normal†based on my research, but perhaps that is due to extreme dislocation shock, i.e., jet lag if she just arrived from Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan a few weeks ago after being wild-caught; totally new environment; adjustment to abnormal lifestyle (being musicians, we’re on feline time here, so she very well might not be used to a lot of activity at night or strong, long-wave vibrations from us playing instruments in a room with “live†acoustics due to hardwood floors and plaster walls – she seems to enjoy the music though), etc., etc., etc.....
I realise it would be simpler put up separate posts about her enclosure/basic environment and routine, food, odd quirks, etc., so will do so shortly.
In the meantime, thanks very much for listening and any advice is much appreciated!!!
Season's greetings,
Brenda K
theXiles fiddle player and “house momâ€Â
www.myspace.com/theXilesmusic
I apologise in advance for the long-winded, rambling post, but all my questions seem to overlap each other, so here goes…….
We (two musicians and two musical cats) were recently adopted by what my research indicates to be a lovely female Afghan/Russian tortoise who we named Farishta (Afghani name meaning “Angelâ€Â). She just wandered into the garden in front of our apartment about three weeks ago and appears to be a very robust, friendly, active little lass and we really hope to keep her that way.
Obviously I know absolutely nothing about this darling, i.e., how long she has been a resident of Los Angeles (“the ‘hoodâ€Â, to put a fine point on it) and its climate; whether she has any living memory of her native habitat of Baluchistan (if you are not familiar with that word please click the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser – fear not, it isn’t booby-trapped: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk...why_baluchistan_matters.html.printer.friendly) or points further northeast;
The main issue is that she has shown no interested in eating whatsoever since we took her in. Other side issues involve behaviour that I can’t imagine being “normal†based on my research, but perhaps that is due to extreme dislocation shock, i.e., jet lag if she just arrived from Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan a few weeks ago after being wild-caught; totally new environment; adjustment to abnormal lifestyle (being musicians, we’re on feline time here, so she very well might not be used to a lot of activity at night or strong, long-wave vibrations from us playing instruments in a room with “live†acoustics due to hardwood floors and plaster walls – she seems to enjoy the music though), etc., etc., etc.....
I realise it would be simpler put up separate posts about her enclosure/basic environment and routine, food, odd quirks, etc., so will do so shortly.
In the meantime, thanks very much for listening and any advice is much appreciated!!!
Season's greetings,
Brenda K
theXiles fiddle player and “house momâ€Â
www.myspace.com/theXilesmusic
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