COLD DARK ROOM

Gillian M

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Hello John! Am fine so long as it's....HOT, VERY HOT. Temperature reached about 44 degrees C in Amman today! :<3: Love it, though poor Oli is melting in the heat, instead of enjoying it.:(

How are you and how is the weather back there?
 

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Hello John! Am fine so long as it's....HOT, VERY HOT. Temperature reached about 44 degrees C in Amman today! :<3: Love it, though poor Oli is melting in the heat, instead of enjoying it.:(

How are you and how is the weather back there?


currently winning at life here ma'am! the SITRAP is all positive:)

weather.. ImageUploadedByTortoise Forum1502220444.329361.jpg


i have heard of it, never see it for the rain though;)
 

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Alfie had been with Mrs wifey for years, and in Mr Adam's humble opinion it was a miracle that he was still alive, and he lived on her balcony summer and winter. Mr Adam had joined Tortoise Forum, which was pretty darned clever as it hadn't been invented yet, and knew that the hard tiles of the terrace were terribly bad for Alfie's feet and legs, though it did keep his beak and claws trimmed nicely. He was also aware that Horsfield tortoises, for Alfie was a Testudo horsfieldii, known as Horsfields in the UK and Russians everywhere else, except Russia, probably, were excellent climbers and diggers and Alfie would be happier with a nice substrate such as fine grade orchid bark, coco coir or even cypress mulch to burrow into and walk on. But Mr Adam was too shy to say anything.
Originally, Mrs wifey had placed planks around the edge of the balcony so that Alfie could walk about without toppling over the edge, but these had been replaced by much higher walls after Alfie had been seen climbing them and Mrs wifey had heard at the bingo from her friend Mrs Moozillion that a Horsfield had recently been found at Base Camp Three on Everest.
And in one corner of the balcony was a little house into which little Alfie would crawl every night to keep warm.


When the cold weather came along in November, Mrs wifey would fill Alfie's house with dry hay which would make him sneeze terribly and would sometimes go moldy when wet (sigh) and the tortoise would crawl in there and bury himself deep under the hay and go to sleep for months on end without any food or water. This was called hibernating by Mrs wifey, and brumating by Mr Adam who was right as usual. But he was too shy to correct her.



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johnandjade

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2220, working in ayr tomorrow :/

tryed calling jade, shes probably asleep, no answer. food, bath and bed for me. tonight's mission accomplished though ImageUploadedByTortoise Forum1502227498.713990.jpg
 

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