COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

I have a sneaking feeling that Tony the Tiger, the attack feral cat, might have been in there a few times, leaving his scent, and as there's only one ingress and egress, once you're in, if he's in there, you might not be able to make it back to the door.

Lol. That would be a problem then.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Finally, a day of sunshine! Pushing 55F and heading toward 60 today...we are just now back from a nice hike in the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge. Sunshine, blue sky, good breeze. Plenty of resting migratory fowl on the ponds and marsh grasses.

On the way back stopped and picked a nice large grocery bag of mixed wild grass and weeds for the Sully Monster.

Here are two pix






The funny thing about Goose Pond, is no geese!

 

[Cathie G]

I have a sneaking feeling that Tony the Tiger, the attack feral cat, might have been in there a few times, leaving his scent, and as there's only one ingress and egress, once you're in, if he's in there, you might not be able to make it back to the door.

I have a sneaking feeling that Tony the Tiger, the attack feral cat, might have been in there a few times, leaving his scent, and as there's only one ingress and egress, once you're in, if he's in there, you might not be able to make it back to the door.

Maybe they just wanna be around you. Possibly protecting you from the tiger.

 

[Bee62]

Good afternoon! The sun is setting here and it’s time to relax. We have had a nice productive day outdoors today in sunny 65f weather.. made a trip to town for groceries and greens..Sullies got to play outdoors for a bit . Daughter and I drug out the old corral panels and set up the round pen so we could work some lazy out of the horses. Spring is coming and they are pretty spoiled right now..I think we all enjoyed the attention though!
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The big Palomino is my baby who I rescued from an abusive situation a few years back.. he is 13 and should be named Mighty Mouse.. we have a special connection..the Paint is named Baby because I raised her from a foal and trained her. She doesn’t know she’s a horse. My daughter rides her now and she is 11..

Your horses are beautiful Heather !

 

[Bee62]

Finally, a day of sunshine! Pushing 55F and heading toward 60 today...we are just now back from a nice hike in the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge. Sunshine, blue sky, good breeze. Plenty of resting migratory fowl on the ponds and marsh grasses.

On the way back stopped and picked a nice large grocery bag of mixed wild grass and weeds for the Sully Monster.

Here are two pix

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The funny thing about Goose Pond, is no geese!

That is a really big goose pond !

 

[Cathie G]

That is a really big goose pond !

So pretty...maybe the geese just decided to have a drink somewhere else.

 

[Bee62]

It rained most of the day yesterday, and it's sprinkling on and off so far this a.m. too. Guess it's housework for me today, darn it! Though it really might be a good idea because I'm having company tomorrow. My tortoise partner was at a reptile show in SoCal yesterday and he called me to ask if it would be ok for someone he met at the show to stop by here on his way home to Sacramento. I know of the Sacramento guy from Facebook's turtle and tortoise classified, and he's an ok guy. In fact a couple years ago I bought a female Manouria emys emys from the guy. It will be nice to be able to show him how beautiful the tortoise has grown in my care.

My cats hate the rain! I have an old, abandoned and vacant house sitting next to my house, and I leave the door open just to cat width, but for some unknown reason, the cats only go in there if I'm in there. It would be a great place for them to get out of the weather. I have cat beds and a couple litter boxes in there, but it remains catless.

This is the old house:

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Maybe other animals like racoons live in the house too ? That could be a reason why the cats avoid it.

 

[Bee62]

So pretty...maybe the geese just decided to have a drink somewhere else.

Good evening Cathie. I noticed that you are new in the Cold Dark Room. I am Sabine, or Bee from Germany. Welcome to this cold place where the roommates are warm hearted and friendly too.

 

[EllieMay]

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I like it. By the way, my last two eggs are peeping today. And it’s hubby’s birthday!

Yay!!! Two new babies and another year of life to celebrate... knew it was an awesome day!!!

 

[EllieMay]

Hhmmm - I’m pretty sure I read that the poor birdy didnt make it. :-(

Oh no!! I hate it when I get off track:-( I’m sorry @CarolM

 

[Yvonne G]

Maybe other animals like racoons live in the house too ? That could be a reason why the cats avoid it.

No raccoons, but I know there are opossum under the house (it's up on cement piers). I use the house for storage, so because I'm in and out frequently, no wild animals go in there. For the first many years that I lived here, the cats DID use the house. There was always one or two of them sitting or laying on the window seat looking out. But not for several years now.

 

[EllieMay]

The aviary is the tortoises new outside enclosure. And the little bird didn't make it.

I’m sorry! But I bet your beautiful Angulatas are happy lemons to lemonade ya know !

 

[EllieMay]

Yep since I have one of each. My 2 favorite. First I play connect the dots on my living room floor. Then I soak my tortoise and see what kinda fables he tries to tell me.

Lmao!!! That’s awesome!!

 

[EllieMay]

Remember when they went to Africa on the safari with the kids and the mom was overprotective? Adam & the little boy rode them and she freaked out!

It’s ringing a bell.. faintly...but I’m just going to watch it again LOL... obviously there is some good to be redeemed[emoji16]

 

[EllieMay]

Venison is deer to my heart also. If I'm under the weather a bowl of veggie soup made with venison is another great medicine.

MmmmmMmmmmGood!!!!

 

[EllieMay]

Thank you. I really am not ready for tortoise type company. I like to have everything all cleaned and raked in the tortoise yards, no poop, etc. But with only a day's notice, I don't have enough time to make it beautiful. The poop's gone and they get fresh water every morning, so hopefully the place won't present too badly.

What you do is amazing and no one has any right to judge you... I sure hope you dont waste a minute worrying on someone’s thought on that basis...

 

[EllieMay]

Your horses are beautiful Heather !

Thank you Sabine... they are a part of me that I couldn’t even begin to explain.

 

[Cathie G]

Good evening Cathie. I noticed that you are new in the Cold Dark Room. I am Sabine, or Bee from Germany. Welcome to this cold place where the roommates are warm hearted and friendly too.

I've been here before and happy to be here again. Hi Sabine. Is Germany cold? There's several people on tortoise forum I follow on threads and you are one of them. Thanks for your warm heart. Just curious...are u the person that started that coocoo math problem?

 

[Cathie G]

No raccoons, but I know there are opossum under the house (it's up on cement piers). I use the house for storage, so because I'm in and out frequently, no wild animals go in there. For the first many years that I lived here, the cats DID use the house. There was always one or two of them sitting or laying on the window seat looking out. But not for several years now.

I knew I was right. The cats just love you. I'm could be wrong but I've never seen opossums going after cats. I've seen them live with raccoons also.

 

[JoesMum]

What you do is amazing and no one has any right to judge you... I sure hope you dont waste a minute worrying on someone’s thought on that basis...

I am pretty sure Yvonne's "not looking good" will still be better than most of us could achieve in a tortoise yard that size!