Wish I had dandelions here. When I get back from the fishing trip. I am going to start a hydroponic garden and will start growing some dandelion for Opo. We only have one produce market that sometimes have them.
COLD DARK ROOM
- Thread starter Tidgy's Dad
- Start date
Goodmorning everyone, hope everyone has a great day. No sleep for me last night because of phantom pains. The mirror therapy helps a little for relieving pain in my arm temporarily. Sometimes enough to take the edge off. So I can get a little sleep. Last night was a double whammy with my leg phantom pains. It's starting to happen more often. We get our 2nd vaccine tomorrow. So I think it's time to check out acupuncture.
Ray....no dandelions ? At all? Wonder why.
While on a conference call, I looked out my window and saw an unlikely battle going on with one of the wild ducks and this guy... after about 5 min, the bird gave up and this guy headed in to my shore!
Pretty darn big snake there. Count those chicks & ducklings.
Well, I still haven't managed to go out dandy picking.
By the time I was ready to go the heavens opened and we had a big hail storm followed by sleet and now it's trying to snow. If it had stayed dry I would have gone out, but walking in the cold wind and wet doesn't appeal to me. So Lola will have to wait.
I've been giving him small portions of the opuntia every other day but it seems to be causing sloppy poop so I'll stop for a few days just to make sure nothing else is causing it.
Anyone else have that problem with their tort and opuntia?
By the time I was ready to go the heavens opened and we had a big hail storm followed by sleet and now it's trying to snow. If it had stayed dry I would have gone out, but walking in the cold wind and wet doesn't appeal to me. So Lola will have to wait.
I've been giving him small portions of the opuntia every other day but it seems to be causing sloppy poop so I'll stop for a few days just to make sure nothing else is causing it.
Anyone else have that problem with their tort and opuntia?
Yes on the cactus. Thats why you will see everyone recommend cactus pads for suspected bouts of constipation.
Never fun picking weeds in sleet & rain.
It must be exhausting for you Ray. I hope acupuncture or some other therapy can help you.
Ok thanks, best to limit it even more then.
This huge pad is going to last a long time!
I spread “snake be gone” all around the coup.. so far, all are present and accounted for ...
That’s very normal Lyn.. it’s alot of hydration that he’s not used to..
Good afternooning all. I did a cover shift at the rescue today.
The babies are growing rapidly and both dunnocks and robins had got noticeably more independent overnight. Dunnocks fledge long before they are fully feathered or can fly. They scurry off into the undergrowth for shelter... in a rescue that means retrieving them from the back of incubators or under paperwork ? Robins are a bit more feathered when they fledge, but still can’t fly. They start running up your arm and then seem puzzled that you can’t feed them because we aren’t double jointed ? Her’s one pf the robins.
This little Pipistrelle bat caught by a cat was showing off her teeth as a member of staff was trying to clean her
And this lonely little duckling has a mirror so it thinks it has company. They get really stressed on their own, but the kaleidoscope effect of the mirror creates lots of ducklings and they instantly relax. It’s off to a sanctuary that specialises in ducks and gees tomorrow
And finally we have a bit of a scuffle on the edge of our pond last night leading to hedgehogs swimming.
The babies are growing rapidly and both dunnocks and robins had got noticeably more independent overnight. Dunnocks fledge long before they are fully feathered or can fly. They scurry off into the undergrowth for shelter... in a rescue that means retrieving them from the back of incubators or under paperwork ? Robins are a bit more feathered when they fledge, but still can’t fly. They start running up your arm and then seem puzzled that you can’t feed them because we aren’t double jointed ? Her’s one pf the robins.
This little Pipistrelle bat caught by a cat was showing off her teeth as a member of staff was trying to clean her
And this lonely little duckling has a mirror so it thinks it has company. They get really stressed on their own, but the kaleidoscope effect of the mirror creates lots of ducklings and they instantly relax. It’s off to a sanctuary that specialises in ducks and gees tomorrow
And finally we have a bit of a scuffle on the edge of our pond last night leading to hedgehogs swimming.
Looks like spring with all that pairing up going on ?
I was pondering that too. But I don't remember seeing dandelions where I lived in Florida either.
I've seen geese shew snakes away too just by standing over them and oogling at them.Once you have some big chickens they will too. I'm not sure about moccasins but I've seen them do that to non-poisenous large snakes.
My shared custody sully gets watery poop if I feed him too much opuntia too. I wish we had dandelions here, I bought some seeds but they take a long time to grow then the torts eat them to the nub within a day or two
Maybe it's the sand and would be better grown as a potted plant. Where I live even digging them up by the roots doesn't kill them. Most people resort to weedkiller here. I don't. I think they're pretty and are actually edible for us too.My shared custody sully gets watery poop if I feed him too much opuntia too. I wish we had dandelions here, I bought some seeds but they take a long time to grow then the torts eat them to the nub within a day or two
Dandelions, dandelions, dandelions.
Tiz the Season of the Bright Yellow Tortoise Treat
to some, a nuisance ?♂️
But for TFO a Bounty.
Bright yellow like Sunshine
A Bounty of Nutrition.
Its good they say, it makes them pee. ?
Tiz the Season of the Bright Yellow Tortoise Treat
to some, a nuisance ?♂️
But for TFO a Bounty.
Bright yellow like Sunshine
A Bounty of Nutrition.
Its good they say, it makes them pee. ?
Iʻve tried potting soil and topsoil. They still take so long to grow. Iʻm hoping the little nubs that are left miraculously regenerate themselves. For such a hardy and pesky weed theyʻre hard to keep here! I canʻt remember ever seeing on with those beautiful yellow flowers.
Yes...probably hard to grow as a “perennial”, but they sure do replicate here. Peak bloom now for a good few months.
