COLD DARK ROOM

[meech008]

Hi Michelle, how are things with you?

Things are good just working and hanging out at home. My sister is getting married in November so we are going to Richmond this Saturday for dress shopping

 

[spud's_mum]

What's your old username and I'll merge the old account into this new one?

I think it was spudthetortoise

Thank you

 

[Bee62]

Good evening everyone !
I`ve got twin tortoises today:

 

[spud's_mum]

Good evening everyone !
I`ve got twin tortoises today:
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Aww that's soooo cute!

 

[JSWallace]

It is April weather in March .... sometimes sunny and just a moment later stormy and raining or snowing. I hate this weather !

Me too! I am so fed up of being covered in mud every time I take the dog out, and my car is a disgrace..

 

[Bee62]

Me too! I am so fed up of being covered in mud every time I take the dog out, and my car is a disgrace..

Yes the mud is terrible ! Yesterday I went to feed my chicken and suddenly I slipped on the mud and fell on my back and head !
Luckily my back is well padded and I wasn`t hurt....
I know I have a guardian angel. It protected me several times of my life !

 

[JSWallace]

Thanks Sabine I been talking to some Russian keepers and they all use organic top soil but I'm unsure iv seen a lot of people use the bark this is in his hide box at the moment but he don't seem overly fond with it

I use organic top soil and then have orchid bark over the top of that in some areas. I also have in one corner a pile of reptile substrate that you buy in a block and add water to it and you end up with a bucket full. I keep it moist and warm to raise humidity, Nelly loves it she digs in and positively wriggles! It's only £3 a block from Wilkos

 

[Laura1412]

I use organic top soil and then have orchid bark over the top of that in some areas. I also have in one corner a pile of reptile substrate that you buy in a block and add water to it and you end up with a bucket full. I keep it moist and warm to raise humidity, Nelly loves it she digs in and positively wriggles! It's only £3 a block from Wilkos

Thanks Jane what organic top soil do u use if u don't mind me askin

 

[JSWallace]

Thanks Jane what organic top soil do u use if u don't mind me askin

Oh I'm not sure Laura, hubby got it from garden centre ..

 

[Laura1412]

Oh I'm not sure Laura, hubby got it from garden centre ..

Ok iv already got a bag but it's very vague as to what is actually in it although it's called organic top soil

 

[JSWallace]

Ok iv already got a bag but it's very vague as to what is actually in it although it's called organic top soil

I would have thought that would be the stuff, but I'm no soil expert! Does your Clyde go outside when weather warms up?

 

[Laura1412]

Wen I move he will be doin but at the mo I live in a apartment block and the grounds are open so he lives inside his table in the house but I'm moving in September into my brothers house wen his tenants move so will have my own garden and he will b then

 

[Laura1412]

I use organic top soil and then have orchid bark over the top of that in some areas. I also have in one corner a pile of reptile substrate that you buy in a block and add water to it and you end up with a bucket full. I keep it moist and warm to raise humidity, Nelly loves it she digs in and positively wriggles! It's only £3 a block from Wilkos

My enclosure is full of that at the mo called coco coir but I think it's irritating Clyde as wen he digs into it he sneezes and his eyes go a little puffy so I'm wanting to remove it iv got orchid bark already in parts of his enclosure but he don't seem happy wen diggin into it :-(

 

[JSWallace]

Wen I move he will be doin but at the mo I live in a apartment block and the grounds are open so he lives inside his table in the house but I'm moving in September into my brothers house wen his tenants move so will have my own garden and he will b then

Aah he will love that. I have Nelly out most of the Summer, she loves it! Always fascinates me how they follow the sun round the garden. I am training her to come out of the bushes when I call her, the family all think I am crazy!

 

[Laura1412]

Aah he will love that. I have Nelly out most of the Summer, she loves it! Always fascinates me how they follow the sun round the garden. I am training her to come out of the bushes when I call her, the family all think I am crazy!

Bless her does she live in the garden all through summer or do ubring her indoors at night

 

[JSWallace]

Bless her does she live in the garden all through summer or do ubring her indoors at night

I leave her out most of the Summer, when nights are colder spring and autumn I bring her in. She has a cold frame in the garden that she can use but she rarely does. Has her favourite spots for digging down into the soil to sleep but is always in the spot where the sun first hits in a morning

 

[Laura1412]

I leave her out most of the Summer, when nights are colder spring and autumn I bring her in. She has a cold frame in the garden that she can use but she rarely does. Has her favourite spots for digging down into the soil to sleep but is always in the spot where the sun first hits in a morning

Bless her

 

[JoesMum]

I leave her out most of the Summer, when nights are colder spring and autumn I bring her in. She has a cold frame in the garden that she can use but she rarely does. Has her favourite spots for digging down into the soil to sleep but is always in the spot where the sun first hits in a morning

Sounds very like Joe's habits. He was part sun dial

 

[JSWallace]

Sounds very like Joe's habits. He was part sun dial

Yes they definitely are, can almost tell the time by them!

 

[johnandjade]

good evening all you wonderful women.


2310 here, jade asleep (and volunteered) to sleep on sofa tonight... im going on to 10 days tomorrow no day off and still broken sleep with her snoring!!!

im self medicating and about to set up the spare bed... i have tried to wake her 3 times