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Lyn W

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We've been to the seaside today - about an hour away in Eastbourne in the county of Sussex.

The pier
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The famous/notorious Beachy Head
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Looking east from the pier
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Another fabulous day Linda!
I used to go out with a teacher at Eastbourne College so spent quite a bit of time down there.
Lovely place but I wasn't keen to move there though and he wasn't keen to move to Wales so sadly we called it a day!
I heard he left teaching and is a millionaire now - the one that got away!!!
 
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Lyn W

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Good afternoon roomies hope all of you is well ;) any of you wonderful people know which cactus pads I can feed Clyde please :D
Hi Laura hope you and Clyde are well.
I have trouble finding suitable Cacti in UK.
Spineless opuntia is popular in US but not seen any over here.
Aloe Vera is OK but in small doses - Lola loves it - but it can give torts the runs so I only tend to give if he seems constipated.
I bought some cheap Aloe in Ikea but repotted and waited about 6 months for any chemicals to grow out of it before feeding.
 
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Hi Laura hope you and Clyde are well.
I have trouble finding suitable Cacti in UK.
Spineless opuntia is popular in US but not seen any over here.
Aloe Vera is OK but in small doses - Lola loves it - but it can give torts the runs so I only tend to give if he seems constipated.
I bought some cheap Aloe in Ikea but repotted and waited about 6 months for any chemicals to grow out of it before feeding.
Thanks Lyn my Clyde seems a lot better is out baskin n eating like a pig but iv seen a website called cactusfortortoise.co.uk so I'm wondering about giving it a try hope u are ok n Lola too ;)
 

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Good afternoon roomies hope all of you is well ;) any of you wonderful people know which cactus pads I can feed Clyde please :D
I buy dehydrated cactus chips from one of the forum members here. I rehydrate it and mix it with soaked mazuri, and my tort gobbles it up! Since it's dehydrated it keeps well. The forum member who sells it is Will, and he operates Kapidolo Farms.
 

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Thanks Lyn my Clyde seems a lot better is out baskin n eating like a pig but iv seen a website called cactusfortortoise.co.uk so I'm wondering about giving it a try hope u are ok n Lola too ;)
I'll be honest and say that I wouldn't bother either. Joe never had cactus in his life. They don't need it and there's plenty of other stuff. Most of the Americans who feed it do so because they can easily buy nopales in their grocery stores or it just grows around them. It's a different climate and not in the diet of people here.
 

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2300 and basically just relaxing. met andors BIL who is a smeggin good salesman... another opportunity for me to learn and push on :)

todays goals reached:

problem garage at work, solved

microfibers washed

degus sand and fleeces all ready for change.

rubbish/ trash taken out

living room clean

kitchen 80% done

spare room 80%

bathroom 90%

garage organised

tools needed, i called a friend

lift to work

vist tomorrow from my brother:)
 

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I buy dehydrated cactus chips from one of the forum members here. I rehydrate it and mix it with soaked mazuri, and my tort gobbles it up! Since it's dehydrated it keeps well. The forum member who sells it is Will, and he operates Kapidolo Farms.
Thank you @Moozillion :)
 

Laura1412

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I'll be honest and say that I wouldn't bother either. Joe never had cactus in his life. They don't need it and there's plenty of other stuff. Most of the Americans who feed it do so because they can easily buy nopales in their grocery stores or it just grows around them. It's a different climate and not in the diet of people here.
Thank you Linda I just keep seein stuff about cactus so was goin to give it a go ;)
 
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