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And what happend to the fish that didn`t made it ??????

Something like that ?

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Hi Sabine.


That looks yummy! And good for the BRAIN...hmmmmm. :D
 

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It's worrying, but the first time in twenty or so years of having an aquarium that this has happened.

It was a truly awful sight to come home to, but hopefully won't happen for another twenty years.
Good evening Linda.

Let's hope it won't happen again - fingers crossed.

I do tend worry. If I were to go out for a whole day, nobody would be around to check on Oli, etc. Know what I mean?
 

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Hubby and I have decisions to make, and it's not easy.
He desperately needs a vacation: since he works out of the house, he can only get a REAL break if he leaves town. We are all set with plane and hotel reservations to spend a week in Seattle, and are due to leave Wednesday, Sept 6, returning the 12th. We have friends who will be house sitting and will look after our 3 cats and 2 torts. So far, so good. :)

BUT there's this darn thing called HURRICANE IRMA that is slowly heading in our direction. :( The husband of the couple who are House sitting for us had a kidney transplant a year ago. Since his health is fragile, they would probably evacuate rather than sit out a storm. I don't feel like I can ask someone else to take on the responsibility of taking our pets with them on evacuation.

And being away from home, knowing my cats and torts are all alone in a dangerous storm...I can't even think about that. :(
I've got to really put on my thinking cap, and be willing to be open to other plans...
Oh no! I hope you can find a solution... and the last thing Louisiana and Texas need is another hurricane :(

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Good evening Linda.

Let's hope it won't happen again - fingers crossed.

I do tend worry. If I were to go out for a whole day, nobody would be around to check on Oli, etc. Know what I mean?
I know you worry about Oli. I understand

We had a friend checking the fish. She came in on Friday night and there was no apparent problem; certainly no dead fish. If it had been us, we would might have noticed a change in activity levels or behaviour, but my neighbour can't be blamed.

What we returned to was a lot of very recently dead fish. If we had come home day before, we might have saved more.

Oh well. No point dwelling on it. We'll keep an eye on the water chemistry for a week or so and then gradually start restocking.
 

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I know you worry about Oli. I understand

We had a friend checking the fish. She came in on Friday night and there was no apparent problem; certainly no dead fish. If it had been us, we would might have noticed a change in activity levels or behaviour, but my neighbour can't be blamed.

What we returned to was a lot of very recently dead fish. If we had come home day before, we might have saved more.

Oh well. No point dwelling on it. We'll keep an eye on the water chemistry for a week or so and then gradually start restocking.

Believe me, Linda you never know. It's not always as matter of time.


I went to AQABA (last year), which is the city by the sea. Love it; but the trouble is that it is 400km away from Amman! Believe it or not I called the bus company to ask if pets (that are "animals" here - as Adam @Tidgy's Dad's put it) are allowed on buses. A big "NO" was the answer. I did go for three days but you cannot imagine how worried I was.
 

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Oh no! I hope you can find a solution... and the last thing Louisiana and Texas need is another hurricane :(

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Thanks so much!:)
I may try to talk hubby into just POSTPONING the vacation 1 week. By then, we'll have our answer about Irma! ;)
 

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Hi Sabine, hope yo are well.

Wow! That cold at night?? Here, it's still relatively hot. Temperature in Amman reached about 32 degrees C and is expected to drop to 20 degrees C at night.GREAT!

Hi Gillian, thanks for asking. Yes, I am o.k.
Autumn is near in Germany. The sunny days will get rare.:(
 

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Hubby and I have decisions to make, and it's not easy.
He desperately needs a vacation: since he works out of the house, he can only get a REAL break if he leaves town. We are all set with plane and hotel reservations to spend a week in Seattle, and are due to leave Wednesday, Sept 6, returning the 12th. We have friends who will be house sitting and will look after our 3 cats and 2 torts. So far, so good. :)

BUT there's this darn thing called HURRICANE IRMA that is slowly heading in our direction. :( The husband of the couple who are House sitting for us had a kidney transplant a year ago. Since his health is fragile, they would probably evacuate rather than sit out a storm. I don't feel like I can ask someone else to take on the responsibility of taking our pets with them on evacuation.

And being away from home, knowing my cats and torts are all alone in a dangerous storm...I can't even think about that. :(
I've got to really put on my thinking cap, and be willing to be open to other plans...

I would go on vacation when the storm is gone. You and your hubby can`t recover when your thoughts are at home and with your animals in the storm.
 

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Hi Gillian, thanks for asking. Yes, I am o.k.
Autumn is near in Germany. The sunny days will get rare.:(



Oh I do know what the weather is like back there, though I have not been to Germany. Would love to some day, to meet......

- OLI KAHN
- SABINE

Here, it's still relatively hot. But the climate here is that of a desert: HOT or COLD, nothing in the middle which is too bad. :(
 

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Good evening Gillian. Nice to see you too !
I would ask Oliver Kahn if he loves tortoises.:eek:
But please let him not play soccer with them.:eek::D
Good evening Sabine. :D

OK, please ask OLI KAHN if he likes torts or not. Mind you, I doubt he does. :(

No way would I allow him to play soccer with my beloved Oli - the tort! :rolleyes:
 

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Oh I do know what the weather is like back there, though I have not been to Germany. Would love to some day, to meet......

- OLI KAHN
- SABINE

Here, it's still relatively hot. But the climate here is that of a desert: HOT or COLD, nothing in the middle which is too bad. :(

Mayby it`s possible to meet me and him.
I invite you to Germany and I invite him to me ( and you ).:D:D
 
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