COLD DARK ROOM
- Thread starter Tidgy's Dad
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Wifey deserves some sort of medal for tolerating yourrather unusual silliness!!!!!!
...or else she loves you a WHOLE LOT!!!!!!
Agreed.
I’ve spent a shamefully lazy day. Was supposed to clean the house and do some work, but went back to bed after taking daughter to school and slept almost until the pickup time. Keep telling myself that if my body needed it, it probably knows better. But maybe I’m just lazy. :/
Both.Wifey deserves some sort of medal for tolerating your
...or else she loves you a WHOLE LOT!!!!!!
That's pretty much what she says.Creepy.
Lazy is good sometimes.
No problem with busy doing nothing.
Just not all the time.
And you're not.
This week I've been replacing the fence separating the pond from the Aldabran yard. I can hack a section a day before my back gives out. Two more sections to go.Good afternoon all. Yesterday's sunshine has got me planning what I need to do in the garden. I want to make it more wildlife friendly. Some plants have outgrown the garden and need to go, so I am planning on replacing them with things that are good for bees and butterflies... Especially bees.
I think I may have to hire some help with digging though. My back won't take heavy spade work and JoesDad has inconveniently got a job again, so isn't available as much as he was
Hi Roomies. This will be short. I just got back from the vet, I'm tired, upset, haven't had my dinner yet and still have 2 cases to do for work.
I took Jacques to the reptile specialist in New Orleans. I was VERY impressed with him, but more detail tomorrow- just not tonight.
When the vet put Jacques in a tub of water for a "test float" it was clear that she was floating lopsided: her right front shoulder was lower in the water than the rest of her. Even then, he said she might just be lopsided because that's how she is- after all, some PEOPLE are lopsided and aren't injured or sick. But a blood count would answer that question. For water turtles a white blood cell count of 21,000 -23,000 is considered "high" and sign of an infection. Her count was
They're keeping her a week and will give her antibiotic injections daily. They'll tube feed her as well and will give us daily reports on her status. Luckily, the cost of a week in the hospital for her is MUCH less than even a weekEND in the hospital for one of our cats!
I do not know what antibiotic they're going to give her- they told me but I was too shaken to remember.
Of course we hope for the best, but people and animals don't get hospitalized unless things are serious.
I'm SO GLAD I bought her in.
I'll post more the the Health section of the forum tomorrow.
We are grateful for any prayers and/or good wishes for our silly little girl (and for us, too!)
Hugs to all.
Bea/Mooz
Hugs to you Bea!! It sounds like she’s in good hands and should be on the road to recovery.
Wifey sounds like a force to be reckoned with.
Yip. Out of all the names that one seemed to stick and kept on popping up in my mind. So I decided that, that was going to be her name officially. Unofficially I find myself saying "Little Rue" all the time.[emoji1]
Sometimes your body does need it.
Reading that makes my back hurt.
Everyone fears wifey!
Hmmm. I am speechless!Only after she's dead, of course!
And I have told her this.
Seriously.
This sounds like quite a plan. And how inconsiderate of Hubby to not be available for shoveling work. [emoji6] I bet you he is now even happier that he has that job. [emoji23]Good afternoon all. Yesterday's sunshine has got me planning what I need to do in the garden. I want to make it more wildlife friendly. Some plants have outgrown the garden and need to go, so I am planning on replacing them with things that are good for bees and butterflies... Especially bees.
I think I may have to hire some help with digging though. My back won't take heavy spade work and JoesDad has inconveniently got a job again, so isn't available as much as he was
Ha ha ha. And I bet she is as gentle as a lamb.Everyone fears wifey!
I don't know if we are still supposed to be having a blue moon. I more than likely missed it but thought I would share a pic taken 5 minutes ago.
All finished (except for the clean-up, but my back is killing me. I had to come in and sit in my recliner with a pillow at the small of my back)
Before:
After "before" but while the Aldabran tortoises still lived in there:
Now:
There are still a few repairs to make on the pond side, but that can wait until I recuperate.
this spring when it warms up I'm going to separate my SA leopards from the Babcock leopards and the Babcocks will go in the Aldabran yard.
