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Bee62

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Hi everyone. Haven't gotten a chance to catch up on posts yet.
Hubby has found even more problems with the house, including a section of mold in the attic caused by the bathroom vent not venting all the way out the roof. Nope instead it literally was just a hole cut in the ceiling so they could mount it. We didn't notice it because the blow in insulation in that spot was covering the entire space.
The mold was HORRIBLE and we had to take out all the insulation. The ceiling in the bathroom will need to be replaced and proper ducting for vent put in
Oh, that doesen` sound good. Mold is dangerous for your health. I hope you can solve the problem with a new bathroom vent and new insulation. I have had mold in my house 10 years ago too, but it was a problem with too much humidity in one wall of the house. After it was fixed the mold never came back.
I can understand well how you and hubby must feel when the building lot in your house is getting bigger and bigger....:(:(:(
A lot of big electronic hugs for you....:):<3:
 

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It's very tempting... There is a house about 10 minutes from us that is up for auction through an online auction place. It's got more land than ours and the house is the same size. It's got a Huge, fancy greenhouse on it. It's got 20 days left on auction, oh it is so tempting! The thing is I think this is a property that got seized in a bust a few months back for illegally growing cannabis. It would explain why it's not being sold through a realtor or bank.
We may go look at it if the price stays low.
A big green house for Clunker ? ;):) Maybe you ask him if to buy this house. LOL !:D
 

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Hey guys!
I was wondering, I feed my tort Merlin little gem lettuce every day and keep his water clean but was wondering, what does he need with dietary requirements, would some dandelions be a welcome suppliment? (He is a 7yr old Hermanns, btw)
Lettuce should not be the only tort food. Look here what you can feed your tort. Dandelions are a good start for healthy food.
https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/
 

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Very true Bee!
Today he dared to venture outside so I put some food out for him and he started to eat it and then nibbled on clover.
Hooray!!!!!!!:D
Then suddenly as if he remembered he wasn't supposed to be doing that he stopped and took himself back in!
Boooooo!!!:([/QUOTE

Silly Lola !:(
 
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Glad things are looking up for you Bee and that you are enjoying some respite from your pain!
I wish it was cooler here I hate these high temps we are having this week.
Hardly slept last night because of the heat even with an electric fan running.
I was watering my pots in the garden this evening and was very tempted to just turn the hose on myself.
Decided to have more private shower in the house instead though!!:)
When it is really hot in Germany and the house does not cool down at night any longer I often slept in the past on my terrace. Together with cats and dogs under the starry sky at night. It is wonderful and I love it.:)
 

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Good evening to anyone still up and/or about!
My little chat with the neighbour was much easier than expected and she was unusually amicable.:)
Catching her on her own was the right tactic.
Mind you she wants me to cut my shrubs so she had something to gain by being nice too.
I had a hospital appointment this morning so was able to ambush her in her garden before I left.
Hope you have all had good Mondays and that Tuesday will be even better!
I'm off to bed now to try to catch up on the sleep I missed out on last night.
Nos Da pawb!
A hospital appointement ? I hope you are o.k. Lyn.
 

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Hey guys!
I was wondering, I feed my tort Merlin little gem lettuce every day and keep his water clean but was wondering, what does he need with dietary requirements, would some dandelions be a welcome suppliment? (He is a 7yr old Hermanns, btw)

Who told you?

It isn’t on the TFO recommendations! Little gem contains few nutrients and less fibre. It’s can be part, but not a daily regular of a your tort’s diet.

Your tort’s diet should be weedy and leafy greens. Yes, feed dandelions (be warned an excess turns pee pink!) and other weeds.

Your tort can’t digest sugars properly - they cause digestive and kidney problems - so sweet foods like fruit, tomato, carrot and bell pepper should only be fed very sparingly and very occasionally if at all.

Cucumber and lettuce contain little fibre and and few nutrients so should also be fed sparingly.

Write a list of things that grow around you and those that you can buy and look them up on The Tortoise Table Plant Database for suitability to feed. If you can’t identify a plant, post a photo in our Plant ID section and someone will help.
http://thetortoisetable.org.uk/

Here's a list of suitable greens

Look them up on The Tortoise Table Plant Database if you're not sure what they look like.
http://thetortoisetable.org.uk/

Mulberry leaves
Grape vine leaves
Hibiscus leaves
African hibiscus leaves
Blue hibiscus leaves
Rose of Sharon leaves
Rose leaves
Geraniums
Gazanias
Lavatera
Pansies
Petunias
Hostas
Honeysuckle
Cape honeysuckle
Leaves and blooms from any squash plant, like pumpkin, cucumber, summer squash, etc...
Young spineless opuntia cactus pads

Weeds:
There are soooooooo many...
Dandelion
Mallow
Filaree
Smooth Sow thistle
Prickly Sow thistle
Milk thistle
Goat head weed
Cats ear
Nettles
Trefoil
Wild onion
Wild mustard
Wild Garlic
Clovers
Broadleaf plantain
Narrow leaf plantain
Chick weed
Hawksbit
Hensbit
Hawksbeard
 

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Hmmmm sounds like it has some potential. If you do decide, you will have to teach your daughter to recognise cannabis and pull them out. Wait on second thoughts maybe it is a good thing she does not like pulling weed. And clunker might just get some happy thoughts by accident.:eek: Good luck.
Hahaha I'll just have to call it stink weed and tell her it's highly toxic!
 

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Glad your talk went well with the neighbour. This is where living on a farm or a really big piece of land can be advantageous. No close neighbours.:D:D
Good Night Lyn. Hope you have a good rest.
I dream of having enough land that if I wanted to become a nudist, no one could see me and no privacy fence would have to be put up.
I would probably never become a nudist though... I don't want to know what a sunburn feels like on some places[emoji33]
 

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Oh, that doesen` sound good. Mold is dangerous for your health. I hope you can solve the problem with a new bathroom vent and new insulation. I have had mold in my house 10 years ago too, but it was a problem with too much humidity in one wall of the house. After it was fixed the mold never came back.
I can understand well how you and hubby must feel when the building lot in your house is getting bigger and bigger....:(:(:(
A lot of big electronic hugs for you....:):<3:
Thanks Bee
 

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