COLD DARK ROOM

Cathie G

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Hey everyone hope all is well here in the CDR I haven't stopped by in a while. Things have been good on my end. Murphy celebrated his 1yr birthday/anniversary with me this past weekend. He got some birthday Mazuri and a new bigger enclosure! So he's a pretty happy guy these days. Marge is going to eat me out of house and home! This little Tortoise never stops! She's gained 10 grams in 2 weeks! View attachment 262423 View attachment 262424 View attachment 262425 View attachment 262426 View attachment 262427
I just had to say hello. Murphy is so beautiful and happy 1st anniversary.
 

Pastel Tortie

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Good luck with that, and wishing all your cats a speedy recovery.
Thank you, Lyn! At least with ALL of them being sick, none of them are mistaking coughs, sneezing, or congested breathing for hissing anymore.

I'm thankful for the little things. The last time we had a mystery illness spread through the resident indoor feline population, they were vomiting all the time, not sneezing. That one may have passed quicker, but I think I prefer the sneezing.
 

EllieMay

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I've done it!!
Caught up with you all and hopefully not missed any posts.
Glad that every 2 legged member here seems OK, and hope Cattley is better now.
It's quite chilly in Wales at the moment, and pretty dry for weeks which is very unusual for us, but we have had some showers the last couple of days. Snow is only expected on the higher hills but doesn't stop me hoping for a few snow days to close the schools!

I don’t blame you at all!!! I hope you get a break cause we all miss reading your wit!!!
 

Maro2Bear

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Don't worry about that... I'm going to start grumbling about having to bring some of the plants back inside from the front porch this afternoon... ;)

All my fig trees are still dormant in the garage as is the banana grove. Whats nice is that the banana still slowly pushes up new growth that I occasionally trim and feed to Mr Sully.
 

Yvonne G

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I spent the morning yesterday tacking up a shelf across the back of a tort table with baby Manouria in it. The table is on a wall in the big Manourias' shed. I had started noticing mouse poops on the clean feeding tile in the a.m. when I went out to feed everyone. So I wasn't sure if the baby tortoises were eating the food or if the mice were. So I bought a package of mouse traps and yesterday I added a dab of peanut butter and tried to set the traps and put them on my new shelf. I THINK I was able to get two of the set correctly, but it really did seem like the wire bar is too short to reach the correct trigger spot to set the traps. I went back out later and one trap was tripped and the peanut butter was gone. So I obviously didn't do it correctly.
 

Yvonne G

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Silly me. . . I just watched a video on Google on how to set a mousetrap, and I did it all wrong. But now I've got the scoop, I'll set them again this a.m.
 

CarolM

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Hi Carol, yes I was kidnapped by the kids; neither the school nor my family would pay the ransom so they released me because I kept nagging the kidnappers about their homework.;)
All OK with me just had a busy couple of weeks in work and even the last 2 weekends have been hectic.
I went to a party in Southsea which is on the south coast of the UK for the first and had a few birthday celebrations with family and friends last weekend, so when I've not been working I've been catching up with my sleep.
I hope everyone in the CDR is well, I caught up last weekend but didn't have time to post, and there have been a heck of a lot of posts since then.
I'll speak to you soon.
Glad to know that they eventually let you go. Recover from the ordeal and pop in again when you feel ready. [emoji3]
 

CarolM

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Ok, that’s close to what I came up with. Thank you. I’ll definitely figure it all out.
I have a 13yr Rio Grande RES. He’s tiny at about 6” and two goldfish from the fair 2 yrs ago.
Right now they are in a 150 gallon stock tank. It works great but I want something bigger. It’s more 5x3 so I think they’ll like the upgrade.
I want to make the back wall higher and give him some walking space when he basks. So I’ll incorporate a ledge for him.
Definitely wants some pictures during the build and the finished product.
 
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