COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

I slept in until 8:15!! I woke up before sunrise but made myself go back to sleep!

Yesterday my husband came home early and we put the top cap on the pond.

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Really good job. It is going to look so nice.

 

[Momof4]

Progress today
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I have two tricky gate areas to finish and the soak hole... then it’s just cultivating. I am making one of the gates myself.. got an idea off of Etsy and it’s way cheaper for me to make than buy. I’m saving that for the grand reveal

I can’t wait for the reveal!!!

 

[Momof4]

My little man hates his picture taken!

Happy Saturday!!
We are getting rain again so I’m watching Tanked on Animal Planet until my coffees gone.

 

[Momof4]

The app wouldn’t allow me to add photo. Let’s try this again.
Weird, it says no photos or video.

 

[Momof4]

Finally!!

 

[EllieMay]

Yes....one massive sully soaking in the spa.

We FINALLY weighed The Sully Monster - 70.5 lbs with the box. So, a solid 70 pounds of Sulcata. This May Sully will be 5 years old.

If they came with handles, 70 lbs would be pretty easy to lift in and out of places. Hhhmmmmmm, I’m seeing a Sully Transporter invention on the horizon. I have the perfect audience to pitch and sell to. Discount of course for card carrying CDR officers.

LOL!!! You’ve given me ideas now! I can’t believe your sully is not even 5.... now it makes sense to me why mine is growing so fast...WOW

 

[Maro2Bear]

I slept in until 8:15!! I woke up before sunrise but made myself go back to sleep!

Yesterday my husband came home early and we put the top cap on the pond.

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This is looking great.

 

[EllieMay]

I slept in until 8:15!! I woke up before sunrise but made myself go back to sleep!

Yesterday my husband came home early and we put the top cap on the pond.

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I did the same.. lol
And your pond looks FANTASTIC!!! I couldn’t see it before but it’s just perfect! I want to build one just because it looks so great!!! Another WOW

 

[Maro2Bear]

LOL!!! You’ve given me ideas now! I can’t believe your sully is not even 5.... now it makes sense to me why mine is growing so fast...WOW

Yes. I used to weigh Sully every weekend and we charted the weight vs time growth. It was very consistent. Lots of growth, then a week or so of none, then lots, etc. once he no longer fit into our kitchen sink the daily soakings stopped as did the weekly weigh ins.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Back from a little shopping trip around the area. First stop - The Feed Store - picked up a 5 lb bag of raw peanuts in shell and a 50 lb bag of mixed bird seed. So now i have a good supply of food for the feathered critters.

 

[jaizei]

Where the heck is the rest of it?? This is my kind of reading.

I know, i only saw/found Part I.

https://thejessonpress.com/category...nonsense/life-times-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/

 

[Maro2Bear]

https://thejessonpress.com/category...nonsense/life-times-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/

Perfect. Thank you!

 

[Maro2Bear]

For the sickos in the CDR

https://www.health.com/cold-flu-sin...reen&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter.com

 

[Ray--Opo]

A good story is always welcome here! So what happened to you in the hot dark desert on your borrowed horse??

It was lonely and raining.
So it felt good to be out of the rain, in the desert you can't remember your name. Because there ain't no one for to give you a name.

I also came across a strip club. To my surprise it was ladies night and there was male dancers
I didn't stay but on my way out. I asked the bouncer what my name was
He said for 20 bucks he would tell me. I asked him if he was related to a leprechaun and got back on the horse with no name and rode away.​

 

[Ray--Opo]

Whahaha. Was it a good horse? I hope it was sand as well.

The horse acted fine. He lost a rear leg after the infection set in from stepping on a rabid hedgehog. So I fastened on my prosthetic leg to the horse and we kept going. Good thing the horse was like 12 hands and my prosthetic leg is fairly long. It was a perfect fit

 

[ZEROPILOT]

@ZEROPILOT

Ed, can you come say hello! We miss you around here!!
How’s everything? How’s your mom?
Can I see a pick of your pond?

Hello
I'm still around every now and then.
Nothing personal
In fact some of my very favorite members seldom leave the CDR.
The pond isnt very fancy. But what I had before was smaller and completely overgrown. I revamped it after @Pearly visited me because I was embarrassed about it.
I'm sure the fish appreciated it.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I think Wild Child is the temporary working name of the redfoot that hatched in Ed's outdoor redfoot enclosure last year (I think). @ZEROPILOT hasn't had success with incubating redfoot eggs, but they seem to hatch in the ground in South Florida just fine (hence the "wild child" that just showed up from the bushes in the outdoor enclosure). He wasn't in any rush to find a home, wanted to make sure it's the right fit.

I still have him/her.
Its Wild Child or Tarzan.
I guess he's doing well. I honestly only get a chance to see him about once every week or two.
He is always hiding and even when he's out in the open, its amazing how well he camouflages himself naturally.
Usually he will dart out of the bushes when I toss food in the enclosure. There is also a huge Curly Tail lizard that has taken up residence in there. He also grabs grapes or any cut fruit and runs off with it. I never knew that Curly Tail lizards were omnivores.....

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Why did you have to say that. Lol

It is tempting but I go in for surgery on the 22nd on my leg. It might be hard to take care of a redfoot called Wild Child. . Tempting though if ZeroPilot still has Wild Foot after my recovery it might be the one.​

I still am
And there's still no urgency
It must be a great life for him. And not just anyone will do.

 

[Momof4]

Hello
I'm still around every now and then.
Nothing personal
In fact some of my very favorite members seldom leave the CDR.
The pond isnt very fancy. But what I had before was smaller and completely overgrown. I revamped it after @Pearly visited me because I was embarrassed about it.
I'm sure the fish appreciated it.

I think it looks great!!

I like your lights too! I didn’t think about! My above ground is almost done. It’s only 4x8x2, but much bigger than the 300g stock tank.

I was going to add some of the old pond water to it and filter it a few days before adding my turtle and two goldfish. Do you think that will be fine?

 

[Lyn W]

Good evening all hope you are all well, I see have a few posts to catch up on!
I didn't make it home on Tuesday - my sister wouldn't drive me home and thought I should stay longer.
I finally persuaded her I would be OK yesterday, because my b-in-law wasn't happy about the heating for Lola at night and said that even deserts and tropics have cold nights, and I overheard my sister saying that she turned the heating off in the night, so I think it was time I came home. Their house is so cold even I was struggling! I appreciate everything they have done and will continue to do for me but Lola needs to be kept warm.
I was back at hospital yesterday to have some stitches removed from a cut on top of my foot and it is infected, so now on antibiotics but an xray showed the plate in my leg has stayed in place so that was good news. The very bad news is I can't use it for at least another 4 weeks!!! I was hoping I would be walking on it in 2 so not happy about that.
Anyway enough of my woes, time for me to see what everyone has been up to since Tues.