COLD DARK ROOM

[Maro2Bear]

My cactus produces this flower. The flower ends up drying out and the base turns yellow and falls off. After they stop blooming I have one plant that will produce 2 or 3 round fruit. I am battling mealybugs so I don't want to fertilize with anything. Natural type fertilizer of course.
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Maybe, just maybe, your humid wet weather there causes the fruit to not fully ripen up, then rot/fall off. Sometimes our zucchini do that when it gets hot, wet & humid. We purchase those big red cactus tuna here all the time for our Sully. I just feed them whole - too messy to cut & feed in pieces. Happy weekend!

 

[EllieMay]

Thanks, I would like to find that type of cacti. Opo bit into it and red ooz went all over his head.

Those grow wild here. I could ship you some pads to start..

 

[MenagerieGrl]

So, I have some searching to do.....I pulled My Seymour out to feed him some cactus pad on the kitchen floor, got distracted and the lil bugger Ate, then forced his way out the patio screen door. He is wandering around my back yard. Fortunately is has not been terribly cold out at night, and today should be in the mid 70's.
It's about a quarter after 9 now. Which means he should be waking up and starting to wander/forage again.
I have yard clean up to do, so I will be canvassing my yard all day . . .
That Lil Bugger.
Now I need to train him so when he does this, he knows how to come back in like my ex-room mates Sulcata, Pee Wee.

Lyn W.
Oh no! Have you found him yet?
I really hope he's not gone too far from the house.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
www.thetortoisetable.org.uk

Cathie G​

Sorry to butt in. I was wondering if you finally found your little one.hopes and prayers

Ray-Opo
Have you found Seymour yet?

So, I have a 1/4 Acre Lot, Probably 1/8th of an Acre is My home, & front yard. Back yard is completely fenced w/Chain Link & Redwood Fencing All Completely viewable, NO holes to sneak out of....
I spent the WHOLE day working in the back yard general clean-up, Working on repairing Drip Irrigation, etc.
I did not see Hide nor Hair of Seymour.
This has happened in the past, Like that Rabbit & Tort Video above, HE can Skedaddle if he feels like it.
Sometimes it takes a day or two for our Paths to cross. At this point in time I'm Not too worried, But there is rain Projected for Sunday, and last night it got down to 47° with the day time temp of 76°.
This morning I have Housework to do, Blow out the patio, Sweep the house & wash Kitchen Laundry room Floors. By the time I get done with that it will be warming up and will once again spend the afternoon working & searching in the yard for Him.
Thank you Cathy G for the Hopes & Prayers, I m sure he's just hunkered down somewhere.
This picture is from the day he snuck off.

 

[Jan A]

British Sign Language for tortoise is to make a fist with one hand with the thumb on top, then place the other hand over it and wiggle the thumb.
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OK. I won't go there!!

 

[Maro2Bear]

So, I have a 1/4 Acre Lot, Probably 1/8th of an Acre is My home, & front yard. Back yard is completely fenced w/Chain Link & Redwood Fencing All Completely viewable, NO holes to sneak out of....
I spent the WHOLE day working in the back yard general clean-up, Working on repairing Drip Irrigation, etc.
I did not see Hide nor Hair of Seymour.
This has happened in the past, Like that Rabbit & Tort Video above, HE can Skedaddle if he feels like it.
Sometimes it takes a day or two for our Paths to cross. At this point in time I'm Not too worried, But there is rain Projected for Sunday, and last night it got down to 47° with the day time temp of 76°.
This morning I have Housework to do, Blow out the patio, Sweep the house & wash Kitchen Laundry room Floors. By the time I get done with that it will be warming up and will once again spend the afternoon working & searching in the yard for Him.
Thank you Cathy G for the Hopes & Prayers, I m sure he's just hunkered down somewhere.
This picture is from the day he snuck off.

Good luck.

 

[Blackdog1714]

Happy spring from my delicate little Pink Flowering Almond

 

[Ray--Opo]

Those grow wild here. I could ship you some pads to start..

I will try to find here first. If I have no luck, I will take you up on that. Under one condition that I repay you for the postage.

 

[Ray--Opo]

So, I have a 1/4 Acre Lot, Probably 1/8th of an Acre is My home, & front yard. Back yard is completely fenced w/Chain Link & Redwood Fencing All Completely viewable, NO holes to sneak out of....
I spent the WHOLE day working in the back yard general clean-up, Working on repairing Drip Irrigation, etc.
I did not see Hide nor Hair of Seymour.
This has happened in the past, Like that Rabbit & Tort Video above, HE can Skedaddle if he feels like it.
Sometimes it takes a day or two for our Paths to cross. At this point in time I'm Not too worried, But there is rain Projected for Sunday, and last night it got down to 47° with the day time temp of 76°.
This morning I have Housework to do, Blow out the patio, Sweep the house & wash Kitchen Laundry room Floors. By the time I get done with that it will be warming up and will once again spend the afternoon working & searching in the yard for Him.
Thank you Cathy G for the Hopes & Prayers, I m sure he's just hunkered down somewhere.
This picture is from the day he snuck off.

Hope Seymour shows up soon.

 

[Cathie G]

Darn I should have thought about that. Opo ate them all.

Well... evidently you have a free source if I remember correctly

 

[Cathie G]

Happy spring from my delicate little Pink Flowering Almond

Lovely. I'm seeing green on the crabby apple already I hope and pray she behaves herself this year. Last year was a free for all. I even made jelly

 

[Maggie3fan]

Yvonne, I just googled chromebook, because I didn't know what they were.
Walmart's was advertising a Dell brand for 51.00 and a Samsung for 119.00. Other brands got higher in price. Not sure where you got yours.

My Chromebook died a couple if months ago, I bought the same Chromebook only newer software. I learned about computers from my son, an IT tech, and he installed Linux for me to learn on...That shot Microsoft etc. way down. Chromebook is frustrating at first, but if she sticks with it, there are so many perks...bigger screen for 1..oh I almost forgot to say...it was 4 months ago, and I paid $189 at Office Depot, on sale....

 

[Cathie G]

So, I have a 1/4 Acre Lot, Probably 1/8th of an Acre is My home, & front yard. Back yard is completely fenced w/Chain Link & Redwood Fencing All Completely viewable, NO holes to sneak out of....
I spent the WHOLE day working in the back yard general clean-up, Working on repairing Drip Irrigation, etc.
I did not see Hide nor Hair of Seymour.
This has happened in the past, Like that Rabbit & Tort Video above, HE can Skedaddle if he feels like it.
Sometimes it takes a day or two for our Paths to cross. At this point in time I'm Not too worried, But there is rain Projected for Sunday, and last night it got down to 47° with the day time temp of 76°.
This morning I have Housework to do, Blow out the patio, Sweep the house & wash Kitchen Laundry room Floors. By the time I get done with that it will be warming up and will once again spend the afternoon working & searching in the yard for Him.
Thank you Cathy G for the Hopes & Prayers, I m sure he's just hunkered down somewhere.
This picture is from the day he snuck off.

Seymour will turnup the little brat. Sometimes I have trouble finding Sapphire and he can be right in front of me and he's in the enclosure for heaven's sake. Sometimes I have to use Joe to see him and tell me where he is. They wear camo...

 

[Cathie G]

My Chromebook died a couple if months ago, I bought the same Chromebook only newer software. I learned about computers from my son, an IT tech, and he installed Linux for me to learn on...That shot Microsoft etc. way down. Chromebook is frustrating at first, but if she sticks with it, there are so many perks...bigger screen for 1..oh I almost forgot to say...it was 4 months ago, and I paid $189 at Office Depot, on sale....

Maybe you have to turn on the touch screen in settings somewhere I think my computer can but I like my phone. If I never had to use another computer ever again I wouldn't be disappointed

 

[Yvonne G]

My Chromebook died a couple if months ago, I bought the same Chromebook only newer software. I learned about computers from my son, an IT tech, and he installed Linux for me to learn on...That shot Microsoft etc. way down. Chromebook is frustrating at first, but if she sticks with it, there are so many perks...bigger screen for 1..oh I almost forgot to say...it was 4 months ago, and I paid $189 at Office Depot, on sale....

I got one with more memory from Amazon, can't think of the model right now. I haven't turned it on since that first non productive day.

 

[Maggie3fan]

Now that my sister has caved...I am pretty sure I am the only person in the world who does not have a Smart phone. I don't want one and I don't need one. I am NOT tied to a phone. Walking down the street everybody is looking down at a phone. I went to get a blood draw, there were 7 people in the waiting room. Everyone looking down at a phone...I had a hard cover book I was reading. So...if ya want to look like a freakin dinosaur, just carry a book.

 

[Lyn W]

Now that my sister has caved...I am pretty sure I am the only person in the world who does not have a Smart phone. I don't want one and I don't need one. I am NOT tied to a phone. Walking down the street everybody is looking down at a phone. I went to get a blood draw, there were 7 people in the waiting room. Everyone looking down at a phone...I had a hard cover book I was reading. So...if ya want to look like a freakin dinosaur, just carry a book.

I don't have a smart phone either Maggie so there's at least 2 of us.
I have a cheap phone that I can use for calls and texts - doesn't even have a camera. My sister keeps trying to drag me into the 21st Century, but like you I keep saying that I don't want the internet with me 24/7. I don't need or want people to contact me or to have social media every minute of the day. I like my laptop for internet use.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning/afternoon all - warm and sunny here again.
Lola actually stepped outside yesterday, had a look around and a good sniff then turned and came back, but he's getting braver. Maybe it won't take until May /June to get him comfortable with spending time in the garden this year.
Having said that, next week our temps are going to drop down to single C figures again - half of what they are now. So Lola won't be too keen then, and we're not done with our winter woollies yet!!
I hope everyone has a great Saturday.
TTFN

 

[Maro2Bear]

Now that my sister has caved...I am pretty sure I am the only person in the world who does not have a Smart phone. I don't want one and I don't need one. I am NOT tied to a phone. Walking down the street everybody is looking down at a phone. I went to get a blood draw, there were 7 people in the waiting room. Everyone looking down at a phone...I had a hard cover book I was reading. So...if ya want to look like a freakin dinosaur, just carry a book.

That makes two of us - no smart phone here either. I’m smart enough.

 

[Maggie3fan]

That makes two of us - no smart phone here either. I’m smart enough.

I'm not smart...so the idea of a programmed thing that is smarter than I....no way Jose...

 

[Yvonne G]

Now that my sister has caved...I am pretty sure I am the only person in the world who does not have a Smart phone. I don't want one and I don't need one. I am NOT tied to a phone. Walking down the street everybody is looking down at a phone. I went to get a blood draw, there were 7 people in the waiting room. Everyone looking down at a phone...I had a hard cover book I was reading. So...if ya want to look like a freakin dinosaur, just carry a book.

I got a laptop, not a smart phone. I don't have a cell phone, smart or otherwise. . . and it's pretty darned hard to go day to day life without one. If you've locked yourself out of your email program they want to send you a code by texting it to you. My land line doesn't do texts. Or then they want to send it to an alternate email address. well, guess what? I don't have an alternate email account. So last week, if I wanted to read my email I had to sign up for a different email account so I could get their stupid code. And don't use the same provider because when you log in there's no option to switch to a different account. I must've spent an hour trying to get my email.

Several months ago I signed up for a cell phone account and got a smart phone to go with it. After paying over $40 a month just to have the phone either sitting on the charger or being carried around in my purse with a dead battery, I realized there was better use for my $$ than sending them to a cell phone company for the privilege of being able to say, "I have a cell phone." I cancelled the account after having made or received not a single call.