sibi said:
You will have to get special harnesses made and take them for walks... No that's not a serious answer.
I'm scared to sleep. I forgot to say that I lost 3 lbs last week. Starvation and stress ftw
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You will have to get special harnesses made and take them for walks... No that's not a serious answer.
I'm scared to sleep. I forgot to say that I lost 3 lbs last week. Starvation and stress ftw
Isn't that too much to lose in a week?
3 lbs isn't that bad. No food plus high stress is what's bad.
In January I had a Crohn's flare and a tooth pulled within a couple days of each other. Too nauseous to eat and couldn't drink soda because of the open wound in my mouth. Lost 10 lbs in 14 days. Gained it all back and then some once I started feeling better.
Went out this afternoon and got the new substrate for Gus. I waited all afternoon for him to wake up from his nap. No go. Little bugger. So I guess I'll have to do the tank tomorrow. Forgot rocks! Argh! *facepalm*
In January I had a Crohn's flare and a tooth pulled within a couple days of each other. Too nauseous to eat and couldn't drink soda because of the open wound in my mouth. Lost 10 lbs in 14 days. Gained it all back and then some once I started feeling better.
Went out this afternoon and got the new substrate for Gus. I waited all afternoon for him to wake up from his nap. No go. Little bugger. So I guess I'll have to do the tank tomorrow. Forgot rocks! Argh! *facepalm*
Good Morning!
It was a long night here. Very loud thunder and bright lightning going on constantly. Now the outside world has a layer of ice on everything and it's only up to 30 with windchills still down to 17. Can you guess who is putting off taking the dogs for a walk?
Oh no, I am really sorry! We had a thunderstorm here too last night but it is warm today. I left a pile of leaves that I raked out from under my shrubbery in the middle of my backyard and it blew all over, aaaargh! Serves me right for not finishing what I started!Jacqui said:Good Morning!
It was a long night here. Very loud thunder and bright lightning going on constantly. Now the outside world has a layer of ice on everything and it's only up to 30 with windchills still down to 17. Can you guess who is putting off taking the dogs for a walk?
Sibi, just keep in mind not all sulcatas do the destruction thing. A lot seems to be based on how content they are with their living arrangement. I can't recall her name, but there was a lady in here who kept her large sulcatas in an enclosure with not even firmly attached wire (believe it was chicken wire maybe even). We tend to hear the horror stories just like the one that says you can't have Russians and not have the massive bloody fights you hear about. These things do not always happen.
I always have a bit of fear for those folks who get a sulcata (or any tortoise for that matter) and make the comment along the lines of: It's okay, right now I have no room or place to take this tiny hatchling out, but in (insert any number like 1, 2, ect) years we will be getting a bigger home with a yard. I sorta shake my head, because I know from many folks how life made a sudden unexpected turn on them and those once expected plans never come to pass. Another reason so many teenage (and older) sulcata come on to adoptions lists.
Aren't we always suppose to forget something?
I always have a bit of fear for those folks who get a sulcata (or any tortoise for that matter) and make the comment along the lines of: It's okay, right now I have no room or place to take this tiny hatchling out, but in (insert any number like 1, 2, ect) years we will be getting a bigger home with a yard. I sorta shake my head, because I know from many folks how life made a sudden unexpected turn on them and those once expected plans never come to pass. Another reason so many teenage (and older) sulcata come on to adoptions lists.
Yurusumaji said:
Aren't we always suppose to forget something? 
Very wise and deep Jacqui. And oh so correct.
Yuck, Jacqui. We were supposed to get iced over, too. Never happened.
Hope that crummy weather doesn't last.
Unfortunately we're still underneath yesterday's dumping of snow, so I have to wash Gus' tank in the bath tub. That's going to be a ton of fun. I'm so excited to get it going in the right direction, though.
Hope that crummy weather doesn't last.
Unfortunately we're still underneath yesterday's dumping of snow, so I have to wash Gus' tank in the bath tub. That's going to be a ton of fun.
I'm so excited to get it going in the right direction, though.
@Sibi, like Jacqui said. Sid is 47 pounds and the only thing he destroyed was his food! He only ever burrowed one time and that was because he got cold and I left his heated house closed. All they need is space to graze and they are so sweet and mellow.
A third cup of coffee is a great idea!
Brrr cold. Brrr cold. Just got back in from doing the outside cats in my tshirt. Now I need to find somebody to put my cold hands on so they warm up.
Dudley came to my Rescue from New York when he weighed 35lbs. He went to Bakersfield with a female sulcata and lived there, breeding and making babies for about 3 years. Then he came back to me. I've had him ever since...about 12 years. He mainly lives alone, with an occasional rescued neighbor in an adjoining pen, and the only trouble he has caused in all that time is broken fences while trying to get to his neighbor. He never digs. Oh, I take that back...For a while he lived in the back yard and he kept knocking over my full grown rose bushes because he wanted to march along the side of the house and the bushes were in his way. During his marches, he also knocked a bit of stucco off the side of the house. But since he has lived in his own pen he's been the picture of "nice."
It's supposed to be like 88 here today. It seems too warm! I like mid 70's much better...
I can tell I'm dehydrated too. Yesterday at work my head was hurting my entire 9 hour shift despite me drinking 4 bottles of water. And it didn't even make me have to go (sorry if Tmi!)
Today I get to wrangle 180 pounds of dog into my little Subaru to go to the vet. They're too special and anxious to be separated if someone isn't home with the other. Like, yowling panic filled digging, wetting themselves, and barking. At least it's a good workout. I just pray there are no cats in the waiting room today >.> especially since it's too hot to leave them in the car.
I can tell I'm dehydrated too. Yesterday at work my head was hurting my entire 9 hour shift despite me drinking 4 bottles of water. And it didn't even make me have to go (sorry if Tmi!)
Today I get to wrangle 180 pounds of dog into my little Subaru to go to the vet. They're too special and anxious to be separated if someone isn't home with the other. Like, yowling panic filled digging, wetting themselves, and barking. At least it's a good workout. I just pray there are no cats in the waiting room today >.> especially since it's too hot to leave them in the car.
Oh yeah, You just reminded me that Sid will destroy anything marching the perimeter of his enclosure, everything is pulled away from his walls. I wonder why they do that?!?emysemys said:
If it's 88 there and you want 70s, I have a plan. Just send 20 degrees or so up here to me in Nebraska. Then I could have upper 50s today!
Big congrats to Cowboy Ken who is now a veteran member!!
Morning eveyone. Congrats Cowboy Ken.
Congrats Cowboy Ken!
Tank revamp has begun. Can't wait to finish it all up this weekend (hopefully)!
Tank revamp has begun.
Can't wait to finish it all up this weekend (hopefully)!
If I could, I would send up north some heat.
My dogs thankfully love going to the vet. Any attention to them is good. Even if it means drawing their blood and putting thermometers in rude places.
I've accidentally kicked them and stepped on them (dark dog on dark rug) and they respond with an apologetic look and tail wags. Labs... Just can't make them not like you. I've fed them wasabi and they were like, ooh yay food!
Dante has a few expressions, ranging from worried to scared to anxious to happy. Prince has sleep or excited. See attached picture, it's his "on" face for every moment he's not eating or sleeping...
Seriously, I've never met a happier dog. I think he'd be happy if you punched him for an hour just because it'd be someone touching him. He was a neglected and underfed tie-out dog before, so everything is better than what he had.
Dante's concerned face, because the expression reminds me of the dramatic chipmunk and makes me laugh.
My dogs thankfully love going to the vet. Any attention to them is good. Even if it means drawing their blood and putting thermometers in rude places.
I've accidentally kicked them and stepped on them (dark dog on dark rug) and they respond with an apologetic look and tail wags. Labs... Just can't make them not like you. I've fed them wasabi and they were like, ooh yay food!
Dante has a few expressions, ranging from worried to scared to anxious to happy. Prince has sleep or excited. See attached picture, it's his "on" face for every moment he's not eating or sleeping...
Seriously, I've never met a happier dog. I think he'd be happy if you punched him for an hour just because it'd be someone touching him. He was a neglected and underfed tie-out dog before, so everything is better than what he had.
Dante's concerned face, because the expression reminds me of the dramatic chipmunk and makes me laugh.
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