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by Heather
03 Dec 2021, 09:54
Forum: UK Plant Identification
Topic: More plants please
Replies: 6
Views: 8792

Re: More plants please

LOVE the animation Nina!

Heather :D
by Heather
07 May 2021, 13:43
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Drowned - don't try this at home!
Replies: 1
Views: 3996

Drowned - don't try this at home!

Earlier this week I read a fascinating article in my BCG (British Chelonia Group) newsletter (no 260, Mar/Apr '21) - Veterinary Corner. A 60y/o Hermann's, missing for two days, was found at the bottom of the garden pond. The short version is that 5 days later it was discharged, alive & well, by ...
by Heather
07 May 2021, 11:38
Forum: UK Plant Identification
Topic: This weeks unknown plants.
Replies: 8
Views: 12996

Re: This weeks unknown plants.

I realise this is a bit late as a 'reply', but I think the 4th (last) photo looks like periwinkle!

Heather
by Heather
26 Oct 2020, 12:57
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Sharing space
Replies: 4
Views: 4570

Re: Sharing space

That's lovely Lin!

I will now try to post another photo that amuses me! Toto was cleaning up Cleo's bowl, & someone joined in!....so I dropped the cucumber onto the tray to create a phot-op! Quite why the photo has loaded sideways I have no idea - it is upright in my docs!
by Heather
23 Oct 2020, 14:06
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Sharing space
Replies: 4
Views: 4570

Sharing space

Hi all, My Achillea has free range of my cottage, & knows where to find her UV lamp. Before bed time, we always check where she has chosen to sleep - she has several preferred places, but I need to be sure she's not in a draft, or other place where she might get overly chilled. Her indoor life d...
by Heather
13 Aug 2020, 13:26
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Balmy Tortoise!
Replies: 3
Views: 3882

Re: Balmy Tortoise!

...& I never could spell!

I don't think she could decide between eating ravenously & smooching a dap, poor love :oops:

Hey - she can go swimming today!

Heather
by Heather
12 Aug 2020, 15:48
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Balmy Tortoise!
Replies: 3
Views: 3882

Balmy Tortoise!

This weather is too hot for me, let alone Achillea.....she's been chasing my feet (black rubber slip-ons) endlessly for several days. When is it too hot for balmy tortoise's sanity? :o

Heather
by Heather
13 Apr 2020, 23:19
Forum: Diet and Nutrition
Topic: Turtles & me!!
Replies: 2
Views: 4328

Re: Turtles & me!!

Thanks Nina - I did nettles as a veg last week - really tasty - just young leaves (remove stem), rinsed, & microwaved with a dollop of butter. I've tried nibbling at ground elder - pleasant sharp taste, but unlike Achillea, I just don't 'get' dandelions!

:roll:
by Heather
11 Apr 2020, 19:09
Forum: Diet and Nutrition
Topic: Turtles & me!!
Replies: 2
Views: 4328

Turtles & me!!

Hi - I do hope that my Tortoise Table friends are safe & well at this very strange & somewhat frightening time.....Unlike many, I'm so far enjoying my furloughed escape from work, spending loads of time with many friends & plants - added to by the gang from work (I'm a school Biology Tec...
by Heather
24 Dec 2019, 19:42
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Wanting to lay eggs...
Replies: 6
Views: 7635

Re: Wanting to lay eggs...

Still nothing laid - just loads of wandering about, hiding in odd places, & very little eating. Bathing her every two days or thereabouts, & she's eating her small slice of cucumber c/w Nutrobal daily.

Where's a film crew when you need one?!

Heather
by Heather
16 Dec 2019, 11:57
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Wanting to lay eggs...
Replies: 6
Views: 7635

Re: Wanting to lay eggs...

Hind legs Nina - in that way they do if they are very large, leathery, & on a vast sandy beach with an Attenborough nearby!

Heather :roll:
by Heather
16 Dec 2019, 10:58
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Wanting to lay eggs...
Replies: 6
Views: 7635

Wanting to lay eggs...

Hi folks - Achillea lives a bit of a topsy-turvey life, & I'm pretty sure our winter is her summer! In the last few days she's been behaving oddly, including doing a bit of faux excavating on a paved area, so I tried the washing up bowl of warm, friable, damp soil, which I thought enticing, to n...
by Heather
16 Dec 2019, 10:19
Forum: UK Plant Identification
Topic: What is this?
Replies: 3
Views: 6582

Re: What is this?

No picture!

:shock:

Heather
by Heather
25 Oct 2019, 19:18
Forum: Aquatic Species
Topic: Turtles Jade Emperor Pagoda Saigon
Replies: 5
Views: 22183

Re: Turtles Jade Emperor Pagoda Saigon

Oh WOW - all my favourite turtles in one place! Interestingly furry & green though......but the red 'ears' have always had my heart!

Heather
by Heather
29 Aug 2019, 11:40
Forum: Diet and Nutrition
Topic: Nutrobal vs Reptivite?
Replies: 6
Views: 11270

Re: Nutrobal vs Reptivite?

Agree - excellent - I hadn't previously found this very informative info! (Slap wrists), but use Nutrobal daily on a small slice of cucumber.

Heather
by Heather
13 Aug 2019, 14:41
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Advice about puffy and closed eyes
Replies: 71
Views: 107878

Re: Advice about puffy and closed eyes

You appear to have a troll posting, ladies!

Heather
by Heather
13 Aug 2019, 08:46
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Weight Worry Sorted!
Replies: 0
Views: 5835

Weight Worry Sorted!

Hi - I was really worried earlier this week, when I weighed Achiilea (I do this randomly - sorry!) & it showed a distinct weight loss, although she felt 'normal' when I picked her up. I was about to contact you here for advice. Then it occurred to me to double check the balance! It is an Ohaus. ...
by Heather
04 Aug 2019, 20:02
Forum: Questions about Plants
Topic: Scabious
Replies: 3
Views: 7046

Re: Scabious

Hi Nina - the search works fine for me now....I wonder if I simply typed in the search box before the page was fully loaded (my internet is very slow), but I also scrolled down the garden plants section & found it lacking....odd.... My Amelanchier was indeed good value - £4 in the knocked down s...
by Heather
04 Aug 2019, 16:43
Forum: Questions about Plants
Topic: Scabious
Replies: 3
Views: 7046

Scabious

Hi all - confused I am....I thought Scabious was the same as 'candy tuft' but it appears that I am mistaken......I couldn't find an entry for Scabious by 'searching' (I've had a similar problem before) but eventually found it under 'S' in the A-Z section.....think I'm going mad (or stupid!).... Also...
by Heather
22 Jul 2019, 21:04
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Obsessed with my shoe....
Replies: 1
Views: 4117

Obsessed with my shoe....

Hi - I think this may make you smile.... A while ago I was worried about Achillea's behaviour towards my mauve, soft, plastic slip-ons (like Crocs) you may remember, & you reassured me that this sort of mounting behaviour was OK, even for a girlie tort! So, when I discarded them I kept one for h...
by Heather
27 Jun 2019, 15:30
Forum: Identification of Plants from outside of the UK
Topic: Wollemi Pine
Replies: 1
Views: 8665

Wollemi Pine

Hi,

Is this, my latest treasure, safe for the tortoise garden? This is a baby one, so a couple of fronds at beak height. I can't imagine Achillea nibbling it, but best safe than sorry.....

I can stand it on a stone or upturned pot if necessary

Heather
by Heather
27 Apr 2019, 09:56
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Achillea's new, improved space
Replies: 8
Views: 9447

Re: Achillea's new, improved space

SHE - Achillea (formerly Achilles) lays eggs Lin!! :lol:
by Heather
26 Apr 2019, 22:46
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Achillea's new, improved space
Replies: 8
Views: 9447

Re: Achillea's new, improved space

Thanks both - work in progress regards 'interest'. I like the log roll idea. The concrete pad against the cream wall (almost not showing) has potential for a 'sun house' next to the pansies (which is where Achillea sun-bathed last weekend) & maybe troughs of attractive edibles - my garden has ma...
by Heather
26 Apr 2019, 15:31
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Achillea's new, improved space
Replies: 8
Views: 9447

Re: Achillea's new, improved space

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by Heather
26 Apr 2019, 15:29
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Achillea's new, improved space
Replies: 8
Views: 9447

Achillea's new, improved space

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