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- 22 Jul 2022, 18:28
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Are these safe to feed please?
- Replies: 4
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Re: Are these safe to feed please?
Thank you Nina. My spelling mistake was one of my typical dyslexic slips . I wish these were my plants, but they are at some gardens I work at. However, I’ve been told I can have some so I think I’ll go for the knapweed and beebalm and leave the other one. Thank you so much for your help.
- 22 Jul 2022, 17:12
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Are these safe to feed please?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6566
Re: Are these safe to feed please?
Here’s the Morena Longifolia flower.
- 22 Jul 2022, 17:11
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Are these safe to feed please?
- Replies: 4
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Are these safe to feed please?
Hi, I’ve got a few plants here that I’m not sure are safe to feed. The yellow flower is Centaurea Macroceohela or bighead knapweed so I’m guessing it’s safe. The red one is Mondara Didyma or Scarlet Beebalm which is a member of the bergamot family. The thistle leaves have a tall flowering stem with ...
- 12 Jun 2022, 12:24
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Smashed Egg
- Replies: 11
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Re: Smashed Egg
Just to let you know she’s put on 30g this week.
- 09 Jun 2022, 07:46
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Smashed Egg
- Replies: 11
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Re: Smashed Egg
Good grief There are lots of corvids here so maybe a bird found the snake nest, ate the egg and dropped the shell mid flight? Anyway, alls well, Herbella is fine, but I need to get more weight on her. I’ve got a whole load of plants to put in her enclosure this weekend.
- 08 Jun 2022, 17:50
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Smashed Egg
- Replies: 11
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Re: Smashed Egg
Hi, I love odd questions. Nina. The goo was completely clear and I think it was possibly 2 eggs. They were in a very odd place, on the grass by the boundary fence that she patrols multiple times a day. Herbella definitely eats the lime flour regularly and chomps on her indoor cuttlefish, but just st...
- 06 Jun 2022, 18:49
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Smashed Egg
- Replies: 11
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Re: Smashed Egg
Hopefully attached is a photo. It’s similar to a soft shelled egg from a hen. I don’t think it was from a newly hatched chick that the parent removed from the nest as there was so much goo. I can’t find any other eggs and am also not sure if what I found is one or two eggs. As for calcium, please do...
- 06 Jun 2022, 16:48
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Smashed Egg
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12229
Smashed Egg
I checked Herbella when I got home from work and found a smashed egg in her enclosure in one of her favourite spots. The shell was white and soft. I’m not sure what size it would have been as it was totally smashed up with white but no yolk that I saw. What’s going on? Has Herbella laid an egg? I’ve...
- 09 May 2022, 14:42
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Plant ID Please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7878
Re: Plant ID Please
I think the second photo is blue common sow thistle.
- 08 May 2022, 20:08
- Forum: Questions about Plants
- Topic: Prickly Pear
- Replies: 6
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Re: Prickly Pear
Nina, the glochid in my soft pallet has finally disappeared. I thought I was going to be living with it forever
- 08 May 2022, 20:05
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
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Re: Night box design.
Hi, there’s absolutely no reason why I put the probes at soil level and I can’t even explain my reasoning 😂 It was possibly worrying about her getting tangled in the wire and I just thought they needed to be at soil level. Having them suspended and hanging at shell height is so much safer and more s...
- 04 May 2022, 20:40
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
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Re: Night box design.
The day after seeing the vet Herbella perked up and is now back to her normal self. Phew!
- 26 Apr 2022, 17:27
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17475
Re: Night box design.
Here’s an update photo of Herbella’s house. I just have 4 bits of insulation to do and then run some boarding around the bottom so she doesn’t trash the insulation. She has a UV bulb on a timer and a ceramic bulb on a dimmer thermostat with the probe just below soil level under the bulb. There’s als...
- 23 Apr 2022, 17:39
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Plant ID Please
- Replies: 6
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Re: Plant ID Please
I think the leaf has curled, but it looks like a caterpillar. They’re definitely not ash seedlings. I’ll wait and see what happens. I’ve been transferring some plants into Herbella’s enclosure but will have to be patient with these 2. The lighter coloured on looks familiar, but I can’t ID it.
- 23 Apr 2022, 17:36
- Forum: Questions about Plants
- Topic: Prickly Pear
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7379
Re: Prickly Pear
OMG Funny but probably not funny at the time! I’ve still got one stuck in my soft pallet. I’m hoping that eating will get rid of it.
- 23 Apr 2022, 16:52
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17475
Re: Night box design.
Hi, I did it at shell height. She often lies to the edge of the heat if it’s too much for her. I’d rather too hot then too cold, but had never thought of adjusting it as necessary.
- 23 Apr 2022, 16:49
- Forum: Questions about Plants
- Topic: Prickly Pear
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7379
Re: Prickly Pear
Brilliant, thank you. I had a hilariously stupid time. I didn’t have my glasses on so didn’t see the hairlike spines. After planting them I realised I had spike in my hands, pulled them out with my teeth and then got them stuck on my tongue!!
- 23 Apr 2022, 13:37
- Forum: Questions about Plants
- Topic: Prickly Pear
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7379
Prickly Pear
Hi,
Should the spines be removed? They are very fine. I’ve just planted two in Herbella’s house and am now wondering if the spines should have been removed although I think most of them are in my hands
Should the spines be removed? They are very fine. I’ve just planted two in Herbella’s house and am now wondering if the spines should have been removed although I think most of them are in my hands
- 23 Apr 2022, 13:33
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Plant ID Please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7878
Re: Plant ID Please
They’re in my garden and spread like mad.
- 23 Apr 2022, 13:32
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Plant ID Please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7878
Plant ID Please
Does anyone know what these are please and if they are safe?
- 23 Apr 2022, 13:30
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17475
Re: Night box design.
Hi
The UV lamp is at 33.1c. Should I raise it?
The UV lamp is at 33.1c. Should I raise it?
- 23 Apr 2022, 11:53
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17475
Re: Night box design.
Hi The appointment is with the vet that specialises in exotics, but whether he is qualified in exotics I don’t honestly know. I can’t put Herbella through the stress of a 2hr drive to get to a specialist though and then 2hrs back again. Hopefully he knows his stuff. I’ll let you know how it goes. I’...
- 23 Apr 2022, 10:43
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17475
Re: Night box design.
Hi, thank you for your encouraging words. TBH it’s cost me a ridiculous amount of money. I moved to Scotland with no furniture, appliances etc, but with a tight budget to get what I need. I’ve bought essentials - beds, sofa, fridge etc and have then spent a fortune on Herbella and now have no budget...
- 16 Apr 2022, 08:39
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17475
Re: Night box design.
This is very much a work in progress inside and out. I need loads more plants and hiding spots outside, but it gives you a general idea.
- 16 Apr 2022, 08:36
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Night box design.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17475
Re: Night box design.
Hopefully this will work.