Our furnace is old, possibly 40-ish years, and we knew it wouldn't last forever. I had them come out to look at it Monday because I just had a bad feeling about the way it sounded the last couple of weeks. Well, they red tagged it, which means no heat, no nothing until they could install a new one, which finally happened today. We live in Minnesota and the temps this week have varied from roughly 4 to 40.
My main concern was Odin. We have space heaters and the humans can wear more clothes, I can also bake (which I did) to warm up the house, but Odin was stuck in his basement room. Yes, yes, yes, he has his greenhouse, lights and his own space heaters, but still. I worried.
No need! The room didn't dip below 67, and his greenhouse low was 74.
Of course he is still p*ssed, but those of you familiar with Odin know that is pretty normal.
After the wormen left I gave him dinner and had to dig him out of his burrow so he would eat:
And, since I am taking pictures and posting, this is Odin today. His feeding saucer is 8 inches and his feeding box is @23 inches wide, so obviously he has grown a bit.
His dinner is a bed of spring greens (store bought) tossed with greens from our indoor tortoise plants, topped with a few fresh squash flowers (grown in my dining room!), a nice chunk of opuntia fruit, and our own mix of dried tasty goodness from his summer garden soaked with a small handful of chopped mazuri.
I called him an *sshole for refusing to eat after he noticed the camera and for having to dig him out of his burrow and this is the look I get.
He is as exasperating as always.
The most important part is that, having a decent set-up made all the difference for us this week.
An electrical outage would have resulted in a more dramatic upset, but even in Minnesota a few days without house heat is not the end of the world.
Unless you are Odin. He is still SO angry!
My main concern was Odin. We have space heaters and the humans can wear more clothes, I can also bake (which I did) to warm up the house, but Odin was stuck in his basement room. Yes, yes, yes, he has his greenhouse, lights and his own space heaters, but still. I worried.
No need! The room didn't dip below 67, and his greenhouse low was 74.
Of course he is still p*ssed, but those of you familiar with Odin know that is pretty normal.
After the wormen left I gave him dinner and had to dig him out of his burrow so he would eat:
And, since I am taking pictures and posting, this is Odin today. His feeding saucer is 8 inches and his feeding box is @23 inches wide, so obviously he has grown a bit.
His dinner is a bed of spring greens (store bought) tossed with greens from our indoor tortoise plants, topped with a few fresh squash flowers (grown in my dining room!), a nice chunk of opuntia fruit, and our own mix of dried tasty goodness from his summer garden soaked with a small handful of chopped mazuri.
I called him an *sshole for refusing to eat after he noticed the camera and for having to dig him out of his burrow and this is the look I get.
He is as exasperating as always.
The most important part is that, having a decent set-up made all the difference for us this week.
An electrical outage would have resulted in a more dramatic upset, but even in Minnesota a few days without house heat is not the end of the world.
Unless you are Odin. He is still SO angry!