Pretend Chat 2.14

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New cages. The redfoot is in a 2.5' by 4.5' and the sulcata is in a 2.5' by a 7'.

The red light that is on the redfoot cage is the night time bulb. A powersun is the basking. The sulcatas cage is a powerson and then a CHE that stays on to keep the hide warm at night. During the day the sun heats my room to 80+ degrees and provides heat through all the cages. (Hence the windows.) these cages are 3' off the ground and underneath is my two baby sulcatas and my jeuv sulcata. I'm so proud of my work. But I am always improving. I am working on outdoor enclosures next. However weather is still in the 50's this next week and possibly the week after. Sigh. Summer please hurry.
 
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N2TORTS said:
Well the two rooms are tied on the same circuit ....we know that thus far ...Check all the breakers? Look for a GFI in one of the rooms. Have you recently hung any new items on the walls? House wiring typically does not just "quit" .... one other factor in rural areas can be "critters" rats most of the time chewing on the wires as well....but that would have to be up in the attic or basement/ease under the house.

J~
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I impressed myself one day when our family room didn't have power. My husband was trying to figure it out and thought we'd need a rewire. I was in the kitchen doing something and pushed the gfi in to make my cooking thingy work and bam fixed the problem. I never made so much fun of him. He rewired it to it's own breaker now.


Cowboy_Ken said:
AZtortMom said:
He's very handsome :)

He's the bomb! So my neighbors called and asked if they could bring the grand kids up for a tortoise field trip. Great visit, and sharp, well behaved kids. The husband is opening up a brewery soon, and brought a gift of a bottle of oatmeal stout for me. Eat your heart out Kerryann. Their property joins ours at the bottom, the direction most of my photos are towards. It was a great visit.
One of the granddaughters let me know that she was caring for the classroom tortoise over spring break. So naturally, I emailed grandma the link to the forum and it will be passed on to the teach. Yes-haw. Spreading the love…

Mikey just brewed a chocolate oatmeal stout and it's so yummy. I got a peanut butter porter yesterday when we were out west getting another 8 keg set up at the restaurant auction. Mike needs it just in case but thinks we should never have more than eight beers I on tap. :D
 

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Stalker? I have no idea what you're talking about :angel:

I had potatoes, onion, garlic, thin sliced top sirloin, all pan fried with a fried egg to top it off. YUM. I wanna go to bed now so I can wake up and eat more for breakfast :p
 

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tffnytorts said:
jaizei said:
tffnytorts said:
I try hard to keep myself away from those controversial threads.
When people argue against something that is backed by science. It triggers my inner smart*ss.

What's backed by science?

Specifically the way pathogens travel.
Things against "But I always scoop the poop!"
"They don't ever touch each other though!!!!!"
Pathogen is a pretty broad term. In reality until you know what you are dealing with you don't know if they have differences. Not to mention that we bring them into foreign environments. Anyway, thus isn't a debate thread and I really do hippie everyone keeps their critters happy and healthy.


Cowboy_Ken said:
With regard to the “sulcata & beardie" thread, I was gonna make one just to rib Tom that was gonna be on the lines of; I've just gotten a leopard tortoise, and I already have a leopard gecko so I put the together. I've been reading a lot about leopards, and I've got a few questions. Leopards like to lay in branches, when will leopard tortoise start to climb? Will he and the leopard gecko battle for the best lounging branch? (I hope they do, cause that would be cool to see.) I've studied the leopard diet a lot and see they like to chase down and kill their prey. I've put a bunch of ground beef in with them but they don't eat it, and I'm thinking it's because they aren't hunting, and killing it, right?
You know, just to have fun with Tom.


Barista5261 said:
Breakfast for dinner is AWESOME.

STALKER!!!! We always celebrate the High Holy Day of Bacon Sunday here at the ranch. Tonight for dinner, we had Bacon and eggs.


I made waffles and soy bacon for breakfast. Mmmmmm
 

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So poop clean up was not as unpleasant as normal because at 30 degrees it's kind of frozen and not stinky. My hands got all cold they hurt though. Mike estimates 400 scoops before spring cleaning is done. I probably did 150 today.
 

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tffnytorts said:
What the heck is "soy bacon"?!

[FLUSHED FACE]


I'll keep my pie hole shut, I don't want to insult anyone's food, especially since I've had lots of people laugh at what I eat because of my food allergies.
 

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Oh my god!
*faceplam*
I left my wallet at his house last night!!!!
:exclamation::exclamation::exclamation:
So since then one driven illegally twice.
White hairs, forgetfulness, man. I am getting old. :dodgy:
 

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tffnytorts said:
Oh my god!
*faceplam*
I left my wallet at his house last night!!!!
:exclamation::exclamation::exclamation:
So since then one driven illegally twice.
White hairs, forgetfulness, man. I am getting old. :dodgy:

Just an excuse to go back.
 

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Fine, fine. I'll call in a minute. In the mean time, I have to fix a trellis that Tank decided was a tad too upright.
 

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Good morning!
Its 6, and I'm up.
A miracle it is. I'm ridiculously tired though. I blame Ken.
:D
 
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