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It is us again. So N2torts had those beauty leopard baby pics which my son and I just oooohed and awed over. But there was filbert mulch it looked like. That is readily ( I mean very ) available here in Portland OR area. Is it safe for tort tables? I would wonder if too sharp??? Anyone...
Hi all from Oregon,
Been a while for us as we are just darn busy being 2 working parents with 2 boys, a tort, kitty and fish! Happy to report our Frankie (female Russian) has done great this winter as we decided not to hibernate her the first time (for us-previous owner had not). She is just...
Frankie loves it when the boys bring her fresh clover and dandelions from outside. We laugh because she always eats the flowers first. There are lots in her outside enclosure but these are from Sunday when it was raining. The good news is that we got one more dose of sun this week and she has...
Hi all, I will keep looking but if a moderator can recommend a good previous thread on hibernation. We are debating for Frankie. Her previous owner never did. We did hibernate her last year but she came out seemingly fine and then immediately came down with RNS (and Chris was in China and I...
Hi from Oregon. Our almost summer is apparently coming to an abrupt end. It is @ 64 and rainy today and tomorrow. I feel so bad for Frankie as it is back to the tort table. No more wonderful tort frolic outside all day. She has loved her outside digs-althought we laughed as some days all...
Hi from finally summery Oregon. We are trading in our umbrellas finally for very hot weather. Our little Russian Frankie loves the mid-morning/early afternoon and late afternoon evening time in her newly escape proofed outside run. She continues to amaze us with how sweet and comfortable she...
Let me preface this with Friday night our older son had an accident on the playground and had to go for stitches so I was all ready on mommy guilt alert. Now that the Oregon weather is on a warm roll. We have been letting our Russian Frankie out in her temporary pen that we built with remaining...
I am back to work full time again so Chris and I haven't been able to check you all out lately. We sure appreciate you all. I know there is at least one other Frank in the forum if not more, but this is 2Paisan with our mis-sexed Russian who ended up a girl named Frankie. We are so happy to...
It was unusually warm and beautiful here in Oregon yesterday so Frankie and our boys had a great time outside. But today is back to cool and rain so Frankie had to settle for a stroll around the kitchen and dinner with her friend Bella. Not Bella's best picture as she is a really pretty kitty...
My six year old to our neighbor yesterday afternoon "hi Rob, can I pull some weeds for you?"
Rob " Sure, anytime...you want to do it on a weekly basis for me?"
My son, "No, we are just out of clover in our yard right now for Frankie and she has too many dandylions. I can come and pick...
Okay Russian owners, how do you know if your Russian is overeating. I tried to search for an old thread but couldn't find one. We have Frankie that had upper respiratory after hibernation which was a bummer. She woke up and then got sick and didn't eat well for about 2 1/2 weeks so she was...
Chris finished new inside digs for Frankie our Russian. Good because she was out of room in the aquarium she came to us in last year ( I know cringe). She will get to be outside soon, maybe. We may be in for a wet, cool spring in Oregon compared to last year. So here is the beginnings of new...
Well now that we got Frankie stabilized after RI and she is doing great we are bathing her today and before I put her in I wanted to show you this. She had signs of old shell rot in this place last fall but this looks worse to me. Or maybe bigger as she has grown. It is hard. It does not...
We promised to post some pics and participate as real official members to the community here. Here is our girl Frankie. She is an adopted/rescued Russian. She came via another family and a pet store several years before that. She shows clear signs of a trauma and malnutrition in an earlier...
So we are not up to outside enclosure temperatures here for our Russian yet in Oregon. However we have had some nice warm days where supervised outside time has been great. However, yesterday we watched as Stellar's Jay came to really check Frankie out. Like brazenly check her out even with...
Other things that my husband didn't exactly tell me prior to adopting Frankie...she is active! She needs excercise every day. We are not up to 70 plus F outside yet here in Oregon. We have her out on the few very warm days we have had but otherwise I get to do supervised tortoise laps for a...
So we had a bit of excitement with our Russian Frankie while hubby was gone. We attribute her recovery to her good vet Dr. Burgess here in Portland area, quick reaction, and antibiotics unfortunately. However the fact that she seemed to kind of languish with me while as soon as my husband...
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Boy could I have used you all last week! My lovely Italian American former Herpe rescue, turtle, chameleon, & other reptile lover, husband adopted a female Russian tort named Frank. She was mis-sexed by previous owner so we just call her Frankie. She came to live with us end of last...
We have a female russian that is recovering from a upper respiratory infection. She has been on daily Baytril injections for two weeks and has made a dramatic turnaround. Also keeping her warm, nice basking light, inside viviarium, offering best foods etc. Also benebac during early feeding...