Hi all, Hope everyone had a good holiday.
My brother has 2 little sons, ages 4 and 5. They have started a tradition of spending the week before Xmas with me. They showed up on Monday and the littlest one, Christian, loves the torts. He marches in saying Tortles, tortles and then gets the chair and climbs up. (My tort table has the bottom table blocked off with lattice so the cats don't use it, so the top one , which houses, the 2 RF and ornate Jack and Petey and Louise. He thinks they are mommy daddy and baby. He sprays them for hours, along with the lights the walls, and ugh!!! So cute. Anyway my latest one Nougat is in a tub, on a little table with a light, kinda in an "L" next to the table. There is insulation in a "V" over the hanger that holds the light to make the temps go up, so unless you look under it, you can miss him. I have never shown the kids Nougat, they are just at that age where it could be a toy. The others are too large, and they can't pick them up without help. So it's a good set up. (Aside from the spraying of everything!!!)
Anyway we were having a crowd on both xmas eve and xmas day. so after work on Thurs I did all the torts, and figured I wouldn't have to worry until the 26 th if I got over busy. (It's not like I can't see them, they are all in my 'formal dining' room. And xmas day we had 22 people. that night, we were having the desserts and my sis in law asked me what was in the smaller tub. I said a small tort and she said she looked but didn't see anything. I didn't bother looking, sometimes I have to dig under the moss etc.and they honestly don't really care. Plus we were having dessert!!! They all left late and I didn't think of it till the next day. I got up to do everyone and did Nougat first. I didn't see him, and started digging. NO Nougat!! His tub is right next to the table and sometimes for variety I elevate the dirt etc and I thought maybe he fell out. UGh I have dogs etc. I got my new tort "Olivia" and what I did was separate the bottom table which houses my leopard Pinkly in half. Well the bottom table slides out. (Smart hubby) But when you separate to make room for 2 torts divided you don't allow for sliding anything out. Plus all the lights are clamped on. I usually don't have to move them but twice a year. Anyway all the lights are off, the divider came out and I slid it out, grabbed a light and NO NOugat!!! I started to panic, did the kids touch him??? OH NO what if he is in a toy chest??? It had to be at most from Thursday. Could he be dead. We have radiant heat so the floor has been real warm, (having 2 little ones all week.) We usually have our house at 60. Then what about the dogs??? I looked in the top table and dug it all out, NO Nougat, then Pinklys, scraped that cage. NO NOugat. I was so worried. Then I went to Olivia and took her out. Guess what, NOUGAT was underneath her. Those damn kids. I called my brother and he was like oh boy. yeah I heard Christian saying why was the baby alone.. I soaked him and then gave him some favorite food Mazuri!!! He's fine, but what a scare!!!! I will have to do something for the next childrens visit. Just when you think you have some great set-ups!!!
Happy New Year
Na
My brother has 2 little sons, ages 4 and 5. They have started a tradition of spending the week before Xmas with me. They showed up on Monday and the littlest one, Christian, loves the torts. He marches in saying Tortles, tortles and then gets the chair and climbs up. (My tort table has the bottom table blocked off with lattice so the cats don't use it, so the top one , which houses, the 2 RF and ornate Jack and Petey and Louise. He thinks they are mommy daddy and baby. He sprays them for hours, along with the lights the walls, and ugh!!! So cute. Anyway my latest one Nougat is in a tub, on a little table with a light, kinda in an "L" next to the table. There is insulation in a "V" over the hanger that holds the light to make the temps go up, so unless you look under it, you can miss him. I have never shown the kids Nougat, they are just at that age where it could be a toy. The others are too large, and they can't pick them up without help. So it's a good set up. (Aside from the spraying of everything!!!)
Anyway we were having a crowd on both xmas eve and xmas day. so after work on Thurs I did all the torts, and figured I wouldn't have to worry until the 26 th if I got over busy. (It's not like I can't see them, they are all in my 'formal dining' room. And xmas day we had 22 people. that night, we were having the desserts and my sis in law asked me what was in the smaller tub. I said a small tort and she said she looked but didn't see anything. I didn't bother looking, sometimes I have to dig under the moss etc.and they honestly don't really care. Plus we were having dessert!!! They all left late and I didn't think of it till the next day. I got up to do everyone and did Nougat first. I didn't see him, and started digging. NO Nougat!! His tub is right next to the table and sometimes for variety I elevate the dirt etc and I thought maybe he fell out. UGh I have dogs etc. I got my new tort "Olivia" and what I did was separate the bottom table which houses my leopard Pinkly in half. Well the bottom table slides out. (Smart hubby) But when you separate to make room for 2 torts divided you don't allow for sliding anything out. Plus all the lights are clamped on. I usually don't have to move them but twice a year. Anyway all the lights are off, the divider came out and I slid it out, grabbed a light and NO NOugat!!! I started to panic, did the kids touch him??? OH NO what if he is in a toy chest??? It had to be at most from Thursday. Could he be dead. We have radiant heat so the floor has been real warm, (having 2 little ones all week.) We usually have our house at 60. Then what about the dogs??? I looked in the top table and dug it all out, NO Nougat, then Pinklys, scraped that cage. NO NOugat. I was so worried. Then I went to Olivia and took her out. Guess what, NOUGAT was underneath her. Those damn kids. I called my brother and he was like oh boy. yeah I heard Christian saying why was the baby alone.. I soaked him and then gave him some favorite food Mazuri!!! He's fine, but what a scare!!!! I will have to do something for the next childrens visit. Just when you think you have some great set-ups!!!
Happy New Year
Na