Well, I have been crazy at work and disorganized and feeling overwhelmed, so I haven't done more than occasionally lurk and read a few posts lately. I did post on a thread about spiders when I had Fred die by what appeared to be a brown widow spider bite (he was in a corner covered in web) I just have Doris and Maude now. We have been building a new tort pen. We actually finished it a while ago with a supersized dog igloo in it and cheap bird netting over it but I just revisited the way it was set up and 86'd the dog igloo because the kids didn't care for it. (I gave it to a friend that has a new great dane puppy) We added lattice over part of it and I built a hide/hill and figured out the area needed covered in the rain to avoid the hide flooding and planted some stuff on the top to avoid it eroding. They have a jade plant, a few spider plants, a few kinds of grass, clover, dandelions and a few other weeds and I give them spring mix too.
We have some good bird netting and cable to install instead of the cheap Home Depot stuff (then I won't have to duck down). After looking at their pen/hide and Doris cruising, I wonder if I should let the kids hibernate in their new pen or move them back inside for the winter. Or put a heat source in the pen and leave them out their this winter? We are in So Cal. They hatched Oct 2007 and are in good health.
We have some good bird netting and cable to install instead of the cheap Home Depot stuff (then I won't have to duck down). After looking at their pen/hide and Doris cruising, I wonder if I should let the kids hibernate in their new pen or move them back inside for the winter. Or put a heat source in the pen and leave them out their this winter? We are in So Cal. They hatched Oct 2007 and are in good health.
