It rained a little yesterday morning and I had just planted some seeds in the tortoise pen so I was thinking how nice it was. By the time I got off work it had stopped. But then by dinner time it started to rain some more.
And this rain was not a normal rain, it was a nonstop, get your boat ready downpour.
I went outside to check on the torts, they have dry cover and a little rain never hurt but this rain...was unusual and was just too much.
Good thing I checked on them...the water in my backyard was rising fast and the torts probably had less than 15 minutes before they were no longer safe.
Luckily we had Rubbermaid totes but they were outside and empty. We scrambled in the rain to gather the torts to safety and get them inside. We threw some old t-shirts into the totes for substrate...lol. We were so not ready for this!
It rained all night and into the morning over 9 inches they say.
You can't even tell by looking at my backyard now, everything is wet but otherwise normal.
I went shopping this morning and purchased some fresh timothy hay to put in their hide spots since the dirt is still wet I wanted them to have some dry spots to lay.
I was going to keep them in the totes but I could tell they were not happy in there, maybe my shirts were stinky.
They were happy to be back outdoors.
I guess what I learned from all this is to be prepared for anything... because you just never know, one day it may flood in Texas!
And this rain was not a normal rain, it was a nonstop, get your boat ready downpour.
I went outside to check on the torts, they have dry cover and a little rain never hurt but this rain...was unusual and was just too much.
Good thing I checked on them...the water in my backyard was rising fast and the torts probably had less than 15 minutes before they were no longer safe.
Luckily we had Rubbermaid totes but they were outside and empty. We scrambled in the rain to gather the torts to safety and get them inside. We threw some old t-shirts into the totes for substrate...lol. We were so not ready for this!
It rained all night and into the morning over 9 inches they say.
You can't even tell by looking at my backyard now, everything is wet but otherwise normal.
I went shopping this morning and purchased some fresh timothy hay to put in their hide spots since the dirt is still wet I wanted them to have some dry spots to lay.
I was going to keep them in the totes but I could tell they were not happy in there, maybe my shirts were stinky.
They were happy to be back outdoors.
I guess what I learned from all this is to be prepared for anything... because you just never know, one day it may flood in Texas!
