The Tortoise Table

LOVE the animation Nina!

Heather

Earlier this week I read a fascinating article in my BCG (British Chelonia Group) newsletter (no 260, Mar/Apr '21) - Veterinary Corner. A 60y/o Hermann's, missing for two days, was found at the bottom of the garden pond. The short version is that 5 days later it was discharged, alive & well, by ...

I realise this is a bit late as a 'reply', but I think the 4th (last) photo looks like periwinkle!

Heather

That's lovely Lin!

I will now try to post another photo that amuses me! Toto was cleaning up Cleo's bowl, & someone joined in!....so I dropped the cucumber onto the tray to create a phot-op! Quite why the photo has loaded sideways I have no idea - it is upright in my docs!

Hi all, My Achillea has free range of my cottage, & knows where to find her UV lamp. Before bed time, we always check where she has chosen to sleep - she has several preferred places, but I need to be sure she's not in a draft, or other place where she might get overly chilled. Her indoor life d...

...& I never could spell!

I don't think she could decide between eating ravenously & smooching a dap, poor love

Hey - she can go swimming today!

Heather

This weather is too hot for me, let alone Achillea.....she's been chasing my feet (black rubber slip-ons) endlessly for several days. When is it too hot for balmy tortoise's sanity?

Heather

Thanks Nina - I did nettles as a veg last week - really tasty - just young leaves (remove stem), rinsed, & microwaved with a dollop of butter. I've tried nibbling at ground elder - pleasant sharp taste, but unlike Achillea, I just don't 'get' dandelions!

Hi - I do hope that my Tortoise Table friends are safe & well at this very strange & somewhat frightening time.....Unlike many, I'm so far enjoying my furloughed escape from work, spending loads of time with many friends & plants - added to by the gang from work (I'm a school Biology Tec...

Still nothing laid - just loads of wandering about, hiding in odd places, & very little eating. Bathing her every two days or thereabouts, & she's eating her small slice of cucumber c/w Nutrobal daily.

Where's a film crew when you need one?!

Heather

Hind legs Nina - in that way they do if they are very large, leathery, & on a vast sandy beach with an Attenborough nearby!

Heather

Hi folks - Achillea lives a bit of a topsy-turvey life, & I'm pretty sure our winter is her summer! In the last few days she's been behaving oddly, including doing a bit of faux excavating on a paved area, so I tried the washing up bowl of warm, friable, damp soil, which I thought enticing, to n...

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Heather

Oh WOW - all my favourite turtles in one place! Interestingly furry & green though......but the red 'ears' have always had my heart!

Heather

Agree - excellent - I hadn't previously found this very informative info! (Slap wrists), but use Nutrobal daily on a small slice of cucumber.

Heather

You appear to have a troll posting, ladies!

Heather

Hi - I was really worried earlier this week, when I weighed Achiilea (I do this randomly - sorry!) & it showed a distinct weight loss, although she felt 'normal' when I picked her up. I was about to contact you here for advice. Then it occurred to me to double check the balance! It is an Ohaus. ...

Hi Nina - the search works fine for me now....I wonder if I simply typed in the search box before the page was fully loaded (my internet is very slow), but I also scrolled down the garden plants section & found it lacking....odd.... My Amelanchier was indeed good value - £4 in the knocked down s...

Hi all - confused I am....I thought Scabious was the same as 'candy tuft' but it appears that I am mistaken......I couldn't find an entry for Scabious by 'searching' (I've had a similar problem before) but eventually found it under 'S' in the A-Z section.....think I'm going mad (or stupid!).... Also...

Hi - I think this may make you smile.... A while ago I was worried about Achillea's behaviour towards my mauve, soft, plastic slip-ons (like Crocs) you may remember, & you reassured me that this sort of mounting behaviour was OK, even for a girlie tort! So, when I discarded them I kept one for h...

Hi,

Is this, my latest treasure, safe for the tortoise garden? This is a baby one, so a couple of fronds at beak height. I can't imagine Achillea nibbling it, but best safe than sorry.....

I can stand it on a stone or upturned pot if necessary

Heather

SHE - Achillea (formerly Achilles) lays eggs Lin!!

Thanks both - work in progress regards 'interest'. I like the log roll idea. The concrete pad against the cream wall (almost not showing) has potential for a 'sun house' next to the pansies (which is where Achillea sun-bathed last weekend) & maybe troughs of attractive edibles - my garden has ma...

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