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Post by Loz on Mar 11, 2022 7:37:32 GMT
I find it incredible that tortoises need re-homing! People I've spoken to over the years (in the UK) complain about how hard it is to get hold of them!
Re-homers and rescuers are the best people, by the way. Just sayin'.
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Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 11, 2022 8:32:17 GMT
31? Ah, so that’s why you built the Geo cage. Herman is just gorgeous. I love his colouring and he seems to be settling well. Hmmm…I remember having six, just six pets and people thought I was mad. We currently have 31!
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Post by Loz on Mar 11, 2022 11:02:14 GMT
Herman is already engaging with me and has even eaten some millet from a spray held in my hand, albeit through the bars for now. Once he fully recognises millet as the good stuff, I'll try a bit of millet from the hand, in the cage. I've taken loads of pics and vids. Stop groaning, you lot.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Mar 11, 2022 15:30:23 GMT
Herman is surely going be a delight and fun to have around!
Years ago when I was a teenager, people in the US were getting iguanas as pets. I think pets stores were telling people they were easy pets to have. They also told people that they only ate lettuce. After a time all these iguanas suffered from soft bones and other illnesses so people started trying to give them away. Thus many iguana rescues came into being.
Unfortunately many pet stores are doing something similar with other small pets these days, including budgies - "they only need seeds to eat".
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Post by Loz on Mar 11, 2022 15:33:14 GMT
Herman is surely going be a delight and fun to have around! Years ago when I was a teenager, people in the US were getting iguanas as pets. I think pets stores were telling people they were easy pets to have. They also told people that they only ate lettuce. After a time all these iguanas suffered from soft bones and other illnesses so people started trying to give them away. Thus many iguana rescues came into being. Unfortunately many pet stores are doing something similar with other small pets these days, including budgies - "they only need seeds to eat". I've learned a lot about budgie nutrition, and gerbil nutrition, in the past 9 months. I wince at how ignorant I was. (And hope I'm not too ignorant even now!)
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Mar 11, 2022 16:09:34 GMT
loz, many of us who are on this forum (me included) shudder at how little we knew when we joined, are sorrowful thinking about budgies we had many years ago and are thankful for the people here who share their knowledge.
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Post by Loz on Mar 11, 2022 18:19:52 GMT
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Post by Loz on Mar 11, 2022 18:28:34 GMT
Herman, happy as you like 1drv.ms/v/s!AnyoyWilEZ_Xh4FKjuuiKh__F3PFjQ?e=chzLYhAnd then it seem daft to go slow when Herman was streaking ahead Happy fella! Very pleased with himself indeed! 1drv.ms/v/s!AnyoyWilEZ_Xh4FWWC9PRu88mXeZfQ?e=m9SwNnThe little guy was stepping-up like he's been doing it for years. I took him out of his cage, popped him back in, several times ... retrieved him from his perch in the curtains, no dramas. It was all so effortless. I rang the pet store at one point, to ask for confirmation that Herman was hand-reared. Nope. Parent-reared. I brought him home yesterday! This boy is a natural.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Mar 11, 2022 21:37:45 GMT
I love it! How wonderful for you both!
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Post by criswell on Mar 11, 2022 22:33:25 GMT
Herman is gorgeous and it's wonderful how quickly he's settled into his new home.
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Post by Loz on Mar 12, 2022 11:03:34 GMT
My sister loves the name Herman and nothing else has suggested itself yet, so it very much looks like Herman's name is indeed Herman 😁
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 12, 2022 12:34:48 GMT
Poor Herman (Munster)
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Post by Loz on Mar 12, 2022 13:15:01 GMT
Poor Herman (Munster) That did cross my mind, LOL
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Post by Loz on Mar 12, 2022 13:18:03 GMT
In keeping with the overall purple motif, Herman is sporting purple eye shadow
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Post by Loz on Mar 12, 2022 14:11:11 GMT
Herman is not looking at all scruffy: "You sleep on this?"
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