RE: gardenchat DIGEST V1 and update

It sounds like a great solution, Kitty!

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Kitty
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 4:56 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenchat DIGEST V1 and update

Zem and all,
I love reading about your animals.  I may not always have time to submit a
response, but I do enjoy reading about them.  I love the way you described
them taking care of each other.

Meanwhile, an update on the waterbowl situation here.  I wrote at least a
year ago about Jack pawing all the water out of the bowl all over the
kitchen floor.  Recently I found a Catit fountain waterer on sale and we are
trying that.  At first they were all afraid of it, so I turned it off so
they could adjust to it being the water source.  The next week I turned it
on, and though it took awhile, they are now all drinking from it.  The water
flows over a dome and they lick it off.  Jack has managed to spill some, but
not too badly.  They do seem to like it and it does keep the water fresh
with a charcoal filter.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenchat DIGEST V1 and update


> We stop for them, too.  Around here so many DAs try to smash them...they
> have enough problems trying to find mates and survive.  So, we always stop
> and help them across the roads.
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: 10/27/2006 8:31:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenchat DIGEST V1 and update
>>
>> I love turtles, too.  I'm forever stopping on the highway to help a box
>> turtle across.  The red eared sliders are also prevalent around here as
> are
>> alligator snappers.  Speaking of nurturing dogs, did I tell you all that
>> Otis has taken over the care of Fleur, my lilttle crippled cat?  They
> spend
>> everyday together on Otis's bed where he flea bites Fleur and bathes her.
>> She is acting more like a diva every day. :o)
>> zem
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:27 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] gardenchat DIGEST V1 and update
>>
>>
>> > Noreen, how do you find time to take care of yourselves between the
> babies
>> > and the flooding? I love that Ellie Mae is such a good foster momma,
> too.
>> > :>D  I can also see why it would be wise to at least separate the birds
>> > from
>> > the kittens.  Do kittens bother baby turtles?
>> >
>> > Blessings,
>> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>> > Behalf
>> > Of TeichFlora@aol.com
>> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:22 AM
>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenchat DIGEST V1 and update
>> >
>> > First of all, prayers, for sure, for Melodie.  How truly awful to deal
>> > with
>> > so much at once.  I'm with you Pam, can't imagine what reasoning there
> is
>> > behind all that tragedy!!  My heart and prayers go out to the whole
>> > family!!
>> >
>> > And Auralie, I so admire your restraint.  That definitely would  be
>> > difficult.
>> > I hope all works out well, and that your plants will survive fine until
>> > they are able to be replanted......sounds like it was (and will be
> again)
>> > a
>> > lovely garden.
>> >
>> > Well, we (at least in our neighborhood) dodged another bullet.....had
>> > another 7 inches of rain yesterday.  Another Hurricane, this time Paul,
>> > came across Mexico, into the Gulf. North Houston didn't fare so well
> with
>> > tornado damage, etc. and poor east Texas (Beaumont, Orange) they were
>> > already and still
>> > flooded from the last storms, I can't imagine what it is  like there.
>> > Seems the
>> > rest of the eastern coast is going to feel the  effects today.  Rains
>> > ended
>> > far too late, sometime after midnight, so  wasn't able to go out and
>> > rescue
>> > fish.  Hope it stays wet enough for them  to survive so I can go out
> when
>> > it
>> >
>> > turns light and see.
>> >
>> > Baby boom in Houston.....no not because of the rains.  LOL  Had  been
> on
>> > an
>> > adoption list for longest to adopt some native box turtles that  needed
>> > homes.
>> > There is a turtle society here that rescues and rehabs  turtles.  We've
>> > done
>> > this for Red Eared sliders for the past 10 years or  so....the older
> ones
>> > that were wild we set free after rehab, the babies we  raised, some 
>> > were
>> > adopted out and many we kept.  Had always wanted some  boxies....so we
>> > finally got a hatchling pair of three toed.....they were  the size of a
>> > dime
>> > and quarter.
>> > Took some time to get used to feeding them  creepy crawler stuff.  RES
>> > were
>> > easy, they ate mosquito larvae and softened  turtle food.  These babies
> a
>> > bit more difficult, they have selective  appetites and need both land
> and
>> > water.
>> > Finally got used to feeding live  foods...seems they weren't interested
> in
>> > the food that didn't wiggle.  It's  working out well though, and they
> are
>> > growing and happy.  They are  adorable....they know my voice now and
> come
>> > running toward me with their little  heads up, looking for food.
>> >
>> > In the meantime, once you have babies...seems everyone wants them. 
>> > LOL
>> > Missed an egg in the dove aviary, so now we have a baby  there.   The
>> > kitten
>> > from
>> > last year was too young to spay, then she had  an infection was on
>> > antibiotics, etc. and then had an appointment, but they said  she was 
>> > in
>> > heat...so had
>> > to wait till she was out of it.....then found out she  was already pg.
>> > She
>> >
>> > had gotten out once for a couple  minutes....apparently that is all it
>> > takes.
>> > Well...we have kittens.   Cutest little critters though.    Our dogs,
>> > especially nurturing  Border Chow, Ellie Mae, is just besides
>> > herself...doesn't know where to go first  to take care of what babies.
>> > Kittens are in the guest room, birds in  another, and turtles in
> another.
>> > SO she spends all day going from room to  room, and if a baby makes a
>> > noise,
>> > she rushes to see if they are okay, and of  course she comes to get me.
>> > SO
>> > it's been fun.  Hm...
>> >
>> > Noreen
>> > zone 9
>> > Texas Gulf Coast
>> >
>> > So much for the update from our house.
>> >
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