What makes them tick?

Friday, October 9th, 2009

The turtles have a habit of befuddling me. Now it may be because I am old and bald or they may just like messing with my mind . Either way they do leave me shaking my head at times.
This week as I usually do I bought them some feeder fish. Now sometimes the fish last [...]

All About My First List – Persistence Pays Off

Friday, July 17th, 2009

The turtles know all about persistence. You should hear the noise they can make splashing to attract attention when they want to eat.
Side note – They always want to eat or at least it seems that way to me as I listen to Gizzard splashing as I am writing this.
One of the reasons that email [...]

8 to 3 why?

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Turtles went on a rampage this week. Went from 8 fish to 3 in a matter of a few hours. That is not totally surprising after all turtles eat fish and that is why they were in there.
The surprise was not that they ate the fish but why now? The 3 little ones had been [...]

Growth – a necessity for turtles and your list

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Gizzard is shedding again and looks a bit ugly but that is part of his growth.
The picture does not do it justice but you can see the skin hanging off as it replaced with new skin below. Now there must be some nutritional value in that skin because you will see them eating the sheddings [...]

Replenishing – an important concept

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Every two weeks without fail I end up adding water to the tank. Today is the day so it reminded me to discuss this. See it is constantly evaporating due to the filtering and temperatures necessary to keep the three babies happy and healthy.
If I don’t add water regularly soon the tank would not be [...]