Ongoing maintenance and expansion – Find the balance

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Well it has been very quiet here not because the turtles have slowed down but because I have gotten busy. That came to a head earlier this week when it became clear that it was time for some maintenance on the turtle tank. Despite having the tank right next to me as I am working [...]

Keeping up with change

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The turtles no I should say Gizzard reminded me of the need to keep up with change. Now I did not get a picture because what he did caused me to react not think about anything else. Here is what happened. The bigger turtles no longer use the ramp to get to the top of [...]

Change Leads To Confusion But It Is Necessary

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Yesterday was the weekly cleaning for the turtle tank. Not a pleasant job but a necessary one. This always leads to the turtles rearranging some of the items and the war continues each week. This time I really did them in. I moved the ramp to the opposite side of the tank. Now there was [...]

What your customer wants

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

The turtles had their tank cleaned yesterday and are happy relaxing right now. Yes I once again re-arranged things and made it look the way I want. Did not last an hour before the castle was knocked down and things started getting moved to suit them. An ongoing battle between us. The question is are [...]

Are you eating well?

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

I have come to understand that turtles are not the smartest creatures I have ever had as pets. Not really a big surprise there to most of you. Here is Gizzie trying to get through the space between the ramp and the wall of the tank. Now the turtles keep growing and the big ones [...]

Small changes – big differences

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

The picture to the left is Gizzard’s back paw spread out fully. Now I have yet to figure out why they love to lay on the dock and stretch out like that but seeing the paw fully spread like that did make me understand something about their swimming. Quite often you can see one of [...]

Maintenance is important too

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Well it is that time again to do a major tank cleaning for the turtles. This will involve removing most of the water, cleaning both filters and replacing the filter media for both filters. Not one of my favorite jobs but a definite necessity if you are raising turtles. Much prefer the time I spend [...]