Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[Lori P]

Oh good grief. First of all, I was studying the pic, and second of all, the snake looks emaciated. You know, ever since Gunny landed that well placed kick, my spelling skills have been shot. I also keep reversing letters when I type. I have to double check everything now. I'm thinking maybe I should go to the filthin farthin Dr after all, if it's not too late now to unscramble whatever he scrambled... lol!

[Hannah]

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[Hannah]

Sorry! My cat wanted to say something! she kept sitting on my keyboard until something was posted hahaha

[Sputnik]

Hahaha! Even our cats want to join in now! Must be the name..'twas Rosina who posted. :D

[Stefan-A]

I'm bored, somebody say something funny. :p

[reptileparadise]

Your reply was number 2000 stefan!

[Stefan-A]

But it was the 2001. post. :D

[Stefan-A]

They're heading the wrong way, it's just going to get colder up here. :D Won't start to get warmer until late February.

[reptileparadise]

Indeed!
We're up to 2003 replies and 2004 posts...Lets go for 3000! (not tonight...)

[reptileparadise]

Stupid birds :)
Its actually 9 degrees here ...nice and comfortable...
They say it will stay like this for the next few days...Time to wake up the snakes!

[Stefan-A]

It's -3 here (-7 in my home town) and it's snowing, it will probably drop to at least -15 some time during the next few weeks.

[reptileparadise]

damn...thats cold! A well...just a few more weeks...then summer starts again!

[Stefan-A]

Not cold by our standards. :)


+15 'C / 59 'F This is as warm as it gets in Finland, so we'll start here. People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Finns are out in the sun,getting a tan.

+10 'C / 50 'F The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Finns plant flowers in their gardens.

+5 'C / 41 'F Italian cars won't start, The Finns are cruising in cabriolets.

0 'C / 32 'F Distilled water freezes. The water in Vantaa river (in Finland) gets a little thicker.

-5 'C / 23 'F People in California almost freeze to death. The Finns have their final barbecue before winter.

-10 'C / 14 'F The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Finns start using long sleeves.

-20 'C / -4 'F The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Finns end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.

-30 'C / -22 'F People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Finns start drying their laundry indoors.

-40 'C / -40 'F Paris starts cracking in the cold. The Finns stand in line at the hotdog stands.

-50 'C / -58 'F Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Finnish army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.

-60 'C / -76 'F Korvatunturi (the home for Santa Claus) freezes. The Finns rent a movie and stay indoors.

-70 'C / -94 'F The false Santa moves south. The Finns get frustrated since they can't store their Kossu (Koskenkorva vodka) outdoors. The Finnish army goes out on winter survival training.

-183 'C / -297.4 'F Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.

-273 'C / -459.4 'F ALL atom-based movent halts. The Finns start saying "Perkele, it's cold outside today."

-300 'C / -508 'F Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest


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James, you might want to move this to the other thread. ;)

[reptileparadise]

-183 'C / -297.4 'F Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.

Hahahahaa...very nice list you got there!

[Stefan-A]

It's sort of a standard thing Finns post every time somebody abroad starts talking about how cold it is. :)

[Lori P]

Tooooo funny!!! Well, we are having an unusual warm spell here in Virginia... it was 75 degrees today!!! I played hooky from work and played outside with the horses and dogs all day!!! It was GREAT. :-) :-)

[anji1971]

That was a great laugh!!! It's 17C here today, I'm not complaining!:)

[drache]

it's never boring around here, is it?
look at what happened to my friend, Sean, on the way to the White Plains Expo
CRASH LEADS TO ANIMAL RESSSCUE (http://www.nypost.com/seven/01062008/news/regionalnews/crash_leads_to_animal_ressscue_785123.htm)
the axle of the car cracked (old station wagon) and he kept spinning until he managed to crash the car into the wall
he feels fine
one turle got a minor cut
one plated lizard got sprayed by a fire fighter and ran across the expressway, but Sean got him and he's fine
I saw the car - it looks like something out of Mad Max

[anji1971]

Wow, it's a good thing he wasn't hurt in that! Or any animals either. Guess its time for a new car now...........!

[Lori P]

Omg Rhea... thank goodness no-one was hurt. That's so scary.

[drache]

I know
with six glass tanks busted in that wagon, it's totally amazing the animals were fine too
and Sean did borrow a friend's car to still take them to the expo the next day

[tikichick]

Wow! I'm glad he's ok!!

[Lulu Bennett]

-300 'C / -508 'F Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest

Hahahaha Stefan that is great lol


No way did my thread reach 2000 and i missed it :mad:

[Stefan-A]

Hahahaha Stefan that is great lol
I think we need to come up with another joke for that last part. We sort of won the Eurovision song contest in 2006.. :D

[adamanteus]

How can you 'sort of' win?:rolleyes:
Were there no other entries?:D

[adamanteus]

Soooo.... It's the weekend again (praise be). Anyone got any interesting plans?

[Stefan-A]

How can you 'sort of' win?:rolleyes:
Were there no other entries?:D
It's the Eurovision song contest. :rolleyes: To quote the tagline from the movie Alien vs. Predator; "Whoever wins... We lose." :D

[adamanteus]

Have you seen the new movie, Stefan?

[Stefan-A]

Have you seen the new movie, Stefan?
Not yet. I've already decided that I won't pay to see that steaming pile of fecal matter and the only free versions I've found so far, are filmed in movie theaters. :D

[adamanteus]

The original Predator movie was on the TV the other night. Harmless fun! After watching Arnie posturing and posing, I had to flex my biceps in the mirror........ there's more meat on a butchers pencil!:D

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, but it was made back in the good old days. :D It's legendary. So are the first two Alien movies. The third was okay, but as far as I'm concerned, the third movie was the last one they made. ;) :D

For some reason, people get upset when I say that the second Predator movie was actually better than the first. :D

[adamanteus]

I never saw the second one. I enjoy a good action movie , but 'The Little Mermaid' is more to my taste.:)

[Stefan-A]

I'm a real horror buff myself.

There's only one horror movie series that I refuse to watch. "The Dentist".. :D Well, "refuse" is a bit too strong a word in this context, "resist" is probably closer to the truth.

[adamanteus]

No. Real horror is not for me. It worries me that the human mind can invent such nastiness. I know, I'm naive and I'm an idealist, but I'd rather pretend people are nice to each other.

[Sputnik]

I'm totally with you there, James. I prefer to watch films for relaxation and entertainment. A little stomach tingle is alright but I don't like feeling scared. I have more than enough of that in real life, thank you.
Sleepy Hollow or The Lost Boys is as far as I am comfortable with, but they are certainly the absolute limit!
I had my first big argument with my ex husband over a horror film. He'd taken me to see Nightmare on Elm Street and I was in tears afterwards. I made him promise never to make me watch anything like that again. A few weeks later we went to the cinema again with some friends and everyone assured me that Pet Cemetry was NOT a horror film. Yeah, right! Being a cat lover I was in floods right from the start and left the auditorium, but my ex talked me back in telling me the worst was over. Then the little boy got hit by a truck! I was so angry when he told me in the car on the way home to get over it, that when we got home I packed my things and was ready to move out. "If he doesn't understand that, then maybe he's not right..." Funny how things can turn out to be so true, lol.

Sorry, that was a bit much "sharing". :o

[adamanteus]

Sorry, that was a bit much "sharing". :o

Not at all. You're amongst friends here.:)

[Stefan-A]

Well, horror movies definitely aren't for everybody. :) And we're definitely not going to judge you for "sharing". :)

[adamanteus]

I wouldn't judge anyone by their taste in movies.... after all, it's just fiction. But I would never try to force my tastes on anyone else.

Recently I've enjoyed the Bourne Identity trilogy. Nonsense, but fun!

[Stefan-A]

I saw the second "Bourne" movie. Wasn't really impressed. Felt like a typical dime a dozen action movie.

[Lulu Bennett]

Rosina, Not being funny but he sounds like a total arse! if my fella tried to do that to me then i would certainly dump him, not for the fact he took me to a scary movie but the fact he didn't respect the me.

James, Good call! the Bourne trillogy is defo a classic

[Sid]

I do enjoy a scary movie, if there is a story to it. My wife wants no part of them, so if there's one I'm interested in watching, I retread to my room and watch it... no pushint it on anyone else.

[Sputnik]

That's exactly what made me so angry. Not the fact that he wanted to watch a horror movie but that he "tricked" ME into watching it and had such little regard for my feelings.

[Lulu Bennett]

That's exactly what made me so angry. Not the fact that he wanted to watch a horror movie but that he "tricked" ME into watching it and had such little regard for my feelings.

He is a TOTAL ARSE!! everyone deserves better than that!
He WILL get what he desirves hun don't you worry.

[Sputnik]

Lol, I think he already has... he lost me 9 years ago. :D

[Lulu Bennett]

Lol, I think he already has... he lost me 9 years ago. :D

lol sucks for him, brilliant for you.

[drache]

yup
good riddance
I have too vivid an imagination for that stuff
I had nightmares for weeks after reading pet cemetary
in terms of movies - I couldn't handle blade runner
Jeff has a good sense of what I can handle and screens stuff for me (I'm keeping him)
generally, if it's atrocities committed by regular sick humans, I can handle it
if they're zombies, space aliens, evil mutants, etc - I can't
it's too stressful, not knowing their limitations
all that blood in Sweeney Todd - that wasn't scary
in fact that was so overdone, it kind of made me giggle

[Lulu Bennett]

yup
good riddance
I have too vivid an imagination for that stuff
I had nightmares for weeks after reading pet cemetary
in terms of movies - I couldn't handle blade runner
Jeff has a good sense of what I can handle and screens stuff for me (I'm keeping him)
generally, if it's atrocities committed by regular sick humans, I can handle it
if they're zombies, space aliens, evil mutants, etc - I can't
it's too stressful, not knowing their limitations
all that blood in Sweeney Todd - that wasn't scary
in fact that was so overdone, it kind of made me giggle

I think i am quite wierd with my likes and dislikes.
i hate horrors, not because they are scary but because i find the utterly boring. i'm not the type of person to enjoy shouting at the tv "he's behind you". i always know what is coming.
I do enjoy programes that have true crime and discetions and blood and gore in though. i now know the biology of a pinky mouse too lol :D

[CrazyHedgehog]

I really enjoy comedy films, but went to see 'I Legend' at the cinema this weekend...OMG....I was like a jack in the box, I swear I left my seat about 20 times!! I had an incling it wasn't as nice as it looked, but hey it has Will Smith in it and theres one scene where he is just doing pull ups....mmmm anyway....scary ..

[Lori P]

Really? Will Smith doing pull ups... pls tell me he had his shirt off... :D I've heard really good things about that movie, will have to go see it on the big screen for sure!

[Stefan-A]

Of course he had. :D

Horrible movie, horrible CGI (will they ever get it right again?) and a complete bastardization of what seems to be an interesting story. I want to say it it was an okay movie, but I can't.

[adamanteus]

I just watched 'Shaun of the Dead'... very funny, a few gory bits, but fun!

[Stefan-A]

Of course it goes without saying that I'm a fan of the movie. :D
Did you ever watch the show "Spaced"? Shaun of the dead contains a lot of references to that show, like inside jokes for the fans.


Fell asleep with my computer on and now I'm wide awake. And it's about 3:30AM.

[reptileparadise]

Shaun of the dead...love that movie! I guess I like all parody...

[Stefan-A]

Sunday night, car packed, 155 kilometers to travel, need to be at my destination no later than noon tomorrow.. and I have a flat tyre.

I'm real happy right now.

[adamanteus]

James-- omg, I swear that child gets cuter every day!!! You make beautiful babies!!!! ;)

Thank you, Lori.:o But I think her Mother can take the credit for her looks, she's an extraordinarily good looking woman.

[Lori P]

Well, I for one think you should make more and spread them around. I'll take one. Anyone else?? LOLOL :D:D

[adamanteus]

How much do you think I could charge?:D

[Lori P]

Hmmm, well, I think for members of the forum, they should be free. Well, free for the girls, you have to pay us to take the boys. LOL!!!

[anji1971]

Not me!! If I ever have another baby I want a boy, so James, you can ship the boys my way!!!:D

[anji1971]

But they have to have those beautiful big blue eyes like Molly, or I don't want one.;)

[adamanteus]

Maybe I should post some pictures of my son... he's 26 years old... he models underwear for a living!

[anji1971]

Ooooh, I'd definitely consider an "older" child in that case.-- ship him right over...........:D:o:D
I'll send him to visit Lori on weekends!!

[Lori P]

Right on Anji!! And oh my-- it's about time to buy some new underwear... right Anji?? Yeah, so, to be fair, you should send pics of him modeling so we can decide the best brand!!! It's purely for research purposes only! I swear! :D

[adamanteus]

Sorry ladies.... I was lying about the underwear thing!:p

[Lori P]

Cruel, cruel man!!! Now why would you go and get us all flustered like that? Ok, well... you'll just have to model the underwear for us then, James!!! Come on, we're waiting!!!!

[adamanteus]

Mmmm... let me just peruse my knicker drawer...;)

[enigma200316]

Mmmm... let me just peruse my knicker drawer...;)



remember what happen last time James!!!!!!
they had you in grandma pants.........................:eek:

[adamanteus]

Could have been worse... could have been a thong!:eek:

[enigma200316]

Could have been worse... could have been a thong!:eek:



well now I think that would be a hoot..............:D

[adamanteus]

Trust me. It would be horrible.

[anji1971]

Oh, dear. I can see it now.........the next big thread on the forum will be "Pics of You in Your Undies" and James will have the first post!:D

[drache]

I wish I could get excited about James' knickers
I need something that frivolous or better

things are a bit grim (grit your teeth and get on with it) right now
both Mikhaila and I have an upper respiratory flu thingy
except she gets to stay at home and I'm at work

yesterday I found mites in one of my tanks and now I'm wondering who else has got them
I've been very careful since the last episode and hadn't seen any evidence for at least a couple of months
this time it's Casey Jones, the western hognose, and he didn't even get them last time
hopefully I caught it in time and there won't be any spreading to other enclosures

work is totally boring
I don't even know why they need me here
I should have stayed in bed
I guess I would have, but they only pay me when I show up
it's so unfair

[Lori P]

I hear ya... most of the time, I think my bosses would be better off paying me to stay at home... but I can't convince them of that!! LOL

I do hope you feel better soon... opper respitory thingies are the pits.

Sorry about the mites, too. What a pain.

Hope your day gets better!!!!

[Stefan-A]

Sorry to hear about the flu thingy and the mites. :(




This was the year I was going to breed my snakes. :rolleyes: That little plan worked out great, huh? (This is me venting frustration.)

[adamanteus]

Stefan, it will happen for you. One day you'll be overrun with little ophidians!:D

[Sid]

I wish I could get excited about James' knickers
I need something that frivolous or better

things are a bit grim (grit your teeth and get on with it) right now
both Mikhaila and I have an upper respiratory flu thingy
except she gets to stay at home and I'm at work

yesterday I found mites in one of my tanks and now I'm wondering who else has got them
I've been very careful since the last episode and hadn't seen any evidence for at least a couple of months
this time it's Casey Jones, the western hognose, and he didn't even get them last time
hopefully I caught it in time and there won't be any spreading to other enclosures

work is totally boring
I don't even know why they need me here
I should have stayed in bed
I guess I would have, but they only pay me when I show up
it's so unfair
Sorry the two of you are feeling bad with the flu, Rhea.
Did you ever try the Hartz flea and tick powder for cats that was mentioned in an earlier thread? I tried it and had fantastic results. Got rid of all mites in one treatment, no re-occurance and no ill effects on the Garters.
Good luck.

[Stefan-A]

Stefan, it will happen for you. One day you'll be overrun with little ophidians!:D
One day, just not the year I intended.

[drache]

I just remembered that I asked my new vet to check the usage guidelines and relative merits of frontline and advantage
as soon as I can talk, I'll call her
meanwhile it's the snake oil treatment (he loves it)
so far nothing evil's turned up in other tanks

I am much sicker though
I even found myself thinking earlier "i don't care if the crickets die"
this was right after I got through serving the lizards their greens

Stefan
sympathies

[anji1971]

Rhea, I hope you and Mikhaila feel better soon. There are some nasty bugs going around these days. And it's always much worse when you can't even stay home and rest.
Good luck with the mite battle as well.
Take care!:)

[drache]

on a more cheerful note
(besides the fact that I am still sick and at work again)
I am getting a boyfriend for Sammy from Scott and if all goes well, she'll have babies this year
also
he found an anery plains baby in his basement and is sending it to me
apparently this baby was very dehydrated, but seems to be doing fine now
both of my anery plains garters are leaving their age-mates in the dust as far as growth, and I'm curious whether this new baby will catch up

[adamanteus]

Right then, Guys. I've got to go to bed. Catch you all over the weekend.http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/images/smilies/snooze4.gif

[GarterGirl]

*coughs* Hi guys! Sorry I took a break again.

[Stefan-A]

Welcome back again. :)

[tikichick]

My iguana, Speedy laid 23 eggs last night! Now I'm at 1.4.1 iguanas :D (I didn't know her gender until today).

They look to all be duds, but I'm gonna freeze them just in case since there be a man in that room :eek:

Here she is all skinny today with an inset of a shot from last week.

http://www.lakehousemedia.com/hidden/herps/speedy/1-19-08postlaying.jpg

It's hard to believe she could have this many crammed in her belly! They were all bright white and soft this morning, now they're all going yellow and getting rock like. One fell off the tank top and broke earlier today http://www.southtexasreptiles.com/forum/images/smilies/crazy.gif

http://www.lakehousemedia.com/hidden/herps/speedy/1-19-08eggs.jpg

I'm heating up the bathroom so she can have a nice long warm soak. She doesn't seem tired, just speedy as usual :)

[Stefan-A]

Congratulations..? :D ;)

[Lori P]

Wow Laura, that's pretty cool!! Neat looking eggs.

[Lori P]

Ugh, and this is what I woke up to this morning (this is my back yard):

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Snow_1_20_2008_003.jpg

Brrrrr. It's pretty, but that's enough for me for this year. LOL The dogs had a ball playing in it tho... the puppy we have who is neurologically damaged (he rides the short bus, lol) was PETRIFIED and then eventually decided that white stuff wasn't going to eat him and he played, too. :-)

[enigma200316]

I like it, what a nice pic to have..............:)

[Lori P]

Oh good grief... so I decided to change out Desdemona's tank (she's the kingsnake) today to the Care Fresh bedding. So I started pulling everything out of her tank... and after all was out, I hadn't seen her. So I start digging in the aspen... nothing!!! So of course I panic... she is NOWHERE, GONE, and I keep looking and looking and I can't find her...

I'm thinking the whole time about when the baby milksnake did this to me-- she had crawled up under and into that one fake rock decoration. But Des doesn't have anthing like that in her tank!! The only two things in her tank that are possible to crawl into and not be seen are her damp hide box (which I've emptied) and the goat skull:

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Desdemona_good_hide_skull.jpg

So I look all over the skull, but I mean, it's a SKULL, you can see all around and thru it... or can you? And then I peer, for like the 10th time, into the brain cavity...


http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Desdemona_good_hide_2.jpg

And there she is, the rotten little so-and-so. I'd missed her before. And I couldn't get a good pic of her in there, but if you look on the right side you can see some black and white.

Oh, the brat!! She scared me to death!! I swear I could hear her snickering... :-)

[drache]

do I ever know the feeling
at least you had some very legitimate moments of panic
you'll never believe the dumb panic I went into a couple of weeks ago
Jeff's brother had given us one of those fake rock hides for christmas and I had filled it with damp moss and put it into the tank with the new kingsnake
except when I went to look for the snake the next time, I didn't remember, and I totally freaked when I couldn't find the snake by sifting through the care fresh
I also couldn't find the snakes damp hide (likely a zip-lock food container with a hole cut in the lid)
I was devastated
I was totally convinced that last time I changed the water in the tank I had taken the snake out in the damp hide and then forgotten to put it back in the tank
and then of course, at some point, I would have just composted the contents
man - did I have a big hole of loss
so I went to just toss stuff back in the tank, and I noticed this rock I couldn't remember . . .

[Loren]

Well Lori, thats the neat thing about snakes. Just think about how many might really be out there in the wild when you are hiking, that you never see but walk right by. I'm sure I've just missed many of the animals on my wish list to find.

[Stefan-A]

:D I think almost everybody has managed to lose a snake in the terrarium at some point. ;) The first thing my parietalis female did, was to squeeze her way in between the floors. I had raised the floor of the terrarium I was keeping my snakes in, and between the real floor and the upper one, was a 21mm high "crawl space". The male hadn't found it during the 6 or so months he had been living there, but it took the female about a minute to squeeze through in a corner where I hadn't cut the upper floor that precisely. I wouldn't have found her, if her nose hadn't been sticking out.





I ended up bored and having too much spare time, again and here's the result:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/omfglol/yippee.jpg

[Lori P]

Loren, that's what Jamie and I were talking about... snakes are masters of finding the tiniest, coziest hiding spots. I was thinking of all the times we've walked way back in the woods and come across deer or fox carcasses... who knows who had taken up residence in their little craniums?!!!

Rhea... I have to apologize sincerely. Sigh... this always happens... my blondness is creeping across this board now. LOLOL Just teasing you. :D

[Lori P]

ROFLMAO Stefan!!!!!!

[drache]

Stefan - you crack me up
Ingmar totally had that coming

btw
have you ever built a sauna?
I'm thinking I should do that before the snakes' outdoor habitat, because it'll be less complicated
right now I really want a Sauna

[Stefan-A]

Nope, never built one. :) Can't be complicated though, depending of course on which sauna style you're after.

[drache]

boy, did I just have a fright
I saw Layla, my black king lying upside-down right on the heat mat area and I thought she'd croaked
when I took her out, she looked horrible - pale and dull
then I took her to a better light and I saw that she's in shed - whew!
and she is otherwise fine as far as I can see
maybe she just wanted to warm her back?

[adamanteus]

That doesn't sound right to me, Rhea. I've never known a snake to lie on it's back unless it's unwell.

[Stefan-A]

I've heard of a few cases, where the snake has simply become disoriented. One was under a towel and another between sheets of newspaper bedding.

But it still doesn't sound right.

[drache]

I'm keeping an eye on her for sure
when I picked her up she felt fine (muscle tone and responsiveness)
also - I don't think she was upside down for very long
that tank is in plain view and I'd looked at something next to it earlier and when I saw her upside down, I saw right when I came into that room, which I'd been going in and out of all morning
earlier she'd just been buried in the bedding (care fresh)
do they get more easily disoriented when they're blind with shed?
I'm gonna check on her in the afternoon - make sure her moss is damp too

[ScimitarX]

1 of our female cali kings did that a few months back, i found her on her back, shes absolutely fine.

[drache]

I checked up on Layla a little while ago and she's still fine so far

[drache]

all the fun stuff you get to see on a cat food purchasing errand . . .
the Daily News was at the rescue, snapping a gazillion pics of a tiny frog on a lettuce leaf
a local family had found it in their organic lettuce today
it'd been in their fridge a while before they noticed it, but they're apparently good at misting their veggies, so the little guy is fine and now up for adoption
I must confess that I was sizing him up for food, before I realized he was going to be celebrity
I'm sure he's headed for a life of privilege

[adamanteus]

btw have you ever built a sauna?

I once had a hand in building a sauna.... well, I did the construction of the room and all the joinery (carpentry) work, as part of a house renovation in Scotland. It was actually pretty complicated from what I remember.
They can be dangerous if they're done wrong!

[Stefan-A]

I once had a hand in building a sauna.... well, I did the construction of the room and all the joinery (carpentry) work, as part of a house renovation in Scotland. It was actually pretty complicated from what I remember.
They can be dangerous if they're done wrong!
Yes, very, if they aren't properly ventilated.

But it also depends on the stove and sauna type. They don't have to be complicated, most Finnish saunas are very simple constructions.

[adamanteus]

The one I worked on was a gas-fired-water-heating-system-thingy... I didn't get involved in the actual 'sauna' bit.... they had a specialist firm do that... as I say, I just built it.

[Stefan-A]

I see. We don't use those saunas here. :D

[drache]

I think the sauna thing is gonna take some planning

here's a link to the frog story

Live frog in lettuce stuns mom (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/01/24/2008-01-24_live_frog_in_lettuce_stuns_mom.html)

[adamanteus]

It's official... there's no alcohol left in the house.... I may as well bo to ged.
Nood gight, guys.

[Stefan-A]

Good morning, folks. It's 3:52AM and I just woke up. :rolleyes:

You wouldn't believe how hard it can be to find live mice. The only ones I've found so far, are females of some dwarf form of the common mouse, that can't be bred to normal sized males. Wouldn't be a problem if I could find a male with the same gene, which I can't.

Not a single normal sized mouse within at least 50 kilometers.

edit: Aren't there hairless mice too, by the way? ;)

[anji1971]

I don't know, but if I ever wake up at 3:52 in the morning with mice on my mind, I'll be just a little worried............:D:D:D
You're a student -- shouldn't you be worried about papers and reports and stuff??

[Stefan-A]

I should, but I'm not. :D I have school for 8 hours per week right now, because of how they organized our courses, and the only thing that needs to be worried about, is a report on an environmental impact assessment that's is to be handed in next thursday. It's not really a major concern.

The mouse thing has been bugging me for weeks.

[anji1971]

Yes, it's funny how our brains focus on one thing, and it'll bug us forever, even if nobody else can figure out why that is the one thing keeping us awake at night!!
Hope you get your mouse issues all sorted out soon so you can get a decent sleep. 3 and 4 am is not a good wake-up time, Stefan!

[Stefan-A]

"The large garter snake which you saw, my dear lady, is comparatively
harmless. It lives on toads and frogs, and robs the nests of young birds,
and also pilfers the eggs. Its long forked tongue enables it to catch
insects of different kinds, it will even eat fish, and for that purpose
frequents the water as well as the black snake.
The snake will swallow her young ones," said Mrs. Frazer. "I have seen
the garter-snake open her mouth and let the little ones run into it when
danger was nigh. The snake also lays eggs: I have been and handled them
often. They are not covered with a hard, brittle shell, like that of a
hen, but with a sort of whitish skin, like leather: they are about the
size of a blackbird's egg, long in shape; some are rounder and larger.
They are laid in some warm place, where the heat of the sun and earth
hatches them. But though the mother does not brood over them, as a hen
does over her eggs, she seems to take great care of her little ones, and
defends them from their many enemies by hiding them out of sight in the
singular manner I have just told you.In the Forest - Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada
by Catharine Parr Traill, 1802-1899


3 and 4 am is not a good wake-up time, Stefan!
The hell it isn't. :D

[drache]

I wake up at that time routinely and it is a fine time to wake up
it's the only time when nobody talks to me and I can actually get something accomplished, even if it's just having my tea before it gets cold

[Stefan-A]

Hope you get your mouse issues all sorted out soon so you can get a decent sleep. 3 and 4 am is not a good wake-up time, Stefan!
The two are unrelated. I just have an uncomfortable bed. :)

But I did sort out 1/3 of the mouse problem.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/extra/jakethemouse.jpg

[Lori P]

Awww, he/she is cuuuuute!

I like the early morning hours when the hubby and doggies are all still sleeping and I can creep out and get horsie kisses that are still all dewey. But not this time of year, lol. Horsies can keep their frozen dewey muzzles!!!!

[adamanteus]

Aww, Stefan has a mouse.;)

[Stefan-A]

Are you jealous, James? ;)

[adamanteus]

Not at all, Stefan.... I've already eaten tonight!

[Stefan-A]

You're not fooling anyone. ;)

Anyway, I still need a couple of females.

[Stefan-A]

Oh words cannot express how much I hate weddings. I've just been to one, and I swear I'd rather allow myself to be waterboarded than participate in another one.

[adamanteus]

Me too. I told my wife next time there's a wedding I'm going to stay home and stick pins in my eyes. The last wedding I attended messed up my plans to go to Hamm and visit Gijs & Sabine.

[drache]

Good news
noodle, that little anery radix, Scott sent me, just had a teeny strip of salmon
unfortunately he also seems to be having a little respiratory thing
I'm hoping to get him through that with a little extra heat

[Stefan-A]

I think there's something seriously wrong with my mouse. ;) It keeps picking up random pellets from the bedding and dumps them in the food bowl. I mean, it looks like it knows exactly what it's doing and why it's doing it.

It's probably just bored out of its mind.

[adamanteus]

Stefan... it's up to something... don't sleep tonight, you may be in danger.

[Stefan-A]

I better set some traps, just in case.

Oh what wouldn't I give to be able to have a peek inside it's mind right now. :D

[adamanteus]

what wouldn't I give to be able to have a peek inside it's mind right now. :D

Such insight might drive you insane... the workings of a deranged mouse mind are evil incarnate!

[Stefan-A]

Such insight might drive you insane... the workings of a deranged mouse mind are evil incarnate!
I think I can beat him in the insanity department. ;)

I might have to name this little guy, if he keeps doing goofy stuff.

[adamanteus]

I think I can beat him in the insanity department. ;).

You're quite scary really, Stefan!:eek:

[Stefan-A]

You're quite scary really, Stefan!:eek:
I already did!

[enigma200316]

I thought all mice liked to throw stuff in the water dish, and as for being insane, one can only have so much sanity.............;)

[Stefan-A]

It has a bottle. :D A water dish of any kind would be filled with garbage in no time. :)

I think it has completely replaced the food in its bowl with wood pellets now.

[enigma200316]

Hi, every one I just wanted to let y'all know I'm back here full time, its been awhile, I've poped in and out to check up, but haven't really talked:rolleyes: so hello and its good to be back, and I'll have some updated pics of my snakies up soon so you can see how they are doing.........:D

[enigma200316]

It has a bottle. :D A water dish of any kind would be filled with garbage in no time. :)

I think it has completely replaced the food in its bowl with wood pellets now.


thats common Stefan, every mouse I ever had did that stuff, and some have even chewed holes in the water bottles....:eek: so watch out.......

[Stefan-A]

The bottle is on the outside. :D

Funny, I don't remember any of my hamsters ever doing stuff like this..

[Stefan-A]

Hi, every one I just wanted to let y'all know I'm back here full time, its been awhile, I've poped in and out to check up, but haven't really talked:rolleyes: so hello and its good to be back, and I'll have some updated pics of my snakies up soon so you can see how they are doing.........:D
Welcome back. :)

[enigma200316]

thank you, and your right I don't remember any of my Hamsters or Girbels
doing that either..............

[adamanteus]

Welcome back, Justin. You were missed while you were away.

[enigma200316]

I here people wanting something......ME!!!!! thank you, thank you.....:D

[adamanteus]

Of course we want you... you're one of our 'leading lights'!:D
Don't ever go away again without asking me first!:rolleyes:;)

[enigma200316]

Of course we want you... you're one of our 'leading lights'!:D


aw!~ James your to kind, cain't wait til the US meeting to finally see ya in person........;)

[adamanteus]

Group hug time again! http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/images/smilies/smileys/grouphug.gif

[enigma200316]

Group hug time again! http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/images/smilies/smileys/grouphug.gif



hahahahahahahahaha:D

[Stefan-A]

People who hug much are usually just trying to find somewhere to stick a knife. ;)

[enigma200316]

People who hug much are usually just trying to find somewhere to stick a knife. ;)


you've found out my secret.................;):D

[adamanteus]

Must disagree there, Stefan. I think it's very important to let people know you appreciate them, it's awful to feel not needed.

[Stefan-A]

Must disagree there, Stefan. I think it's very important to let people know you appreciate them, it's awful to feel not needed.
It's more of a cultural difference. ;) Hugging strangers isn't really popular here. :D

I agree, but there are other ways to let people know you appreciate them. :)

[adamanteus]

Nor here, the English are notoriously 'cool'.... but not me. If I like you, I'll tell you.

[Stefan-A]

And if I like you, I probably won't. :D But you'll notice it.

[adamanteus]

I think I would definitely notice if you didn't, Stefan!:rolleyes:

[enigma200316]

I like every one til they give me a reason not to................

[adamanteus]

One good point about being tactile, is that you can get away with hugging lovely ladies who you barely know! That's reason enough for me... I do love the ladies!:rolleyes::D

[enigma200316]

One good point about being tactile, is that you can get away with hugging lovely ladies who you barely know! That's reason enough for me... I do love the ladies!:rolleyes::D


we know ya do.............;)

well guys I'm out of here for tonight I'll talk to ya tomarrow.........:)

[adamanteus]

Night Justin. Great to have you back.

[Stefan-A]

One good point about being tactile, is that you can get away with hugging lovely ladies who you barely know! That's reason enough for me... I do love the ladies!:rolleyes::D
Hugging just isn't good enough for me and excessive hugging is just counter-productive. ;) :D


Night, Justin.

[adamanteus]

Hugging just isn't good enough for me and excessive hugging is just counter-productive. ;) :D

Haha! At my age you take whatever contact you can get!
Ask Chloe, Inge, Esther, Sabine and Lulu.... they've all been hugged by yours truly!:D
Next....!

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, I bet they feel violated after reading that. :D

Too far? ;)

[adamanteus]

Yeah. Too far.:D
Stefan, when you and I finally meet, I'm going to hug you just fractionally too long... just to make you uncomfortable!

[Stefan-A]

My apologies, James. :D

[CrazyHedgehog]

Yes James, next time you are up here, I am going to get my other friend called james to hug you!! he likes bald men!

[adamanteus]

Hey, that's fine! Should I put a little teddy bear in my back pocket?

[CrazyHedgehog]

Hey, that's fine! Should I put a little teddy bear in my back pocket?

Hey! - I said he would hug you....just coz your into squeezing bottoms......:eek:

[adamanteus]

....just coz your into squeezing bottoms......:eek:

Oh, you noticed that.;)

[CrazyHedgehog]

lol..
yawnn...
oh have to go...
night all!

[adamanteus]

Night Inge. X

[adamanteus]

I just checked my Lottery numbers, it was an £18,900,000 jackpot this weekend....
I didn't win.:(

[Stefan-A]

I win every weekend. ;)

[Lori P]

Welcome back, Justin!!! We all missed you!! (Er, was he gone???) :D

Stefan, we're ALL going to hug you to pieces when we have our world meeting. Darn it, you will learn to LOVE hugs if we have to squoosh you in the process!! lol

I'm waaaaaay too touchy feely... I'll hug anyone. You may have met your match, James!

[adamanteus]

I'll hug anyone. You may have met your match, James!

Oh, are you ever in trouble now, Lori!:D

[Stefan-A]

I won't be there, Lori. :) :(

But just keep in mind that I could make that hug extremely unpleasant. ;)

[adamanteus]

Haha, Stefan...You are just nasty!:D
Anyway, it's still 12 months off... I still hope to persuade you to change your mind, Stefan.

[Stefan-A]

What, me? :D You're the one with the dirty imagination. :D

[adamanteus]

You're the one with the dirty imagination. :D

You don't know the half.........:eek:

[Stefan-A]

Oh, I think I have a pretty good idea.. ;)

[adamanteus]

As much as I hate to leave you when it's so lively, I have to go to bed.... work and all that other stuff.....
Hope to catch you all on line tomorrow. Stefan, you're a scream!:eek:

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, you too. :D

I guess it's time for me to go to bed, too.

[drache]

Stefan
are you still up or up again?

[Stefan-A]

I was still up. :p

[Lori P]

Today at work, the first call that came in was a frantic, hysterical lady calling about an injury to her horse. It was definitely one of the strangest ways that I've seen a horse injure itself. I have pics if anyone wants to see, but they are a bit graphic. Just thought I'd share if anyone is interested because it's always amazing how many ways horses find to hurt themselves!!

Just let me know if you want to see!

[Stefan-A]

Here! :)

You can always describe what happened, if you don't want to post pictures.

[Lori P]

I don't mind posting them, you kind of have to see it to get the whole effect, but didn't want to gross anyone out. I know, I'll start a new thread and label it accordingly so no-one has to look that doesn't want to.

[drache]

sombody sent me this
http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=94c776b332&realattid=0.15&attid=0.6&disp=emb&view=att&th=117c3a9c4389b574

[Stefan-A]

Thanks for reminding me, James. :D

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/extra/hello2.jpg

[adamanteus]

I wonder how much it costs to fly from Manchester to Helsinki........

[adamanteus]

Mmmm.. £170- return. That's not bad. Maybe you're not so isolated after all.:D

[Stefan-A]

Fortunately, I don't live in Helsinki. ;)

[adamanteus]

Oh right. How far must I walk from the airport?:rolleyes:

[Stefan-A]

About 100km. :D

[adamanteus]

Fancy a mini Finnish Thamnophis meeting one day soon, Stefan?:)

[Stefan-A]

Empty threats, James. :D

[adamanteus]

Do you think? You don't know my love of travel, Stefan... I have many spare weekends this year.....

PS I'm going to move this to 'Oh so quiet'.....

[Stefan-A]

Weekends don't really work for me. :D

And I sort of have my snakes at two locations, 150km apart. I have the tetra with me now and my other snakes in my home town.

[adamanteus]

Oh well..... it's pretty much 'work for me' through the week. Maybe one day, eh?:)

[Stefan-A]

Maybe one day. ;)

[Stefan-A]

Yay! I'm getting my female mice on thursday! :D

[Lori P]

Congrats Stefan! Now your little man will have more to do than throw his bedding in his bowl!

I'm still waiting on babies from mine... now it's been 5 1/2 weeks. (Tapping foot impatiently) My husband says it's time to feed those mice to the snakes and get new ones!! :eek:

[enigma200316]

I thought it only took 28 days for a mouse to have its babies.......:confused:

[Josh]

Hey everyone im back for good was on vacation to jersey for a month.
whats up?

[Lori P]

I thought it only took 28 days for a mouse to have its babies.......:confused:

I actually think it may be closer to 21... so what the heck are mine doing?? They are frisky, very well fed, have a clean home and lots of toys and stimuli... and appear full grown. And yup, def. one male and one female. No signs of her having had them and eaten them, never found any traces of blood and I'd think I would.

[Lori P]

Hey Josh! How was Jersey? Anything exciting?

[Josh]

it was nice nothin to big but
i wish hibernation was better.
only one surviver

[Lori P]

Oh wow, major bummer!!!! I'm very sorry about that...

[Josh]

yea at least my big radix survived!
im breedin her this year so that means free babies for those who want

[Stefan-A]

I actually think it may be closer to 21... so what the heck are mine doing?? They are frisky, very well fed, have a clean home and lots of toys and stimuli... and appear full grown. And yup, def. one male and one female. No signs of her having had them and eaten them, never found any traces of blood and I'd think I would.
Well, if they're siblings, it might take a bit longer before they start reproducing. At least that's how it worked with hamsters. ;)

[drache]

josh
welcome back
I am so sorry about your low brumation survival rate
it must have been really hard to discover that

[drache]

I do have to figure out how to get pics from my email in here
somebody just sent me this entire collection of cats getting baths and I must say - I know the cats don't feel that way - they're the most hilarious pics I've ever seen

[Stefan-A]

Well you should always be able to save pictures on your own computer. Right-click and "Save picture as"?

[drache]

Well you should always be able to save pictures on your own computer. Right-click and "Save picture as"?
I tried it and I got something
I'll have to post some of the choice ones later
thanks Stefan

[Lori P]

LOL, Rhea, I saw that too... some of them are sooooo pathetic and ANGRY!!

We just rescued a himalayan kitty who had to be shaved down due to extreme matting, and she looks so rediculous right now--they gave her that "lion cut". lol Here's a link to her story, she is a special needs girl, but man this cat is one heartbreaker... I don't even do that much cat rescue anymore, with all the other animals here, but this one got me!!

Page Title (http://www.newhoperescueva.com/Sophia.html)

[enigma200316]

yea at least my big radix survived!
im breedin her this year so that means free babies for those who want


Sorry about the bad news Josh..................:(

However I would love to take you up on the offer this summer, I use to live in the Poconos................:)

[Stefan-A]

it was nice nothin to big but
i wish hibernation was better.
only one surviver
Seriously? Damn, that's a real shame. :(

[drache]

Lori
what a sweet cat
I wish we could have another cat - and a dog and a few more . . .
I wish that every time I go to Sean's rescue
we once adopted a cat who showed up on our front step in very similar shape as Sophia
he lived with us for 13 years and passed last spring, not long after I had joined this forum
both of the long-haired cats we had, routinely got the lion cut, because I'm just not into everyday grooming - who's got the time?

[Sid]

:confused: Josh, really sorry to hear the bad news. Hope all goes well with the Radix.

[adamanteus]

Bad news about your snakes, Josh. Sorry about that.:(

[Josh]

thanks james it was definately hard to seem them go.
it was my fault really. what can i say? all i can do is learn from my mistakes!
the temp screwed me up.

[SerpentGirl]

Wow, this is the first time that I came to the last page of this thread, and wow! I have never seen so many replies to one thread before! :eek:

[adamanteus]

It certainly is a popular thread! We use it as our own private chat room. It's the perfect place for any bits of non-reptile chit chat, or just utter nonsense!

[Josh]

james wouls know utter nonsense....lol jk

[adamanteus]

That's true... I bet 50% of my posts are 'hot air'.:D

[Josh]

Just put 3 fuzzies in my girls tank.
hope she eats this is the first feeding in a while.

[adamanteus]

Fingers crossed for you, Josh.

[Josh]

thx.
i put an extra heat lamp on her to warm her up,

[Stefan-A]

Multi-tasking again. Reading for tomorrow's test, watching the tetra roam the tank, watching the mouse rearrange pellets, reading this forum and watching Fargo. :D

[adamanteus]

I'm multi-tasking too, Stefan.... reading this forum, smoking and drinking le vin rouge!:D

[Josh]

thats a list of things never to do, kids lol

[adamanteus]

That's nothing... you should see my list of vices!:eek:

[CrazyHedgehog]

I'm multi-tasking too, Stefan.... reading this forum, smoking and drinking le vin rouge!:D
me too ---I am doing research on educational virtual reality environments whilst popping back here and enjoying the (probably too manyeth) glass of a nice red shiraz
:D

[Josh]

lol
i need a radix male :(

[Stefan-A]

me too ---I am doing research on educational virtual reality environments whilst popping back here and enjoying the (probably too manyeth) glass of a nice red shiraz
:D
Finnish environmental legislation beats that any time. ;)

[adamanteus]

lol
i need a radix male :(

If you lived nearer....
I'm sure you'll find one easy enough.:)

[adamanteus]

Finnish environmental legislation beats that any time. ;)

'Playboy' is more my speed this evening!:D

[Stefan-A]

'Playboy' is more my speed this evening!:D
What's wrong with 'Hustler'? ;)

[CrazyHedgehog]

Finnish environmental legislation beats that any time. ;)
no... this is actually really enjoyable... i HAVE to play on second life for research.. theres a tv program in a minute that I will watch about a person who had an affair and got married in second life!!

bizzare..

bizarre that people take second life that far...

bizarre that i have to watch tv... havent seen it for ages....

on at 10 to 10 - bbc2 - I think its called wonderland??

[Josh]

If you lived nearer....
I'm sure you'll find one easy enough.:)
I need an ADULT radix male lol

[CrazyHedgehog]

notice boys that I am ignoring your comments!!!!:rolleyes:

[adamanteus]

What's wrong with 'Hustler'? ;)

No, 'Playboy' is erotica, 'Hustler' is porn!

I'm actually reading the NHBC Building Standards & Regulations 2008. It's a blast!:D

[Stefan-A]

No, 'Playboy' is erotica, 'Hustler' is porn!
Exactly my point! :D

[adamanteus]

Hahaha! For now I'll stick to my building book!

[Stefan-A]

Whatever floats your boat. ;)

Too far?

[adamanteus]

no... this is actually really enjoyable... i HAVE to play on second life for research.. theres a tv program in a minute that I will watch about a person who had an affair and got married in second life!!

bizzare..

bizarre that people take second life that far...

bizarre that i have to watch tv... havent seen it for ages....

on at 10 to 10 - bbc2 - I think its called wonderland??

People are indeed odd! Actually my wife is watching that, I believe.

[adamanteus]

Whatever floats your boat. ;)

Too far?

I don't think so... not in this thread.:)

[Josh]

American History: The Early Years To 1877

[Stefan-A]

YouTube - Can you spot the tiger? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcZswbRmK9E)

[Josh]

lol now thats a game of peekaboo

[adamanteus]

Tigers are fantastic, aren't they? Scary, but fantastic!

[Stefan-A]

Here's the "complete" video, including a description:

YouTube - Kaziranga National Park - Tiger Attack - Complete Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LjG7S8aqJg)

Wildlife Trust of India - India's Premier Animal Welfare Organisation. Wildlife Conservation|Animal Rescue Centers|Indian Wildlife|Rapid Action|Wildlife Crisis Management|Forest Guards| Wildlife Institute of India|International Fund for Animal Welfar (http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/html/news/2004/040609_joymala.htm)

[Josh]

ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adamanteus]

I'd want a bigger elephant! And a bigger gun!

[Stefan-A]

And a smaller tiger. :D