Other pets (pics and discussions)

[EasternGirl]

Cee Cee gets aggressive during feeding time. You really don't want to have your hands anywhere near her when she's eating...or put them in the enclosure right after she has just fed...if you want to keep your fingers, that is...

[mikem]

they're all bark and no bite

[EasternGirl]

Oh if Cee Cee sees a finger and thinks it's a pinky, she will try to eat it...she will try to eat anything during feeding time...the girl is a pig! She has gone after my fingers quite a few times during feeding time...I have learned to keep them out of the way of the pig piggers!

[guidofatherof5]

*Tank Update*

Today while Tank was sleeping I enlarged the opening to his enclosure as he was almost too wide to get in or out.
I added about 4 inches to the width which hopefully will last for another 6 to 12 months.
After this I went and purchased 5-4 oz boneless pork chops for him. I figured this should last a week or more(hah)
Now it was time to wake the sleeping monster. I uncovered him and after about 30 minutes of stretching and looking around he headed into his water.
I've learned many of the looks he gives me and I could tell this was the "I'm hungry" look.
I trimmed the fat off a 4 oz chop and cut it into pieces. When I walked into the living room he was ready to eat so I tested out my theory that he knows the difference between food and my hand. I stuck my hand in front of his face. His eyes constricted and he moved in closer to my hand. Then I saw him relax his posture and he gave me a stare. He knew it wasn't food and probably wondered what was going on.
I then offered him the pork chop which he eat in almost one gulp. I quickly cut him up another and offered it. He gladly ate another 4 ounces.
He wanted more but I knew if I left him alone for a few minutes his brain would catch up to his stomach, which it did.
Now he wanted to come out and sleep. Once he was out I tried to cover him up with his blanket. He was having none of that. He had another idea.
He circled back behind me and since I was laying on the floor it could mean only one thing. He wanted to sleep behind my knees. I bent my legs and he cuddled in. After about 15 minutes I had to get up and do some chores. Tank wasn't in agreement with that decision. He was up in a shot and roaming the living room. Once I was done my chores I returned to the floor. Tank came back over and is now sleeping again. I need to move as one of my legs have gone numb but I don't dare disturb the King while he sleeps.
This is the best/smartest turtle I have ever had.

[EasternGirl]

The tankster!

[mikem]

love your tank stories!

[EasternGirl]

So I'm lying in my bed this morning snoozing..and my dog is lying next to me happily chomping away on his bone...or so I thought. I could hear the chew, chew, chew...and then I look up and he was actually chewing on the remote control to my new flatscreen t.v.! Argh! Bad puppy!

[mikem]

ahhh! i knew exactly where that was going as soon as i read "chomping away on his bone". does it still work?

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...lol...he only got the edge of it, thankfully. He didn't get any of the buttons! My dog is crazy. He steals paper towels and tissues from the trash can in my bathroom and takes them under my bed and rips them up like he's making a nest under my bed. You should see under my bed! He also steals underwear, socks, dish towels...everything he steals he takes under my bed. He loves to take my underwear out and leave them in the middle of the living room or the kitchen for everyone to see. Nice.

[ConcinusMan]

Better than digging "kitty snacks" out of the litter box I suppose.