Winter 2012-2013 was not too severe, but it is always better to be dry and cozy, so as the Autumn days shorten and the air cools, we bring Chomper and Isaac in from the cold and tuck our Desert tortoises under the secretary in the dining nook for their long winter's nap.
We had guests over for the weekend in early March and they of course wanted to know how the torts were doing? We pointed out their dormant shells snugged into the corner under the secretary and next to the pantry. But someone's ears must have been burning, for only moments after talking about them, Isaac pushes himself groggily to the middle of the kitchen floor. Some look to the arrival of robin redbreast to herald the start of Spring, we watch for reptiles in the center of the kitchen to mark the start of Spring.
I then gave Isaac a helping hand and carried him out back where I placed on before a patch of bright yellow dandelions, his favorite breakfast. Meanwhile Chomper continued to sleep in. It's like having kids home from college. Isaac munch a few flowers and leaves and then plodded off to his old outdoor burrow. The weather changed for the cooler with a chance of rain, so I lugged him back and scooted Isaac back under the Secretary to await the next warming trend.
The week of St. Patty's Day was warm, so on Saturday, I place both Chomper and Isaac in the dog house on the back patio to acclimate to the external climate and allow them to gently come out of hibernation. The two brothers were soon out and about, sunning themselves in the pleasant Spring sunbeams and lazily hunting dandelions. But, the torts are a bit out of phase, and they missed the first crop of delicious dandelions, and by the time they were getting active, they had mostly only the puffy seed balls to choose from. Not so tasty. But, we can expect those seed balls to quickly generate more flowering dandelion soon enough, and like a jolting cup of joe, they'll soon be chowing down on dandelions and then knocking one another around to defend their territory in hopes that some girl torts will appear. Sorry boys, life is not a bed of roses, so a lawn of golden dandelions will have to do.
We had guests over for the weekend in early March and they of course wanted to know how the torts were doing? We pointed out their dormant shells snugged into the corner under the secretary and next to the pantry. But someone's ears must have been burning, for only moments after talking about them, Isaac pushes himself groggily to the middle of the kitchen floor. Some look to the arrival of robin redbreast to herald the start of Spring, we watch for reptiles in the center of the kitchen to mark the start of Spring.
I then gave Isaac a helping hand and carried him out back where I placed on before a patch of bright yellow dandelions, his favorite breakfast. Meanwhile Chomper continued to sleep in. It's like having kids home from college. Isaac munch a few flowers and leaves and then plodded off to his old outdoor burrow. The weather changed for the cooler with a chance of rain, so I lugged him back and scooted Isaac back under the Secretary to await the next warming trend.
The week of St. Patty's Day was warm, so on Saturday, I place both Chomper and Isaac in the dog house on the back patio to acclimate to the external climate and allow them to gently come out of hibernation. The two brothers were soon out and about, sunning themselves in the pleasant Spring sunbeams and lazily hunting dandelions. But, the torts are a bit out of phase, and they missed the first crop of delicious dandelions, and by the time they were getting active, they had mostly only the puffy seed balls to choose from. Not so tasty. But, we can expect those seed balls to quickly generate more flowering dandelion soon enough, and like a jolting cup of joe, they'll soon be chowing down on dandelions and then knocking one another around to defend their territory in hopes that some girl torts will appear. Sorry boys, life is not a bed of roses, so a lawn of golden dandelions will have to do.
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| Chomper Lays Out in Spring Sunbeams on the Back Deck |
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| You Snooze You Loose First Crop of Tasty Dandelions has Gone to Seed While Chomper & Isacc Hibernated |
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