Bubbling Turtle

It'a autumn again, which means my two turtles will go into their hibernation soon!!! And they eat less and less now!!! 

You can see from the picture above that Pumbaa is dozing with his head buried under the water and his nose bubbling!!!

The picture below is how Pumbaa sleeps!!! He even remembers to stretch his leg while dreaming!!! ~~ Haaa~~~

While I want to say something about Timon here because she is soooo cute!!! 

I usually let her out of the container every night so that she can get to her niche to have a sound sleep. What's unusual is the next morning, she will craw out with a eager attempt to find some water!!! As if saying:"Hey, Agnes, I want to poo and pee and have my morning drink!!!" I know that because every time I put her into the water, she poos immediately!!! See, she is a turtle who pays much attention to her tursonal hygiene!!! Just like dogs and cats who are trained to poo at certain place, my Timon does it without my training!!!

 Another thing about Timon which stands her out is that she seems know that she can sleep in her niche every night!!! One night, I bid goodnight to them, and I thought I would pick her later after my finishing my own things. Timon might think I wouldn't pick her that night, and decided to make noise by strenuously crawling in the container!!!

As I've said in my previous posts, my turtles have something, especially the Timon!!!

Here is the Timon vs a shrimp!!!

See, she has no appetite for it!!!

Two more photos for Timon!!!

This is Pumbaa!!!

Timon Got Injured

When I checked my two turtles this morning, I found one of Timon's front paws was bleeding!!!  When I checked the other front paw, the nails were gone!!! The thought that she was bit by Pumbaa who might be very hungry last night jumped into my mind!!! And Timon has no appetite today at all!!! She is injured!!! So I transferred her from the contagious water to a clean container, and applied her some medical cream!!! 

See~~~ Turtle's blood is red!!!

One nail was gone from this paw!!!~~~

This paw is swelling!!!

 My neighbor who has 10+ years of raising turtles suggested that my two little turtles mated last night and Timon will lay eggs soon!!!!!! So exciting news!!!!!! She is still about 12 centimeter in diameter!!! 

She is not in good mood now. Because she hiss a lot when I hold her!!! Usually, she is relaxed and stretching her limbs on my palm.

The truth is she bit herself and bit so hard!!! Advice from online told me that it's because she is growing and her shell is shedding which causes her itching and which, in turn, makes her want to bite herself!!!!!! 

I'm shocked by her hard bites!!!

My Well-read Pumbaa

 This is the funny story I captured about Pumbaa one day on which he determined to be a well-read turtle!!! 

I think he was reading the newspaper, or trying to learn something!!!

"Let me see the right part~~~"

"Oooh, I don't get that!!! I will try the left part~~~"

"What about the lines up there~~~"

"Or there~~~"

"Ooooh, I just need some rest!!!!!!"

Then Pumbaa closed his eyes and fell in sleep!!!

This is how is Timon going recently. She has a round bigger and gained a lot of weight!!! I weight her on my palm!!! 

She just does her usual things like eat, crawl, sunbath on Pumbaa's back!!!

Sometimes, when she is bored, she will bite her own arm for fun!!!

A Little Sparrow's Drop By--Little Longan

At yesterday's twilight, I heard twittering from very nearby the window. Followed that sound, my eyes were on a little thing called sparrow!!! Easily seen by her appearance, she was just a new-born one!!! Very cute!!! 

But she is too young to know the danger of approaching human hands!!! So, I caught her with no effort at all. 

It was drizzling outside, and her not-well-grown feather was a little bit wet!!! 

I could deduced that it's the hungry and bad weather condition brought her here!!! With my honor, I fed her with some millet which is the favourite food as far as I know about this species!!!

See, she was eating in my palm!!! So tiny and cute, right???!!!

Look at her eyes!!! Black and shinning and round isn't it???!!! That where her name is come from--Little Longan!!! Her twittering is saying:"Is there any food??? I am hungry!!!"

I found that she is yet to learn how to fly!!! So, I made the decision that she shall not be confined in crate. Because it's a tragedy to a bird if she lost the ability to explore the sky freely!!! 

I set her on the balcony, so that she can jump here and there as her will goes and fly up several inches' high. The plate filed with food and water is put there in case she is hungry and thirsty!!!

You know what??? Amazing things happened!!! This morning, when I check whether she is still thereafter breakfast I find she is curling in the remotest corner, which makes me think that she is ready to go!!! But hours later, she is back and twittering again as if saying:"I need more food!!! I just out for some exploring!!!"

Turtles and Goldfish

I put several goldfish into the container after Timon and Pumbaa were fully fed!!!