2016/04/10

Ready To Take A Bite In 2016

A whole new year for my Timon and Pumbaa to bite their favourite shrimps!!! And the good news is they are eagering to take meals after such a harsh winter which chellanged us by a week's freezing tempreture of -7 degrees!!!

See, Timon can not wait any more!!!
Amazed that she has such strenth after such a long winter sleep!!!

Soooo cute~~~

Hoping they have good apitite as they always do and grow bigger and stronger!!!

2015/08/17

Going Less Reptile


As you can see in the photo above, my Timon and Pumbaa are growing rapidly this year, especially Timon(the light yellowish one) who is catching up Pumbaa in size!!! They are almost 18~19cm in diameter now!!!

They have good appetite these days for they have to store enough fat to pass the coming cold winter. 
Timon and Pumbaa can recognize me as the one who feed them and distinguish my finger from their food now!!! They will give a small bite, (though they can bite hard and never give up till the food is safe in their mouth when they fight for food) when I hand feed them^^ After all, it's not fun if being bit by such turtles at this size!!!
So, my turtle is going less reptile now!!!

 Below is Timon's new-born claw or finger bit by herself last year!!!

2014/10/26

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!!!

2014/09/06

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!!!

2014/09/03

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!!!