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woolymonkey) wrote2013-04-13 01:23 pm
woolymonkey) wrote2013-04-13 01:23 pm
reptilian update
Speedy is up. Sort of.
With spring so cold and late he wisely stayed deep in his box in the shed way past his normal wake-up time of late March. A week ago, I moved the box into the greenhouse so he could get a bit of warmth to help him start.
When I took a peek, I discovered he had clawed his way out of the small box of straw (in which he returned from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bugshaw and tamaranth's where he spent last summer in comfort and luxury) and got into the big, outer box of straw. This is not ideal since the whole point of the double box is to keep him in the middle of the insulation. By following his instinct to go deeper when cold he ended up down in one corner of the whole package, almost outside the straw. But since the big box was on top of an old rabbit hutch and inside the shed, maybe he actually knew what he was doing and found the warmest least chilly place. Either way, he managed to rip an impressive hole through some quite tough cardboard and gaffer tape, all while supposedly hibernating. Final proof of what I've suspected for a while: he doesn't hibernate like a mammal but remains quite active, digging his way up and down underground as the temperature varies.
Anyway, today he came out of the box (with only a little encouragement). I was all for giving him a gentle start and a day or two in the greenhouse, butmusique_monkey wanted to put him in his new enclosure on the lawn (constructed at great effort and expense) so that's where he is. We left him in the rabbit hutch on a big pile of straw, but he looked as though he was starting to move out. He has some lettuce but probably won't feel like eating until he's been up a week or two.
If he decides to adopt the hutch we will either have to take the letters off it or change his name to Sooty.
With spring so cold and late he wisely stayed deep in his box in the shed way past his normal wake-up time of late March. A week ago, I moved the box into the greenhouse so he could get a bit of warmth to help him start.
When I took a peek, I discovered he had clawed his way out of the small box of straw (in which he returned from
bugshaw and tamaranth's where he spent last summer in comfort and luxury) and got into the big, outer box of straw. This is not ideal since the whole point of the double box is to keep him in the middle of the insulation. By following his instinct to go deeper when cold he ended up down in one corner of the whole package, almost outside the straw. But since the big box was on top of an old rabbit hutch and inside the shed, maybe he actually knew what he was doing and found the Anyway, today he came out of the box (with only a little encouragement). I was all for giving him a gentle start and a day or two in the greenhouse, but
musique_monkey wanted to put him in his new enclosure on the lawn (constructed at great effort and expense) so that's where he is. We left him in the rabbit hutch on a big pile of straw, but he looked as though he was starting to move out. He has some lettuce but probably won't feel like eating until he's been up a week or two.If he decides to adopt the hutch we will either have to take the letters off it or change his name to Sooty.