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Post by profbeard on Aug 3, 2010 14:04:54 GMT
Does Mike have any friends, Prof? A goldfish maybe? Or would he eat any friends?  Mike is no vegetarian I'm afraid - he will eat ANYTHING that goes in the tank, including my finger unless I'm careful. (I'm very careful, he can bite a small - dead - mouse clean in half) He eats: Waxworms, worms, (defrosted) prawns, bits of cold meat like turkey, locusts, and small defrosted mice. He has big claws but they are (luckily) not too sharp:  |
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Post by profbeard on Aug 2, 2010 15:37:48 GMT
Prof - am really pushing my luck here with your good very good nature - but am totally PMSL now. Poor little guy looks as if he took his teeth out at at bedtime, and now can't find them.  But I do love him - honest. I love the unusual - which sort of explains my dogs! I have never seen one of those turtles before, so thanks for sharing.  He's not that small - about 10" length shell with a neck of a good six inches at full stretch. He doesn't have teeth - he has a sharp bony "beak" arrangement inside his mouth (and an industrial strength bite). He is a "rescue turtle" - he would have ended up as soup. I got him from my oldest son (who is a herpetologist). His shell is flexible (hence "soft-shell"). He will live around 30+ years... Here's an action shot:  |
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Post by profbeard on Aug 2, 2010 15:06:54 GMT
I hope I didn't offend Prof - or Mike - with my wrong assumption. I would love to see a picture of the whole of him - Mike that is, not Prof. Am I making it worse? No offense  Here is all of him (well he has his neck pulled in actually):  |
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Post by profbeard on Aug 2, 2010 15:02:48 GMT
James - also PMSL - and hope that Prof and Mike can take our humour as it is meant. I would soooooo love to see Mike in his entirety. He has such a 'knowing' face - which is so unusual for a shelled creature. Prof, I love him (Mike that is.) More of him please. LOL - I DID use to have a Bearded dragon.... And the top of my head has about the same amount of hair as Mike... |
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Post by profbeard on Aug 1, 2010 10:57:42 GMT
Mike's not a snake!!!!!! He's a Chinese Soft-Shell TURTLE! (He also underwater in the picture)
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Post by profbeard on Aug 1, 2010 9:29:30 GMT
I've been using OKS Golden Virginia DF with a Liberty Flights LR901 atty and they seem to suit each other...
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Post by profbeard on Aug 1, 2010 9:26:01 GMT
Mike is cute:  |
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Post by profbeard on Jul 26, 2010 14:39:42 GMT
Jimmy - in case you missed it, I reviewed some more of your flavours on Liberty Flights
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Post by profbeard on Jul 26, 2010 14:36:26 GMT
I have an old 901 passthrough I got from e-cigs.co.uk - I only use it for emergencies (once I was in the US and my SD battery charger failed!). I find the SD batteries last so long that the passthrough is largely necessary. A passthrough will normally work with a USB main adapters, but I can't recommend them myself as I not tried. I know a lot of people rate these very highly, you can email Garry for advice too: www.liberty-flights.co.uk/product.asp?id=58Liz - if you ever want to sell your original "small" button SD let me know, it would complete my SD collection... |
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Post by profbeard on Jul 26, 2010 14:30:20 GMT
and five SD switches and springs for £9.99
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Post by profbeard on Jul 21, 2010 10:04:37 GMT
Manual all the way for me...
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Post by profbeard on Jul 17, 2010 10:12:39 GMT
I think I might even have more than that, but I'm not going to get it out to photo, I can see my wife becoming agitated at the sight!!!
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Post by profbeard on Jul 11, 2010 10:24:08 GMT
It will be good for her to as she has had to put up with me for 44 years.  Wow Ken, you've been married even longer than me (we celebrated our 40th at the end of May) |
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Post by profbeard on Jul 10, 2010 10:13:09 GMT
Here is Salem (about 14 years now)  And his sister Layla (same age):  |
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Post by profbeard on Jul 9, 2010 12:35:14 GMT
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Here is all of him (well he has his neck pulled in actually):