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A. Seemani Speed Demon of Mini Zoo

mrclownprince

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Transferring A. Seemani to the enclosure after bringing home from the pet show did not go as easy as every other T.

First time we did not clear the counter, and that was not a good thing. The A. Seemani is 1.25" T. We found out fast about the speed bursts. And that getting a T away from your keurig is not the easiest thing to do :)

The T went under the drip tray on the keurig Coffee maker with a bolt of speed, did not want to go the direction it was being nudged to go :)

I decided to pull the water tank off the keurig before moving it to lower the weight. And then pull the outer drip try out. With proper setup, put another container right near A. Seemani, and gently nudged away from the keurig. A. Seemani seems to like reverse psychology and quickly bolted up the keurig and into the recess that the water tank rests into. At this point i am loving the keurig :)

Then we Decided to move the keurig to the bathtub. I tried a nudge to get the T out of the crevice, and again, not moving at all.

Next idea was to flood the crevice so the T would come out. Started putting water in the crack, but the T was not going to have any of that, A. Seemani would rather drown then come out. Dumped the water out of there so as not to drown the T.

Found a little Wood Cake pop skewer and with blunt end started to slowly slide it under the T. Finally :) success :)

A. Seemani was now in the tub. But the enclosure was still not what the T wanted to go in.

Found a little peice of cardboard and decided to nudge her onto it and into the new enclosure from the cardboard.

A few tries of A Seemani overshooting the cardboard with bursts of speed and the T was finally on it.

And dipped it into the new enclosure and finally achieved getting her into the enclosure.

Will have to remember that speed on the A. Seemani for future reference.

They are hiding in the enclosure right now and we are letting the T get used to it before taking some pictures.

We also transferred a 3" G. Rosea we picked up. That was easy :) She went exactly the right way on her own.
The new enclosure for her has slots big enough for her to stick her legs out, and she keeps going to each one and sticking her legs out.

Overall, a good exciting day. And more lessons learned :)
 

melamii

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Transferring A. Seemani to the enclosure after bringing home from the pet show did not go as easy as every other T.

First time we did not clear the counter, and that was not a good thing. The A. Seemani is 1.25" T. We found out fast about the speed bursts. And that getting a T away from your keurig is not the easiest thing to do :)

The T went under the drip tray on the keurig Coffee maker with a bolt of speed, did not want to go the direction it was being nudged to go :)

I decided to pull the water tank off the keurig before moving it to lower the weight. And then pull the outer drip try out. With proper setup, put another container right near A. Seemani, and gently nudged away from the keurig. A. Seemani seems to like reverse psychology and quickly bolted up the keurig and into the recess that the water tank rests into. At this point i am loving the keurig :)

Then we Decided to move the keurig to the bathtub. I tried a nudge to get the T out of the crevice, and again, not moving at all.

Next idea was to flood the crevice so the T would come out. Started putting water in the crack, but the T was not going to have any of that, A. Seemani would rather drown then come out. Dumped the water out of there so as not to drown the T.

Found a little Wood Cake pop skewer and with blunt end started to slowly slide it under the T. Finally :) success :)

A. Seemani was now in the tub. But the enclosure was still not what the T wanted to go in.

Found a little peice of cardboard and decided to nudge her onto it and into the new enclosure from the cardboard.

A few tries of A Seemani overshooting the cardboard with bursts of speed and the T was finally on it.

And dipped it into the new enclosure and finally achieved getting her into the enclosure.

Will have to remember that speed on the A. Seemani for future reference.

They are hiding in the enclosure right now and we are letting the T get used to it before taking some pictures.

We also transferred a 3" G. Rosea we picked up. That was easy :) She went exactly the right way on her own.
The new enclosure for her has slots big enough for her to stick her legs out, and she keeps going to each one and sticking her legs out.

Overall, a good exciting day. And more lessons learned :)
It sure was interesting... We added 7 to our zoo.
 

Kymura

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Thats one I want in future, after reading this I think I'll open it into a bag and save all of that!
Don't you honestly appreciate them just a bit more when they make you work for it though?
gives a sense of accomplishment when they are all safely tucked where you wanted them :p
 

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lol....funny. I dont know @Kymura i dont like the "work" when they dont wanna cooperate. I just rehoused my GBB last night and i was starting to sweat a little bit i must admit....lol she is a very grumpy girl when u mess with her too long and she did not want any parts of coming out of her cramped little enclosure! ...i dont like more than a couple min of having hair kicked at me and threat poses....lol know what i mean?. lol
 

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Transferring A. Seemani to the enclosure after bringing home from the pet show did not go as easy as every other T.

First time we did not clear the counter, and that was not a good thing. The A. Seemani is 1.25" T. We found out fast about the speed bursts. And that getting a T away from your keurig is not the easiest thing to do :)

The T went under the drip tray on the keurig Coffee maker with a bolt of speed, did not want to go the direction it was being nudged to go :)

I decided to pull the water tank off the keurig before moving it to lower the weight. And then pull the outer drip try out. With proper setup, put another container right near A. Seemani, and gently nudged away from the keurig. A. Seemani seems to like reverse psychology and quickly bolted up the keurig and into the recess that the water tank rests into. At this point i am loving the keurig :)

Then we Decided to move the keurig to the bathtub. I tried a nudge to get the T out of the crevice, and again, not moving at all.

Next idea was to flood the crevice so the T would come out. Started putting water in the crack, but the T was not going to have any of that, A. Seemani would rather drown then come out. Dumped the water out of there so as not to drown the T.

Found a little Wood Cake pop skewer and with blunt end started to slowly slide it under the T. Finally :) success :)

A. Seemani was now in the tub. But the enclosure was still not what the T wanted to go in.

Found a little peice of cardboard and decided to nudge her onto it and into the new enclosure from the cardboard.

A few tries of A Seemani overshooting the cardboard with bursts of speed and the T was finally on it.

And dipped it into the new enclosure and finally achieved getting her into the enclosure.

Will have to remember that speed on the A. Seemani for future reference.

They are hiding in the enclosure right now and we are letting the T get used to it before taking some pictures.

We also transferred a 3" G. Rosea we picked up. That was easy :) She went exactly the right way on her own.
The new enclosure for her has slots big enough for her to stick her legs out, and she keeps going to each one and sticking her legs out.

Overall, a good exciting day. And more lessons learned :)
Funny thing, my porteri is my only T that does the sticking a leg out of a vent hole. Must be some kind of thing. ;)
 

RedCapTrio

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lol....funny. I dont know @Kymura i dont like the "work" when they dont wanna cooperate. I just rehoused my GBB last night and i was starting to sweat a little bit i must admit....lol she is a very grumpy girl when u mess with her too long and she did not want any parts of coming out of her cramped little enclosure! ...i dont like more than a couple min of having hair kicked at me and threat poses....lol know what i mean?. lol
Though no threat pose but a lot of hair flicking from my GBB. I think I know what you meant. LOL
 

kormath

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lol....funny. I dont know @Kymura i dont like the "work" when they dont wanna cooperate. I just rehoused my GBB last night and i was starting to sweat a little bit i must admit....lol she is a very grumpy girl when u mess with her too long and she did not want any parts of coming out of her cramped little enclosure! ...i dont like more than a couple min of having hair kicked at me and threat poses....lol know what i mean?. lol
That's why i let my son do the work on his GBB enclosure. She loves him and hates me. He can put his hand in the enclosure and she'll crawl onto it and rest there all comfy and composed. I get close to her enclosure and she's like my bi-polar ex wife having a manic episode finding out i just spent $5 on lottery tickets so she can't get her $300 shoes now... Did you know a high heel will stick into a sheet rock wall quite easily when thrown at your head? ;)

Funny thing, my porteri is my only T that does the sticking a leg out of a vent hole. Must be some kind of thing. ;)
Like us hanging our arm out the car window or the dog sticking it's head out on a hot day ;)
 

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That's why i let my son do the work on his GBB enclosure. She loves him and hates me. He can put his hand in the enclosure and she'll crawl onto it and rest there all comfy and composed. I get close to her enclosure and she's like my bi-polar ex wife having a manic episode finding out i just spent $5 on lottery tickets so she can't get her $300 shoes now... Did you know a high heel will stick into a sheet rock wall quite easily when thrown at your head? ;)


Like us hanging our arm out the car window or the dog sticking it's head out on a hot day ;)
Never a high heel but i do know a broom will stick in the drywall when thrown at u like a spear! lol
 
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