Ape337
April
Meet Humma Kavula and Trillian!
This is their story...
I found them in a pet store in Northern DE. Apparently they were very loved and taken care of by their former mommy. Her living arrangements changed and she found she could no longer keep them. Her boyfriend claimed he would take care of them for her, took them, drove straight to the pet store and dumped them off!
When she found out where they were she visited them often in the pet store. They are very sweet, and have only been with me since Thursday night soare still a bit shy. Only a bit because they sure do love when I come around and open that cage door and let them run around!
I left my email address for their previous owner so when she shows up again she will be able to check up on their lives
I don't know how long they lived there, but I do know the manager refused to allow them to be separated when many offered to buy one or the other.
So, other than the fact that they're lops I have no idea what breed they are. Both are named for characters in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of my favorite movies. Humma is a big clown, I'm still having trouble figuring out how he manages to get that big body airborne :laugh:, but he does it! He sounds like an elephant running around their area! Trillian is more reserved, but she is braver than Humma. When I brought them home, I opened the door of their old cage to let them come out on their own. Humma was indecisive, coming half-out half-in repeatedly. Trillian sat for about 5min of this, got up, shoved him out of the way and came out. She is bossy with him. Today he was busy cleaning, at the same time she was cleaning, then she decided that she was tired of cleaning herself, shoved her head into Humma and forced him to clean her! But they clearly are in love. Humma is neutered, Trillian is in tact. She doesn't know it yet (shhh) but that little fact will be changing.
So now we all live in lower DE on the Western edge of the Rehoboth Bay, hence the name Beach Bunnies :biggrin:. At the moment they are confined to the dining room because their room is under construction. We decided to drywall the sunroom which is where they will be eventually. It's in the end stages now, just some priming and painting, then I'll transfer them there. When they're all settled in their room I'll set it up and take more pics. I hope they like baby terrapins, because I raise 1 litter a year if they come out too soon. But they can't get too attached because I release them each late September. In my area Diamondback Terrapins are in trouble because the mommys get run over on the highway as they cross from the marsh to the dunes to lay their eggs. Well they also come up into my yard and bury eggs in my garden beds. Some years they will emerge a bit early in the spring so I gather them and raise them until September. Apparently if you raise them to 3" they are no longer easily picked off by predators, so that's what I do. I feel it's my chance to help.
Anyway I will post more pics soon! :heartbeat:
This is their story...
I found them in a pet store in Northern DE. Apparently they were very loved and taken care of by their former mommy. Her living arrangements changed and she found she could no longer keep them. Her boyfriend claimed he would take care of them for her, took them, drove straight to the pet store and dumped them off!
When she found out where they were she visited them often in the pet store. They are very sweet, and have only been with me since Thursday night soare still a bit shy. Only a bit because they sure do love when I come around and open that cage door and let them run around!
I left my email address for their previous owner so when she shows up again she will be able to check up on their lives
I don't know how long they lived there, but I do know the manager refused to allow them to be separated when many offered to buy one or the other.
So, other than the fact that they're lops I have no idea what breed they are. Both are named for characters in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of my favorite movies. Humma is a big clown, I'm still having trouble figuring out how he manages to get that big body airborne :laugh:, but he does it! He sounds like an elephant running around their area! Trillian is more reserved, but she is braver than Humma. When I brought them home, I opened the door of their old cage to let them come out on their own. Humma was indecisive, coming half-out half-in repeatedly. Trillian sat for about 5min of this, got up, shoved him out of the way and came out. She is bossy with him. Today he was busy cleaning, at the same time she was cleaning, then she decided that she was tired of cleaning herself, shoved her head into Humma and forced him to clean her! But they clearly are in love. Humma is neutered, Trillian is in tact. She doesn't know it yet (shhh) but that little fact will be changing.
So now we all live in lower DE on the Western edge of the Rehoboth Bay, hence the name Beach Bunnies :biggrin:. At the moment they are confined to the dining room because their room is under construction. We decided to drywall the sunroom which is where they will be eventually. It's in the end stages now, just some priming and painting, then I'll transfer them there. When they're all settled in their room I'll set it up and take more pics. I hope they like baby terrapins, because I raise 1 litter a year if they come out too soon. But they can't get too attached because I release them each late September. In my area Diamondback Terrapins are in trouble because the mommys get run over on the highway as they cross from the marsh to the dunes to lay their eggs. Well they also come up into my yard and bury eggs in my garden beds. Some years they will emerge a bit early in the spring so I gather them and raise them until September. Apparently if you raise them to 3" they are no longer easily picked off by predators, so that's what I do. I feel it's my chance to help.
Anyway I will post more pics soon! :heartbeat:
