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MissHisssss
at Wed May 11 00:42:41 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by MissHisssss ]
I no longer try to keep her warm during the winter so that is not the issue. I always have an undertank heater on one end except when it gets really hot in the New Mexico/Texas summer. She was just about 12 or 14 inches when she came in from the wild. I tried like hell to keep her from going into brumation but she does it no matter what. Last year she drifted off in Aug when we were still getting into the high 90's low 100's. I was baffled. I even offered her a beer with her meal but she wouldn't budge. When she quits, she quits. Maybe she knew we were going to have record breaking cold temps here this year. 20 below there for a while. It caused great havoc with the utilities and pipes.
I was always under the impression that males were smaller, but I'm no pro that's for sure.
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