tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post2182659625461012108..comments2024-01-18T11:19:45.934-08:00Comments on Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds): Recovery, part two.Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-45306127172346059302011-10-26T17:44:37.198-07:002011-10-26T17:44:37.198-07:00Your anemone nurturing reminds me of traveling fro...Your anemone nurturing reminds me of traveling from Oregon to Wisconsin in Dec in an unlined van with hardly any heat. The parakeet sat in her cage with a blanket over it, a thermometer, and first chance at the heat. The fish were in a cooler into which we submerged warmed containers ... and used an egg beater every so often to add oxygen. The dog, the cat, the hampster, the two oscars (fish), the parakeet, the kids and even the parents all made it safely.Elva Paulsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642197019054496596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-48499655420359345042011-10-01T15:01:02.283-07:002011-10-01T15:01:02.283-07:00Kat: I've heard that. It works sometimes, like...Kat: I've heard that. It works sometimes, like when the hot water is allowed to evaporate, or makes firm contact with a frozen base, etc. In other situations, it doesn't. (see <a href="http://bit.ly/rrY0n9" rel="nofollow">Scientific American</a>.) I poured water from a kettle just off the boil into a closed reservoir on the rabbit drip supply. The heat from the water opened the valve and kept it open for a few minutes, at least. With cold water, the valve was already frozen, even before I started filling the reservoir. Either way, the trough underneath froze solid before I'd finished the job and got out of the rabbits' way.<br /><br />When the hot water trick didn't work, I started filling bowls with clean snow for the rabbits. That did work; they nibbled at the snow instead of drinking.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-80311434155132162372011-10-01T14:13:05.950-07:002011-10-01T14:13:05.950-07:00so glad things are working out for you in your wat...so glad things are working out for you in your watery world!! You always have something interesting to teach us. Just a quick comment on your boiling water. Actually cool water will stay liquid for a longer time than boiling water. Just google"boiling water" and read the reaserch. Or use a heated water bowl like the one I use for my outside kitties in the depths of winter.Kat Waltersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-40967130234695474182011-10-01T07:29:42.911-07:002011-10-01T07:29:42.911-07:00What an excellent method of putting across a point...What an excellent method of putting across a point: different creatures need different things, including us.<br /><br />=)<br /><br />So glad you are so attentive and observant. Microclimates are pretty amazing. I wandered around with a herpetologist who was tracking a rosy boa, years ago. He'd measure the air temperature at ground level, part of his data collection protocol. It was ALWAYS SO much HOTTER than up where we were (6 ft), I found it shocking.<br /><br />Who knew? =) Glad things are perking up in your neighborhood.biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-83973849418469977822011-10-01T05:06:55.229-07:002011-10-01T05:06:55.229-07:00That's just a hoot. My 5-yr.-old goldfish is p...That's just a hoot. My 5-yr.-old goldfish is pretty easy going. Thank goodness!<br /><br />I laud someone able to sleep anywhere.<br /><br />Cheers from <a href="http://mymuskoka.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Cottage Country</a>!Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.com