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How is Thursday doing now she has settled in abit?

she seems fine, eating well and wandering around
i'm still bathing her with diluted betadine and picking away at the dry,flaky bits

Hi Sue. How is Thursday doing now?.

she is doing just great and i don't think she wants to hibernate this year? all my others have really slowed down but not her, only trouble is that she eats lots of grass :rolleye: i've never seen my other adult hermann's do this, she's like a little lawn mower and she prefers grass to the weeds and flowers i give her!! she has a lovely character and she's like a spring chicken for a geriatric

Great stuff Sue. What you said made me laugh about her being a little lawn mower. It is a bit strange for her to be eating so much grass. Have you told her that she is a hermann lol.

Sue! Glad to hear Thurday doing so well, could you send her here as my grass could do with a trim.

i think that was all she had to eat for a few years and she's just got used to it? she likes campanula (what tort doesn't) and i've seen her eating nipplewort but other than that, it's dandelion and grass :rolleye:

She will get there Sue. It's hard to change them when they get used to a certain diet.

to be honest, i'm not really bothered with completely changing her diet, if she was younger i'd be really strict but i think at 74+ years old i'll let her have what she wants and given the last 4 years before she came to me, i think she deserves it