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June 19 (Sun.)
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Kamemi which was still before yesterday began to move busily from the morning.
Judging from this year's weather, I expected that her egg laying of this
year would later than usual.
But it began as usual.
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Her appearance at the first day of
the preparation for her egg laying.
She is interested in this bag that she isn't
intersted in at all on usual days.
Bag is one of things that she always she comes to have
concern at her laying season.
I wonder if she She is misunderstanding it with the bag
to take her to the outside?
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Also another bag.
She may appeal " Take me outside, please".
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But, this rage ended in about only one week. she has settled down without laying eggs at last.
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July 22 (Sat.)
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Afterwards,, she who settled for about a month
began to fuss over again. She looks to like the
pot for ivy this time, She digs and digs...
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But she leaves soon.
Look! It's like this after she digs.
I need to put it back in order
whenever she ruins it..
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Her peculiar daily life in her laying days
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Her getting up time is dim daybreak. She starts up activity suddenly.
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About 8 p.m., she always goes to the entrance hall to take the catnap
Her sleeping place is on the mat or shoes.
The reason why she chooses entrance hall as her sleep place may be quiet
and dark there
because it's away from living room where we spend. Her this custom has not changed since
when we were livingin the previous house.
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About 12 o'clock of midnight, she finishes taking a nap, and starts up activity again.
She's working for a while after we went to bed. And she also sleeps.
Her sleeping place is always either of on the mat of entrance hall or her water place.
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July 25(Tues.)
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As the little sunshine opened in the long rainy season, I took her to the
field as usual.
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When we ariived at the field, and opend the bag...
Her eyes sparkled.
"Oh ! Here was just where I wanted to come."
(Kamemi)
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She has walked toward the field soon.
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She has thrown in her shell to the grassy place
and has hidden herself soon.
Whe I was sure inside, she was digging here.
But she finished digging soon. So we came home.
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The marsh where a lot of wild bulrush-cattails grew and Kamemi played there has changed
pakinglot. Nature disappears more and more every year.
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July 30 (Sun.)
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The range where she walked for finding places has been narrowing and time
that she digs has
become long gradually. We felt that she must lay eggs soon.
But the temperature fell and we felt that the wind was a little cool in
the evening of this day.
.So her seriousness to egg laying has been suddenly lost. She began to
take a rest and
eat much. She might have felt the change of the temperature sensitive.
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August 17 (Thurs.)
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After then, she didn't seem to be laid at all for a while.
I felt uneasy whether she blocked her eggs because she was often quiet
and she was
sleepping .much. The only safety for me was that she had a good appetite.
When I felt that she might not be laid any longer this summer, she began also to move
actively again.
In fact it became hot for a few days though there were a lot of cool days
this summer.
How sensitive to the temperature she is !
I think that it' s gentle for the nature and animal to be hot in summer and cold in winter.
I can I can endure both the heat and the cold when I think so.
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August 21(Mon.)
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She went out to the balcony, and was returned to the room from morning
to evening.
And she came to dig holes many times.
iShe dug a hole deeply in the flower pot for ivy that she liked this time.
In my experience, she digs hole more deeply and takes time much more for
digging a hole
in the day when she lays than the day when she doesn't lay .
So I expected " She must lay eggs today." But to my sorroy She
returned to the room soon.
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August 22(Tuse.)
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The work for disinfection, and cutting of plants in the garden of our company residence
has be done this day, So I couldn't put her out to the balcony.
I planed to take her outside in the evening.
When I prepared her bag for going out....
She was like as the following pictures
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My goodness !
This must be my bag for going out.
It' s mine surely !"Kamemi"
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She went around her bag and
went in it.
She was angry to me when I tried to
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But gardeners seemed to have already finished the work, we were about to
go out.
I discontinued going out and opened the window for her.
So she rushed out of the room to the balcony and she began to dig at the
usual flower pot
for ivy that she liked this time much deeply and carefully as well as the
previous day.
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Can you see that she digs much deeply ?
Her left leg is putting in the hole.
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It was aboud 6 p.m when she began to dig a hole. The sound she dug keep
been heared
from the balcony for a long time.She seemed to finish digging at about
8 p.m,
when I went to see her after the sound wasn't heard. She kept quiet and
sometimes
strained herself. She seemed to be just laid eggs though I coluldn't make
sure it
because of darkness. Only her snorting sound was heared from the bush of
the ivy
in the darkness. Anyway, I tried to keep dark and quiet so as not to obstruct
and
stimulate her.
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She seemed to have already begun to bury the hole when
I went to see her later for a while. She spent as many as
two and a half hours to bury the hole.. It was about
11 p.m when she came back to the living room after
she finished laying. I gave her two fished and
two shrimps as a prize. |
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I found 11 big eggs when I dug over the flower pot.
I could find some eggs also under the root of ivy.
The hole was dug like the tunnel under the root because
the ivy spreaded the root.
It was worth her while to dig the hole carefully.
It was packed so farmly that I couldn't dug over it
even by using a scoop.I have broken several eggs of
them when I dug upeggs. I feel sorry to her because
I have broken hereggs that she buried so hard.
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