Our visitors

Some of today's lovely visitors with Lindsay.

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Unhappy boys!

This is the face of an unhappy chap. This young guntheri is a mare 22 years old and has been exiled from the lady guntheris'. Now you may be wondering why on earth this fine specimen has been taken away from his girlfriends, well the answer is simple - over the last few years the four girls have laid 7 lots of eggs and none of them have been fertilised.

But we can't put all the blame on this fella, he has been living with two other males as well as the four girls. So in order to find out who's 'not working' as they should, Lindsay has taken two boys out and left one lad to the four ladies!

Now I just don't agree with that. He can't have more girlfriends than me - I will have to ask Lindsay for another!

Til next time, Henry.

What a busy week!

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I am also in the Southland Express this week! (Thursday 15th September 2011) Lindsay took me out to show me off as a part of the A taste of Southland event. Being the show stealer that I am... I was the crowd's favourite!

In the paper again!

Hello again!
It seems I just can't keep out of the headlines! Here is a link to the latest article about me from the Southland Times. Shame the photo wasn't of me tho....
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/5634644/Invercargill-tuatara-getting-frisky

The Girls have been busy!

It is a beautiful spring day here in the deep south and the girls have been busy digging. They are looking for the perfect spot to lay their eggs - as you can see in the photo.
It looks like we have a resident rabbit living in the Tuatarium!

I have some more bad news I'm afraid - only 4 out of 16 eggs laid by Mildred have survived, all the rest have gone rotten!

Come and visit us soon, Henry.

New Friends!

Hi All!

Time for an update on this weeks events. Mildred has laid 16 eggs which is great but unfortunately we have had no luck with Juliet's - they have all gone rotten! Boy... I hope we have better luck next year!

On a positive note, I have made some new friends and need to say a big hello to "Room 4 at Otautau School". (Otautau is in Western Southland.) I look forward to all your questions and hopefully will get to see you on the big screen!

Til then,
Henry.

The Season has began

Yes, the season has began - early! Juliet has laid 12 eggs. Of course they are my (Henry's) eggs! Juliet is a mere 31 years old, a spring chicken compared to me and has been my girlfriend for the last 10 years. She has laid 7 times previously, starting at the age of 13 years old but unfortunately none of her eggs have ever been viable, even with me being the Sire. The eggs all go rotten within two weeks, no one knows why. I swear I'm doing my job right! Fingers crossed for this lot!
Til next time, Henry.