Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Thursday, August 9, 2007
And then....
So now, we are here in Scarberia with a great large troupe of very happy, very loved animals. There's Minou, who's on a diet, and looking svelter by the day. After a terrifying mid-camping trip disappearance act, she's now restricted to backyard outings. There's Carma, who's becoming quite the lapcat thanks to our proximity to a large conservation in which she hunts from dawn 'til dusk. Daisy is as obnoxiously dumb and loving as ever, and we're building her a dog run with minimal exposure to other passing dogs so that she can stop her silly barking. And Cuddles is finally on a food that has stopped her diarrhea, and all the cats and dog have pretty pretty collars to carry their Toronto pet licenses.
And then there are the rodents. Seven now in total, and all happy as clams. We did a bit of a spending spree at the new PetSmart on Kennedy, and bought all new cages for all the rodents. Up until then, we'd had a sort of motley crew of mismatching and homemade houses that were taking up too much space and were just visually disturbing and hard to work with. So now Eddie and Marvin are in matching guinea pig condos with nametags and functional spaces. It marks the end of their litter-trained life, which I think is a relief for both the piggies and their diligent cleaners. Tommy and Puffy The WonderHamster (the latter of which is pictured below) also have matching blue hamster cages, side-by-each, which really illustrates WHY Tommy was pregnant when we picked her up at the store; frankly, she's a bit of a whore. But a cute little orange one, so what can you do? Puffy is very bemused and confused by the smell of girl, and has just got a bloody nose from chewing on the bars so much to try and see her. And then, there's our latest additions; Two beautiful black/grey rattie girls - Ella is the larger of the two, with a white point on her chest up to her white chin. Pippie, short for Pipsqueak, is the smaller, with a little white line on her chest, dipping into her equally cute white belly. Pippie is very slow-moving when handled, and she likes to hide in L's shirt. Ella is the investigator and the escapee-in-training - she moves fast all the time, but has moments of great calm, especially on my shoulder, or in the crook of my elbow.
And then there are the rodents. Seven now in total, and all happy as clams. We did a bit of a spending spree at the new PetSmart on Kennedy, and bought all new cages for all the rodents. Up until then, we'd had a sort of motley crew of mismatching and homemade houses that were taking up too much space and were just visually disturbing and hard to work with. So now Eddie and Marvin are in matching guinea pig condos with nametags and functional spaces. It marks the end of their litter-trained life, which I think is a relief for both the piggies and their diligent cleaners. Tommy and Puffy The WonderHamster (the latter of which is pictured below) also have matching blue hamster cages, side-by-each, which really illustrates WHY Tommy was pregnant when we picked her up at the store; frankly, she's a bit of a whore. But a cute little orange one, so what can you do? Puffy is very bemused and confused by the smell of girl, and has just got a bloody nose from chewing on the bars so much to try and see her. And then, there's our latest additions; Two beautiful black/grey rattie girls - Ella is the larger of the two, with a white point on her chest up to her white chin. Pippie, short for Pipsqueak, is the smaller, with a little white line on her chest, dipping into her equally cute white belly. Pippie is very slow-moving when handled, and she likes to hide in L's shirt. Ella is the investigator and the escapee-in-training - she moves fast all the time, but has moments of great calm, especially on my shoulder, or in the crook of my elbow.
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