^^ Billy will do anything to get to a mirror. We took him into the bathroom recently and he started flying toward it over and over like a mad thing. All the birds fight over the little mirror we stuck between the bars of their cage.

The funny thing is, we have a mirror in both bathrooms, and Billy has seen them both. He loves the bird in one, and is completely indifferent to the bird in the other mirror. I wonder what difference he sees between them?

~Riella

I think perhaps the difference is not in the bird but in the mirror we have two mirrors in our cage and Robin only pays attention to one, the other one is coldly left alone Birds are such funny creatures

Well we have a guinea pig that I may or may not be able to keep. My mom works at a daycare and her boss was trying to give it a way because a co worker wasn't taking good care of it. So she asked my mom if she wanted it, and mom of courser said no, but she asked if she could at least take care of it for the summer and mom said yes, but she warned that if she did she probably would end up keeping it cause I'd get attached. She's not very used to people, but I've been trying to habituate/tame her and she's getting better everyday. I hope to eventually get her leashed trained since I still have Patchy's leash, which should fit her alright with some growing room. I also want to get her in the hutch, but we have a bit of a wasp problem to attend to first. Her name was Princess, but my mom said I could rename her so I call her Quorra (after the Tron: Legacy character) of course neither of my parents really like the name so she's being refered to both of the above. Poor guinea pig has an identity crisis

I thought that cake looked familiar ram. I wasn't sure if people cake was on a dog's diet.

Back around St. Patrick’s Day, we moved Shadow, Mystery, and Blitzen from my parents’ old house to their new house. My mom and sister had around a three hour drive with them. Luckily, they didn’t cry too long. My mom said that as soon as they realized they weren’t going to the vet, they got quiet. I met them at my parents’ house. Shadow and Blitzen did not want to come out of the carriers.

After a while though, Shadow was actually the first on to explore outside of a room.

Mystery decided to survey things from above.

Blitzen started to explore and then the furnace turned on and she bolted back. All three of them spent a good deal of time cowering. My mom was worried about Blitzen because she was beginning to go back to her former ways (such as cowering with ears laid back). Mystery and Shadow regressed too. When we first got them they slept / hid under my dad’s recliner. We found them under a recliner.

Mystery and Blitzen did do some exploring the first day or so.

My mom is still at the old house. My dad lost Blitzen. She didn’t come out to get her food. My dad has an ear problem and can’t hear very well so he didn’t know if she was crying somewhere. Luckily, I got a day off from subbing and went down to see if I could find her. My dad was dragging his feet about calling in outside help. There is a room in the basement that has access to the rafters. He thought she might have gotten there. I called to her and climbed up to look. I heard her crying but couldn’t figure out exactly where the sound was coming from. It was maddening. I looked at the cobwebs and found there was only one spot that looked like she could have been through there, unless the spiders were very fast. My dad came home and was able to use what I told him to figure out where she might be. There is a section of wall that sticks out farther to allow for pipes to run down. She had fallen down there. We didn’t know for sure until my dad knocked a hole in the wall because she had stopped crying. I had to reach in there and pull her out. I was a bit nervous since she was facing me and has been known to attack. Luckily she let me grab her and drag her out. She was a mess. I’ll put it this way she was in the wall for two days without a litter box. She started to bolt, but I caught her before she got too far. I cleaned her up as best I could in the bathroom. She was crazy about my trying to stick her in a sink full of water. One of the first things she did was eat. She also was rubbing us to be petted. Other than a scratch on her nose she was fine. The room that has access to the rafters is now shut off. Mystery, Shadow, and Blitzen have now adjusted fine and are driving my dad nuts.

Poor Blitzen! I am glad that they are adjusting well. I love the pictures! They are beautiful cats!

Teyla thanks everyone for their birthday wishes!

Today, my parakeet Jeffrey held a concert. He sat very tall on the food dish and sang. All the birds gathered on the perch near it and just watched him intently.

When he stopped singing and left, some of the birds started following him around. He has fans now.

~Riella

Riella, that's hilarious!!! Fanbirds!!!

Well, I am looking at getting a companion for Teyla. I was looking at getting a cat, but considering Teyla uses the litterbox for a buffet, I decided to look for a small dog that might be compatible with Teyla. So I saw this dog on Petfinder.com the other day and we are going to met him tomorrow:


His name is Charlie and he is 1-1/2 years old and is about 15 pounds and is a Jack Russell Terrier.
I pray they get along; this could be so wonderful for Teyla!

Well, they met and because the foster mom is going on vacation, they sped up the adoption and now I have a new dog! I have changed his name to Sebastian (that was the name he was given by people that adopted him previously but gave him back to the shelter).
He and Teyla get along splendidly! They love to play!

I also have a visitor. Last night while everyone was shooting off fireworks, I was outside my apartment with Teyla and suddenly this dog ran up to me. It's a Pekingese I think. I walked around the neighborhood for a while, but to no avail. So, in the matter of 2 days I got 2 new dogs! The Pekingese follows me around, poor little thing. She has no microchip and no name tag. Moral of this story: make sure your animals are identified!

So, Sebastian will stay, the Pekingese will not. Oh, and Teyla will too!
And I'll get some new pictures up of Sebastian later.

oh Sebastian looks so adorable I'm glad Teyla has a friend now
What do you plan to do with the Pekingese. I remember once this huge English Sheep dog decided to adopt our family, or decided he wanted to get adopted by our family. We lived in an apartment then and he got in the elevator with us and came with us to our apartment and didn't want to leave. We kids thought it was great fun, but my parents were not s pleased and my dad took him downstairs
Also at the village in Crimea, our neighbour's dog decided she wanted to be our dog and whenever we come to visit, she moves over to our property, lies down under the car and becomes our watchdog. Which means her job is to bark as loud as she can in the middle of the night My dad gets so annoyed . The only way to keep her on her property, where she belongs is for her masters to keep her tied up 24/7, cause as soon as she is released she comes bounding to us
here's a picture of her, her name is Al'pha

she looks a bit like a fox I think, really nice dog, just has her masters mixed up
Ithi, Jeffrey sounds so funny, putting on a concert, I wonder if he appreciates his new fans

I'm not sure right now what I'm going to do with the Pekingese. But, I'm going to have to get rid of her. Teyla is feeling really overwhelmed right now. She's not used to sharing me at all and now she has to share me with not 1 but 2 other dogs. And she's having to share her toys with Sebastian, which she is isn't too pleased with!!

Here is a picture of Chester.

And one of Teyla and Chester.

I loved the name Sebastian, but when I tried to discipline him, I couldn't remember his name and for some reason, I kept calling him Chester. It seems to fit him. So, his full name is Chester Sebastian (CS)!

Still makes me think of Chester and Spike.

I'm not sure right now what I'm going to do with the Pekingese.

She is off to the shelter today, Rachel Marie informed me. It is not at all unusual a lost dog will find his or her home again. Good dogs usually find good homes too. Not easy giving up sweet little ones, but it often works for the best.

Your new dog is adorable, Ramagut!

I have two cats, Chico and Sofie. Here are a few pictures of them (they were taken around a year ago, so Sofie isn't a kitten anymore.... but still, you get the idea.)

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And here are two of Sofie:

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Miss Rosario, are they related? And just one word about Sophie (as ceppault would say "D'aaaaaawwwww!!!" You'll have to get updated pictures of her so we can she what she looks like now!