awwww poor Chester

we've been adopted by a really sweet and pretty cat, my mom says we can't keep her, but she comes to our doorstep at least twice a day and De and I always feed her when she comes by. It's a really pity we can't have her, she is so sweet and beautiful oh well

She is a very pretty cat!

How would Lucy feel if you brought in a cat of all things?

Ok, so I bought a gerbil the day before yesterday. He's so cute! (I'll have pics up soon). He's light tan with a white stripe on his head. My problem is naming him. I posted this on facebook and got quite a few different options. My two favorites are Winston and Trumpkin. I also like Bertram.
(I have my two dogs, Teyla--from Stargate Atlantis; and Chester)
(I like all things British; Stargate; Disney; Narnia (of course); classic literature)

Speaking of the dogs, Teyla just likes to watch the gerbil; Chester wants to eat him. Chester tries so hard to get to his cage. I have to be VERY careful when handling the gerbil!

Pictures of Pumpkin (I finally decided on a name):

The dogs finding Pumpkin very interesting!

Today he was focused on jumping up and grabbing a hold of the screen on the top of his cage. I have never seen a gerbil jump so high!

^^^Oh trust me gerbils can jump really high! Cinnamon once nearly cleared the wall of an 18 inch tall box. She was hanging on to the edge, but couldn't get her back feet over. After that I started putting a cover on the box when I cleaned their cage.

I guess mine have always been too lazy to jump like that!

My sister wants to but our artificial Christmas tree in the living room. We are trying to figure out a way to keep Aravis away from it. Anyone have any tips? There isn't anyway to shut her out of the living room unless we shut her in somewhere else.

Well now that I finally uploaded pictured of my dog from my phone, I think Ill put them up Her name is CeCe.

Aslans_Jewel, is CeCe a Jack Russell? Or part Jack? So cute!!!!!

Twigs, there is no way! I finally ended up getting a small tree that goes up on the wall! (The birds could still land on it, but they didn't).

maybe... Shes a wire-haired terrier mutt from a shelter and I dont know what else she might have in her

I have a dog too. His name is Ruff, and we think he's an Otter Hound/Terrier mix. He's medium size with a thick brown fur coat, he's starting to get a little gray in spots. He actually bears a strong resemblance to Chewbacca.

I will have to look up Otter hound...but I know Terriers have been mixed with nearly every other breed!

A generic JRT:

These are my JRTs (the black and white one is a mix; the brown and white one is pure bred).

PP, about the Christmas tree- our cats leaped on ours the second year they saw it, and that made them pretty scared of it, for the most part... However, I think, depending on your cat's personality, you could either surround the tree with wall separaters (those changing things... They're about 6' tall and fold out), chairs, etc at night/when you can't moniter Aravis around the tree. Another thing that works for us is putting an air freshener (which our cats are terrified of) by the tree, preferrably with lemon scent. It is not the most efficient method, but a couple bangings on the ground of the air freshener can get cats away pretty quick. If not that, one of those air-wick-puff things that makes a kind of hiss sound when it sprays the scent out. But that depends on whether you'd be comfortable with the scent (typically the likes of "Ocean Breeze", "Citrus", the generic...) Our cats basically stayed away from the tree when we had it because they thought it was a cat of some sorts, I guess. Just some ideas!

I was thinking of someday keeping parakeets out in an aviary. Does anyone know how to stop them from getting too cold?

Also, since I'm not sure where I'll be living, is there a way for people in snowy states to have aviaries? Do they move their birds in winter?

~Riella

awwwww Aslans_Jewel, your dog is so so adorable

Sorry Ithie, I can't help you with, I don't know anything about birds living in aviaries, maybe you could research it

Our birds are beginning to feel the presence of our niece, luckily they are high and safe from her reach but when she comes running in shouting 'bir, bir' they tend to get a little nervous. Especially Sophie, she's a real nut case, freaks out over everything, Robin is still calm and easy going and takes my loud niece very well, just keeping an eye out to make sure she won't be able to somehow climb up and get him, but Sophie tends to throw scandels silly bird I've just about given up trying to train her, cause she just won't be tamed, I'm beginning to think she might have mental problems.....if that is even possible for a bird