Posted in Pets on Mar 28th, 2012
One night I noticed Powder standing on her hind legs trying to look in the garbage. That was weird. That cat doesn’t normally acknowledge lowly things like garbage. All during the night Freckles was restless. She was up and down off the bed. I got up and let her out in the middle of the [...]
Posted in Pets on Jan 18th, 2012
I had been joking around about how Freckles would think that her beloved daddy had taken all the stuff from the house and not told me how to get to the new house. I forgot to consider the smartest beastie in the house. Jules is pissed. The SO says she looking at him like she [...]
Posted in Pets on May 29th, 2011
She looks so very stern in this picture! Jules is settling in well. She now mostly doesn’t give me any hassle about coming out of the cage. She still pretends that she doesn’t know “Up!” when it is time to go back though. Contrary to all reports from the foster homes, she isn’t afraid of [...]
Posted in Pets on May 15th, 2011
Birds bite. It is one of those inescapable facts of life like death and taxes. Bigger birds bite harder. Also true. The rescue kept saying what a sweet bird Jules is. I’m sure that’s true. Right now, though, she is a very pissed off and stressed sweet bird. I’m still calling her a sweet bird [...]
We never told Z that Ozzie died. She had never paid any attention to the bird so we really wondered if she would even notice that he wasn’t around. He sat in the middle of the house and made lots of noise so you’d think that his abscence would be obvious. But she never noticed. [...]
I found Ozzie dead this morning. It wasn’t a total shock since we suspect that he had been dealing with some serious liver issues for a few years. At the time that he started showing signs I expected him to die soon but he stayed the same. Yesterday morning I trimmed his beak and he [...]
Renovation isn’t only tough on the humans in the house. My poor old Ozzie bird is having much trauma. Every time there is a possibility of painting he has to evacuate since birds are so sensitive to fumes. The worker guy doesn’t come until after I leave for work so I don’t know if there [...]
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