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I’m now an official volunteer at the local humane society!  I went through the training and did my first hours of volunteering cleaning cat cages and then spending time playing with the cats. This cat, Tinsel, insisted on patting me on the head the whole time I was cleaning pet rat cages (which is defienelty big enough for here and lets her move around better.) and the ones around her.  She didn’t want to be petted, she wanted to pet me! This cat’s name is Mittens and I’m completely in love with her.  She is a polydactyl (has extra toes), something I’ve always loved andRead More →

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Liberty Little Miss Jingles won Best in Show at the Wapakaneta Spring Show, under judge Don Peterson.  This is my very first Best in Show with cavies – and to win with a pig I bred is extra special.Read More →

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I picked up three new pigs (and found three pigs new homes) this weekend.  They are mine, but will eventually be returned or replaced with better offspring.  I’m pretty excited to see what sort of babies Mr. Jingles throws as he is a decent boar and the sows are pretty strong in his weaker areas.  They are also from the same lines so should be compatible. The four seem to be getting along quite nicely, there are little scuffles here and there, but for the most part, they are content with each other. The first sow is Lovey, a decently marked sow with a niceRead More →

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Between the seedlings inside, the plants popping up outside, and babies popping up all over, I think it is safe to say spring has sprung.  And finally the weather agrees, with two lovely 60 degree days! The plants in the basement are growing and growing.  I can’t wait to put them outside soon, but it needs to warm up a bit more. Daffodils have popped up and should be blooming soon in the backyard. Even the sedum mom dug up to save from our building project last year has begun to show green leaves.  I think the fact that it has been in the greenRead More →

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In addition to plants, I love animals.  I also enjoy art, so when you join those three things together, what do you get?  Aquascaping a fish tank!  The idea is to turn a fish tank into a specific biotope.  Because my favorite fish are corydoras catfish, I decided to try to replicate the South American pools and slow moving rivers where they live. This is what my tank looked like before I started, sort of – I already removed fake plants and took out some of the water before realizing that I should take before pictures.  If you see a blurry blue blob in theRead More →

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This blog is meant to be for rabbits and cavies, as well as gardening, in spite of the fact that all the posts so far have been about gardening.  But I have some exciting news in the cavy world, so my first non-gardening post will be about cavies! This is Onyx, my black Silkie sow, who is obviously heavily pregnant.  Because of the bitter cold and my desire to keep a very close eye on her while she is so pregnant, she was moved into my bedroom for observation.  At about 8:00 a.m. this morning, I heard some strange noises coming from her corner ofRead More →

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It has only been a week, but a week of work towards goals can be huge.  So here is my progress toward my goals so far (I’m planning to do this monthly, but wanted to give a bit more description of what I’m doing for each one than I did in the first post. Learn to love myself. This isn’t something that I’ve found specific things I can do – yet.  It isn’t something that I can ever say I’ve “achieved” necessarily either, it is more of a continuous process.  But I’ve started! Take at least one online course to learn something new. I’ve signedRead More →