General Updates

Its sort of the middle of the month give or take so how about a general update on how the critters are doing?  Emma is busy helping the workers when they come, hiding under the bed every afternoon during the summer thunderstorm season and in general seems to be doing pretty well.

As for kitties - Oliver is his same old ornery self.  Thankfully he loves the garage so in the mornings I have been letting him out there where he takes up residency on the hubs' car roof.  He is safely out there and not plotting his escape with the workers using the door 758 times.  Zoey enjoys the garage as well - although she has no desire to escape - she knows when she has a good thing going.  Phoebe and Aggie are in a pretty good place - they have banded together, cowering in the closet together while scary people make scary noises in the house.  While they certainly don't love each other, it does seem as though the squabbling has decreased a bit.

Ferrets - they have completely lost interest in the whole flood affair.  No matter who enters or how much noise they make neither of them are interested in getting up to investigate.  They are enjoying snacking on the really cruddy cat food - Friskies Grill Blend or something close to that.  They got into a box I had from an emergency convenience store stop last year.  They have been porking out.  I am happy to let them have it as I am trying to fatten Clooney up.  Keeping the rest of the critters out is a challenge.

Nigel - he is doing great.  He is oblivious to the flood, the people, the noise.  He couldn't care less.  Nigel likes people food - I try not to give him too much but I did share my pizza with him the other day.  I am sure all hedgehogs eat Pizza Hut in the wilds of Africa....  He likes crust, cheese, black olives, and sausage.  He is not a fan, however, of mushrooms.  He kind of reminds me of Tom Hanks in Big - when he scrapes the caviar off his tongue.  Not loving the fungi...

So - there you have it - a mid month, end of summer update....