Puppy Coats

It was chilly this morning so I put the puppies in their coats when they went outside.  Aren't they cute?

Charli (closest), Tango (middle), Juliett

Juliett

Tango and Charli

Charli and Juliett

Tango

Charli and Juliett

Tango and Charli

Emma

So - it's a good thing I took a few photos for posterity's sake - because about 5 minutes later Tango, Charli, and Juliett were sans coats.  Only Charli's survived - Tango and Juliett's were both in several pieces in the yard.  Emma was good and came inside and waited for me to take hers off.  Crazy puppies.  I guess they will be cold from now on - little turds...  :)

Happy Birthday Miss Madison

How is it possible that this little girl is 6 years old today??  It's officially her golden birthday - and she is doing just great.  Her health is fantastic.  No signs of the adrenal disease - that little implant thingy is the bomb.  She is active and happy and still the 'mom' of the bunch.  She has quite the love affair with Oliver as well -

Happy Birthday sweet girl:

Taken last week

A few favorites:

Maddie and Violet

Loving the soft bath mat

SQUISH!

One of my all time favorites

Cutie tootie

Playing in the ball pit

Week In Review

It was a week for sure....

First, a Phoebe update -

For those of you who missed our updates - Phoebe wasn't feeling great last week.  I had separated her from the rest of the critters in case she was contagious.  We came home on Friday evening to find she had developed a very large abscess on her face.  We went to the emergency vet to get her fixed up and now she is doing just great - taking her antibiotics - not thrilled about it but trying to be good and off the pain meds.  I took off her e-collar this morning and she is much happier to have freedom of movement.  I offered her the choice of heading back into critter land  but she hasn't taken me up on the offer so far.  She is enjoying her alone time and I am okay with her hanging out by herself til she is 100%.  Her abscess site looks good.  There is a bit of residual swelling, not all that unexpected, but it is cool to the touch and pain free.  We have been doing a warm compress a few times a day to keep things moving but the drainage has pretty much stopped.  Her appetite is back, her energy levels are back and you can tell she is feeling so much better.  Thank goodness.

This past week also had Halloween and Fiona and Bash-ys third birthdays.  Pups and piglet are all doing great.  They were pretty good sports about dressing up.  They have been enjoying the fall weather and spending a good bit of time outside.  As for the rest of the little critter gang... Violet continues to do well, as do the other ferrets.  Everyone seems pretty happy and healthy.  Oliver and Aggie are both going strong - feeling good.  No complaints with the little ones.

Hopefully next week we can get things back to normal with Phoebe.  When you have lots of critters - I find that the regular routine makes life a whole lot easier.

Happy Birthday Fiona and Bash!!

I can't believe my baby ferrets are 3 years old today.  Time really does fly!

Bash was a very overweight, inactive ferret at the pet store when we found him.  When the hubs met him he said we could keep him but that left his sister alone in the bin - which we can't allow.  So, Fiona became a part of our family as well.  I can't imagine our lives without these two.  Hubs wanted to name them Shrek and Fiona - I hated Shrek but loved Fiona so we compromised and settled on Sebastian - Bash for short.  We originally thought Bash would be a good name because he was such a big bruiser.  In reality - it is the perfect name because he is a bit shy and bashful.  I adore them both....

Happy birthday little ones!!!

Winston's Piggy Gift Exchange Package

Daisy May and her piggy mama sent us an amazing box of goodies for our Fall gift exchange which arrived today.  Winston helped me open it - but I must admit he was so smitten with the pumpkins that came out of the box early on that he didn't pay tons of attention after that....  in addition to snacks and hot cocoa and a book and journal/pens for me (I feel so spoiled) the spoiled piglet got some amazing loot!  Here are some pics:

Getting ready to open the box

PUMPKINS!!! 

Ohhh - I like my new blanket - did I mention - PUMPKINS!!!

Yep - we are gonna need to run the floor mopper

Squeee.... isn't that just about the cutest thing ever??

So adorable - the perfect addition to the piggy collection

You go ahead and look at all the other stuff in the box - I am busy with pumpkins!!!

Cute little piggy cell phone holder

Winston and I both loved everything and are feeling quite spoiled!!  Thank you so much Daisy and Makayla!!