Miscellaneous Baby Snaps

I have a zillion baby pics - most of them when they are sleeping - its the only time they are still enough to get a shot!  They are both doing great and growing fast.

We Want to Go with You

Hubs was slated to do some business travel last week - looks like he had a couple of little ones who wanted to tag along...

They also had much fun playing in the dry cleaning plastic that covered the business attire before it went into the suitcase:

Mid April Snaps

I took a few minutes to haul out the camera and get a few mid month snaps.  I was able to get all of them with the exception of the elusive Miss Emma - she saw the camera and promptly headed under the bed.  Silly dog...

Four Ferret Update

Ahh - the ferrets.  They are doing so well!  First I am happy to report that we have made it 24 days with no hint of the icky ECE virus that we dealt with when we got Madison.  I am so relieved.  Clooney got it about 21 days after we got Madison so I am hoping we are in the clear.

Clooney - he is still a grumpy old man - bullying the babies and occasionally beating up on Madison.  I have been doing some research and it seems that this is less a Clooney trait and more an older male ferret trait.  He is going strong on the health front.  He seems to be pretty happy when he's not being grumpy - he has been sleeping with us frequently and he plays in the mornings after he visits the hubs in the shower.  All in all I think the patriarch of the family is doing well.

Madison - she is so happy to have her babies around.  The three musketeers are inseparable - they play together, sleep together and generally love hanging out together.  This makes me so happy to see her playing and enjoying some ferret companionship.  She is doing great - her energy levels have increased and she sleeps like a young ferret - totally sacked out.

Finn - wow - this boy is full of personality and orneriness!  He is in play mode or sleep mode and there is not much in between.  He is the investigator - checking things out, trying new foods and drinks, trying to make friends with the kitties and the hedgehog.  Last week he crawled in my purse and went to sleep.  I grabbed my purse and got in the car and got to the shopping center when he crawled out to say hi - back home we went.  I think he is happy here and feeling comfortable.

Violet - she is so sweet and laid back.  She loves to play but is not so hip on being picked up and held - she wiggles.  She is much more cautious than Finn.  She has a special thing going with Madison - they do love each other.  She is not as settled in as I would like her to be - she still gets startled and scared at times and she doesn't realize yet that this is a safe place where nothing bad will happen to her.  I hope over time she becomes more secure - we work on it each day.

Four Kitty Post

The four felines inhabiting our zoo seem to be doing just great:

Phoebe - she spends lots of time hanging out with her humans.  She is the queen of whack-a-ferret as they go by.  She loves her Oliver kitty and doesn't so much love her Aggie kitty.  She is the sufferer of allergies but I think we got to them early and she is doing okay.  So far so good.  She is the lover of toys and plays with them daily - each night we have a rousing game of fetch - she is funny.  She is the bath kitty - she keeps me company while I soak.

Oliver - he is my crazy boy cat.  He seems to be feeling quite good after his urinary tract infection thing.  I still have my eye on him but so far he seems pretty good to go.  He loves the baby ferrets and has put them both on his rounds of wrestling and baths.  He torments his sister Aggie at every opportunity.  He loves to hang out in the garage.  He is my wild cat child.

Zoey - she loves the counter - lays there every day now.  She is not a huge fan of the babies and some days when she is overly persnickety she is really quite mean to them - they are a bit afraid of her.  She loves to lay on you - on your lap, on your stomach, on your arm, on your leg - she is not picky.  While this is endearing - its also a pain - sometimes its just not convenient to have a cat on you.  Her health seems great - nothing to report there.

Aggie - last but not least my sweet Aggie girl.  She is funny.  She lets Oliver push her buttons.  She completely ignores the little  ones - denial is a good place to be I guess.  She spends lots of time hanging out with me.  She and Zoey get along famously but she and Phoebe squabble.  Healthwise - other than being a bit on the pudgy side she is doing so well.  She is my self petting kitty.

So there you have it - everyone is happy and healthy and going strong - knock on wood....

The Dog and the Hog

How about a Nigel and Emma update?  Let's do Emma first.

Emma dog seems to be doing pretty well.  We have been doing some outside time while I do yardwork and we have slipped in a couple of walks.  It's been pretty miserable with the pollen so we may have to suspend for a bit.  I think healthwise she is going strong - not maladies to report.  She does her nesting thing (scratching on the carpet) lots which drives me crazy.  She loves the baby ferrets and often stands guard watching over them as they play or sleep.  All in all I think she is doing really well and she seems pretty happy.

Nigel - my sweet hedgehog boy.  He is so go with the flow on most everything.  He is still sharing his cage with Clooney on occasion.  We haven't had any major adventures since the one two combo of foot stuck in the carpet and not being able to find him for 18 hours.  Healthwise he also seems to be going strong.  He had to get his back toenails cut which he really hates - it takes lots of coaxing and patience to get them done.  He doesn't seem to mind the babies - he huffs at them but not very seriously.  He is due for a cage cleanout and a bath.

Simon's Cat - Screen Grab