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An up and down day
As usual Toffee was the only girl still in the shed first thing this morning. I gave out the morning sunflower hearts and she came out. She picked up two sunflower hearts then had a flick about in the pellets … Continue reading
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Toffee has another day
This is going to go one day at a time now. This morning when I went out to the girls first thing I felt sure this was Toffee’s last day. She hadn’t come out of the shed but came out … Continue reading
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Toffee
Sadly Toffee is deteriorating quickly. We think she is coming to the end of her days. I researched yellow poop and it says that it can indicate a kidney problem. I was happy to leave her as long as she … Continue reading
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The medicating and worming regime
I have got the regime down to a fine art now. Pebbles has her sticky baytril on some seeds in the the cat box twice a day. I am keeping the cat box on top of one of the little … Continue reading
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The new regime and updates
We have to give Pebbles her antibiotic twice a day. Rather than stress her by trying to put it into her beak we decided to put it on some sunflower seeds in a little dish. It is sticky so will … Continue reading
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Here we go again
This morning I took some photos of the three little girls perching together on the high perch. It has now been two months since we lost Caramel. It has been one month since I gave Pebbles the baytril antibiotic for … Continue reading
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Toffee
For the last few days the weather has been horrendous. It has rained all day and all night and although the entire run is roofed the rain blows in through the sides and most of the run ends up wet. … Continue reading
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Perching Together
I love to see the girls perching together. The bigger girls perch together and the little girls perch together. The two groups never mix on the same perch but they do perch near each other. They do look cute perched together.
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A solution to the bedtime problem
We have been having an ongoing problem getting Pebbles to go in to bed on her own for a while now. I have tried putting her in early and she just comes out again. I have tried leaving her and … Continue reading
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This makes me happy
I took the water bottles away three days ago and I have been worrying about whether Freckles and Rusty have been drinking from the water dish. I have given them mash and melon and grapes as well as spinach so … Continue reading
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