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Crystal & Theo welcome you to the world of 'Felidae'
Well, much time has passed since I last wrote about our menagerie! Finn gets older (11 this coming year) and Cassie has grown into a beautiful, if somewhat energetic little dog! We forgive her for her occasional bursts of madness (typical Collie) and she is a wonderful guard dog, telling us when there is someone anywhere near the house that she doesn't know.
Our aviary gradually emptied over the past two years (the two female cockatiels were well over 20!) and stood empty for a while, and Ollie the young male cockatiel came to live in a large cage on the veranda,.... to begin with as a temporary measure until there was company for him in the aviary once again. However, it seems that he prefers living on the veranda where he can shout abuse at the dogs as they go past! He did live in a cage before he came to us, and perhaps it feels more like home to him? Since living in the cage we have discovered that he has quite a large vocabulary...and says far more than he did in the aviary. He also gets a better view of the seagulls as he is higher up, and can scream at them on his own terms!
So we decided to give the place a good spring-clean and look for new lodgers for the aviary...something slightly different....we have ended up with two young Indian Ring-neck Parakeets, one pale blue and the other pale green (mr green and mrs blue) although we wont know what sex they are until their 'neck rings' develop at about two years.
As they have been hand reared they are very tame, and within a week were coming to our hands to be fed. They seem to have a never ending apatite for fruit of all kinds, and go crazy for peanuts! They seem to be natures acrobats and keep us amused with their antics
And so to the bottom of the aviary...we still had one of the old quail, who knowbody thought to tell that quail only live for about three/four years! he is still very lively and delighted with the new goings on!
We opted for guinea pigs as we now have baby grand children and thought that this may be a good idea for when they are a little older. So far we have two guinea pig boys who are identical! both dark shiny brown. We could easily house another three or four when we find more, but think we will keep to all males rather than risk a population explosion!
As the front of the aviary is a large window onto the garden, Cassie spends many hours happily employed in watching the guinea pigs and their antics. almost as good for her as a flock of sheep (in fact we told her that's what they were as she doesn't remember actually ever seeing sheep, and being a trusting soul she believes us!)
So for the moment everyone is happy!
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