Posted in General

It's hard to believe that next month Christmas will be here.... I take that back. The mall had Christmas decorations up in late August so I actually had a hint back then..... After trying to find Thanksgiving decorations this week and being told that they are skipping it to jump right into Christmas, it made me realize that there's probably… read more

Posted in Food & Treats

Nah.....I just wanted to try and connect this journal to pets or animals, so that's the reason for my title.... :-) I can recall that I always ordered chocolate milk every year in grade school. It was something I looked forward to every day....Somewhere along the line, it got classified as junk food and was no longer available in schools... … read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

When Pikachu first came to my house, she was a skinny, frightened little cavy that didn't want to be touched. She barely ate a thing. It was so bad, that I contacted the person who fostered her to see what she fed her. I was afraid she was going to starve. I finally tempted her with pumpkin seeds, which did the trick. Then I fed her Kaytee Fi… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

It's 3:35 p.m. and my herd is waking up. They're all "working second shift" now... No more daytime activity for them. It's sleep the morning away and get up for dinner.:-) I cleaned cages and did piggy pedicures early this morning so they are all nice and clean and pretty. It was easy because they were all groggy and didn't fuss at all. They… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

My herd misses me when I'm away at work. I decided that the only thing that will keep them happy while I'm gone is food....lots of food. So, the night before work, I chop up LOTS of veggies to give them early in the morning to bribe them to be good little cavies while I'm away. It must be working because my husband said they've been sound as… read more