The Zoo

I have a problem.  I am completely and utterly addicted to animals… Turtles especially.  I can’t get enough of them, every one I see I fall in love with and want to take it home.   This is all my pets and they are all awesome.   I really love caring for them and making cool enclosures for them like Harley’s Bachelor …

Having been completely unable to decide which camera I want, I’ve decided to put that on hold until another time.  Instead, I’ve decided to sort out a proper enclosure for Sherman.   For the last few weeks he’s been living in a large rabbit cage I picked up for 10 euros on Marktplaats, but it’s not suitable for a forever home …

This is Sherman, yet another addition to our little family :) For a long time, ever since 2004 which was the first time I was petsitting for Staci & Chris and their two beautiful basenji babies Gus & Ike, I’ve wanted to get a tortoise.  That probably doesn’t make much sense, but during that time I also looked after Daisy.  She belonged …

Our above tank basking area for our turtles is complete!  I’m so totally chuffed!  Check it out…   How awesome does that look?  It’s hard to see from the photo but it’s sitting on top of our aquarium.   There’s still a bit to do with it, I want to get some fake terrarium plants to put around the top to hang …

For a while now I’ve been eager to do some modifications to our turtle tank. You see, the general rule of thumb for keeping aquatic turtles is to have 10 gallons of tank per inch of turtle (shell length from head end to tail end). We currently have a 55 gallon tank which means that if we follow that rule, …

Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. I chose this photo for this week’s photo hunt because it’s a good example of what annoys me. The photo is of Spencer, one of my cats, drinking out of the toilet in my old apartment in Prince Edward Island. What annoys me most lately is my cats …

After my post the other day about Harley I’ve gotten a lot of questions.  I’ve posted about him in the past welcoming him home and showing off his new bachelor pad but it’s been a while.   People are still confused about the whole hedgehog as a pet thing. Some of the main questions I get are: Can he shoot his quills like …

That’s apparently what has been wrong with Harley lately.   I noticed the other day when I took him out of his cage that his ears looked dry and ‘gunky’ so I went to one of my hedgehog forums to ask what to do about it. The advice I got was to give him an oatmeal bath and rub either nipple cream, …

This week I took a stab at making a sort of double decker type rat hammock and it came out pretty well, the girls seem to really like it! When I got up yesterday they were sleeping with their little heads sticking out, so I couldn’t resist the urge to get a few photos.  Of course, they woke up as …

This weeks FOAD is 100% dedicated to my cats.   Don’t be fooled by the photo, they look cute but they are evil, pure evil! By evil, I mean incredibly intelligent and crafty… and even a little insane. In the past I’ve had moments where I was sure I was going to crack and give them away, but I’ve had them …

Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. When I heard ‘Growth’ for this week’s photo theme I thought about Bailey and how he’s grown. The photo on the left was not long after we got him home.   He was so tiny!  The photo on the right was taken last winter when we had him out …