The Zoo

As promised, I’m introducing Frick!’s new little friend! He’s settled in nicely and I was finally able to get close enough to the aquarium with the camera to get a pic. It took a while to think of a name for him. After watching him a while we realized that he’s smaller than Frick! and swims around like a weirdo. …

After the first Bunker dieing, and losing the second Bunker such a short while later, I was quite unsure what I wanted to do with the new tank we had previously ordered. We had a new baby turtle that we’d bought to keep the second Bunker company after the death of the first one. We named him Frick! (with !) …

I am crushed. I am heartbroken. I am to blame. Today the other Bunker died. This morning I found him laying on one of the rocks in the aquarium, his little head hanging down into the water. I was sure he was dead. When I picked him up he lifted his head and I realized that he was still alive. …

I found a list of hedgehog breeders in the Netherlands and Germany! Must…. resist…. cute cuddly hedgehogs.

Ever since I my friend Shirley told me she got a hedgehog … or no wait, ever since I saw a photo of him… I’ve wanted one! I absolutely love these little Pygmy Hedgehogs, they are soooooooooooooo cute!!! I looked into it but I couldn’t find anyone in Holland who breeds them and it was too expensive to buy one …

After the sad loss of one of the Bunkers we were left with the decision of whether to leave the remaining Bunker alone or find him a new friend. My heart was already broken after seeing one of my turtles dead and the idea of watching the other one all alone every day was just as bad. So we have …

I just got out of the shower and as I was getting dressed I was looking at this little toll painted plaque on our wall. It says: Please let us be what our cats think we are. I’ve had it for years and this was the first time I ever looked at it and really thought about what it meant. …

I am a horrible mother… Today Xander found one of our turtles dead in the aquarium. Now the other Bunker is left all alone. I had a feeling over the past few days that one of them wasn’t well, and I mentioned it a few times but Xander told me they were fine so I didn’t press it. I should …

Last night we went for our first Sunday drive in our brand new car. We had our dinner and took the dog and drove out into the countryside a bit. It was a beautiful evening and the perfect time for a drive… it was heaven! Bailey totally thought so too! His little snout was stuck over my shoulder almost the …

This was a great weekend.. We borrowed Xander’s friend A’s car again and went off to the beach with Bailey on Sunday afternoon. As you can see, he loved it… once he got used to it and stopped acting like a spaz. It took us a while to get him to stop wiggling in between the seats trying to get …

I’m sitting here on my sofa, wrapped in a blanket with a birds nest for hair and droopy eyes. I’m tired. For the last number of days I haven’t managed to get a full nights sleep even once. Yesterday morning I was woken up at 3:30am by the sounds of my dog puking in his bed, which I got up …