Shine On Opal, Shine On 9 April, 2009
Posted by wingdingo in Animals, Fish, Whatever.Tags: fighting, fish, opal, Siamese
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For the past month or so Opal (aka Opie) the Siamese fighting fish had been fighting an illness which impeded his ability to feed himself. He kept missing the worms and ended up head butting them. When he managed to get one in his mouth, it seemed difficult for him to swallow it. After some TLC with constant water change and salt mix and antibiotic drops, he made a small come back and started eating a little. In the last few days, he deteriorated again and had been resting against the rock at the bottom of the tank for the past few days, not eating any of the food given to him.
Today Opal lost his fight. Hamble dug a hole near the last fighting fish “Strawberry”, and Opal was laid to rest.
Your time with us gave us lots of joy. We will miss you Opie. May you rest in peace.
Escapee 20 October, 2008
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Pepper got out again. We have no idea how long she was snacking on Loquat leaves and freshly-mown Dandelion stalks before Polendino spotted her bobtail whizzing past the back door.
It was a lot quicker to get her back into her hutch today, but then we were handicapped by darkness and rain last time.
Wildlife 20 October, 2008
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The weekend before last, Boo spotted a huge Blue-tongue lizard on the path beyond the back deck. It was a good three inches across its back. I haven’t seen one that big in years. The two boy-cats were giving it a wide berth, making me wonder whether they’d already had an encounter with it. Having been disturbed by our stomping out to the clothesline, he slowly slithered back to his home under the deck. At Polendino’s suggestion, we named him “Butters”.
Yesterday we found that we had a smaller, younger cousin living in the front yard. This time we managed to get a photo. And this time it was the girl-cat giving the lizard a wide berth. Meet Kenny…
Opal the NEW fighting fish 20 June, 2008
Posted by Hamble Bamble in Animals, Fish.Tags: fighting, fish, opal
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Yesterday I got a NEW Siamese Fighting Fish. (Strawberry was mine so I was not happy when he died.) The new one is called Opal. He is very pretty with big fins. He is blue/green/red. And he’s very active. I feed him these weird “bloodworm” things. You break off a square (probably the one you used yesterday) from the big block and waggle it round until 6 or 7 worms fall off, then BANG! 5 seconds later they’re all gone! I have this REALLY REALLY BRIGHT multicoloured gravel in there and a pot plant which is a little too big for the tank.
Strawberry 4eva 19 June, 2008
Posted by wingdingo in Animals, Whatever.Tags: dead, fish, fungus, strawberry
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The Friday the 13th of June, Strawberry the Siamese fighting fish was euthanised. He had white fungal growth all over, including his eyes. He was buried next to the possum on a rainy night of Sunday 15th of June. May he rest in peace.
Bunny Mansion 27 May, 2008
Posted by wingdingo in Animals, Garden, Rabbit, Whatever.Tags: bunny rabbit hutch extension Pepper
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Even though Pepper has been living in a two storey hutch, we had been thinking about incorporating the fenced run to the hutch, so that it can go for a run, or a hop, around whenever she pleases (yes, the vet has confirmed that Pepper is a girl bunny).
So last weekend we bought an extra roll of wire fencing, shaped the previously separate rabbit run to a rectangle, added a roof, and attached it to one side of the hutch, which we’ve cut open to allow for access. Voila! We’ve increase the bunny’s real estate four times.
Pepper is happy, very happy.
Good-bye Possum 6 January, 2008
Posted by wingdingo in Animals, Garden.Tags: dead, grave, possum
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I dug my first ever grave for the first ever dead possum in this place. It was a young one too. Probably an adolescent. I said a few words afterwards and back filled it with the soil from the potted but slug eaten potatoes. I suspect it was one of the cats. Hmm…
Boys Meet Girl 19 November, 2007
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About a week ago Maggie moved in with the boys. On arrival all she did was hiss and growl. She wouldn’t even get out of her cage.
Boo isn’t giving too much of a damn. He is staying at a distance and out of confrontations (most of the time). Higgins however is a little more curios. Often getting a little too close for Maggie’s liking. It usually ends up in a bit of a hissing match, but sometimes fur would fly. Lucky we found a fantastic squirt bottle at the supermarket.
Tonight is the first night they’ll not have separate rooms at night. They’ll need to find their spaces and stay out of each others’ way while us human sleep. See how they go. We’ll have the squirter in our bedroom ready for deployment.
Bugs Bunny 12 November, 2007
Posted by Za in Cats, Chickens, Whatever.1 comment so far
My friend has a boy and a girl bunny, so eventually will be giving away little bunnies, one of which I might get. Bunnies, chickens, cats, any more animals coming along, Mum & Wing?
Chook cam 2 July, 2007
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Ha! When we laughingly discussed the idea of including a webcam in the chicken coop when we build it, I should have realised that someone would have already done it.
