Parting is such sweet sorrow...

As much as I hate to say it, Stacie's gliders are all back in her possession now. We met in Farmington - as always - and dropped them off. It's going to be so weird not feeding them tonight! I got so used to feeding 5 different cages, now I'm back down 4.

When Stacie and Justin pulled into McDonald's, she rolled her window down and asked if we would mind following them over to Dairy Queen so that they could get something to eat. Of course, we said yes.

She said that we could look at all the pictures they took while they ate -- probably because I begged her to take loads of photos of the trip so that I could live through her. So we followed them inside and sat with them while they ate. Neither of us being DQ fans, we decided to skip on the grub. Instead, we sat like happy little voyeurs at the table while they ate. We were in DQ for about 30 minutes, chatting about their trip and the gliders. Good times.

We we finished, we all said out goodbyes and parted ways. I had my eyes fixated on The Family Center that was just across the way (they have baby ducks!). LaVaughn and I got seated in the car and was ready to go. Unfortunately, our plans to go anywhere were shot when the CAR WOULDN'T START!! Ugh! I was so bummed and completely stressing out. The phone was 10 shades of dead, so I knew calling someone was out of the question. Luckily, Justin was outside and noticed he distressed look on our faces.

Justin, being the awesome little car guru that he is, checked everything out for us and gave us a jump. He said that it was probably just dirt cables that needed to be clean. Go Justin! I love you!!

We were too freaked to turn the car off, so we weren't able to hit up the family center for any ducks. Yes, that is a BIG boohoo for me! Oh well, they were probably all sold anyway.

Aside from all this exciting news, I have some news that can top everything! Kira and Logan's joeys detached last night!! *happy dance* They actually detached early this morning, around 3AM. They are just the cutest little things ever! It's been SO long since they've given us a mo. It's actually been over a year! Drake was their last mo.

I decided to ask their new mom what she wanted to name them instead of naming them something else and then renaming them in a couple weeks. She decided to name them, Simba and Nala. Not something I would choose, but it's still pretty cute.

In equally exciting news... we FINALLY managed to get Cas and Violet together!! They just sniffed around on each other and acted like it was no big deal. They slept in separate pouches last night, so I guess there wont be any sleepovers for a while. LaVaughn carried them around in a bonding pouch a little while ago and they did fairly good. They each stayed in opposite corners, with Cas crabbing on occasion. Violet did make her way over to him at one point and even sat on top of him. Hopefully this time next week they're inseparable!

As excited as I am about the two of them being together, I'm extremely bummed that Chloe is alone now. :( She hates Cas now and wants nothing to do with him, so we're basically screwed. We were wanting to leave all three of them together for another month or two, but I don't know how that will work. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

I can't remember what the last thing I said about getting a ley boy from Annette was. Well, my friends, her pair had twin leus!! One boy and one girl!! So, if all goes well, we'll be adding a little leu boy to our family in about 6-7 weeks. I'm SO excited!! :D

Okay, I suppose I've rambled enough for now.

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are the twin mosaic joeys!

Nala

Simba

Nala

Simba

Nala

Cas and Violet, snuggled up in the bonding pouch:

You can just tell how offended he his, but aren't they so cute together? :)

Birds of a feather...

I know this is going to get old really fast, but I got some more pictures of the ducks today. They're basically the same as the ones before, the ducklings are just slightly larger today. The ducklings are the cutest thing in the world, but they're not the friendliest. I make sure to handle, play with, and feed them every day so that they know they can trust me. So far, my progress is sucking! I think I may Google, "How to bond with your ducklings." later.

I've been wanting to socialize with the chicks lately, but it's been so damn cold! I really don't understand Mother Natures new "version" of spring. I mean, I hate the heat as much as the next person, but an upcoming snow storm!? Blows my mind!

It amazes me how quickly a few snow flurries will bring out birds! I walked outside to do something earlier and noticed all the little birds fluttering around the trees. My first instinct, grab the camera! Which I did. I didn't get the best pictures in the world, but I got some pretty good ones.

I also read on Facebook a little while ago that Stacie and Justin made it back to the US from their cruise. You know what that means... she's going to want her gliders back very soon. :( But, I can only imagine how bad she wants to see them. I couldn't imagine being away from my animals for over two weeks. I would die!

Love & Peace

-Megan

The Welsh Harlequin Ducklings

The Wild Birds

"Bit windy today, eh?"

Tip of the day...

Everyday around 2PM, I like to check on Kira and her joeys, just in case there would be an extra little body part or two hanging out. As I pulled the pouch out, I noticed a little tail with what appeared to be a large, white area. As I very gingerly pulled the little tail up -- all the while keeping Kira preoccupied with yoggies -- I noticed that it was the tiny white tip joey's tail. This confused me a great deal, considering I could have swore that I saw a larger white chunk. As I looked a little close, I saw that not one, but BOTH joey tails were hanging out!!

And my conclusions were right... we have a tiny white tip and a very large white tip!! Ahh, I'm so excited!!

In other, equally exciting news, my aunt got us 6 new chicks today! They're around the same size as our other chicks, so they can go straight to the chicken house. She got 3 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Leghorns. They are SO beautiful and all pullets!! The white chicks remind me of doves for some reason. They actually look nothing like them, so I don't get why I see that.

In glider news... LaVaughn and I got all of Stacie's gliders out today, fed them mealworms, took their picture and even recorded a short video, per Stacie's request. They're all so cute and really love mealies! Button nearly took my finger when she dropped her worm. Apparently the tips of my gingers and tiny, squirmy and worm like.

Omg, I almost forgot about this! All of our rats got on famously the first few days, now everyone is spatting and fighting! The newbies stay balled up in the corner and Emilie and Sally act like they run the place. I mean, I know it was theirs first, but they're being total bullies! The fighting went on all day and night, we finally just had to separate them. We have the new girls in a smaller cage in another room. I freaking hate that they're fighting like this! Sucks balls. Now we're going to have to try to slowly introduce them. *sigh*

Okay, I'm out for now.

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here's Kira's second white tip sugar glider joey!!

Our new Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn chicks!

Here's Charlie! Long time no see, eh? :)

Here's Button! Isn't she a doll? :)

And lastly, beautiful Miss Stitch! :)