Sadie, my love...

I just lost a big piece of my heart 40 minutes ago. My sweet, sweet angel crossed the rainbow bridge in my hands. I'm in shock, it doesn't seem real, I don't want it to be real.

She was my first glider that I adopted in 2009. She was such a rotten little thing that insisted on biting me every chance she got for well over a month. After she settled down and realized that I wasn't trying to murder her while trying to give her kisses and treats, we had a bond like no other.

I don't have favorites among my gliders, but if I did Sadie would be at the top of the list. My heart hurts so much right now, I can barely think.

I'm just in complete and utter shock over this. I can't stop crying and I just feel sick all over. I miss her so much already and she hasn't even been gone an hour. I'm having a very, very hard time with this, so I'm going to go. I'll try to explain things later this week.

I love you so, so much my sweet angel. I'll never forget you and will always keep you in my heart...

April 12th 2009 - July 12th 2016

I love you Sadie, my sweet and special angel.

Joeys and thangs...

It's been an extremely hot and humid evening today, but I braved it so that I could capture a few pictures of the joeys. I didn't include Petunia and Pansy in the lineup, mainly because these photos were taken outside (the girls are too old).

Speaking of, we're going to Columbia, Missouri tomorrow to meet up with their new mom. Never been to Columbia before, not that I can remember, anyways. We also have to go through Rolla, which I hear is a crappy area, plus we have to drive through Jeff city! It's going to be a long and interesting day, that's for sure.

I snapped a couple pictures of some flowers, but that's the extent. I've not been into taking pictures lately, so this was kind of forced in a way. Nothing has been the same since the end of April, it just hasn't.

Anyways, I do not want to go down that road. That's basically all I have to say, I'm not sure when I'll blog next. We're off to Columbia tomorrow, I have to take Sadie to the vet Thursday as well as help LaVaughn cook for the reunion that evening, then we leave for Eminence Friday evening, we have the reunion Saturday, then I have to work all day Sunday. It's going to be a very busy week.

-Megan

Pretty flowers:

Gendry:

Nanook:

Nymeria:

Pretty vines:

For the love of cat grass...

I'm trying to keep my mind far from the fact that we just lost Pip a few days ago. The glider room isn't the same, nothing is when it comes to the gliders. It's nearly impossible not to think of him because I have Sadie next to me all the time. She's still a long way away from being better, so I keep her in a bonding pouch loaded with blankets all the time. I have to give her meds every 12 hours plus I'm handing feeding her (she's holding food now) and offer her something to drink every hour it seems.

I still can't believe he's gone, I don't want it to be real...

I thought, since my last blog was so depressing, that I would share some cute pictures of Zoe eating some cat grass. We picked this up over a week ago and have been watering it and keep it in the sunlight, just like the instructions said. Well it's completely flourished and is so rich and lovely. Zoe highly approves, as you'll be able to see from the following pictures.

-Megan

Cat grass fever:

A death and an anniversary...

It's a very sad day around here as we lost one of our very first boys, Pip. I honestly don't know what happened to him, this was all so sudden and unexpected. 

Pip would have tuned 7 at the end of this month. I still remember the day we picked him up back in October of 2009. He was always such a sweet and special boy. Never bit a day in his life and very rarely crabbed. He was an excellent daddy up until he got neutered a few years ago. I'm so saddened right now and just completely heartbroken.

Today is also Doug and Kyan's 1 year wedding anniversary. I'm trying so hard to be happy and think of something nice to say, but I'm so completely and utterly heartbroken. It just does not seem real. I kept thinking it was all a dream today while I was at work, but I knew it wasn't. I just don't understand. 

Pip was sick with a sinus infection several weeks ago, but that cleared up with two separate sets of antibiotics. His cage mate, Sadie, has been sick for the past two weeks as well, but what she has is completely unrelated. She had a severe URI that we're treating with clavamox and lots of liquids. Not only am I sad, but I can't imagine what she must be going through. She just lost her cage mate of 6 years on top of being sick. 

I've been keeping her with me basically 24/7. She's only in her cage while I sleep or while I'm at work. I hope that's enough to keep her mind off of losing him. 

Glide free my sweet and special boy. You are always in my heart and will be forever missed.

June 27th 2009 - June 1st 2016

Sugar glider joey picture recap!

So, I'm WAY behind on joey pics. As I'm sure you all know, I've taken dozens if not hundreds of joey pics over the last couple months. With that being said, I'm NOT uploading that many. I'll start out with one of each of the joeys. As I get closer to what I've taken recently, I may add more. Okay, here goes...

May 12th

Petunia

Pansy

May 19th

Petunia

Pansy

May 26th

Petunia

Pansy

June 8th

Petunia

Pansy

Petunia & Pansy

June 14th

Nanook

Nymeria

June 16th

Petunia

Pansy

June 23rd

Petunia

Pansy

Nanook

Nymeria

Gendry

And now, pictures from today:

Gendry

Nanook

Nymeria