Peg's Place - 2009

[Fancy77]

I am happy to hear you have a better outlook today...I call them bad days basement days...cuz that is where I'd like to hide in all day. if only I could tho.

 

[TinysMom]

I'm currently trying to breed Hermes and Sophia outside in the dog kennel area - and about to take pictures - so I'll post them soon.

 

[TinysMom]

TinysMom wrote:

I'm currently trying to breed Hermes and Sophia outside in the dog kennel area - and about to take pictures - so I'll post them soon.

:banghead:banghead:banghead:banghead:banghead:banghead

Maybe tomorrow will work out better...

 

[JadeIcing]

TinysMom wrote:

TinysMom wrote:

I'm currently trying to breed Hermes and Sophia outside in the dog kennel area - and about to take pictures - so I'll post them soon.

:banghead:banghead:banghead:banghead:banghead:banghead

Maybe tomorrow will work out better...

Who is not in the "mood"?

 

[TinysMom]

Sophia wants NOTHING to do with Hermes....at all.

She is now sulking by the refrigerator cause I dared to breed her without asking her who SHE wanted to be bred with...

(I wonder if she secretly promised Mercury that they would be together..).

 

[TinysMom]

About to head to bed.....went to Walmart tonight for Zeus' greens and wound up buying a small tree (well - not a tree really) - and a couple of other things to decorate for Christmas...and I'm kinda excited. I'm going to wait till Art is sleeping later this week (like after Thanksgiving - or that afternoon) and clean off the breakfast bar and decorate it for Christmas. I even got pine candles - which have a special meaning for us (I'll share later).

Also - Athena has started hanging out behind the tv...and if she were to be pregnant from before - I would think she was scouting out a spot to have her babies...

Good thing we found her hiding spot and got her locked up again...

 

[TinysMom]

I am so excited...I HATE HATE HATE Black Friday...but...Tractor Supply is having their pet crates on sale for 40% off. That means I can get a crate/kennel the same size as Nyx's for $71 instead of $120. I was going to have to get one for each of the girls soon as they get ready to have litters...

I'm going to check those measurements against Nyx's pen - but if it is the same (which I think it is) - then I'm getting up early Friday morning to go get one....or maybe two.

 

[TinysMom]

Sharing some of my favorite West Wing Thanksgiving moments..

President Bartlet calls the Butterball Hotline

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LLNp4E1HI]President Bartlet hands down his knife set[/ame]

This next set of three comes from the West Wing episode "Shibboleth" where some Chinese refugees are seeking asylum because of their religion. It was the Thanksgiving episode one year..

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwLj2qIT4k]Shibboleth[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5RGxE2_G0I]The President interviews one of the Chinese[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=segppn0zTsE]This is a great job - President Bartlet[/ame]

and finally - the turkey episode...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cDKIPJRTxs]Where do the turkeys go?[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcCgmjqDA7k]Pardon another turkey?[/ame]

 

[TinysMom]

Here are some of the photos that I took the other day when I took Hermes and Sophia outside to hopefully mate them. The thought was that if they had time to "play" it might get her more in the mood. Ha ha.

Hermes has an abscess on his back and you may see where we lanced it to drain it and then cleaned it out with vanodine...trust me - he's fine and he's doing good.

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I know I'll find you if I look hard enough...

[/align][align=center]You can't see me hiding behind the bucket....

[/align][align=center]I don't know why this one tickled me so - but it did....

[/align][align=center]Sophia: Back away...[/align][align=center]Hermes: Doesn't this grass taste good? I bet its even better over by you...
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[/align][align=center]Mama...go away....we need PRIVACY

[/align][align=center]Mama - stay here and tell this little twerp to leave me alone...

[/align][align=center]I can't believe you're in agreement with his ideas! I don't want babies from HIM...

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I had been really discouraged about Hermes till I started looking at him through the camera lens - especially his back feet. I need to remember that he is the YOUNGEST of my group by several weeks and he still has a bunch of growing to do. He could turn out to be really nice after all.
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[SweetSassy]

I love this picture! He is a gorgeous bunny. He has a pretty/ handsome face. Lol. And she is beautiful, I can't wait to see the babies if they mate inkbouce:

 

[TinysMom]

SweetSassy wrote:

I love this picture! He is a gorgeous bunny. He has a pretty/ handsome face. Lol. And she is beautiful, I can't wait to see the babies if they mate inkbouce:

He did get her one time...so we'll see. She was SOOO upset I didn't press my luck as I can still wait for babies....

If Athena IS pregnant from when I thought she was (she put on 5 ounces from Sunday through Thursday) - then he is the daddy of that litter...

 

[TinysMom]

Ok - gotta share.

I was using Sophia's new cage to hold some of the Christmas decorations for the photo shoot...had moved most of them out...but the girls seemed to like the garland so they pulled it down into Athena's brand new cage.

By the way - the tiles were really dirty because Art took them from outside to see if they would work for the shelf he was making in the cage. I'm running them through the dishwasher now to clean them up!

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[/align][align=center]If you look closely - you can see that they dragged the garland back to the litter box!
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[SweetSassy]

AwwwThey wanna decorate for Christmas too.

 

[TinysMom]

And its a litter box built for two...

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[TinysMom]

Just a note for myself....dear sweet Athena has put on 7 1/2 ounces since last Sunday....

Today is day 27 of the original "pregnancy watch"....she gets a nestbox tomorrow.

 

[TinysMom]

TinysMom wrote:

Just a note for myself....dear sweet Athena has put on 7 1/2 ounces since last Sunday....

Today is day 27 of the original "pregnancy watch"....she gets a nestbox tomorrow.

Dear sweet Cathy, aka BlueGiants, has been such an encouragement to me....until tonight.

I have been pm'ing with her about Athena and her weight gain, etc and mentioned that I was hoping it was on track for a SMALLER litter. Cathy replied that it is hard to tell - she could have four huge babies or 9 or 10 smaller babies...

Gee thanks.

She then went on to say, "Don't worry...I don't think she'll have more than 9 or 10..."

I told her that with friends like her - I don't need my mother! :biggrin2:

Seriously though - the excitement is building here - at least for me. I'm preparing the nestbox after supper tonight (I can't believe how HUGE a flemish giant nestbox is) and I'm going to give it to Athena tonight in hopes that she'll go back to using her litterbox....because she's only been storing her hay in her litterbox and pooping on the floor (and she had good litterbox habits).

She's becoming a little love bug to me when I come sit on the floor near her cage and open the door for her....

Anyway - just had to record my thoughts - and the excitement. Next Wednesday will be day 31...but Cathy says hers often go to day 32....

 

[NorthernAutumn]

Well, am looking forward to getting a delivery from Texas, Peg! Preferably something in a crate with big ears...fawn in colour if you can do it

 

[TinysMom]

NorthernAutumn wrote:

Well, am looking forward to getting a delivery from Texas, Peg! Preferably something in a crate with big ears...fawn in colour if you can do it

Since I'm breeding in light grey, white and black - that would be quite an accomplishment to send you something in fawn!

 

[TinysMom]

The nestbox is now in (even though tomorrow is day 28). I told her just to think "have babies early" and pretend that today is day 28...

 

[Wabbitdad12]

I think Cathy is having a little too much fun with this!