Well, not a lot of time to post pics. I have some, including some of a new cage, but I haven't loaded them up to photobucket or this site yet. Everybody is good, but the vet thinks Petunia has cystic ovaries, so her time here is limited. She is already a year and a half which is the life expectancy for her type of hamster, so I knew that was coming. I really love the specialists in this town, willing to work on any type of animal, even a tiny elderly hamster! She's still quite active and full of personality, although she doesn't like me much (never has). She does sleep more and more, it seems. I just hope she can live out her remaining time happily and without pain.
We've all made the first half of the Christmas journey to the families, which is tiring. They've been good bunnies so far, except they like to eat my parents' rug fringe!
For Christmas I made bunny cookies, which are a variation on the "Rabbit Smack Snacks" in the Amy Sedaris book. I used fresh kale, applesauce, pumpkin puree, pellets, oats, flax seed, and hay. Kale was put in the food processer, and the pellets, oats, and seeds were ground in a coffee grinder. All mixed together to make a wet but moldable dough, and baked on greased cookie sheets at 350 until dry. I also left them in the oven overnight after I turned it off to try out completely. They're good and crunchy, and all 4 like them!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
I love the pictures of the wee ones disapproving on the suitcase. Is that their little perch? I love the bunny slippers pictures of Tony and Muffin, too. Petunia is a cutie (I miss having a hamster). The pictures of the Petunia-'tocks made me giggle. 
