Thumper AKA fuzzy butt!

[whitelop]

The Queen has like 14 corgi's! She LOVES them. I do too, I always think of her when I think about corgi's. My mom has a corgi/pomeranian. He's got a corgi body and colors but he's got long fur like a pomeranian; he's really cute.

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Wow, a deer whisperer is too cool. I would love to be one. But yes, I would also be afraid that they would not run away from hunters.

Whip-poor-wills are cool birds. I've heard them before they sound so nice.

Irish Wolfhounds are cool! I like how big they are. I'd love to get one too. Maybe someday.

 

[PaGal]

The whippoorwill's hang out in our yard at times so we have been lucky enough to see them. If we go outside or get too close then they fly off although they don't fly too far at once and fly very low.

The irish wolfhound is the tallest dog in the world. I saw one in a yard I walked by when I was young. I have only seen them on tv on the dog shows and at the breeders I went to. Once I saw them in person at the breeders that was it for me. They are supposed to be couch potatoes when inside but it's recommended that you have at least 3 acres for them to run.

We had a neighbor down the road growing up that had a corgi. His name was Champ and I adored him. He used to come up to play with my dog. He was an escape artist. He also loved to chase skunks. Once I went to go outside at night in the summer and as I stepped out onto the porch Champ flew through our door and into our house where he had never been before and he was so low to the ground and went by so fast I barely noticed a thing. Till the smell hit. He had just been sprayed by a skunk and I got yelled at for letting his stinky self into the house. I still liked him though, he was so happy go lucky!

I have a mutt. He's great dane, hound and pitt bull. He's 107lbs and a knucklehead as we lovingly call him. He loves people especially kids but is protective, all animals, doesn't chew, his potty habits are excellent but he is also OCD in ways and clueless as well. I feed him twice a day. After he eats he will then drink. He chokes himself each and every time. It's not bad enough he chokes himself each and every time but when he finishes drinking he immediately heads to the doors in the den. We have two doors and they are mostly glass. Immediately after drinking he goes into the den and stands in front of the doors, choking and sprays water and saliva all over the glass. Twice a day every stinkin' day since we moved in two years ago. Things like that he does that drives one crazy but we do love him and he is the girls best friend. The best b-day party they had was when them and six of their friends tried playing tug with him in the yard. All the kids fell over but hung on as he pulled them around and around the yard. No one wanted to go home after that.

I should start a comic like Marmaduke.Ha!

 

[PaGal]

I am so tired right now. I can barely keep my eyes open. This is what happens when you get older and after having kids, 9:30pm on a Friday evening I used to be ready to go and wanting to have fun. Now all I can think about is sleep. Sigh.

All the kitties are doing well and they are growing so much. They used to seem like they spent just a little time sleeping and the rest of the time squirming around to find a nipple and then nursing. Now they spend more time sleeping. The smallest one was standing up a little today and trying to walk but he was so very wobbly, major wobbly. One of the kittens eyes are starting to open. They are only open a tiny bit but enough that I can see eyes in there.

There funny if you watch them and don't think of them as just helpless kittens. I was watching one of the grey ones sleeping on it's back. It's mouth was open a little and one of the other kittens squirmed and stuck it's back paw in the grey kittens open mouth and the grey kitten just slept on. It's just funny. The three grey ones as I call them are almost like triplets although if you pay close attention there are slight differences. One thing they have in common is their whiny. When they realize their hungry and start trying to find their way to nurse they do this whiny sounding meowing, when one of the other kittens is in their way while trying to nurse they meow, when mom grooms them they meow and when they are trying to get comfy to sleep they will meow. And it's a whiny meow. The other two sometimes will meow when mom grooms or for a moment when I pick them up.

Now we have to worry about Isabelle. The past few days she runs to get outside. Hubby saw her right near the front of our property. Our neighbors are between us and the road but hubby is worrying about her going that far . My first thought with the way she runs outside is not letting her get pregnant again. I'm not sure how soon after having a litter a cat can get pregnant again but we don't need that. There are enough unwanted cats in this world. They say pregnancy makes them stay close to home and I guess it did have that affect on her. She stayed right near the house. I'm sure she knows there are male cats around or at least were so I'm not sure if that's why she seems to want out so much.

I feel bad because the neighbor boy came over to give us some eggs today and I asked one of the girls if they had told him we had kittens. I know he likes animals. Our dog just loves him to death. He has a cat named Puss -N-Boots. he loves, loves, loves this cat. So I thought he would like to see the kittens since he likes animals and does like cats. Well it turns out he thinks his cat is missing. I'm not sure how long it has been since he saw it last because Angela talked to him not me but I feel so bad. I know his cat is unneutered which I think is a very bad idea when it comes to cats but it's possible he wandered farther than normal and will be back but he may not. You know I would have never had the girls tell him if I knew his cat was missing.

Maybe I should put a little cat food out so if his cat is around I might at least get to see it and let him know.

Thumper is shedding more than he has before. He's messy looking.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

Awww poor little boy! I would put a little food out too

 

[whitelop]

My male cat started to wander more and more as he reached like a year old, so I knew it was the time to get him neutered. They just wander off chasing female cats and something always seems to happen to them. That poor kid, I bet he's worried to death.

The kittens sound so funny and adorable. I remember our kittens being so funny to watch! I don't remember how it works with the mama cat getting pregnant again, but I would be very wary of letting her outside.

I know what you mean about being so tired at 9 on a Friday night! haha. My son stayed with my MIL last night and we went somewhere and got home at like 9, I was like okay bed time! haha. We went to bed at like 11, I was exhausted. hahaha.

 

[PaGal]

I heard and then saw a bob white yesterday so that was cool. I was disappointed the clouds headed our way because it kept us from seeing any of the shooting stars that night. I swear every time there is something going on in the sky it's either too cloudy to see or it happens like at 4 am and there is just no way I can be up then. We do see a lot of shooting stars here though. I have probably seen about seven in the past two years. Another plus to living in the country. Usually it's when we take the dog potty at night.

The girls had a friend spend the weekend with us plus we had the usual gaggle of racers over. I swear the girls had it in for us. One of the twins woke us up at about 4 am on Friday because she had an accident and couldn't remember what she is supposed to do because it has been so long. Then 2:25 am Saturday the other twin woke us up needing a breathing treatment. Then at 5 am the other twin woke us up again because everyone was camped out in the oldest girls room. Well the twin rolled out of bed and when she stood up to get back into bed she stepped on a sewing needle that belongs to the oldest. Of course it went into her foot. She's ok though. Then Sunday the one twin again woke us up at 5am for a breathing treatment. So much for catching up on sleep on the weekend.

All of the kittens eyes are open and they seem to enjoy being held more. It's funny though how they holler whenever mom starts to wash them. It's just like trying to wash a two year olds face. Ha.

Thumper is in the dog house this morning. I'm not a morning person so any day I have to be up this early starts with one strike against it. Then I ran out of creamer, I swear I've had a mini stroke or I would have realized sooner I was getting low. Then the girls got into an argument over a crayon which is not what I needed to hear. Then Thumper dumped his pellet dish in his litter box. I just washed his dish and bowl yesterday which I do every other day. He spilt his water all over. that was made worse by all the hay scattered around his cage. I expected the hay. I bought him a large bag of timothy hay. It's Kaytee brand but it is green, really long strands and makes me wish I liked hay because it smells so good.

Usually I clean his cage in the early afternoon but since he left such a mess I did it this morning and the whole time he was all up in my face and in the way. He was pestering me for his pellets. I actually pushed him out of his cage once because he started trying to eat the paper towel I was using.

So now everyone better just leave me be till I have had my coffee!!!

Oh and for the first time Thumper is truly molting, the fur being around is not crazy yet but you can definitely see that he is losing hair. He looks funny with stripes of missing fur. I usually give him fresh water in the morning and then again before I go to bed but I'm giving him fresh three times a day now just because it gets some hair in it. He spends more time in his cage because he will go in to eat his hay more now. Sometimes he will sit outside it and pull strands through the side of the cage. I have also seen him laying in it twice.

 

[whitelop]

Its good that he likes his cage so much and that its bigger so its more accomedating for his large rump!
I totally feel you on the messy rabbits right now. Ellie made a huge mess last night and I swear I can't even look at her right now. I was forced to give her a pen last night, because she was scratching at the hardware cloth of her door and making the door slam and then she dumped her fresh bowl of pellets into her fresh water dish. All of this at 11pm as I was trying to get IN the shower! Monday's are weird days for us and always late days because of my husbands disc golf league, so its just an off day. But she was cruisin' for a bruisn' last night!

Awww I bet your kittens are SO cute! I want a little tiny kitten to cuddle!

I had a morning like that this morning, but not to your extreme degree! AJ likes to wake up and be really whiny and before coffee I'm like a devil woman and it grates on my nerves! So when he's whining at me for walking into the kitchen, I just want to scream! haha. Its like you can still see me, I'm trying to get YOUR breakfast and you're whining at me! God forbid I walk into the front room to get some chicken feed or something because then he thinks I'm leaving and will say bye then freak out and have a total meltdown! Meanwhile, I've walked through glass paned french doors and he can SEE me.
Thats one of the reasons I'm hesitant about having another kid, because they'll fight and argue and I can't deal with that crap early in the morning. haha. I'm also not a morning person. My mom was when I was growing up and I was always like "its morning, why the hell are you so cheery?!" haha. I do okay most mornings, but it only takes one minuscule thing to set me off in the morning and ruin my morning and then put me in a weird mood all day!

Sorry your weekend was so rough! Thats a lot of kid related wake ups, wow. Haha.

 

[PaGal]

Whitelop...My hubby just commented the other day that I will have trouble letting the kittens go but he also knows I believe they are better companions when you start handling them as soon as possible. Plus I figure I will enjoy them while I can. We would never purposely have a pregnant animal since their are too many unwanted ones. I keep wanting to bring one in and jut sit on the couch with it.

I guess when I'm up early I am already feeling grumpy but I keep it to myself and after I wake up somewhat I'm fine but yah it doesn't take much for the morning grumpiness to last during the day and I cannot stand arguing. When my kids were growing up they didn't argue as much. I have a son and a daughter. I think having an odd number makes it worse because there are times two of them will try to exclude the third. I think too my son and daughter spent less time together. They spent time in their own room doing their own thing. The girls are almost always together. So I think sometimes they just need a break from each other. We'll see next year because the oldest will be in middle school. Plus there are things that go on when they are at their mothers that gives them reason to argue.

Is AJ more whiny in the morning? It could be that he's not a morning person either. It's kind of sweet in a way that he whines when you are not near him but yah whining is annoying for sure. When my son was young I had a cup and a bowl for him, each had a lid. I would fill the cup with milk at night and put it in the fridge and I would put some cheerios which he loved in the bowl at night and in the morning I would sit him down with those and he would be happy long enough for me to drink a cup of coffee. Then I would give him some fruit or whatever else was for his breakfast.

The hubby and the girls are morning people. So is the dog, cats and Thumper so I am just surrounded by animals and people that are full of energy and ready to go when all I want is another hour or two of sleep.

 

[PaGal]

Would anyone like to come be me for the day? Apparently the black cloud floating above my head today is not going anywhere anytime soon. I went outside to clean Thumper's litter box and it seems our hose is not screwed onto the faucet tightly. My pants are now pretty damp, just this side of dripping and of course I was dressed to run out to buy some creamer.

 

[whitelop]

AJ is whiny a lot of the time, especially if he's tired. It is kind of sweet, but sometimes, I'm just be quiet I'm right here! haha. What I usually do is put my coffee on and while my coffee is brewing I get his breakfast ready and usually by the time I'm done making his breakfast my coffee is done and I can start on my own breakfast while I'm drinking my first cup of coffee.
Its a pretty good system for me, but sometimes he stands at the baby gate and whines for whatever. Usually if I can give him his milk or food he'll focus on that long enough for me to get my breakfast started. haha.

I could imagine it would be difficult with the odd number of kids. With them all being around the same age and talking and being together all the time, its probably mind boggling. haha.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Makes me glad sometimes I live on my own lol.

Sounds like you had a rough day Denise...as they say, these things are sent to try us....and see how much we can take. Some days don´t you just wish you´d never got out of bed haha.

 

[PaGal]

Morgan...Sometimes the three of them just make my brain vibrate. They are good kids. They all do like to talk at once so when they go to bed my ears usually buzz but I have actually learned to follow more than one conversation at a time.

Chris...there are more of those days than I care to think about. Usually I just take it in stride because by this point I am pretty used to it but sometimes it gets to be a bit much. Yes, there definitely are times I wish I had never gotten out of bed.

 

[PaGal]

So I finally made myself go buy some creamer. I won't be shopping for a few days and just could not wait that long. Of course the store near us had none, none at all. The next stop doesn't carry creamer either. I didn't think so but was really hoping since it would have shortened my trip by half. So I had to go to Wal-Marts. Now usually I shop early to avoid crowds and thought that was why it was so crowded till the check out lady said it was food stamp day.

The kittens are starting to purr. It's so funny because I heard the noise and thought it kind of sounded like purring but not quite. Isabelle purrs really loud so I knew it wasn't her. I touched the one kitty I thought it was coming from and I was right. They are trying to walk but they are still so herky, jerky. They are gaining some control over their heads every day.

I could be wrong and it just be coincidence but sometimes when I go to the cage and squat down one or two will start to meow and then make their way to the door of the cage. It's open right now because I know if they would get out it would just be accidental and that Isabelle would bring them back into the cage but very soon I will ziptie a piece of card board across the front. Short enough for Isabelle to jump out but high enough the kittens can't get out.

 

[JBun]

I'm not a morning person either, and need absolute quite for a few hours, til I get some blood flowing into my brain. Too much noise is not good. One reason I like rabbits. They are usually pretty quite. Usually

All this talk of rabbits dumping dishes makes me glad I have ones that attach to their cages. I do have one dish left that doesn't attach, and that's about to change. I couldn't take Dakota dumping her dish anymore.

With all this talk of kittens, I thought you guys would like this. This was a post on facebook that I thought was pretty cute. That pink thing in there is a baby bunny.

'Yesterday I discovered one of the babies from my most recent litter missing, leaving the doe with only one baby. I fostered the remaining baby to another doe, and just assumed the kit had died and she ate it. Well my barn kitty has a litter of kittens only a few days old, and thought she had moved them so I went and looked in the box and this is what I find! Not sure how it happened but the kit was fat, warm and happy! He is now with his new bunny foster mommy! Just thought I'd share.'

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Aww, that's cute that the kittens are starting to purr. They are really growing up. I love kittens. Such adorable little things.

Aww, Jenny. That is pretty cute! I can't believe the baby bunny ended up with the kittens. He looks so comfortable sleeping with the little kitties, lol. So the mother cat fed the baby bunny? That's so cute! And I'm glad he was okay drinking cat milk.

 

[PaGal]

Jenny...yes, usually they are quite. The worst with Thumper is when he rattles the one baby gate wanting out. I have learned my lesson and will be purchasing a bowl that will attach to the cage for his water. I guess I should also look for one he can't get off the side of the cage for pellets as well so he can't dump it in the litter box.

That pic was cute and incredible. I guess the barn cat felt it could handle another baby!

 

[PaGal]

ILoveMyRabbit...they are cute! But I'm a sucker for any baby animal.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

Awww that's sweet luckily everyone here is really good about not spilling their bowl. But Buster peed in his food bowl the other day. I was mad. But at least he ate the food first lol!

 

[PaGal]

Katie...that would make one mad but I know we can never stay mad at them for long. Yes, at least he did not ruin his food. He seems like a character. I have viewed your bonding videos and there is just something about his face. He is adorable. I feel so bad for Pheobe though. All she wants is a little lovin'!