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My Life With Pets
Barney the “Piano Player” formerly known as Barney the Cat
My kids love this cat, and I do too, but he has decided to start teaching himself how to play piano. He does this first thing in the morning and real late at night. I have been trying to catch him in the act with the camera for about a…
Turtle Tank Stand Build (Still Under Construction)- Still Working But…
So we discussed the fact that the tank stand and canopy weren't done and decided, that it shouldn't stop the turtles from having their new home. We decided to makeshift a canopy that would keep the cats out of the aquarium, so we could…
Megan’s Turtles in Their Temporary Home…
Megan was able to find 6 new family members for her new Turtle Tank. If you haven't read about it, please click here for details. Megan picked out turtles that we were told would stay small. We have a couple of 3 stripe mud turtles, a…
Turtle Tank and ReptiDay in Ft. Lauderdale May 20, 2017
We had another fun day checking out the reptiles and exotic animals. I mention the exotic animals, because there were hedgehogs, sugar gliders and even a monkey at the show. I'm not exactly comfortable around the snakes, but the rest of…
Camila, the Leopard Gecko – 42 and Cleaning the Enclosure
Camilla has been with us 42 days. I would have waited until it was two months to post this, but the ability to reference Douglas Adams for no reason whatsoever was too appealing. You either read Douglas Adams or you don't.
Anyways...…
If the girls can train for Gymnastics, so can I…
Cat on Stall Bars
We don't know exactly what Barney the Cat is thinking, but we do enjoy watching him get into fun positions on the stall bars. We have a set of stall bars setup for Megan and Margaret to use for condition training. One…
Hamster Tales – Mom threw the hamsters in the garbage…
We have always had dogs in my family. I guess I didn't really consider any of them my pet, because I never had to ask for one. Dogs were always part of the family. The first pet, I remember asking for was a hamster. I guess if you had to…
Aquarium Maintenance and Partial Water Changes
It all started with a goldfish...
It all started with a little goldfish I won at the Sarasota County Fair. I brought it home in the plastic bag. I was thirteen at the time. My Mom was always ready to give me and my brother money when we…