I was really worried about Gabriel when a friend reminded me of the mix I tell everyone about. So Wednesday I made up a batch and Gabriel ate 5 ml, then he ate 6 worms this am and his fat pads are back on his head. They had sunk in and he wasn't eating, but the mix got his appetite going again. They all had baths and got fed this am, then I walked Bella, ate & got ready for work. It's amazing what you can do with 3 hours when you get up at 7:30a!
And the grandkids are going to Eric and Traci's apartment now, it's so wonderful to have my place to myself again, especially because I'm working full-time again. I get so tired by Friday night, it's wonderful to have peace and quiet when I get home. I called Eric this afternoon and he said the kids took to Traci right away, plus she went with him to pick up the kids (she wasn't working this evening) and even Tara liked her. So that's all good. After 6 mo of having them here every weekend, starting Friday night, I was glad to hand that over to Traci. I'm hoping that keeps working out because I gave them all the stuff I had here! Now I can visit them at Eric's place like a real grandma!
I still have Bella, so she gets me out walking every morning and night and more often on the weekends. Eric's knee is getting worse again, plus he put out his back and hip, so we both went to my chiro on Thursday and that really helped him. We both go back tomorrow. I also lent him my car (don't even use it during the week unless I'm going to the chiro as take public transport to work every day) so we'll get it back to me when I need it, like for food shopping tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise there's a great shuttle bus that I take to work in the am, it goes to my gym, too, even though I get 2 hours free parking when I'm there for 2 hours. I haven't been to the gym for 4 years, so have 2 training sessions ($20 each, very cheap!) to help me get started again. I lost alot of weight when I was so sick (it turns out it's part of my back problem) and want to keep it off, but also need to work up my muscle mass in my back. Need to get my back stronger now that I'm back to work full-time. The rest of me needs a work out, too, but walking with Bella every day for 6 mo has helped my legs alot. Still I need the exercise, so this will help alot. I have 1 hour with the trainer on Monday (holiday up here) and then we'll book another hour when she's available.
I was so surprised to see Gabriel doing so well after eating the mix, so I'm going to continue giving it to him a few times a week. When he gets it, then Imp and the rest do, too, they all love it. I also need to get some worms, but am broke this weekend, so I can get 500 next weekend for $34 plus tax. There's nowhere else to get worms and being back at work, can't order them online. If I order from the States I have to pay alot extra, our Canadian$ is weaker than your US$ and it costs so much more. So I found a pet shop in Ontario where I can buy my supplements but I still can only get the Serrepeptase from Tracie thru Bug-de-lite (like you did). It costs me over $25 Cdn$ to buy 1 bottle, even though it's only $8 for the bottle, but shipping to Canada is $9.95 and then convert that to CDN$...it's crazy, but Gabriel gets 1 ml every day and I'm running out again. He seems to do much better with it and now that I'm back to work full-time, with a raise, I can afford it all. It's great to have full-time pay again!
And did I tell you that Nathaniel got out of his tank, off the sofa and was hiding behind the big roach tank? I found him Wed night when I got home. So put a 6" barrier on top of the back of his tank, and he can't get out anymore. He is my cowboy and it's nice to know he hasn't changed! He sure was cold because it was 23F that night, last of our very cold temps we've had for the last 2 mo! Now it's warmed up and has started raining again. We had 8 separate 2-3 day snowstorms since Dec 5, which is way out of the norm for us, and very cold temps. Now the temps are back to our normal, about 35-40F, which is much more normal. I'm hoping the snow is done and it will get back to misting and raining for the rest of the winter. It'll be good to not use up so much heating (electric). I just finished paying off Dec/Jan bill, the next one is going to be huge, it was so difficult to keep the temps up at night.
My crew says hi to Norberta and Mufasa