Hellooooo!
Im so sorry its been so long. I have been lurking, but I havent had the drive to post for a while.
We received some great news today so i thought I should pull myself together and get posting!
Where to start?
Well where else than the man himself?
Ruben!
Ruben has settled into his role as Alpha-Male. He is an attention-seeking, testosterone lovin' headbobbin' son of a gun.
He has also completely and utterly trained Mark.
When i get in every night Ruben is already smugly sitting on Marks chest, and all he has to do to get Mark to scurry over to him is lazily bob his head. He throws in a
black beard for affect too on occation.
We have to cover both tanks when we gt Rube out or he is intollerable, bobbing, stomping and tail slapping and he will try to attack their tanks.
Even with the tanks covered when he comes into the living room he'll put his beard on and have a casual bob to let the carpet know who's in charge. He'll shuffle around and bob at various things in the room before he makes his way back to mark or i for some warmth.
His eating it bothering us though. He had slowed down at the start of spring, eating salads but only protien every other day. This has declined protein more and more and we are currently on week two of no feeders. He's on baby food every third day in an attempt to get him back onto bugs. He hasnt lost any weight at all and my thinking is that his hormones are just all he can think of at the moment. We're taking him into the vets for a paracite screening anyway. The whole troop is going in for them.
So picture time!
This is what usually greets us if we have been out of the room too long.
Bearding with attitude.
Mid bob.
Now you see him....
Now you dont!
(this would be Rube running to attack the covered vivs)
Time to cool off mr!
Baff time?
Try it punk.
I'll get her next time.
Miso!
Miso is growing slowly but surely and is up to 15 and a half inches with tail nip! She is constantly in shed which is a good sign and she has an appetite like a tiny scaley horse.
She is still a very cuddley monster who loves to sit on her momma's chest.
At last a video of Miso nom-ing!
It was her second feed but as you can see she was still as keen as mustard to get going.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsFR5D1XznA
Getting messy eating Brambles.
Getting clean in the big-girl baff.
Here you can see her poorly wrist and what a beautiful little ring of yellow she has developed.
I call it her halo.
Drying off on the window.
Moving round to people watch.
Indulging in a schnooze.
Cute as a button right?
Billy Mays Here!
Billy is still an eating machine and a bundle of energy. Infact not 5 minutes ago did I get myself bitten because Billy was so enthusiastic about getting his Brambles.
On close inspection we've come to see that Billy has worn down his little teef eating all that wood :x Miso's teeth are more defined than his, and Rube has huge gnashers.
He seems to handle worms still but Im switching him onto a 50/50 worms and cricket diet now to give him something softer.
He has settled down with me now and although does have moods where HE will do what HE wants, he can now be pursuaded to snuggle and has fallen asleep with me a number of times.
:love5:
Billy's kitten harness
Sometimes he'll enjoy his baths and paddle, sometimes however we get deer-in-headlights static pose baths though.
Look at his blue sidebars though. Hubba Hubba!
He's been having trouble settling at night unless we tuck him into his blanket. He scratches at the ground, obviously being used to his woodchips. He seems to need to have his head burrowed into something, so I put a friend in there.
Billy will go to sleep whereever this bear is in his tank.
Oh no! Ive been rumbled! Quick... look manly.
Billy had his first day out!
Here he is catching his first rays on the pub's picnic table.
Grass didnt go so well on first try. He shot up me like a frightened cat.
MOMMY MOMMY ITS WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIERD.
He decided to inspect it from a distance to start with.
Then he used me as a climbing frame (as usual)
Before conquering the world of greenery.
PHEW!
hope that was enough for you guys ^_^
Please let me know how you all are.
Hugs x