In all seriousness, I think I finally figured out why the breeder wanted me to take Zoey instead of the sister and she gave me such a good price. Zoey has vision problems. I've known for a while, but I guess I was in denial about it and hoping it would go away. I DO have the right lighting, it's not that. She walks into things alot. I mean after she looks at something she goes right into it. Her depth perception is off too. Anyone else's eardie's eyes not work together? Meaning one is looking up while the other is looking down or back? She's not blind, don't get me wrong, but her sight isn't good. I think that's why she won't chase crickets. The breeder fed dubia and she had no problems with those but they were alot bigger. They have to be in just the right spot for her to see them. Alot of times it will take 5 or 6 times for her to get them in her mouth
while I hold them still. She will keep trying again and again but miss. But if I dip them in baby food and make them bigger, she will get them the first time.
Poor girlie. Could be why she devours the baby food too, cause she can see the syringe coming...she will start licking as soon as she sees it. Sweet little thing.
And she is able to pick the carrots out of her greens if they are big enough. She has started to do alot of walking into walls though.
I've also wondered why, when I let her walk around, she only takes a few steps then stops and waits for quite a few seconds before she takes another few steps. In 2 weeks she still hasn't gotten to the other side of the couch (it's a sectional). I don't want her over there anyway, she can get under the TV stand, under the couch, between the cushions, etc. But I love her no matter what, I'm actually glad I got her instead of the sister causes no one would take as good of care as her and I do.
Anyway, here we go again, another day, another bunch of pictures! Of course, we did the box again. This time though instead of staying on me and not going onto the blanket, she jumped off of me and ran around, trying to jump out, when that didn't work she went to the corners and tried to jump/dig out. I don't know what has gotten into her. :?
"Don't just sit there pointing that phone at me mommy, help me dig out!!"
"Woe is me."
Sure is hot in here!
So since she was so neurotic in the box, I figured it was time to work on another harness. So I got all of my scrap material that I have been using to make blankies, a bunch of shoelaces, soft cords, etc. I put her blanket down first so she didn't get cold on the bare floor since the AC was on. Here is Zoey helping me...
This is the inside of one of the hoodies I took apart to make her nice soft pink blankies.
She liked the fluffy cotton stuff on what used to be the inside of the hoodie.
I put it right in front of her to see if she would jump on it....she did.
The material that her first harness was made of....(please excuse the mess, I just dumped the bag upside down to see what was in there. lol
She reminds me of a little bulldog when she stands like this. lol
Look at this sweet little face.
) Yes, that is baby food all over her face.
I closed the doors to the linen closet, the bathroom, Mariah's bedroom and the room my husband turned into his computer room (aka "the cave"). There are gaps under all of the doors, but the one into the computer room was plenty big enough for her to crawl under, especially on the bottom right. She started wandering off to that part and (discretely watching her) continued her way all the way from the right side of the closed door to the left. Then she jumped up and tried to climb her way in, standing on her back legs. :? I'm telling you, her sight is pretty bad.
Could be why she freaks out in the box...she doesn't really grasp what it is. Oh well, I love her even more.
Well that's it for today's log. Have a great night everyone and stay safe!!
Tracey
