Happy 5th Birthday Lilly!

Today- (7/10/14) is Lilly's (my ferrets) 5th birthday. I can't believe I have owned a beautiful, cute and amazing animal for 5 years. I got Lilly in 2009 when she was around 7-8 weeks old.
We started the day by (lots of) playing, I made her a cardboard fort with tubes. I bought her two cute toys and made her salmon treats!
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and watch Lilly's birthday video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxncQttfw64

Meg

On the 6th of September, my old cat, Meg had her second year anniversary. Sadly, Meg was only six years old when she went to the other side of rainbow. For most of her life, she would vomit (almost) every time she ate and it gradually got worst to the point where one day she vomited blood. We had taken her to the vet many times with her frequent vomiting but they didn't do anything, but when we took her to the vet about the frank blood, he said it might be a stomach ulcer and gave us tablets for her. A few months later, she was getting weaker and weaker and one day she couldn't get up. She was starting to smell and her breathing was uneasy. It was really hard to watch her this way and it was almost a crime to keep her suffering. We took her to the vet that evening where she got put down. She was most likely suffering from a stomach ulcer or cancer that sadly took her away. :(


Stay fluffy,
~Livinia :)                                   :(

RIP Meg

RIP Pondie :(

Sadly, yesterday (2/8/14) Pondie passed away. He had to be put down a few days after his operation to remove a cyst from his face. The vet said he got a blood clot from not moving around too much after his  operation. He was slowly deteriorating, he was supposed to be released from the vet clinic on Saturday but he wasn't well :(

Photoshop magic- lol

Here are some Photoshop 'masterpieces' (just kidding) that I made.
(these pictures aren't mine apart from the person)

Stay fluffy!

Bye :)

Animal Fun- Making Treats!

Ferret treats-
Ingredients-
-Egg
-Baby food- (I used banana and chicken)
Steps-
Mix ingredients, crack one egg and add a little less then a table spoon of the banana baby food. Whisk it together and fry the mixture on a frying pan until solid. Serve the 'omelet' with chicken baby food on top.

Ingredients

Mixing

Frying

Serving- they licked off the sauce first

Cat treats-
Ingredients-
-100ml cornmeal
-50ml plain flour
-100ml water
-5ml oil
-pinch of salt
-Can of tuna
Flour and water may depend on consistency of dough
Method-
Mix all the ingredients together, if needed, add water if dry or flour if too watery. Mix and knead until dough like consistency. Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius. Roll out the dough and cut shapes from it. Lay on a baking tray lined with baking paper (or aluminum foil)

Mixing

Kneaded out dough.

Baking

Finished product.

Luna enjoying her food

Tasty!

IMPORTANT NOTE- Do not give to pets often and limit amount of flour you mix in the dough! Too much is bad!

Have fun!

Stay Fluffy,

~Livinia

Hey!

I haven't been on for a while (sorry) I was and still am busy with school so hopefully I can update a few times a week! A post about one of my favorite animals will be up soon!

Bye!

Sorry!

This happens too often! I owe you guys an apology, I haven't been posting for a while!! I haven't being feeling so good and lots of work, anyway, I should always make time for my blog! New post WILL be up TOMORROW!! I promise:)
Stay fluffy,
~Livinia :)

Jinny part 6

Yay! Jinny couldn’t wait until they could be together again. Time to get back to work, Jinny said quietly to herself.

Ding! Ding! Ding! The school bell sung after a long day of learning and studying. “Move out of the way, Virginia!” Sophie- Jinny’s enemy- had emphasised the word Virginia. Jinny just glared at her. The first week back at school after the summer holidays was horrible, especially without Phoebe. Those five days were filled with name calling, teasing and pushing. Jinny hated school but had always looked forward to coming home to see her horses again.

When she came home, she had a sudden burst of excitement. “Phoebe is coming back tomorrow!” exclaimed Jinny but soon after realised that her parents were still at work. Her dad was at the clinic treating animals while her mum was probably working with some rescue horses from RSPCA. “At least I have the whole house to herself” Jinny said out loud to herself. Soon after she entered her room, her phone buzzed. It was Phoebe. “Hey, what’s up?” Jinny asked “Jinny, this is an emergency! We came home earlier today because my parent’s friend, who is looking after the horses, said that one of the horses are missing” Phoebe said out of breath “Do you want me to come down to your farm?” “Yes, and bring Luna, we found hoof prints in the dirt down at the bottom paddock where the trail starts, please come quick” Phoebe pleaded “Which horse is it?” Jinny realised that Phoebe didn’t tell her what horse it was at the beginning “Felix” 

I hope you enjoyed this weeks part, please do not take this story,

Stay fluffy,

~Livinia :) 

Jinny part 5!

Jinny groaned when she got out of the bed that morning at six o’clock, it was the last day of school holidays. One more day of freedom, Jinny thought to herself. She slipped out of bed, pulled on her jodhpurs and picked up her thick jacket. It was time to greet Storm again, ride Pondie and Luna and begin her chores.

“Breakfast is ready” yelled Jinny’s mum after she had gone up to her room to get her phone. “Coming!” Jinny yelled back. She had already finished riding Luna and Pond and was ready to start her chores.

Hi, Phoebe, how is Queensland? Sorry that I haven’t talked to u in a while after Storm died, my mum passed it onto your mum to tell you. Anyway, when r u coming back?

See ya!

Phoebe was Jinny’s one and only friend, in fact, they were best friends. They would always ride together until Phoebe had to go to Queensland for a few months because of her mother’s job.

Once Jinny had finished her breakfast, she skipped to the stable, off to the tack room.

Ding! Jinny’s phone rang.

Hi Jin, I’m glad to hear back from u! I can’t wait to come home and see Felix and Brambles! Oh, and I’m coming back on Sat next week

Yay! Jinny couldn’t wait until they could rise together again. Time to get back to work, Jinny said quietly to herself.

 Stay fluffy,

~Livinia

Please do not take this story.

Sloth

The sloth is known for being extremely slow and lazy and somewhat smelly. I have always being fascinated by this brilliant animal (so cute!)  

#1- They only need the toilet once a week and that's the only time they get off their tree!

#2- On ground they can go as fast (or should I say as slow) as 2 meters per hour!

#3- To protect themselves, they will bite and slash with their long toes.

#4- Algae grows on sloths fur, giving them more camouflage, they are also the only mammal with 'artificial' green on them.

#5- Three-toed sloths a slowly becoming extinct due to humans taking over their habitat.

Stay fluffy,

~Livinia :) 

Great News!

I just received a letter saying that my short story that I entered has gotten into the finals! Even better news, I can publish it in a book that they are putting together with other entries that also got into the finals! I'm so happy! I also hope that you will/have enjoyed part 4 of Jinny!

Stay fluffy,
~Livinia :)

Jinny part 4

After about an hour of doing twenty meter circles, leg yielding, reining back and cantering, Jinny was satisfied with the progress she had made with Pondie in their dressage training and she started to cool her horse down. Suddenly she heard the door slam and her mother’s figure walked out the door. “I’m glad you’re back in the saddle” Jinny walked Pondie over to the gate and her mother stretched out her hand to pat Pondie’s sleek chestnut nose.  “Pond and Luna missed being ridden so I got over myself and” Jinny paused as she thought what to say next. “I decided to ride” her mother nodded and said “Well, now that you’re on holidays you can ride for as long and as much as you want” Jinny smiled “I’m happy that you’re feeling better” Then she walked away.

Once Pondie was cooled down and untacked, she turned him out in the paddock and went back to her house to have her breakfast. Her mother was making everyone breakfast! Eggs sizzled on the frying pan and the water boiled. Jinny licked her lips and her tummy rumbled from hunger, she was ready to devour her food.

Once again, Jinny was back in the stables, this time she was tacking Luna up. Every day, before Storm passed away, she would go down to the stables in the early morning, ride one horse then have her breakfast and before it was lunch, she would have ridden the other two. She would have a little spare time now since she only had two horses but at least she could concentrate on them more.

Once Jinny had ridden Luna, she turned her out in the same paddock as Pondie was in. After she had done that, she went to the tack room and grabbed a bottle of leather soap and a cloth. She had a roster of things she had to do around the horses and stables almost every day and once a month she would have to polish all the tack that her family owned.

Finally she had finished and her arms were sore. She flopped back on the chair she was sitting on not feeling like moving another muscle, but of course, she had to do the rest of her chore. She looked up on the list of things to do.

1-      Clean all the tack

2-      Muck out all the stables

3-      Lunge Bilby

4-      Feed all horses apart from Lilac and Spark.

5-      Put hay bags in the empty stables

6-      Turn out the rest of the horses in the stable overnight (and rug them)

7-      Put all the horses in the upper paddock in the stables

8-      Rug horses in paddocks

Jinny sighed at the list, she usually enjoyed doing her chores but she wasn’t feeling up to it. With the marker next to the list, she crossed out the first chore. “Muck out all the stables” Jinny said out loud. “That’s a lot of stables to muck out Jinny” an unusual voice said. Jinny peered around the corner of the tack room. It was Tim, the farrier. “Hi, Tim, who are you shoeing today?” Jinny asked “Rodger and Storm” Jinny gulped at the sound of Storms name. “Umm. I thought mum cancelled Storm’s appointment, didn’t you hear, Storm got put down” Tim paused to think of the right thing to say “Oh dear, I’m so sorry” “It’s fine” Jinny faintly smiled “Oh, Rodger is in the paddock, do you want me to get him?” “Yeah, that’d be great, I’ll set up in the meantime” Jinny nodded and started to walk-jog her way to Rodger’s paddock.  Great, another job to add to my list, Jinny thought.

By the time she got Rodger in the stable, Tim was already set up, his file, stand, rasp and all his other farrier equipment were waiting for Rodger. Jinny handed Rodger over to Tim and straight away he began. Once Rodger was already in his new shoes, Jinny had finished mucking out the last stall.

Marmot

Marmot

Marmot's are like large squirrels, they are covered with thick dark brown fur to protect them against cold.

#1- They can live for 6-10 years, depending on if they live in captivity.

#2- Marmots live in grasslands and forests, where there is good soil to build burrows in.

#3- Marmots are herbivores meaning that their diet only consists of plants like grasses and flowers.

#4- They communicate with each other by 'whistling' 

#5- The Hoary Marmot can be 62-82 cm long. 

Images off Google Images

Stay fluffy,

~Livinia :)

Winter Ferrets

Lilly is getting fluffier and her fur is getting thicker now that winter has started and she is sleeping a lot more and being less active. Last night, I let her run around for an hour and then she fell asleep, usually she would run around for two-three hours.
Stay fluffy,
~Livinia :)

Jinny part 3

 The week after Storm’s death went by slowly and painfully. Every night since the day, Jinny had being crying herself to sleep. Storm was her first horse and after six long years of gaining each other’s trust, their bond was unbreakable, they didn’t start off very well together when Jinny first rescued her, even though her parents kept on saying to sell her on, Jinny always knew that there was a second chance in every horse, despite the countless times Storm had hurt Jinny, she wouldn’t give up. Jinny had nightmares and often found herself waking up to the slightest nicker that sounded like Storms and that soon became her obsession. Every day, from her peripheral vision she would see dark shadows, she would hear Storm’s neighing and nickering and worst of all she kept on hearing Storm’s quick and shallow breaths when she was lying in the stable and picturing her last moments- her chest going up and down with every breath until she was gone.

It had being a month since Storm had died and she hadn’t ridden since, she wasn’t planning to any time soon, at least not onto her favourite trail.  That would always remain a sacred place to Storm and her. The only exercise Luna and Pondie got was being lunged, as always she would rely on her horses to comfort her but she just couldn’t hug another horse without thinking of Storm. It had being her fault for riding there that morning. It had being her fault for not letting Storm rest while she called her parents for help. She was blaming everything on herself. School for Jinny hadn’t being going too well either. She found it harder to concentrate.  

That morning marked exactly one month since Storm died and Jinny made her way up to Storms paddock, where she had been buried. She sat cross-legged on the cold, wet grass. She had come to her paddock at 6:00 AM, the same time she left for the ride. 5 minutes passed, then 10 and before Jinny knew it, she had being daydreaming for half an hour. It was around at 6:45 that Storm would get bitten by the snake. “I’m sorry Stormy, I hope your happy now” The sun was now fully up and it was drying up the wet grass. Jinny inhaled deeply as tears started to pour down her face. “Let’s say” she paused as she bit her lip to not cry hysterically. “Let’s say that every morning, at 6ish we will be with each other, like we were last month” Jinny looked up at the sky, her eyes rimmed with tears, clouds were beginning to form. Suddenly she felt peace and didn’t feel like crying anymore. She felt a presence behind her and as if someone got into her mind and told her to get up, and she did, she went to see Pondie and Luna. When Jinny brought over Pondie’s tack, he looked at her as if he didn’t know what she was carrying, it was some time Jinny hadn’t ridden him. When she opened his stall, she rubbed his beautiful head and tied him up. All tacked up she mounted. “I should be saying sorry to you guys now, I haven’t ridden you in so long!”

Sorry this part didn't come out last week but I was SUPER busy (lol)

Stay fluffy

~Livinia :)

Chameleon

Chameleon

Chameleons are known for their amazing colour-changing skills, most can but people also think they change colour to blend in with their surroundings but that is not true, they can change colour to communicate and to show their emotions. 

#1- Chameleons can be as small as your thumb fingernail.

#2- Chameleons are omnivores meaning they eat both plants and insects.

#3- Their tongues are very long enabling them to catch prey from further away.

#4- Chameleons habitat is mostly rain forests in Madagascar and Madagascar islands.

#5- The chameleons biggest threat are humans who destruct their habitat.

   

Images off Google Images

Stay fluffy,

~Livinia :)

Animals

There is not much happening with my animals... Pondie got sick with peritonitis today (which sadly means no riding for a bit)  :( So apart from that nothing much has changed.

Holidays are oveer and I found myself being more busy then I thought I would be, so, sorry for the short update,

Stay Fluffy,
~Livinia :)

Tiger

Tiger

The tiger is the largest species of big cats. Unfortunately, they are endangered due to excessive amounts f hunting. They have a beautiful reddish orange coat with black stripes. Their under side and insides of their legs can be white.

The tiger can be 2 meters long (with a 1 meter long tail) and weigh up to 363 kg! 

Tigers usually hunt alone, their diet depends on what breed they are and where they live but for example, the Bengal tiger will eat prey like deer and wild boar.

#1- There have being 4 species of tigers that have become extinct and 5 still remain.

#2- To kill prey, the tiger will bite the animals throat and not let go and if it is a smaller animal it will break it's neck.

#3- It may take more then one day for a tiger to eat it's kill, so it will cover it with dirt and leaves and will come back to finish it.

#4- Tigers love to swim, unlike other members of the cat family.

#5- Tigers have being over-hunted leading to being endangered and extinct. People would hunt them for their fur and bones, sometimes to use in traditional medicines, another reason is that people take up their habitat turning it into cities and other civilized buildings.

(I couldn't insert pictures, I don't know why)

Stay fluffy,

~Livinia

Winter is upon us!

It's getting colder and colder! Why?! I have to electric heater on in the mornings (and I sit next to it) and Lilly often curls up in my jacket or shirt to enjoy the warm air, my old cat Meg, LOVED the heater, when ever it was on she would come running over and sit in front of the heater, it's like it summoned her. :)

Stay fluffy,
~Livinia :)

Jinny Part 3

Jinny was crying, unable to process what had happened, it was too shocking. She sat next to Storm’s head stroking her smooth dark coat. The vet was already on his way, he didn’t live too far away but in this case, time mattered, there wasn’t enough time. Storm had already collapsed and she was trembling. Jinny’s dad was waiting outside the stable for the vet. Finally he had come and was already squatting next to Storm. Over the phone, Jinny’s mum had told him that it was a brown snake, that’s what Jinny thought she saw. Dr Alfred, their vet, had brought out a syringe, he applied the needle top to it and filled it with liquid. “I’m just going to give her some anti-venom” He spoke as he slid the needle into Storm’s skin. “She is in a pretty bad state, if you waited a little longer she would have being gone, but I don’t know how far the venom has travelled already, it might already be too late” Jinny gasped as her heart sank deeper, her chest was tight and she found it hard to swallow. What if she was going to lose Storm? It would all be her fault for bringing her for a trail ride and letting her get bitten. “All we can do know is wait and see, her kidneys might be clotted and she could die of kidney failure”

Storm was getting worse by the minute, she was tense and she was shaking. Jinny heard her parents and Dr Alfred discussing something. “Jinny” her mother said “Get some rest in your room” Jinny looked up at her mum “Why? It’s not even afternoon? Are you going to put her down?” Her mother looked back at her father “Just go” Jinny started to cry even more and grasped onto Storms neck not willing to let go “I’m sorry, my Stormy, don’t give up” Storm snorted. “Is she going to die, John?” “She is suffering, it’s inhumane to keep an animal alive in such bad health, it’s good for her” Jinny buried her face in Storms mane. It felt like hours had gone by. She had blocked out all the sounds going around her until Storm’s tense neck was finally at ease, she looked at storms delicate face laying in the straw motionlessly. “Thank you John” said her father’s voice “No problem, I’m sorry about Storm she had a great second life here” Dr Alfred’s footsteps slowly faded as he walked down the stable hall. “Is she really gone?” Her parents didn't reply. 

To be continued...

God! I hated but loved writing this part! I was crying throughout the whole thing! Sorry about what happened! :(

Stay fluffy,

~Livinia