Pearl the Cute Cockatiel: Lap Supervisor

Supervision is an art. Most beings think they are great supervisors. Few beings are actually great supervisors. One big problem here is that the best supervisors have feathers….and most supervisors can’t grow any feathers of their own. Which handily explains the ongoing trend towards plunging employee morale. Luckily, there is an equally handy workaround. WeContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cute Cockatiel: Lap Supervisor”

Malti the Redfoot Tortoise: Rainbow Hugs

Just being born with a shell automatically makes you a great candidate for being an ambassador animal. If you happen to be both shelled and ectothermic (or what your large shell-less assistant likes to call “cold-blooded”) you are even more qualified. After all, you are one of the longest-lived species on this small round blueContinueContinue reading “Malti the Redfoot Tortoise: Rainbow Hugs”

Bruce the Rescued Box Turtle: Hand In Paw

Meet and greets with a species that is not your own can present some challenges. For starters, perhaps where you come from there typically aren’t any (on account of how you never really can know for sure when “meeting” might turn into “eating”). But then you happen upon a rather odd and very large shell-lessContinueContinue reading “Bruce the Rescued Box Turtle: Hand In Paw”

Pearl the Cockatiel: Happy Day Every Day

Happy days happen to all of us. So do less-happy days. And here is where being born covered in soft and fetching aerodynamic feathers really comes in handy! Because once you figure out what those two attractive and graceful appendages on either side of your adorable round body are there for, you can use them.ContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: Happy Day Every Day”