When you are small and short and covered in downy feathers, soft fur or an adorable curved shell, you get used to be waited on. Paparazzi are always lurking with small rectangular flashing devices, tasty treats and lavish praise. It could get all too easy to get used to all the pampering and spoiling andContinueContinue reading “Happy Chef Grandma Day!”
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Pearl the Cockatiel: the Potato Pouncer
Potatoes are large. They are round. They favor earth tones. Suffice it to say, a potato can be a fearsome predator. That is, unless you know how to quickly dispatch one. (Here, it helps to have a large featherless chef who can, ahem, pre-cut each predator down to size. Preferably bite-size.) Even so, size isn’tContinueContinue reading “Pearl the Cockatiel: the Potato Pouncer”
Bruce the Box Turtle: Downward Facing Turtle
There are lots of advantages to coming fully equipped with your own private box. Shelter? No problem! Camouflage? You’ve got that covered. Naptime? Check. But flexibility? This isn’t precisely the first thing that comes to mind when other beings look at you. Happily, you know exactly how to change that. Let’s say your large shell-lessContinueContinue reading “Bruce the Box Turtle: Downward Facing Turtle”
Malti the Redfoot Tortoise: Stretching Out Your Comfort Zone
It doesn’t take too long living with the large shell-less beings before you realize you actually have a few things in common! This is a very good thing. After all, without sharing a common spoken language, or even a common species, finding other common interests can really help break the (ahem) cold-blooded ice. Take “comfortContinueContinue reading “Malti the Redfoot Tortoise: Stretching Out Your Comfort Zone”
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”
Being Brave with Bruce: Hay Is for Hibernating
Being a box turtle means you have a cozy home ready and waiting anytime you are in the mood for some you-time. When it is warm out, you might feel like staying out late, making hay while the sun shines, so to speak. But when temperatures cool down and the days grow short, you areContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Hay Is for Hibernating”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Silver Lining
Into every life a little rain must fall. This is to be expected. What is not quite so expected, however, is when the rain falls indoors. What is really not expected is when the indoor rain falls directly on top of you. Let’s say you are just minding your own indoor business, secure in theContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Silver Lining”
Being Brave with Bruce: Hello Love
Some days are just different than all the others. You won’t necessarily know it when you wake up. That this will be the day you will be rescued. Meet your person – the one who will care for you for life. Join your forever flock. Maybe all you know is that you are going toContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Hello Love”
Love & Feathers & Shells 