“Featheryness” is a technical term. It describes what happens when you wake up – on a Monday or on any other day – and look in the mirror and see you are covered in soft, fluffy and photogenic feathers. Featheryness is associated with happiness, joy, gratitude and good feelings in general. But even better, featherynessContinueContinue reading “Monday Happys: Featheryness”
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Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Hunting
When you keep company with turtles and tortoises, you have plenty of opportunities to make new neural connections. This, of course, is because they are full of brain-enriching surprises. For instance, never in a million years would I have guessed how very different one shelled being can be from another – at least not untilContinueContinue reading “Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Hunting”
Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Calcium
Malti is a South American redfoot tortoise. She is also a reptile, and like all reptiles, she needs a little help to get sufficient calcium and then to absorb and use it to grow strong healthy bones and shell. I’ve been keeping parrots since I was eight, so I’m no stranger to the odd whiteContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Calcium”
Presents from Parrots: Rice
Parrots are very giving and generous. Whatever they have, they want to share it. If they love you, they want to share it even more….and share even more of it. This means that once you welcome a being with feathers into your life, every day is like your birthday. You will get surprise presents justContinueContinue reading “Presents from Parrots: Rice”
Thursday Thriller: Pearl Cutts in “The Case of the Missing Flingable Squares”
When you are a top-secret pint-sized super spy such as .007, your life is necessarily full of surprises….even more than usual. Because of your blacks ops training, you are unusually observant, and this means even the subtlest of changes won’t escape your keen eagle eye. Sometimes you approve of the alterations, and sometimes you….don’t. ButContinueContinue reading “Thursday Thriller: Pearl Cutts in “The Case of the Missing Flingable Squares””
Pearl Explains Parrots: Shiny Things
Being petite and pretty with lots of soft and fluffy feathers isn’t something to take for granted. After all, think of how many beings live their whole lives and aren’t ever able to grow a single feather of their own! So no wonder feathered beings are so drawn to anything shiny! You can check toContinueContinue reading “Pearl Explains Parrots: Shiny Things”
Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share
The feeling of gratitude is not unlike the feeling of discovering you have a secret admirer. You may not know their precise identity, but you know they think you are the smartest, prettiest, kindest, most wonderful being on the planet. And just knowing there is someone out there in this world who sees you inContinueContinue reading “Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share”
Monday Happys: Snacks
There are so many great reasons to include a feathered being in your life….especially on a Monday. It is difficult for beings with feathers to comprehend why their large featherless assistants respond less enthusiastically to a Monday than to other days. After all, Mondays hold the potential to include the same fun activities (such asContinueContinue reading “Monday Happys: Snacks”
Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Pyramiding
While it is true that the technical term “pyramiding” sounds like it refers to the mysterious great pyramids in Egypt, in this particular case it refers to the shape of a turtle or tortoise shell under some very particular conditions. Unfortunately, these conditions are not ideal ones for shell formation. So the term “pyramiding” actuallyContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfooted Tortoises: Pyramiding”
Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Shell Rot
By the time Bruce was rescued to me as an adult, Malti had been living with me for about two years. During that time, I had made a LOT of mistakes in pretty much every area where a newbie tortoise owner can make a mistake. But I was also working overtime to correct those mistakesContinueContinue reading “Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Shell Rot”
Love & Feathers & Shells 