Living with Anteaters

2 pounds of dried ants ordered. Mom was temped to buy ant eggs but they cost twice as much. Maybe for my birthday?

Ori laying on the pee pad house

She sees me

I'm not lazy I'm efficient
Instead of getting out of the hammock for the mango she hooked a claw into it and pulled it up to her.

New feeding station
So Ori destroyed the old feeding station. She put a few holes and cracks in it then one crack all the way through. She was lifting that part up like a door, tipping the bowl and licking up the spillage.

The old holder was made of an old gold pan attached to a board with screws. This one is a stronger bucket bottom and I put hooks in the shelf so that clean up will be easier since it's not permanently attached to wood. I may put linoleum or something on the shelf eventually.

Got more cheese?

Anteater Feeding station


Jan 11
11PM I'm up at a normal hour after a long night and days rest. Having a snack.

Jan 12
11AM Got up for a snack and went to sleep in the hammock. Laundry day, I say.

3PM Slurp, nom, nom, nom, yummy slug! Mom brought it to me.

11PM Up and playing with Aurora. She tried ignoring me at first but I knew she really would rather play than nap.

11:45PM The others went to their cloth cave. I'm left to wait in the closet nest alone.

Jan 13
1AM Mom scared the others into the closet so I could cuddle with them, yay!
Oh mom says she didn't scare them for me she needed to fix the hammock again. Bonus then I get company.

Ears up


Ears down

Nap time


Aurora yawn
Tamandua's tongue attaches to their sternum in their chest. It comes up a special passage. Their soft pallet goes all the way down their neck.

Ori napping in the little hammock


Jan 15

It finally snowed. I am snug in my washer however. I'm nor a fan I keep thinking it's a trick and if I keep walking I'll find the end. Here's an old photo of me trying to find a way over the snow http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/3240223012/

So this morning around 5AM Ori was pawing at my leg like she might climb me then when I moved she started chasing me around the room, ha ~ Pua's mommy
A bit later I ran some water in the sink and she ran across the room tail up having a blast pretending to be scared. Silly kid.

Yummy tomato


Feeling a bit ho-hum

Excuse me? We were cuddling, what's with the camera?

11:42PM Ori went out in the snow. She's a crazy girl! Mom opened the door to show her. She put a hand in the snow and pulled it back. Then she charged right into it. Her head kept getting buried! She got confused circling around cuz she couldn't see and mom helped show her to the door she came in then wanted right back out. She was bulldozing through the snow going up over her head! Mom REALLY should of had the camera but she didn't expect Ori to like it!

I've never been in snow that deep and fluffy myself but I'm smart enough to know all snow is evil. Mom just let her stay out till Hyzzie was done with potty. Ori wasn't thrilled she wanted to stay out playing in the snow. That child's a nut case!

So you are not totally pic deprived this is me in snow but it's not as deep as Ori was just in http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/5449010828/

Picking over the remains of a mango

Sleeping Hyzzie

Cheese face

Hey, that's my Blue cheese

Pua reluctantly sharing her blue cheese cup

Jan 16
1:30AM Ori's at that curious stage. She was pulling my shirt out and sticking her head down it to check things out. ~ Pua's mommy
11:30AM This morning when I gave their last feeding Ori noticed I was wearing a different shirt and grabbed the back as I was leaving and checked inside again but she had my back to check out this time.

Aurora coming down the tree


Aurora on the cubby

Pua and Aurora

Hyzzie loves the snow too. The day before her wagger malfunctioned. She couldn't lift her tail up but by the next day it was good again as you can see.

Hyzzie dog in the snow plus Jake

She likes to toss her ball in the snow the kick it around


Taking her ball to deeper snow

bite the ball

Taking a break

Got some snow on her nose

Looking pretty

Time to go in mom.
She lead the way carrying her ball

Jake stretched out
Grampa's over 6 feet tall for an idea on size.

Don't mind the shirt too much those are his painting clothes.

Ori and Aurora sharing cheese