June 7th Ori Cinco is very naughty and has spilled two bowls of food today for no reason and Aurora just sits there watching. Her baby can do no wrong, besides Aurora does it too.
June 8th The power of cheese, Aurora now sit and chugs down half a bowl in one sitting instead of eating like a sparrow. Ori wanted her back in bed last night and kept complaining the whole time during one meal.
New brand of blue cheese, aged 2 months old brand aged 50 days. Passes my taste test. Good stuff.
June 10th Aurora was coming down the cage and did a u-turn back up but Ori was on her rear and the turn caused a sudden slip and weight shift. Ori cut into mom's hip and her genital mound again. Little Freddie Kruger. No major damage done. Given the circumstances I don't think duller nails would have prevented this one.Surprised Ori's not given Aurora gray hairs yet. She seemed like she didn't even notice just set to eating once she was up top but that's when I saw the blood on her hip. Hardly any though didn't drip or anything just saw it on the fur then down there so really just a couple of scratches but they need to be more careful :)
Aside from that I've had lots of nice logs to play with.
Yay buggy log
Anteater day dream
Ori Cinco and food
Kat on the new Pillow bed
June 11th Took a slow stroll sniffing for ants. Stayed out a long time but we hardly went anywhere but I found ants!
Looking for ants
Standing tall
The sweater is a nice red sweater but the camera sure didn't like it.
wild flowers
I found ants
See one on her head
Might be some ants in this stump
Yeah there's some ants hiding here
Checking inside the stump
Time to explore
There's gotta be some more ants
Heading back
Pause for a scratch
Looking longingly
She wanted to short cut back to the car. That darn fence kept getting in her way.
Robin
It sat there right by the trail waiting for me to get a photo but Pua kept charging along.
Ori Cinco Chillin in the nest
June 12th I'm bored. Aurora quit visiting once she got good food. So she was just visiting hoping I might have good food? Seems a bit rude. Mom said she found a cure for my boredom, then she gave me a real bath. NOT funny.
I had the camera set up wrong so you couldn't see her unless she was standing up so cut most the parts where you can't see her at all out. As you can see she is very cooperative.
Pua after bath time
Both also started their spotting cycles on the 12th
June 13th So mom thought I wouldn't want soup tonight since I haven't in a long time and it's cheddar and not blue cheese. Well I grabbed the bowl and chowed down so mom had to get Aurora a new bowl. Read more »
My adventure was so exciting I'll tell you about it myself. Cinco's not the only one who can have an adventure. I've been getting a bit stir crazy. It even snowed yesterday morning so it was a pleasant surprise when I got to go for a hike today.
We decided to try the Pua Trail. We've named it that ourselves because it's my favorite but it becomes impassable in winter. Boy winter was not nice to my old friend. The river had jumped it's banks and washed parts away and rearranged others. The trail head was washed out and was a little cliff instead down to the trail but Grandma managed it so we got to go.
Off on my grand adventure
It was so nice I found ants.
Since we were not sure of the weather I started off in a sweater but let mom know I wanted it off by scratching at it.
We passed a couple people sitting on logs on the way down the trail who let us know there might be others and a dog. So I got startled once when I heard a dog barking from a car on the highway but it wasn't after me.
I might find more ants
Exploring the logs was fun. They are a better trail than the people trails.
I went into the hallow under the fallen tree briefly but I had better things to do than sit around in a dank hole today.
This was growing on the rim of the hole
We came across a big tree blocking the path. Mom tried to go around the wrong way and everything was boggy and wild looking. I showed her to go around on the river side where the roots were. I knew the right way to go because it was my tree.
Goodbye old hallow tree
It was my favorite old hallow tree but it fell inland instead of into the river as expected.
I couldn't go inside any more but I did check out under the roots
Mom wont let go of my tail. She imagines a labyrinth of animal tunnels under the forest and my disappearing. I like to imagine that too. A tunnel adventure would be fun.
Some nice fisherman from across the rive asked what I was and mom answered him and she noticed him say something to his friend about he knew I wasn't a dog the way I came bouncing down the trail.
Shortly though we came to another tree down across what was left of the trail and we had to turn around. I wasn't happy about that but Grandma wouldn't have been able to get over it. I was hoping to go to my swimming spot. I rarely swim but that spot is the best since the water gets warmed on the rocks in the shallows.
So I kept trying to go down to the river but most of it is too steep along there. Mom realized this one spot was my little sunning rock spot by the river after a moment of my insisting but she had to move a branch for me to get down there.
I usually just get on the rock and test the water with my nose, deem it too cold and sit for a bit before moving on but I thought it felt nice and wanted to try going in.
So I went in the river but mom kept the leash short so I couldn't go out far. I really wanted to swim but she was scared the water was too swift. She did come down after the video stopped and let me go in a bit up stream of her and I swam out and drifted past her and she pulled me to shore but kept me within reach just in case of trouble. I could have swam more under the bridge but that last dip satisfied me. That water was cold but invigorating.
After I swam I got back on the trail and tried climbing up mom's leg. Mom thought I was confused but I wanted to dry myself off on her nice absorbent clothes.
Then we finally ran into those people we were warned about but I didn't see a dog. I stopped right in front of one of them and just squat down and mostly closed my eyes. I thought I'd let them bask in my glory as I basked in the sun for a bit. Hey I was being nice normally I want to just keep running past.
Mom wasn't sure what to make of this. She couldn't encourage me to move so offered me my bag. After a bit I stuck my head in but was half asleep and not sure what to do. She helped boost me in and she carried me past everyone. Towards the end of them we saw the dog with a lady holding him in the bushes so he'd not bother me. I hung half out of the bag then hugging mom peaking around. Once I knew it was safe I jumped out and kept going on my own.
Here's an article about tamandua's swimming the Panama Canal http://agoutienterprise.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/you-never-know-who-youll-meet-in-the-panama-canal/ There have been many photos of tamandua swimming. It floods a lot in many parts of South America so swimming is a good skill to have. We swim well by propelling ourselves with our tails.
Ready to be home
Here's a few bonus photos of me from the other night
I tried out the kitty condo but it's to small to get comfy in
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