My Cats Are Safely At There Foster Home

right before we set off up to Gainsville

here is a brief video of my cats and of my brothers iguana named Godzilla.

so with the move and with our current living arrangements we couldn’t bring our pets.  Good thing we have two of the most amazing friends that could take our pets in while we get back on our feet.  I will not give there names but they know who they are and I am so very grateful to them for there kindness in taking them in for me.

 

here are a few pictures of them

 

they seem to be fitting right in, and getting used to there surroundings.

Twitch doesn’t seem to be as nervous as I thought he would be, it turns out that his mom Kitty was more of the issue. good thing that all three of these guys know the people that took them in for me.  in fact that, they have known each of my friends for many many years and Twitch has known them for all his life.

 

thanks again to the tow people who are taking care of them for me very much.

A Monkey Riding a Parrot? It Happens!

 

A Monkey Riding a Parrot? It Happens!

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(Nov. 19) — The phrase "I’ve got a monkey on my back" is being taken literally among animals in captivity.
Recently in San Agustin, Colombia, a lazy monkey started doing the animal kingdom’s version of shacking up with a male and female parrot at a countryside hotel.
The owners of the hotel says the squirrel monkey eats and plays with his bird-brained roommates.

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This lazy monkey hitches a ride to the top of a tree — by sitting on the back of a parrot. The squirrel monkey, which lives with a male and female parrot at a hotel in Colombia, was photographed by Alejandro Jaramillo after it hopped onto the macaw. These kinds of bizarre inter-species friendship aren’t unheard of, but they aren’t common.

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Best Buddies

This lazy monkey hitches a ride to the top of a tree — by sitting on the back of a parrot. The squirrel monkey, which lives with a male and female parrot at a hotel in Colombia, was photographed by Alejandro Jaramillo after it hopped onto the macaw. These kinds of bizarre inter-species friendship aren’t unheard of, but they aren’t common.

Alejandro Jaramillo, Solent News / Rex / Rex USA

Alejandro Jaramillo, Solent News / Rex / Rex USA

On the other hand, the monkey doesn’t exactly go bananas about exerting himself when he doesn’t have to, so he often hitches a ride to the tree tops by sitting on the back of one of the birds.
The hotel owners, who own the birds, tolerate the monkey most of the time, but, according to photographer Alejandro Jaramillo, they do have to occasionally throw water at him to get him off the birds.
Lazy monkeys haven’t quite become an epidemic — yet! — but they are more common than you might think.
For instance, at the Fukuchiyama City Zoo in Kyoto, Japan, a baby monkey named Miwa has been palling around with a young boar named Uribo since they both lost their moms in June.

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A baby monkey named Miwa rides a young boar named Uribo in Fukuchiyama City Zoo in Kyoto, Japan, on Oct. 19. Both have been sheltered by the zoo since June after losing their mothers.

But is this kind of rainbow connection, peace-love, we-are-all-one attitude common in nature?
Well, sort of, and not really.
Dr. Jason Chatfield, the staff veterinarian and general curator of Jungle Island, a Miami-based theme park that hosts a variety of wild animals, says this sort of inter-species friendship is unusual in the wild.
"Honestly, the law of the jungle is, only the strong survive, and primates tend to travel in packs," Chatfield said. "If one mother dies, the other mother will adopt the dead mother’s child."
Chatfield says there might some friendships between animals that have formed in the wild, but he’s never heard of them.
"Usually, these partnerships only happen in captivity," he said. "And it has to happen when the animals are young and raised together so that they can overcome their natural instinct to kill. This wouldn’t happen if they were adults."
Since these inter-species friendships only form in captivity, they might seem "unnatural," but Chatfield won’t speculate on whether they are right or wrong.
"I can’t say whether they are a positive or negative aspect of being in captivity, but I will say this: Animals do better with a friend even if it isn’t from the same species."
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A Monkey Riding a Parrot? It Happens!

Six Years Ago Today

for those of you whom do not know, i have this friend that died 6 years ago today.

His name was Lucky and he was one of my best friends, he got sick with cancer and i had to put him to sleep. 

he was a big furry black cat with a gray under coat. he loved spaghetti, peas, and ice cream. but mostly he loved me, there wouldn’t be a day he wouldn’t great me as i woke up nor a time where i was sick did he not stay by my side until i got better.  he was a very very good friend, he always listened to my problems and would actually give me hugs when i was down.

he was so smart, he figured out how to unlock and open doors on his own.  he used to love riding in my car with me.

i love my O’l’ Buddy Lucky i think him and Twitch would have gotten along great

so after you read this i want you all to go to your pets/friends and give them a big hug and a kiss and tell them how much you love them

in loving memory of my Ol’ Buddy Lucky

 

YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND NEVER BE UNLOVED

Dogs For Sale

Let’s see if you send this back…
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. 
He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and 
set about nailing it to a post on the edge of 
his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the  post,
he felt a tug on his overalls.. He looked down into the eyes
of a little boy.
"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of
your 
puppies."
"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat
off the back of his neck, "These pupp ies come from
fine parents and cost a good deal of money."
The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep
into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held
it up to the farmer.
"I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to
take a look?"
"Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out
a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called.
Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran  Dolly
followed by four little balls of fur.
The little boy pressed his face against the chain link
fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their
way to the fence,the little boy noticed something else
stirring inside the doghouse.
Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably
smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward
manner, the little pup began hobbling toward
the others, doing its best to catch up…
"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing
to the runt. The farmer knelt down at the boy’s side and
said,"Son, you don’t want that puppy. He will never
be able to run and play with you like these other dogs
would."
With that the little boy stepped back from the fence,
reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his 
trousers.
In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both
sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made 
shoe.
Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir,
I don’t run too well myself, and he will need someone
who understands."
With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked
up the little pup.
 
Holding it carefully he handed it to the little
boy."How much?" asked the little boy. "No
charge," answered the farmer, "There’s no
charge for love."
The world is full of people who need someone who
understands.

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | South of Scotland | Otter tours Scotland in postbag

Mr Wilson kept the otter safe and warm in his mailbag as they went on their tour of central Scotland

A postman who rescued a baby otter on a Scottish roadside took her on a 220-mile tour in his mailbag.

Kenny Wilson, 50, of Tweedbank, in the Borders, spotted the cub – named Orla – lying on the A7 near Stow on Sunday.

He stopped his car, popped her in his mailbag to keep her warm and then bought her kitten milk and fed her through the tube of a ballpoint pen.

He then took the otter with him on a Mini car enthusiasts’ rally before taking it to an animal rescue centre.

The six-week-old otter was said to be doing well at the Arthurshiel centre near St Boswells in Roxburghshire.

I popped her into the mailbag I had in the car and carried on up the A7 and just kept hearing little squeaks and sucking noises to imply she was hungry

Kenny Wilson

Mr Wilson was travelling on the A7 road just north of Stow in the Borders in his 1999 Mini Cooper when he spotted Orla lying at the side of the road.

He explained: “She was frozen and I did not give her much of a chance to be honest.

“It looked as if she had either been abandoned or her mother had been hit by a car.”

Mr Wilson said the otter had come from the nearby Gala Water and “looked terrified from the noise of the cars and would soon have been hit”.

“I popped her into the mailbag I had in the car and carried on up the A7 and just kept hearing little squeaks and sucking noises to imply she was hungry,” he said.

“I stopped at Tesco at Dalkeith and bought some kitten milk and fed it through the tube of a ballpoint pen.

“She seemed happy enough and during our journey she kept crawling up my neck looking for more warmth.”

‘Doing well’

Mr Wilson said everyone at the car rally was amazed when they saw the animal.

The pup was initially named Ozzie but when it was discovered it was female Mr Wilson’s wife, Jayne, came up with Orla.

Orla the otter has settled in well at the rescue centre

The postman added: “Orla seemed to enjoy her 220-mile round trip round the Trossachs and when we got home we fed her some crushed chicken and put her in our cat Ebony’s basket as she decided to go out for the night.

“Not many otters have been on a tour of central Scotland.

“The next day we contacted Arthurshiel and took her over there where she seems to be doing well.”

Shona Middlemas of the rescue centre said the brown European otter was being fed and kept warm.

“We are hand-rearing her just now and she stayed last night in the warmth of our living room,” she said.

“I have been taking advice from people on the best way to look after her.

“Kenny did a good job because it sounds as if she would not have survived.”

However, she said the rescue had not come without expense.

“At the moment we are feeding her fish every two hours and she has got some appetite,” she explained.

“She is going through about £15 worth of salmon each day.”