Some of you may not like these next two "pets" of ours....they are rats!! "summer" and "surf" are two pet rats we have just recently gotten. They really do make great pets for kids if you can get past the fact that they are rats!! They never bite like hamsters and they really love to be handled. Check out this great cage we got for them....it is like a mansion!! Sissy really likes to check them out...I think she wonders how they taste!!
This is old faithful Dirt....he is 12 years old. Eric got him as a puppy right before we met, so he has been around for it all you could say! Our neighbors across the street love him too...they let him in the house and give him treats. A couple nights a week they will call us to say they are letting Dirt out so we can put him up for the night...they really spoil him...he also takes a walk with them every day.
This is "Trid", which some of you may not know is dirt spelled backwards...I know we are a little strange! We got her from the animal shelter about 10 years ago right after we moved here. Her and Dirt have been together a long time...great buddies.
Oh what a good boy this is!! His name is Rhus, which is the botanical name for sumac. He was one of three puppies we brought home in 2002. He had a brother named Acer (named for Maple tree) and a sister named Willow. They are border collie/dachsand (or at least thats what the shelter thought). We lost Willow only about a week after bringing them home. It ended up that they had parvo....a horrible puppy disease! Acer also got terribly sick with it and almost died...the vet really thought he was a miracle dog. After coming out of parvo, Acer ended up getting hit by a car. Anyway Rhus is the last one of the bunch and he is a great dog! He can catch any rodent that happens to get in the yard...he can even find where the moles are hiding under ground and dig them up!!
Our one little cat...Callie. Eric is allergic to cats, but he sure does love this one. She stays outside all the time unless it gets too cold during winter, then she's allowed in the garage.
Here is one more picture of the goats and their dog, Dingo. I know you have seen them before but I couldnt resist putting in one more. They are all about 5 months now. We will be picking up our buck in a couple weeks...he is 3 months old. Dingo is already close to 70 pounds...and he is doing a real good job watching his goats.
This is a new picture of the Silkie babies...they are getting more "poofy"!! You cant see their eyes anymore. A couple nights ago I went out to shut the coop door and I saw a little white thing standing in the middle of the duck pool. Sure enough...one of the silkies somehow got in the pool and couldnt get out. It was almost up to its neck in water so I scooped him out and got a towel to dry him off a little. He ended up being just fine....
2 comments:
Hey Petskas,
We had no idea that you had so many pets, that is great. We would love a yard and some more animals. I guess that is what you get from city life. We do have two turtels "Marty" and "Belle" and then 6 fish, Gabby loves them. Thank you soooo much for checking out our blog and leaving comments . . . makes us feel loved! Keep in touch and give hugs to your kids for us.
Bye for now,
Us 4 Benezettes
You guys have so many animals! I will def show the pics to the kids - they will love them. And they will want to come visit when we get back. Thanks for keeping us up to date! :)
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