The Zoo

Last night I took some wicked videos of the fireworks, with commentary and everything!   For some reason when I uploaded my photos, it didn’t upload the videos… but I didn’t notice.  So this morning I deleted all the photos to make room for some morning after pics and deleted the videos. GODVERDOMME!!  (That’s me swearing in Dutch, it’s part of …

If I didn’t know better I’d think there was a war taking place in Rotterdam these past few days.   As we get closer to the New Year, more and more fireworks are being sold in the city, and more people are setting them off early.   It starts in the early morning with the firecrackers and once it gets dark you …

It’s been a while since I participated in the weekly photo hunt.   There’s no real reason, I’ve just kept forgetting about it.   This week’s theme is small, so I figured this would be a good time to introduce someone. This is Phoenix, our Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta Belli).  We actually got him quite a while ago, but I’ve not …

If you remember a while back when we got Sydney (our new 3 Striped Mud Turtle) I mentioned that we had also wanted to get a Loggerhead Musk Turtle but had to wait for him to be ready to leave the breeder.  Well, he was finally ready this past weekend and we went to pick him up. His name is Chip …

For the last while Bailey has been looking more like a walking mop than a dog and we were happy to take him to get a haircut today.  Here’s a before and after: It’s nice to see his cute little eyes again… and I’m sure he was actually prancing proudly on his way home from the groomer. I think he …

This past weekend Xander and I brought a new addition into our home.  Before anyone says anything, YES I KNOW Xander made me promise no more turtles until we get back from Canada.   Since making that promise I have talked our nice neighbours into turtle-sitting for us while we are away, so holiday accommodations are not an issue! LOOPHOLE! This …

Today I managed to snap this pic of Frick! having a bask…  He spends more time under his basking light than any of my other turtles, a true sun worshipper… even fake sun. It’s hard to believe we have had him almost a year already.  He’s now approx 3.5 inches in length and soon, when he reaches 4 inches, we …

You know you are truly your dog’s bitch when you let him ruin your sofa. Recently Bailey has decided that his favorite spot is on the back of one of our sofas.  I think he got it from the cats.  He’s not as light as he thinks though and he creates a massive dip in the cushion he lays on, …

Trying to take a photo of rats is darn near impossible.  They get so excited when you go over to see them that they run around like little nutcases making it pretty difficult to get a shot off.   Yesterday they were extra curious about the camera and kept climbing onto it as I was trying to get a pic, but …

Yes, it’s another tale of the Devil Cats! I recently set up my 72 liter tank for breeding feeder guppies for my turtles.  I placed it next to a shelving unit in my livingroom, which is next to my 180 liter tank that holds my 1-inch Eastern Painted turtle, Stelo. Stelo has a pretty kickass basking area on his tank, I’ve …

Well today is my 32nd birthday and yeah I feel old.  I miss my 20’s! So far my birthday has been great, but I’ve only been awake for a few hours.  I can now talk about my super birthday present though!  I’ve been keeping it somewhat secret for the last week because I wanted to post about it on my …