The biggest thing going on around here is Georgia Dee’s Gift Shop. I inherited my Mom’s jewelry inventory and after a decade of hoarding it, I realized there are some pieces I have never worn. I keep hauling out shoeboxes and finding more nice items. Check out the gift shop before all the good stuff is gone and I start uploading my ashtray collection. All proceeds benefit The Funny Farm.
Next door to the Gift Shop, my volunteer, Jillian is helping me track the weight of The Dudes.
First, you have to grab one.
It’s harder than it looks.
Jillian has long arms, so she can reach them easier than I can. Plus, I have to take the photos!
She got Carl and we weighed him.
The pigloos are full of guinea pigs.
Did you notice the new wall hangings? I just have soft things hanging over their cage. Earthquakes, you know.
This should be easy.
Fred has decided not to be weighed today.
She really did get Fred, I was just teasing. He is fast, though!
Fine, we’ll get Stevie Ray.
Putting them back is easy.
The other indoor project is the New Cages For The Kitchen project. Now that I have two handicapped doves indoors, I need a larger cage. That’s the doves on the left in red and green cages.
BEFORE
The new cage is big and fits perfectly into the same space. Pirate can’t walk or land, so she has a couple hammocks and some wide ledges. Luna can’t fly, so she has ramps up to the ledges so she can go UP, where a bird belongs. They have only been in the cage a couple days but are adjusting quickly.
I have a new cage for the right side, too. I will divide it horizontally so my elderly cockatiels can have the top. Jorge is old and feeble and I have seen him fall once. It’s time to reduce the altitude in his cage. AND, they won’t be able to see the annoying little budgie, Spike, who will have the basement apartment. (Note the white curtain that hangs between Spike and the doves.) Because it is horizontal, he will actually be able to fly across the cage. If he behaves and I don’t have to keep clipping his wings. There’s one in every crowd isn’t there? The new cage will also mean that the pink Dobby-chewed fabric that is so tatty looking will go away.
AFTER
Luna the dove saw the vet today because her bad wing is giving her problems. Even an x-ray won’t show us exactly what is going on, and surgery is dangerous and expensive. She is not in any pain, so it’s a wait-and-see situation. She loves the ramps in her new cage, and the two girls love sharing a cage. They are also uncaged every night, as they all are, and as long as Spike spends the evening with me, away from the rest of them, everybody is happy. He’s such a bully.
Lula is in the infirmary.
The vet also saw Lula. Her symptoms are vague but she is slowly pulling out of this round of the blahs. She’s been up and down with this business since about May, and sometimes she’s just perfectly fine, laying eggs and all.
Wait a minute! Who is that in the infirmary with her? KITTY HAWK!
We’re going to see if Metacam will help her.
GROVER! You’re in there, too? Well, she isn’t lonely, anyway.
Here’s little Carmen Miranda. She is always right by my side and so is the first to discover the worms under Dobby’s hot tub.
Worm soup.
Romeo prefers Dobby’s swimming pool.
Stand back! That’s cold water!
After I take the photos, the Muscovies are inspired to groom. They are supposed to do that BEFORE the photo shoot.
Romeo
Carmen Miranda
Don’t I have three Muscovies? WINKY! Dang it! Where is she? Sorry, gotta go!
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Guinea pigs don’t look as speedy as they are because of their non-aerodynamic build and short little legs, but they can really take off!
What a nice new set up for the birds! That’s wonderful the way you make adjustments for their handicaps. Hope Luna & Lula feel better soon. And also that you found Winky before she got into too much trouble.