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Posted by: shamoraWell i got my first surgie in september at 8 weeks out of the pouch. WE are still doing the whole bonding thing. I have a big pitbull so i have been scared to let him jut rome the house. Saturday a suggiee owner called and told me she had 3 that she was selling because she is on the road all the time. I only wanted the female for my smokie. The female has a joey that is about 7 week out the pouch so she gave them both to me and sold the male. She coming back for the joey next thursday she wanted me to bond with lady befor the joey was sold to someone else. I have kept them in sprate homes but close so the can still smell each other. I hope i have stressed her out or the joey. She seem to be ok. She is still eating good and bowls look fine. Last night i let smokie out and he climbed all around her cage and she was on the inside and the ware just smelling on each other. If i did a mateing service I would say the will be great together. Time will tell

Posted by: snusieA couple of cold fronts moved through yesterday. At 10:00 a.m. it was really warm, about 65 but the air felt hot and heavy. By noon the temp had dropped, windy and dark clouds. Then the second front came along mid-afternoon, very strong cold wind.

My room is on the north side of the house with leaky windows. It got pretty cool in there! I got up around 11:00, had to get another blanket; the boys were fine, playing around. They really like that wheel! I'd turned on my reading lamp, they were both on the wheel just like people describe, having a great time. I was too sleepy to get the camera. I'm sure there will be other photo ops.

Woke me up barking, not really loud. I spoke to them and it quit. I just wonder what they're saying ...

When I finally got up, they came running to the cage door. I got some crickets, in a pint jar: put it in the corner of the cage, they can get in it and grab a bug. Shikoni really likes to do this; the boys are learning to not knock the jar over; and the crickets can't jump out. The method they use: one gets a cricket, and comes up out of the jar to eat; the other grabs the uneaten portion from his hand, the first one dives back in for another. This goes on til all the crickets are gone, at which point they usually do knock the jar down.

They're snuggled up in their pouch right now. I took Shikoni into the bathroom in his nest; usually he comes out and we play, but today he wasn't interested, kept crabbing at me like, "Mom, don't you know it's sleep time?!?" Wasn't interested in the molasses I had, which normally he likes. I took him home, put some molasses on the boys' treat shelf and the rest in his food area.

Dinner last night: shrimp, raw spinach, apple slices. Leftovers today: a few leaves of spinach; put them in with the crickets and mealies.

I went to Wal-Mart yesterday morning on my way to work, I needed yogurt for the week's breakfasts; bought them some blueberry yogurt, watermelon chunks and frozen mixed berries, and left it all in the break room fridge. That's me all over! Maybe I'll remember to bring it home today.

As I was parking my car a big old grasshopper landed on the windshield! I guess the wind blew it that way. It stayed in the area between the hood and the wipers until I got out, so I grabbed it up and brought it in. That was Shikoni's wake-up snack yesterday; he LOVES grasshoppers! The only thing he likes better is big old grubs. I've even seen him pass up a mealie for a grasshopper.

Posted by: snusieI'm glad I waited to do Shikoni's cage, the new Stealth wheel came yesterday! I put his old free-standing wheel in the boys' cage; I don't think the walls are sturdy enough to hang a side-mount wheel. They played on it all night.

I washed the coconut from the boys' cage Sunday, it was dry yesterday so I put it in Shikoni's along with a corner hammock, swing, pouch and floor fleece from the new set. With the new wheel and still some of his old toys, it's pretty busy in there. I went to attach a bell to his fleece rope, and when I came back to hang it, he was in the coconut! He doesn't like new things, but there he was, in the middle of the day, in the coconut! I was pleased as could be.

Dinner last night: pork steak, fat trimmed then nuked; mixed vegs with celery; mango. This morning: Kioko and Washi left only a few pieces of celery. Shikoni left most of the vegs and one piece of mango. Sometimes he gets in a phase where he mostly only eats his protein. It lasts only two or three days, sometimes only one.

I posted a recipe for gingersnaps, hoping for someone to post their favorite cookie recipe for me to try. Those guys are so silly! I have to laugh, I really love the jokes - one of the things I like so much about this site, everyone has fun with it. I feel like I know so many of the people here, of course not the details of lives etc. but the spirit in which they live. The friendliness and generosity of all really gives me a lift.

Wanted to carry the boys on me, but I was baking and didn't think that would be a good idea. I made Pa's Cookies yesterday, 10 dozen. They are so good! I hope Mama takes some to her Christmas party Thursday night, she's made several kinds of low-sugar, low fat; so many people in the group have to watch their intake. Anyway, she is welcome to take some gingersnaps and some of Pa's Cookies as well. (I still can't believe we found that recipe so many years after Pa died.) I wish I had time to make several more kinds before Thursday, but it isn't gonna happen.

Christmas plans: no one's coming to stay, at least no one has mentioned it. Most everyone has to work including me; not on the actual day but the day after. So we'll have an open-house kind of thing with *cookies* and cold cut trays, a pot of San Antonio coffee, a bottle of Jack, etc. of Christmas Eve; and we'll get out the Thanksgiving leftover turkey, make a small batch of noodles and bake a butternut squash, salad, etc. Have a peaceful day. The older Mama gets the less commotion she can stand, and that'll be the time I'm moving gliders into the same room, so we really don't need a lot of visitors at that time.

Posted by: snusieGot Kioko and Washi's cage set up yesterday. It took longer than I had planned. It's a flimsy homemade rectangular box, no frame, two openings cut in and doors with wire-loop hinges. I was only able to use one door, they had the second one zip-tied closed. I found out it was because the door isn't big enough! The door I could use was really down low, I couldn't even reach the shelf to put food there, and it's the best place. So I modified the other door to open on the side, and it works much better. Gave them a pouch, corner hammock, bridge, tunnel and hanging toy from the new cage set. They loved it! Played a long time, no fussing. I put their fleece rope and feather toys, one with bell, in too; I heard the bell quite often throughout the night.

I didn't get Shikoni's cage done, I had too many other things to do -- laundry, cookies, and then a drop-in visitor who stayed til suppertime. I'll do it today and then take some pictures.

I had an escapee this morning! I opened the door to check the food bowl, and got distracted for just a minute, and Washi got out!!! My room is not glider-proof. I tried to catch him, have you ever tried to get a glider off a wire mesh cage when he doesn't want you to? Impossible. Then I remembered what I did with Shikoni when he was new; I put a mealworm into a pouch and held it close. It worked; in about half a minute Washi was in the pouch crunching away. I took him into the bathroom; he actually got out of the pouch and ran around a little while -- on me! He wouldn't get down onto the floor, he crawled around all over me then found the pouch and that was all she wrote. I took him home. Didn't bother Kioko this morning. Gave them a little honey in a dish.

Shikoni wasn't in a playful mood either. I took his nest into the bathroom, sat down and held it in my lap. After a minute he came out, climbed up my arm, then down onto the floor and to his favorite place. We played hide and seek for two cycles, then he didn't peek out -- his cue that he's done. I fetched him, back into the nest and home. He liked the honey though.

Dinner last night: we had stir fry chicken and shrimp. I gave them vegetables (frozen): broccoli, asparagus, carrot, red bell pepper, yellow squash. I cooked their chicken in the microwave, and two shrimp each, sliced apple and a small piece of orange. This morning: all three boys ate every bite, just tiny little scraps left.

Posted by: guitargeek01glidersnguitars.deviantart.com/art/midnight-creeper-105678801

i did this during my free time today, i never knew how hard it was drawing on rough paper like this!

Posted by: snusieNo entry yesterday. I overslept. Managed to give Domino and Mike their breakfasts and get myself to work, then had a grueling day - 29 bags of leaves!!! I came home, bathed, got online to check on Nicole's thread -- I've really been worried about them, it surprises me how real and immediate everyone here is to me -- anyway, I was too tired to have any coherent thoughts.

Got mealies and crickets yesterday. (Our pet store hasn't heard of a mealworm shortage; I didn't belabor the subject because I don't want them to jack up the prices!) I haven't had crickets for the new boys, when I got mealies last time they didn't have any crickets, late shipment. Anyway, I gave Shikoni a cricket and he bit me! There's a big old hole in my thumb ... he was after the cricket, I know. That one got away but it left its leg behind, so I'm sure he caught it later. I gave him another without incident. I put four into a pint jar and took them in to the brothers. They didn't really know what this whole thing was all about, but caught on pretty fast - first one into the jar, then the other, twice. (When I give Shikoni the Jar-o-Bugs he usually gets two or even three at a time!)

One of the new boys started barking around midnight, Shikoni answered! It went on for about ten minutes. They were fussing all night, woke me up twice and I talked to them, it seemed to settle them down for a while. The third time I grabbed a spare pouch and took them into the bathroom to check for anything. Put the pouch into the sink and managed to dump them out, one at a time. Washi came out first and went straight into the other pouch; I folded the top and set it aside. Kioko finally came out -- nowhere to go! He's the one who was fussing, I know his voice by now - little crab bucket - and I got him onto my arm, then managed to hold him for just a minute and checked his tummy, his tail and two of his feet; everything looked OK. He climbed down my leg and started running around the floor. I sat down and put the pouch near me. He got in behind the toilet and up the fill pipe, I wished I'd brought my camera - Kioko the Plumber! Explored quite a bit, then he found the pouch and back in it.

Washi watched the whole thing from the safety of my lap. I looked him over too, everything looked OK. When Kioko got into the pouch on the floor, Washi ventured out and across my leg and into it with his brother. I took them home, got a nip trying to get the pouch into the cage! They're sound asleep now.

Friday night: we had cheeseburgers, and so did the boys. Raw spinach (which we use instead of lettuce), a small piece of tomato, mango. All dishes empty Saturday morning except for a few spinach leaves.

Saturday: the boys got salmon, frozen mixed veg, banana. The brothers ate everything, again just a few bites left. Shikoni left most of his banana; I'm not surprised, he usually shnubs banana and apples.

So far I have yet to find a food that Washi and Kioko don't like. Everything we have on hand seems to be quite acceptable. I like trying new things; right now the persimmons are ready, sometime in January the loquats will be ripe, providing we don't get a really hard freeze; in April and May it's mulberries. I doubt we'll get any peaches, plums or apricots this year, we haven't had a good crop for several years because the trees are really old and because we don't spray rigorously -- or at all any more. Too many chemicals needed, at least in this part of Texas, and we just don't like chemicals, and really don't have the discipline to follow the schedule the way you need to. Oh well, there will be plenty of flowers!

Posted by: dizzysmomThis may be something that some of you may find interesting. It is a journal of my 3 week adventure in Alaska in three parts - heavily sprinkled with pics. (although for some reason, the colors aren't as vibrant when I uploaded the .PDF's to Adobe.)



Part I - https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=1550788b-8750-4cd4-92f7-fd6309103972
Part II - https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=d8ba2762-b98d-443f-8cc6-e57e4125317b
Part III - https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=c1354555-ae5d-4e5e-b83f-32248abbcb3c

Posted by: snusieNothing new, the brothers still won't come out of their pouch in the bathroom. Sunday, when I have more time to play, I think I'll kinda push them out so they have to explore a little. Licky treat: molasses; Washi really likes it, Kioko not so much. However, I put the bowl in their cage and they both were on it, so I think what Kioko doesn't like is my finger! He'll come around, I'm sure.

Dinner last night: salmon out of the pouch, salad, mango. This morning: all three ate all of the salmon and most of the salad. Shikoni left just one piece of mango, the brothers finished theirs off.

The furnace went out again last night, right now it's about 62 degrees in the house. Have to call the propane guys to come adjust it -- again! Last winter it did this same thing. It's about eighteen or twenty years old, I sure hope we don't need a new one. Maybe they can just replace the pilot/thermocouple assembly. It took over an hour to get it lit yesterday, it's in a very awkward place -- in the basement, but up in the crawl space where on your knees you have almost no headroom. I don't understand why men install things like that: if they had put it in the exact same place but at 90 degrees from where it is, you could see everything standing up; the works would be about just below waist level instead of on the floor. Go figure. If you can do something in a practical way or an impractical way, most men choose the latter. I work with about twenty-five men, and I see it every day.

That aside had nothing to do with the boys, except to note that it's a little cool in the house and they want to stay snuggled up and warm. Sometimes you just have to rant.

Sunday: cage cleaning, toy-and-pouch swap; try to find some new lean protein source for variety. On hand I have salmon, shrimp and turkey; maybe I'll get a pork tenderloin for us and set aside a slice or two for them. We usually have chicken but with all this turkey (!!!) we don't have it right now.

Posted by: snusieI was reading the post about correct room temperature. I really think people worry too much. This is Shikoni's fourth winter with us, and we keep the house on the cool side, and he's been just fine. In the summer, we don't have central air, and we just don't turn on the window unit in the library. But even when we have company sleeping on the futon, and some folks want the AC on high with the ceiling fan on, he's still okay. He just snuggles up in his pouch. I know he prefers the warm, but they can deal with cold just fine.

No play time this morning, no one would come out of the pouch. First Shikoni, I can usually count on him to frolic around, but he didn't want to come out. I put my hand in and he curled up around it, let me pet him, we had some really nice cuddle time so it was good. Washi and Kioko weren't even interested in the licky treat, but it was strawberry yogurt which they had for supper yesterday, so not too exciting. But since I've given them honey twice, grape jam and molasses all in the last nine days, I didn't want a sugar overload.

After I took Shikoni home, and while I was taking the brothers out of my room, S. started barking -- the first time I've heard it in a while. We were in the hall just outside the library door. Well, the boys got perfectly still, their little heads up and alert; I was hoping they would respond but they just listened. I know they all three are aware of each other, I've been hoping for some communication across the hall. Can't wait to see what happens when they get into the same room. I'll have to be really careful that if Kioko gets agressive against Washi I'm there to stop it, I'll be spending the first few nights on the futon to monitor interactions. Thank goodness I'm a light sleeper. Christmas Eve! Hope there's not too much commotion here, I think most everyone who usually comes to stay has to work that weekend, I know I do, and Mark, and Jiji.
Well, we'll take it as it comes.

Posted by: snusieGot some play time with the brothers this morning. Not that they played, but we all sat in the bathroom together -- gotta get a tent! Once they're all living together -- and they ate grape jam off my finger. Washi, of course, he's a real licky little boy, got the most of it; Kioko was more interested in snuggling down in the pouch. Once they both were licking the same finger, one on each side - I really liked that! It tickled. No nips, very little crabbing.

After about ten minutes, I took them home and went to get Shikoni. He was tight in his nest, fussed just a little very quietly, like he was saying "Not now, I'm really sleepy." I left him alone.

Yesterday when the brothers woke up, Kioko went almost immediately to the food dish and got a shrimp. He ran to the back of the cage and hung upside down to eat. Well, Washi came over and stole his shrimp! He ran off to the side. Kioko chased him, for about a minute that shrimp went back and forth -- I laughed!!! I offered Washi the food bowl, but he wasn't having any part of it, until I got a shrimp out and handed it to him. Then they both went to the back, hung upside down and tore into it. I got pictures, they're really cute. Took five pix, got three good ones.

I also got pix of Shikoni. Took six, only two came out -- that guy moves around! One problem too is that it's really dark in the cage -- I have a cover over it, the top, back and one side. I did that when I first got him because of drafts, and he seems to like the privacy, so I left it. Maybe when I get the cage set (!) I can take the cover off, there should be enough pieces to make him a dark corner so he can hide out.

Dinner tonight: turkey (of course, we'll be eating turkey til Valentines Day!), carrots, cucumber and bell pepper, apple, pear and a tiny bit of sweet red grapefruit. Also the last of that chicken-corn-squash baby food, and strawberry yogurt. Fresh water, shake out the floor fleeces and they're ready.

Posted by: SGoldGAME IS DONE! GAME IS DONE! GAME IS DONE!
I present this friday and after I get my final grade I'll post
it with comments (if I get a good grade haha)

Posted by: snusieOverslept this morning, didn't have time to play with the boys. I couldn't believe how much I missed it! All day I felt as if there was something I needed to do, and there was -- playtime!

I carried the brothers in their pouch yesterday for about an hour. No fussing, no squirming; I thought they were content to be tucked under my shirt. I needed to do some outside work, and it was cold and windy, so they went back home.

Cleaned cages: not toys, they were done the day before when I swapped; but washed bottom fleeces and unoccupied pouches, wiped perches and sides, and and changed newspaper. All done with just warm water and a rag.

I made a toy: strips of fleece, beads, feathers and a huge jingle bell. I heard them playing with it all night! They woke me up about 11:00, I turned on the lamp and one was on the shelf tugging at a red feather, the other on the fleece rope bridge playing with the new feather toy I'd bought yesterday. These guys really like feathers!

Shikoni played inside his feather duster yesterday for the first time that I know of. It's been hanging over his corner hammock for about four days; it seems to take him a while to warm up to new things. Whenever I change his toys, he doesn't start playing with the new ones right away, so I've gotten to where I add one new, then wait a while, take one out and add another. That way it's not all new stuff all at once, with the familiar things gone.

He also has very different sleep habits from the brothers. He's usually awake about 4:30 - 5:00, just goofing around; I'll give him a treat, and then dinner around 6:30 - 7:00. Kioko and Washi don't wake up til about 9:00 or later. They all seem to call it a day at about the same time, around 4:30 or so; they all three take catnaps throughout the night, so you never know if someone's going to be available for play, or asleep. It'll be interesting to see if anyone's sleep habits change when they all (finally!) get together.

Dinner yesterday: strawberry yogurt, chicken, spring mix, the last dab of cranberry relish sprinkled with sesame (to offset the high phos in the cranberry), and one pecan half apiece.

Dinner tonight: shrimp, broccoli, carrots, fruit salad, a few grains of brown rice. These guys eat better than I do! If they're really good, I'll give them some of that homemade grape jam for a licky treat ... yummy.

 

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