Rat adoption, Skadi, Freya and Ruby.

Hi Guys,
Well I ended up adopting three girls. Skadi, Freya and Ruby. They are one year old. They are settling in well.
Their owner, Luke dropped them off on Friday night, and was sad to see the go.
We let them settle in for a couple of days, just talking to them and patting them here and there. We put them next to our other girls, Amy and Jasmine, and they are all smelling each other through the wire. My little girls seem to be copying the bigger girl. lol.
Today (Sunday) we took everything out of the cage, and hosed it out, and gave it a good clean. I left the girls in their hammock. I didn't spray them with the water, but they kept getting into the spray. They loved it! So we bathed them, one by one. They didn't like that much. They were a but scared, but after the bath, I snuggled them in the towel, and they really enjoyed that. I gave them individual attention, and snuggles. (and treats) lol.
They come out of their hammock to see us now. It's good. They are funny to watch.
I found a lump on Skadi's neck. It restricts her head movement, but it dosn,t seem to hert her. I will have to keep an eye on her. She is the most friendliest.
Angie

Isabella Rabbit

This is our other little girl Isabella Rabbit. Kasey picked her out for her birthday. She is very friendly, and is not scared of us. We can pat her through the wire, or with the door open, she doesn't mind. She don't like being picked up yet though. Dale has picked her up a couple of times, and she has scratching every time. I have only pattered her. I think I will let her get used to me fist. She comes over to you when you call her.
Kasey has been feeding her and giving her veggies. She seems to eat a lot. Lucky I have a veggie garden. She loves Hay, lettuce and bok choy so far, and carrots of course. We are making a run for her soon. She loves the grass. She was eating it when she was outside today. I wonder if she has ever seen grass before. She wasn't scared of Muggie. He sniffed around at her, and they touched noses. He got excited and barked at her, and she ran int her box. But she came out again. She don't like the loud noise. Well we will see how we go with a rabbit. I have been putting her poo and hay on the veggie garden.

Amy Rat

This is our new little girl, Amy. Lachlan bought her on Saturday 27th Oct 07 with his birthday money. She is the sweetest little baby girl. Amy is already using her litter tray. We think she may be about 6 weeks old. She is very friendly. She is not scared of us. Only if we pick her up, she is a bit scared. When we first put her in her cage, we were just watching her look around her new home, she came over to us, and sniffed us, one by one. Amy is already used to me. Today we had people over looking at her, and she was scared with them, and wanted to come to me. She calmed down in my hands, as though she trusted me. I was so wrapped. It's only been 2 days!
I have definitely fallen for her. She is so cute. I want one now too. Lachlan said I can be the mum and care taker, and he is the owner. We have told him that he has to look after her, and he has been, so far. He has said that every Saturday he is going to clean out her cage. We will see how long this lasts for. He has been feeding her every day, and changing the water. I have been helping him of course.

Kaseys Garden

This is Kasey's garden. She has planted, Snap dragons, Cottage mix, Cabbage, Lavender. She has also grown a Daffodil from kinda. She has her garden in front of her shop. Which is really her cubby house. Kasey likes to play shops. She has a black board to write her menu.

Kasey says:
"I just love my garden!!!"

My veggie garden!

This is my veggie garden, that Kasey and I planted on Saturday, 20th October 2007.
I added sheep manure to the dirt. The plants seem to like it. We planted red onions, strawberries, chillies, zucchini, carrots, watermelon, pumpkin, snow peas, tomato, and cherry tomato. I left a tomato growing in it's pot, (the green one in the distance), because it is really going very well where it is.
We will see how we go with our veggies.
This is the first time I have grown my own veggies, by myself. I have helped with others, and I must say, that I am really enjoying it. I have been going out every day, looking at my beautiful garden. It is a real therapy for me. It's great exercises too.
I have a green wire shelf thing in the corner, I found on the side of the road. I have put it there for the snow peas to climb.
Well, we will see how we go.