Cesar and the Parrots

Spending some time with Cesar in the Parrot aviary. Cesar likes to share his food with them. When he eats a piece of fruit or veg but gets close to the stem he stops eating and collects little bits to give to the Parrots. Here he had already gotten a lot of apple to eat …

Behold the ‘Rat Barn’

Behold the ‘Rat Barn’. When we got a Rat for Cesar, I expected it to mostly be an experience of ‘damage control’. Initially, yes, we had to spend a lot of time over and over to show Cesar what’s acceptable and what is not in playing and handling the rat. But I must say, Cesar …

Syntia and her Furry Dogmother

I am so grateful to see Syntia grow up amongst all kinds of different animals, something I didn’t experience as a young child. So far she’s had the most interaction wtih Snowy, a pyrenean mountan dog who has always had a strong maternal instinct. While Snowy will never have babies of her own, she plays …

Cesar and Birdie

Cesar asked me to make some modifications to his chair to accommodate the birdie 😁 I was a bit hesitant to take in the birdie, last time we didn’t have a child of our own around. Cesar’s been very good with the bird, patient when we have to take care of her/him (we’ll have to …