Kate Pullen

Today is Thanksgiving in America. I think out of all the festivals we don’t celebrate, Thanksgiving is the one I’d most like to join in with. It’s a massive holiday in America and one which I really didn’t know much…

Barry the lovebird is showing distinct signs of nesting, so we think that he may be a she. As the original name I gave him was Sugarplum, I am hoping we can go back to that again as it is…

Tinks went for a final check up today at the vet’s after her operation two weeks ago. The vet was very pleased and she doesn’t have to go back again. The scar is quite big, however it seems to have…

She can do a better job than me!!!

After literally months of dry weather, it started raining last week. And within about 15 minutes, we were bemoaning the rain and wondering if the rain would ever stop. Needless to say, it was just before Ed and Emma arrived…

Being relatively new to the world of bird ownership, we still have to research their care, specifically food which are good or bad for them. We’ve read a lot about pomegranates and how other people’s parrots ‘go mad for them’.…

It is the custom, when someone dies, to ring the church bell. This alerts people to the fact that someone has died – and also alerts them to the fact that the funeral is likely to be later on that…

Parrots and lovebirds appear to be very different. Well, at least Larry is very different to Barry and Gary (Sugarplum and Nutcracker). Larry always has to have the last word and doesn’t like to be talked over – particularly be…

After earlier in the year when we went months without a visit to the vet, we’ve been going almost weekly for the last month or so with one animal or another. Happily, most are on the mend. Tinks is  120%…

We’ve had some electrical storms over the last few days – no rain, but lots of thunder and lightening rumbling around. This unsettles all the animals – but particularly the blind ones (and Sam). I think a storm is forecast…