Bobbins comes home from the vet
We bought Bobbins home from the vet – she’d been staying in for over a week and we really felt that there wasn’t much that could be done for her in the vet which we couldn’t do at home. The…
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Bobbins is still in the vet and the lovebirds get closer
Poor Bobbins is still staying at the vet, she’s been there for five days now. We had expected her to come home on Friday as she had shown signs of improvement, but then on Friday she took a step back…
We say goodbye to Miss Moppet and Bobbins is back at the vet
Miss Moppet because suddenly very ill and died earlier this week. It was a surprise as we had not idea that she was ill or that there may have been anything wrong. Here’s a pic of her on the…
Lockdown Life – Month 7 (curfews, canine coronavirus and internet)
We have 6 cases of coronavirus in the village which moves us into a higher band. Given that any more than a quarter of a person with coronavirus moves us into a higher band, it was sort of inevitable. But…
Introducing Lovebirds (to each other)
We have put the lovebirds in to the one cage – something that I didn’t think we’d be doing this early on. It can take weeks or months for a lovebird who was bonded to another to accept a new…
Harry the Lovebird
Introducing Harry the Lovebird. He will be a friend for Barry but he’s currently in a separate cage while the get to know each other. They appear to be interacting nicely and I’m not seeing any signs of aggression or…
vet and picnic
we had a family outing to the vet today. Horace for his haircut, Pixie for her blood test and Daisy to be neutered. While we were waiting we had a picnic lunch by the new reservoir we found at Zafra.…
Lockdown Life – Month 6
I was looking at an email I sent mum back at the beginning of March. I said I would postpone my visit for Mother’s Day because I wasn’t sure how this virus thing was going to develop. And then a…
Gary the Lovebird
Sadly, Gary (Sugar Plum) the lovebird died yesterday. He had appeared fine but Ian found him at the bottom of the cage last night when we went to bed. We had no clues that he was ill so it was…
Lockdown Life: Month er…
So things continue without much change. However, living in an area which is not greatly affected by the virus means we see things differently to people in Madrid. Extremadura is seeing a rise in infections, but nothing like some of…