Snow!
We were at the back end of storm Filomena which resulted in the heaviest snowfalls in Madrid for 150 years with many roads blocked and lots of building damage. We had a bit, but not a huge amount. There was…
Been a long time…
Well, what a long time since my last blog post. That one was titled ‘Bobbins gets the all clear-ish’ and it was very much ‘ish’. She came home and we let her loose around the house, and she promptly became…
Bobbins gets the all clear-ish
Bobbins went to the vet this morning and after a few days of steadily moving in the right direction without any regressing, the vet has said she’s ok. So fingers crossed that that will be that now. What a long…
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…
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.…