tdierikx

Hahaha! But she looks so purty against the white snow... T.

Try to find the females too... they are usually hard to spot as they are a light brown colour... T.

How about a nice Splendid Fairy Wren? Or a Varigated Fairy Wren? Obviously I cheated and took these of caged birds... lol! T.

Nice!!! Those Fairy Wrens are flighty little buggers, aren't they? T.

She was just checking that you were still on your game... lol! T.

I'm starting as a student volunteer keeper at Featherdale next friday... at some point I'll have to do a rotation with all the birds there... hopefully that nasty female little eagle won't recognise me in keeper uniform... lol! Featherdale have a huge number of birds... from the tiny finches through to wedge tailed eagles... I can't wait to get up close to a few of them... T.

Love the ears! T.

Do you drive him to the park? Maybe a nice long walk might be a good way to wear him out a bit before letting him loose at said park? T.

Sadly that isn't always the case. I lost my perfectly healthy 6yr old aussie to aspiration pneumonia and I can assure you she had the best vet care possible, it just wasn't enough. Pneumonia can be very deadly so you were very lucky. We used double strength antibiotics for a good week to get the cough cleared up... and single strength for another week to make sure! My vet doesn't mess about... lol! But what I'm saying is that apart from the article saying that the pup died 9 days after purchase, there is very little detail as to how long it had been showing any symptoms. Pneumonia doesn't develop overnight... there will be some signs of illness long before it is at death's door... T.

Mine are heat seeking missiles at the moment too... lol! T.

Look at what a friend of mine is hand rearing right now... http://www.penrithcitygazette.com.au/story/3191721/gallery-featherdale-wildlife-park-babies-are-growing-up/?cs=12 Lucky sod had to get out of bed at 3am this morning to feed the little ratbag! T.

If he likes looking at birds... you can show him these... https://www.flickr.com/photos/tdierikx/tags/featherdale/ ... lots of bird ones there... *grin* T.

Could try Snapfish... http://www.snapfish.com.au/snapfishau/fe/rectangle-gallery-canvas-prints T.

The first is a Dusky Moorhen,the second are Cormorants, and the third is a Spoonbill. Nice shots! T.

OK... I'm calling... umm... who do I call for this sort of "cruelty"? T.

If you can catch the cat, Sydney Fox Sanctuary might take it in... they do feral cats also... T.

Nice warm room, heater on, warm snuggy bed, and warm snuggy jacket... Zeddy has it really hard! T.

http://www.awesomeocean.com/2015/07/06/peta-spends-thousands-on-virtually-anything-besides-animal-care/ ----------------------------- PETA announced that it was launching a summer publicity stunt road trip that will feature its new virtual reality anti-SeaWorld experience called "I, Orca". Meanwhile, SeaWorld has been responding to and caring for animals suffering from an oil spill in California. Yes, you read that correctly. PETA, the same organization that purports to care for animals that are suffering, has elected to go on a cross country road trip instead of helping the organizations that are on the front lines responding to this environmental crisis. "Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt … we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line." - Ingrid Newkirk PETA President and Founder USA Today September 3rd, 1991 The publicity stunt-on-wheels kicked off last month and is traveling across the country from Los Angles to Miami. Along the way, they'll be inviting people put on their virtual reality headsets and watch an overdramatized story of life at SeaWorld. While PETA spent thousands developing this virtual reality experience with actress Edie Falco as voice talent , dolphins are washing up dead on the California Coastline with oil tar in their mouths. PETA also announced they would be flying banners above SeaWorld Orlando for the Fourth of July celebration. PETA's priority is publicity, not caring for animals. Meanwhile, animals on the California coastline are getting a second chance at life as SeaWorld's expert animal care team works along side with government agencies, non-profits and universities to quickly respond to animals that are suffering from this spill. It's clear it is SeaWorld who answers the call, not PETA, if there's an animal in need. PETA's just too busy with their road trip to help. -------------------------------- T.

Baiting is lazy... and doesn't work all that well, considering that unintended targets end up getting poisoned as well. It is a relatively slow and extremely painful (read babaric) method of "pest control"... T.

OMG! Are they deadly cute or what?? T.

I'd bark at that too! Naughty roos doing their bitch-slapping dances on the hill... lol! T.

According to one news story, the pup died of pneumonia... and I'd assume that during the 9 days the new owners had it, they must have noticed something wasn't quite right... I think there may be a little more to this story than we are being led to believe. I'm not advocating puppy breeding on a mass scale for the pet shop market, nor am I advocating buying from pet shops... but I'm wondering how a pup dies from pneumonia NINE days after purchase. Surely if medical attention was sought earlier, this would not have had the outcome it did? One of my own dogs managed to develop aspiration pneumonia after inhaling her food - she's a Lab, go figure - and she had an interesting cough develop that I saw a vet for asap... one week of high strength antibiotics later, and she was fine again. A pup with a cough or breathing issues should have been straight to the vet on day one... not later... T.

The build 'em tough out bush... lol! T.

Big hugs to you and Don for enduring that ordeal... and an extra kiss on his snout please! T.

Tell Roo that all his DOL fans are saying what a good boy he is... *grin* T.