Yesterday was a full day here at the Garden but the weather was fantastic so I took full advantage.
I wasn't happy with the chinchilla lads being housed in a 55 gallon aquarium so I went to the pet store and bought them a brand spanking new cage. It's about 18' x 36' x 24' tall. Plenty of room for their hide box, play tube and dust bath tray. While at the store I also got a jar of bath dust and a sack of food for them. I'd read online that rabbit feed isn't suitable as it can cause liver damage in chinchillas. There was grass that needed pulling from the cracks in my driveway and around the edges of the house & raised bed gardens so the lads got some fresh greenery to nibble along with their hay and bowl of fresh bought diet made especially for their species.
The lady who helped me at the pet store seemed to know her stuff quite well, unlike the knobs I work around. They didn't have sugar glider feed in store so she suggested I purchase online and told me she buys a lot of her animal supplies at a certain website which she shared with me.
While the last days of Summer are still quite warm here in Mississippi the temp wasn't as oppressive as it has been. According the the good folks on TV we're still about 5 degrees warmer than usual. I did get out and work on the ducks & geese yard and all went swimmingly. After boarding the gaps between the barn and ground I removed the barrier tween young and adult hens, shifted the young 'uns and reclosed the fence there. It didn't take long for me to cut the fence as needed, move some around a bit and add 16" x 4" to their enclosure and then remove the inner fence giving all my duck girls one big happy yard. I went into the drakes & geese yard to do a bit of cleaning and prep work which will make things better for all, I believe. There is a small section in the Southeast corner I'm not totally happy with because if the angles of the fence. I closed off about 12' there, raked and burned the debris. There was a load of grand looking compost of decomposing leaves and bird droppings that I'll soon shovel up and add to the raised beds before reseeding that little area. I'll probably use deer feed plot seed mix there and rearrange the fencing more to my liking which will also add a few square feet to their yard.
Each and every day entails about an hour and a half of feeding, watering, observing my kids some call pets but they are well worth it for the joy they bring me. Some days take more time for cleaning a pool or chopping a mess of fruits and veggies to last a week instead of prepping their salad daily. Sometimes I have bedding to change or a cage to scrub or dishes to wash and disinfect. Four legs, two legs or none; feathered, furry or finned they are all my children!
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