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[Virgil]

Ah how cute Janine. Is she keeping them? Maybe you can have one.

[Janine]

Ah how cute Janine. Is she keeping them? Maybe you can have one.

Hahah...only if they stay kitten age forever!

[grace86]

Hahah...only if the stay kitten age forever!

Awe Janine you should keep one! They're adorable!

[Janine]

Awe Janine you should keep one! They're adorable!

Hi Grace, I have missed you. Where have you been!

Oh, I would love to, but we have had so our share of pets in the past and now we swear to stay petless....too much upkeep and doctor bills. Do you want one? I will mail one out. My aunt said someone she knows wants them when they are older. I think they have a farm; which will be lovely for them to roam.

[Janine]

Sad news....one of the kittens died so my aunt took the other two to a vet; a woman their will nurse them and hopefully those two will survive. Life is very fragile for little ones so young. That is nature, right? Still I feel sort of sad that one is gone.

I raised a baby duckling once and will try to post soon some photos of my adorable 'Mr. Peepers. He was so cute. Hope he's swimming happily on a pond, as we speak.

[Virgil]

So sad Janine. I was about to recommend taking them to a vet when I first saw your post. But what can one do.

[IJustMadeThatUp]

Ohhh how upsetting! Orphaned animals are very hard to care for and even with the best care they can still sometimes pass on. I hand reared my two youngest kitties, but they were older than those guys when I got them and therefore easier.
I hope the other two are doing well and that your aunt isn't too upset. None of them would have survived if she hadn't taken them in
Will your aunts get updates? I'd like to hear they are doing ok.

[Janine]

So sad Janine. I was about to recommend taking them to a vet when I first saw your post. But what can one do.

Virgil, Easter day when she found them, I sort of thought she needed the advice of a vet, but it was a holiday, so what could one do? I didn't think they were kept warm enough or ate the right formula; plain cows milk at the time; later she used non-fat powdered milk. I wondered if they needed a baby formula. Tiny babies and animals don't yet have digestive systems equipped to handle real milk. I am glad she finally took the other two to a vet. Hopefully they can save the other two.

We had this really great vet near us. He would take any type animal, even if it was wild. He was a icon in our area. Everyone knew him and looked up to him; such a sweet and caring man. Once my neighbor and I took a big white goose who lived freely on the lake for years but for some reason befriended me particularly; this was my gardening period and he would follow me around the yard like a dog. I named him Radar (like in Mash) because he would swim all the way the length of the lake as soon as we even ventured out the back door. He must have had that keen of hearing. You could hear him squawking 10 miles away. He was hilarious! Anyway, he got a bad eye infection so we carted him off to our super vet. It is the funniest thing I still have a memory of; sitting in an office holding this truly large white goose in my arms wrapped in a blanket and all the customers were starring with questioning eyes at me and jaws dropped open. I simply said "Yes, it is a goose!". Well, needless to say he made two trips there, had an operation in which they saved his eye and he went back to living on the lake. It didn't end completely happy though and I won't go into that. The point is the vet did save his life. Those vets are sometimes better than people doctors and I am sure by now kinder. I think he did the operation free. So I am hoping the little kittens pull through. Maybe the smallest and weakest one died. Say a prayer for them everyone; the Bible says God knows when a sparrow falls. I love that poignant line from Hamlet about the fall of a sparrow. I think this vet is semi-retired now but he did wonderful things through the years for animals and donated much time to really serve in that way. He is to be greatly commended and he is well loved and appreicated.

[Virgil]

How old do yu think they are Janine? Perhaps the milk was a problem. Tht's funny about the goose. I've never known anyone untl now who hd pet goose. (Oh I guess people on a farm have them.)

[Niamh]

Oh Janine! they are so tiny! I'm sorry to hear one of them died...

[IJustMadeThatUp]

How old do yu think they are Janine? Perhaps the milk was a problem.

I agree, you should always use a special formula, I used a multipurpose one that was good for all sorts of animals; kangaroos and kittens, who would have thought! It's usually better to hold off on feeding them until you can get the right stuff. Cow's milk is evil for most baby animals

How old do yu think they are Janine? Perhaps the milk was a problem.

I agree, you should always use a special formula, I used a multipurpose one that was good for all sorts of animals; kangaroos and kittens, who would have thought! It's usually better to hold off on feeding them until you can get the right stuff. Cow's milk is evil for most baby animals

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Saphira and I hit the woods yesterday, and came back with some new pictures:


A frog checking the surroundings.


Mating toads


Caught! Close up of the loving couple and a party pooper:
Do you see the leach on the finger? It was attached to the females head.


Another view: Here you can see where the leach was attached.




A frog just floating around, soaking up the warmth of the sun.


Another toad couple (in another pond) having a rest below the surface.

/Claes

[zanna]

Claes, I really like second to last photo! And the toads' eyes in the close-up pictures look so interesting. Great shots, as usual. =)

[IJustMadeThatUp]

Fantastic pictures Claes. I really like the first one

[Niamh]

So today i went on my first proper cycle.
About seven minutes cycle from my house is the north dublin cycle track that goes from clontarf to sutton (by howth) with only a little break at St Annes and Dollymount.
The first couple of Pics were taken from the cycle track.
Looking North at Howth




Looking South at Dublin City and the Dublin/ Wicklow Mountains.




On Dollymount Strand and Bull Island Reserve.


(thought this was funny )




















St Annes in the Backround


On the way home