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December 21, 2013

The Duke of Kupa

When we were children and lived at the beach on a quarter acre section, we had lots of guinea pigs. Thirty-six at one time I remember. (We were very proud of that number) Males and females, shorthaired and long haired, all colours. The only ones who went into cages were the pregnant mothers, the rest…

December 20, 2013

As the snow turns to a dogs delight: slush and mud

The day stayed well above freezing yesterday. The snow began to melt and all the animals heads came back up. Incredibly the sparrows indulged in a bird bath. Splashing about in the melting ice. Not quite that warm I thought. But there you are, I am not that kind of bird. I opened all the…

December 19, 2013

Kupa is not better but not worse

No-one can understand how this big peacock is still alive. Every breath is so hard won and everything I read tells me that a bird cannot survive such a massive bacterial attack for very long and that he should be responding to these antibiotics very quickly or succomb very quickly. Birds do not linger. But there…

December 18, 2013

The Duke of Kupa is fighting

The pneumonia is proving hard to break. He just stands in his new big cage and watches me, breathing and breathing out, hauling noisy air through his lungs. But as of yesterdays afternoon he was eating his seed mixed with yoghurt and drinking his potion, plus water. And as of this morning though I can…

December 17, 2013

a peacock in the bathroom

Kupa has pneumonia and is gravely ill. He is now gasping for air. His breathing is noisy. Dark tongue and dark nostrils, both of which should be pink. He is not getting enough oxygen. And I did not see him eat yesterday so we went to my vet in the afternoon. After we visited the…

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