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A Furry & Feathery Merry Christmas

Timothy Price36 Comments
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Spunk helping Laurie wrap presents.

 

I photographed all the animals Christmas Eve, trying to get them to have a “Merry Christmas” look about them. The birds and Spunk were more than willing participants, Diné was okay with it as long as she didn’t have to get off the heater vent under the bed, but Rosencrantz and Guldenstern took quite a bit of coaxing. Blue, the Boa, opted out because she is getting ready to shed — she has milky-blue eyes and she’s a bit cranky — it’s best to leave a 7 foot long boa constrictor alone when she doesn’t want to be photographed.

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Beaker is still looking great after 22 years.

 

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Guildenstern thinking about making a mad dash to get away from the pesky camera.

 

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Søren was more than happy to get in some time in front of the camera.

 

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Rosencrantz was like “You bothering me boy!”

 

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Diné wouldn’t budge from the heater vent under the bed.

 

 

36 thoughts on “A Furry & Feathery Merry Christmas”

    • Thanks, Lavinia! Very perceptive on Mama Manx. She got a kitty flu after Guildenstern had it a couple of weeks ago, and she didn’t survive. I’d been treating her for urinary tract and bowel issues for a couple of years, and her kidneys were not in good enough shape to deal with the flu. The vet treated for a couple of days, we brought her home, she did well for a day and then her body just shut down. She died on December 8th at 1:05 AM.

      Since she died at the end of the semester,while I was in the middle of a major web server and Internet upgrade at work, dealing with deadlines, and then holiday preparations, I haven’t had time to put a memorial blog together for her. I didn’t want to hastily put one up, so I decided to wait until after Christmas. We really miss her.

      We really miss her.

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  10. I’m genuinely sorry for your loss. However, i see that the rest of the crew is taking good care of you and Laurie. Thanks for this delightful post. It was a great way to begin Christmas morning. Hugs all around. ⭐

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  12. Hm… I looked at the pics and thought, I think one of these kitties might be of help to Luna, the mascot for: look at a flower, stop all war, campaign. Maybe Luna needs a battalion of peace makers….

    Merry Christmas, Tim.

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  15. Love your menagerie. I grew up with cats but my wife is allergic so none for us. And I’m not sure either of us would be comfortable with a boa. We could do birds but I’ d hate to compete with the hummingbirds we have in the garden spring through fall. We have been dog sitting for several months now but she and I merely put up with each other!

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    • Thanks, Emilio! Too bad your wife is allergic to cats, you really miss out not having cats. Parrots are great. Especially African Grays. They have the intelligence of five year olds and act like three year olds, so there’s never a dull moment with a Gray in the house. Boas can be real huggers, but you have like snakes to deal with them. I like big dogs, and have never been much of a fan of little dogs, but for some reason little dogs like me.

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