The Pet Protect Project

03/26/2023

Found a baby possum wandering around out there all alone. This is unusual during the day. She looked to be wanting to go into Ahmet and Aiyla's habitat and that could be deadly for the youngster. I put her in a towel and spoke softly to her, and she stopped spitting at me. I thought since the bunnies love the opossum they would take to her, showed to Coco, and she slapped the wee one! Well isn't that a fine howdy-do! So I put her into a bunny tunnel I separated that area from the bunnies/turtles since I have to work to build a tower for them. Then got a banana broke off a few pieces, and made sure she saw me eat some so she knows what the hell it is. Then dug up some worms...she's on her own on that one and picked two kinds of miro lettuce, and spring wheat, and ripped it up for her. Hope her mom finds her tonight safe and sound in the tunnel.

03/26/2023

The boys seem to enjoy the turtles and bunnies.

03/26/2023

Asuka, my red-eared slider turtle.
She was stuck in a five-gallon trough
filled will frozen water. Once I discovered her, had to thaw
the water to get her out. She was completely underwater.
Turtles hide in the winter and I keep debris piled up for them to root under, otherwise, the bunnies make tunnels wide enough for them to go underground for protection. Since I have been dismantling old habitat structures, things have been a bit disorderly. I can only do so much each day. So far, I think I am accomplishing much, considering the severe relentless vertigo hindering plans. Asuka is a trooper, so glad she survived her horrid ordeal. What would have happened out in the wild? Would she have survived days and weeks of being frozen?
When I stayed with the monks on a mountain in Japan, I had a room with a private garden with a fish pond. The night before I was leaving, it started to snow, and I feared for the one fish in the pond, feeding him rice from my meal. He ate quite a bit before slowly becoming frozen in the water. I cried for him, what was I to do? The next morning the pond was covered with snow. I left with a heavy heart. I guess wildlife survives this winter event?

03/21/2023

The competition featured categories such as ‘the smallest kill’, with participants seen celebrating amount piles of dead coyotes.

03/19/2023

03/19/2023

Organic Heritage Red Bourbon Turkey Eggs $10 for 1/2 doz.
Contact me online, call 737-666-5184, or ring the bell at the Iron gate.
All proceeds go to The Pet Protect Project to care for the animals.

03/16/2023

I removed the old door to the egg house, and since I don't have chickens removed the Henny-ranger cutouts and honor system sign.
Yesterday I cut a piece of plexiglass and a hole in the door, along with 1x2 trim, and painted two coats of white.
Today drilled holes and screwed the front and back trim so visitors can have a peek through the window.
Then painted Ahmet and Aiyla with the only colors of paint I had left. I am SO out of paint! Need to reorder bad.
Hoping all is dry enough to install back on the egg house tomorrow.
Storms, wind and, cold arriving soon.

03/15/2023

As I was just out there checking on the kids making a new stone fort for the girls waiting for Baklava to go potty, I lifted some of the debris in a pile by the water. Both Asuka and Bronzilla turtles were napping right up against each other. It was so precious and pleased me well to know they love one another though of different species. Didn't have my tablet out there to take a photo, and they really don't want to be disturbed. So I tip-toed away real quite like, not to disturb them.
Photo of Bronzilla below, a three-toed turtle about 13 years old. Her sister, Asuka is a Red Eared Slider, a bit older than Bronzilla.
I have already plotted and planned out a turtle haven for them with pictures, measurements, and graphics of their paradise awaiting.

03/14/2023

The Boys.

03/13/2023

I added two perches for Ahmet and Aiyla for stability and to get a better view of the bunnies. He won't go up there until nightfall. She is all over it. Then I saw her hanging in the corner where she laid the first egg, hesitating. So I put a square bucket in there with debris, but she really needs more privacy than that, so added the cool walk-through I made for the hens and a roof. Now I think she can't get in there because of the bucket? I always thought hens can squeeze through anything for a perfect nesting spot. Perhaps not. I'm taking out the bucket. 🤦

03/13/2023

Bronzilla was taken out of the little red rooster house to be part of the world for a moment. She loves the turkeys and bunnies, but I think the turkeys more. She just stares at their ginormous size, remembering when they were 6 weeks old and she became their nanny taking naps with them. I showed her another stone cave, she was eager to explore. Asuka was still sleeping under the debris, her favorite hangout. The bunnies hide under there too and nap with the turtles, I mean right up against them or on top of them. Ah, the tortoise and the hare! It's a silly sight to see.

03/12/2023

My only turkey hen, Aiyla laid her very first egg!
It was just sitting there under the big wall fan staying cool.
She was not sitting on it which makes me happy.
I don't want to wrestle it from her.
The close-up photo shows the brown speckles real well.