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Say hi to Junebug!

Heather — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:27:10 +0000

We have a name: Junebug. We went to the vet this morning and she got a clean bill of health. HOORAY! The rescues all got a dose of ivermectin last Monday as a treatment for any mites or worms, and she’ll get the second round in about three weeks as a precaution. My main concern was giardia, since a couple of the hedgehogs in other groups had tested positive, but she shows no signs and tested negative.

We’re teaching her that it’s okay to eat in the open, and what a food dish is. Right now, she’s very secretive about her eating, which is totally understandable. She loves roasted mealworms so I’m bribing her to eat them both while she’s uncovered and out of a dish. She more readily eats kibble that’s buried in her blankets so we’ll have to gradually work with her. For now, I’m just glad she’s eating!

She continues to be very mellow and amenable to handling. We watched two movies tonight and she spent the whole time snuggled up in a fleece blanket with one of us while Paisley marauded around in her exercise ball. Paisley is a bit miffed to have the living room cordoned off with a rolled-up towel, but she spends most of her time in the other rooms anyway.

More photos from Saturday:

One of Junebug’s fellow rescues, who spent the entire afternoon snug in his new human’s jacket with his foot up, like a salute.

Junebug (right) says hello to one of her buddies:

The most strongly pinto-colored fellow, who was a bit shy. Those aren’t shadows – that’s his actual coloring. He looks like chocolate and vanilla swirl ice cream.

2010, a photo a week

Heather — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:08:16 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of discussion on some photography sites about doing a photo a day for an entire year, and I have to say, the idea is daunting. I’ve done several photo-a-day months, and I’ve enjoyed them enormously, but the pressure to just take something already is sometimes overwhelming. I’ve committed to a lighter version of the same concept and will be posting a photo a week for 2010. No particular subjects, and a great number of them will probably be cell phone camera photos since that’s often what I have handy, but at the end of it, I hope to have something that shows a taste of what 2010 was like.

For our first weekly photo, I’ll start with (naturally) Paisley. It’s been ridiculously cold, and while she has been quite comfortable through the entire business, she has taken to burrowing quite extensively in her blankets. Today, I found her with her fabric hat tipped over so she was in it like a little teacup, with her blankets all pulled down around her. Quite sensible, actually.

Dexter

Heather — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:53:57 +0000

Dexter, originally uploaded by scpetrel.

Our last photo of Dexter. We’ll always miss you, sweet man.

Dexter in exercise ball

Heather — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:38:19 +0000

Dexter

Heather — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:27:34 +0000

Dexter, originally uploaded by scpetrel.

Dexter

Heather — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:31:47 +0000

Dexter, originally uploaded by scpetrel.

A photo a day from October 15

Paisley

Heather — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:19:16 +0000

Paisley, originally uploaded by scpetrel.

Paisley’s bathtime

Heather — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:19:46 +0000

Someone was a little bit stinky and needed a nail trim to boot, so bathtime it was.

She was walking with her feet picked way up out of the water and leaving cool splashes behind.

Pedicure:

Post-bath towel fluffing:

Now it’s time for a nail trim and a nap:

A photo a day – January

Heather — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:15:12 +0000

I’m welcoming in the new year with another monthlong photo-a-day project, which I’ve done a few times before with great success. The simple act of forcing myself to pick up a camera and photograph something every day causes me to be more comfortable with my camera, and I have gotten a few notable shots as a result. If you’re interested, you can check out my past efforts.

As usual, the hedgehogs will feature prominently in the photos for this month. I started off last night with Paisley, who was happy to model in exchange for some tasty roasted waxworms.

Possibly too much cute for one evening

Heather — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:11:15 +0000

I’ve had an evening of unadulterated cute. First, Chopper and I watched all the special features on my newly arrived WALL-E special edition DVD, followed by the movie (for the fourth time, yeah). It is my favorite movie of all time. Yep. It sure is.

Chopper had Paisley with him during the movie and at the end, I decided that it was time again for a feeding frenzy of mealworms. Mmm. Paisley sort of fell off Chopper onto the down throw I’d been using and stayed curled in a ball. I fed her some mealworms off a spoon (what, spoiled?) and then busted out the camera.

Tell me this isn’t stupendously cute.