Sugarbunnie Loft

Well, Brutus finally has his own room. He is such a big boy that it was time he got out of the nursery. He is still on 2 hand feedings a day, so he'll be staying in the house with us for another week while he gets the hang of eating real food. Our babies are weaned onto a mix of organic human-grade seeds, grains, and legumes mixed with Harrison's Organic High Potency Pellets. We find this gives us big strong babies with really excellent feathering and health. a large variety of toys in the Kindergarten Cage helps develop their curiosity and little birdbrain. Shmoopy is doing well too, probably happy to have the nursery all to himself as the last baby of the season! He seems to have finally outgrown the air-gulping so we have high hopes for him, even though he had a rough start. Since he's alone now, we gave him a little stuffed animal to snuggle, and he's been getting lots of extra kisses and cuddles. 

The weather has been a little chilly lately so the pool's been closed - until today! All the pijies jumped in at once and made quite a mess with all the splashing and goofing around. Little Daniel, our baby Berliner, waited until the real bath hogs were finished (the frills and the Friedmans) and then hopped in for his first bath. Fortunately, FosterMom Duchess was there to supervise and boy were they adorable! SquabWatch Update: Brutus and the Ancient Baby are doing well, though Ancient Baby is still gulping air and filling up like a little balloon. We're waiting on the vet for some advice, though we've been told not to worry and he will likely sort it out soon enough. But we like this little stinker, we want to be sure. More news to follow. :) 

Squab Watch is where you can easily find out the latest updates on our new babies. Right now we have Brutus, SF Budapest from the Friedmans. He is a real handful! We actually pulled him this week because the Friedmans were exhausted from rearing their last baby and then a Berliner - and Brutus was being a bit too pushy with them. So, he's in the house now and loving all the attention. Yesterday he actually got a roommate, an Oops! Baby from the Ancients. This little cutiepatootie is having a little trouble with air in his crop ("aerophagia"), he just gulps it in and fills up with air. So it's not sour crop. The Ancients were having a tough time feeding him after a week, so I am hoping it corrects itself now that he is getting fed regularly by me. If not, I will take him into the vet for tests in a few days to see if we can't get him squared up. He's a real cute little fellow. Brutus seems to like taking on the role of big... very big brother. 

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