Smokin' in the Boys Room

Just kidding!! I quit smoking 10 months ago. More importantly I realized the boys have completely been ignored on the blog. It also dawned on me that its gonna be way harder to blog about the boys. This will likely end up being a "look what I bought them" blog.  It might even morph into a blog about my self.

We are waiting to move into our new house in about 3 weeks. The boys and I are currently living with my parents and my younger sister. I think we're all getting excited for me to move out again. The living situation have me frazzled and ready to go. The boys don't care where we go or what we do as long as they keep getting getting their new timothy hay with sweet potato.

We are moving into a great house on the sound, I have my own entrance to the house as well. The room is much bigger than out current one. My fluffernutters take up a huge portion of my room and lila's cage helps a bit too.

Imagine the cage is on the left wall and the twin bed is all the way against the right wall. I have about 5 feet from the cage to my bed and about a foot away from the wall behind the camera. Some people have walk in closets bigger then my room.

Their will be fresh free range eggs every morning from the resident hens. The owner filled in his shore line with sand to create a nice beach. I plan to get a float and and an anchor to float while tanning.

I learned about once a month cooking recently and I began preparing my grocery lists immediately. Normally Im pretty lazy and will spend all my money on frozen pizzas. I thought, why spend all that money on prepackaged when I can make that dollar stretch and still have my frozen meals. This way I can still be lazy but in a healthy way.

Pre-Vet setup

The boys had their first outing in my room. Normally they get to be out in the hall since that area is completely empty. I did the best to chin proof the room. They really enjoyed looking at their reflections.

I have to use my bath tub to accommodate my weekly deep cleanings. please don't worry about the exercise balls. They use them for about 5 minutes while I set up the play pen. I will not be using these in the summer months.

Miss Lila has her vet appointment tomorrow afternoon and we are packed and ready to go already. I have white cloths, food, water, serving dishes and bedding in case she has to stay over night. Hopefully she can come home with us.

I spoke with her old owners to see what the deal with her lump was. They had her for 6 months and it went from the size of a pea to nickle size. They came to visit the other day and I asked if it got any bigger and she was shocked. It had in fact grown a lot. She said one day it busted open and was bleeding everywhere, which leads me to believe its a vascular tumor. I'm not a vet so I really don't know.

Lastly I wanted to show you the glass pieces I've made.

Tricking the picky eater..

Recently Ive tried to add Senseed's Vita Exotic to Lila's diet. First i tried to replace about a fourth of her food, which she promptly picked her old food out and left the new food in the dish. Next was the baby food fiasco. I'm not entirely sure if it hardened up on her or she didn't care for it. My most recent attempt turned out well but Im not happy about the method. Last night I left her food on top of her cage, my poor baby was starving this morning. So knowing she had a big appetite, I mixed a 50/50 portion of her Blue Indoor formula with the Vita Exotics and added Wellness Turkey & Duck wet food. I think shes enjoyed it but after a couple hours it all blended together and died up. I gave her a fresh bowl for the rest of the night but I left out her precious Blue dried food.

Picking out her favorite pieces

 Tonight's dinner (I'm blogging when I should be having my dinner)

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Today I went to the thrift store I work at and picked up a beautiful green chinchiller! Its big enough for both boys to cuddle on. I also picked them up some baby food puffs for treats.

These should be fine in moderation.

Scored this for 5 bucks!! 

I love when they sleep on their sides :) so cute!

Finished Emergency/First Aid Kit

I really got into the idea of having the necessities on hand. Its always a good idea to have something like this prepared for your animals. I knew I had to get something ready for hurricane season and I feel good about it being done months in advance. I spent about 50 dollars at walmart and I'm pleased with the results.

the first aid kit includes clippers, corn starch for clipper accidents, gentle antiseptic wash, neosporin, q-tips, syringes, Vaseline,baby shampoo, fragrance free wipes, and hand warmers. We most likely wont need the hand warmers living on the beach.

Websites recommended pedialyte and juice for diarrhea, so I bought it to keep on hand. The kit should always have water and enough food for a week. I included a baggie of dust and a KD chew log. Included but not pictured is a weeks work of fleece bedding, and clean up rags.

 I have snack packs that will last forever that include cheerios, goji berries, banana chips, pineapple, papaya, raisins, and coconut.

I found 3 of these little freezer chiller that I plan to make fleece covers for. Primarily to use for over
heating.

Can't leave Lila out of the blog today because she was being especially sweet today. Since shes new I gave her a shirt I had been sleeping so she could learn my smell. She was sleeping in the sleeve when I woke her up.







Because She was in such a good mood I thought we could let her test the waters, literally. Bath time went really well so I believe shes had one before. The water wasn't very deep tonight but next time I want to fill it up and see if she can swim.

After her bath I put some neosporin on the cracked  part of her mass. She resist being wrapped up during this process but I think she knows I'm trying to help.

A month into living with Chinchillas.

My boys Wilbur and Orville came home around valentines day. I will most likely just adopt this as their birthday. They came from different homes, but both from military families. One was presented as a total sweet heart and the other a moody brat. the personalities were there just in the opposite chin. Wilbur the supposed cranky dude warmed up to me immediately. Orville has just recently started giving kisses for treats and hangs half in and half out of the cage, perched on my hand and the shelf. We are all learning each other likes and dislikes.

                                             Orville                                Wilbur

We ditched all of the plastic igloos and wheels that came with the boys as soon as we could. My father built them a new hidey hut and I made as many toys with the extra scraps of wood. During a weekly cleaning I dyed on of the blocks to resemble tie dye. Dad also put together 4 ledges, 1 of which I stored away so they have a fresh one down the road.

                                    Wall-E Fleece                        Opps Had to use Lila's liner
           
I went to thrift stores and got about 15 dollars worth of fleece and another 40 dollars in fleece at Hancock Fabrics. We completely converted from pine bedding in the chins cage. Lila the hedgehog also got a hammy down igloo from the chin brothers and her own girly fleeces.

                                            Lila traded the log for the igloo for more space

I got a great pop up play pen with a zippered mesh top, 2 zippered doors, and mesh windows on every panel. It came with a carrying case that has just enough room for the fleece I use in the pen. I also bought a alligator they can hide inside of. I also found a doll sided bear claw bath tub to do bath photo shoots in!

I recently put together a hurricane readiness kit for the Wilbur, Orville, and Lila. I'm kinda proud of my self for this, no shame here. Chin food, Hedgie food, chin treats, hedgie treats, water bottles(not pictured) Water bottles for them, extra fleece, baby blanket liners, Chin bed, Serving bowls, the carriers, and the play pen.