Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Monday, 9 April 2012
Come dine with me (rat edition)
Friday, 23 March 2012
Fun with shredded paper
I did some shredding last weekend and yesterday decided to give it to the rats. I filled an empty easter egg box with the shredded paper and then hid broken up doggy chocolate drops in there for the girls, and a small box for the boys. I thought that this game would last longer than it did, they certainly seemed to have fun. This tells me that as a good owner I should eat more easter eggs so they can have the boxes. I think I can cope with that.
Also the fruit skewer is working well, both times I used it all the veg on it disapeared. Only problem is I cant seem to take it off the top of the cage.
Finished reading The Scuttling Gourmet, It has given me lots of ideas for the tweaks to my mix that I want to make. I have written memos on pieces of paper and put them in the book, so that I can return to the most pertinant bits quickly. I was going to annotate it but I really couldnt bare to use pen on it. Its also inspired me to be really creative with the food they get each day. The girls food today got put in their bucket with shredded paper on top. I see shredded paper being a great help in hiding things due to its density.
They might get cous cous with salmon oil, garlic and seaweed powder to eat tomorrow...sounds very posh haha
Also the fruit skewer is working well, both times I used it all the veg on it disapeared. Only problem is I cant seem to take it off the top of the cage.
Finished reading The Scuttling Gourmet, It has given me lots of ideas for the tweaks to my mix that I want to make. I have written memos on pieces of paper and put them in the book, so that I can return to the most pertinant bits quickly. I was going to annotate it but I really couldnt bare to use pen on it. Its also inspired me to be really creative with the food they get each day. The girls food today got put in their bucket with shredded paper on top. I see shredded paper being a great help in hiding things due to its density.
They might get cous cous with salmon oil, garlic and seaweed powder to eat tomorrow...sounds very posh haha
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
I think rats might be descended from wolves...
..Judging how they attacked the chicken I gave them earlier. They didn't fight over it, though Oreo tried to pick it up and take it into the top of the explorer...This failed due to the chicken being as big as her.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
My order from rat rations
Been thinking about ordering from this site for a while, and today my order arrived. I got some salmon oil, kelp powder (to go on cous cous with garlic and the salmon oil) ,Hemp seed, a load of millet spray for the rats and the cockatiel and a little metal fruit hanger which is currently hanging in the cage with a wedge of carrot on. Looks like a fun toy for enrichment. I also was suprised with a copy of The Scuttling Gourmet, which I have spent most of the day reading. Lots of information and its helped me have ideas for my mix (and I'm barely halfway through reading it) I can see already that it was worth every penny.
We also got the shopping today so got the rats pumpkin seeds, pearl barley and ryvita. So the new mix I made has allsorts in it, I didnt make a note of everything I used so I must do that next time. I really mixed it into the substrate so they will really have to dig to find everything. At least they wont get bored.
We also got the shopping today so got the rats pumpkin seeds, pearl barley and ryvita. So the new mix I made has allsorts in it, I didnt make a note of everything I used so I must do that next time. I really mixed it into the substrate so they will really have to dig to find everything. At least they wont get bored.
Friday, 14 January 2011
I HATE computers...
Seriously!
I have been battling with mine for several hours in a hope it might behave itself! Windows shoved an update to windows live (msn) in with some other updates and has totally messed it up! The new way it works is horrible :\
Then it was a nice battle with the antivirus which wouldn't work and was content to do the opposite of what I wanted. And firefox kept crashing so i spent ages reloading it in order to even check my emails.STRESS! But its really just the perfect end to the perfect day after a stressful shopping trip.
But tomorrow is another day and I'am hoping for a nice sleep tonight though the chances are unlikely...hmmm
Anyway enough about me , this is after all the pets blog..so more about them.
Havent had time to do any training with Atari today so he got himself a day off. Im sure he would be thrilled if he knew that i bought more cous cous at the supermarket lol
They had a special supper tonight, left over homemade rice pudding , the best in the world! with curly cale and banana, they certainly are not afraid to mix flavours XD Gonzo was tucking in with great gusto, hoping to finish it all before any of the others noticed (this failed) but he still got himself a nice amount of it. Percy came out of the hammock to grab mouthfuls and returned to the hammock to eat it. Hoping this is not a sign that hes uneasy, i wonder if Asbo is still throwing his weight around.
The girls and the Bigger boys in the other cage seemed to appriciate all their food which was nice. The bigger boys infact were eating more of the kale than the rice pudding!
It was the second day of Caseys new antibiotics today, as they are bigger i thought they would be harder to hide, but today i just threw it in the air and he caught and ate it. Whether he will be wise to it tomorrow and refuse to catch it i dont know, i hope not as it makes it easier if he will just take them.
I have been battling with mine for several hours in a hope it might behave itself! Windows shoved an update to windows live (msn) in with some other updates and has totally messed it up! The new way it works is horrible :\
Then it was a nice battle with the antivirus which wouldn't work and was content to do the opposite of what I wanted. And firefox kept crashing so i spent ages reloading it in order to even check my emails.STRESS! But its really just the perfect end to the perfect day after a stressful shopping trip.
But tomorrow is another day and I'am hoping for a nice sleep tonight though the chances are unlikely...hmmm
Anyway enough about me , this is after all the pets blog..so more about them.
Havent had time to do any training with Atari today so he got himself a day off. Im sure he would be thrilled if he knew that i bought more cous cous at the supermarket lol
They had a special supper tonight, left over homemade rice pudding , the best in the world! with curly cale and banana, they certainly are not afraid to mix flavours XD Gonzo was tucking in with great gusto, hoping to finish it all before any of the others noticed (this failed) but he still got himself a nice amount of it. Percy came out of the hammock to grab mouthfuls and returned to the hammock to eat it. Hoping this is not a sign that hes uneasy, i wonder if Asbo is still throwing his weight around.
The girls and the Bigger boys in the other cage seemed to appriciate all their food which was nice. The bigger boys infact were eating more of the kale than the rice pudding!
It was the second day of Caseys new antibiotics today, as they are bigger i thought they would be harder to hide, but today i just threw it in the air and he caught and ate it. Whether he will be wise to it tomorrow and refuse to catch it i dont know, i hope not as it makes it easier if he will just take them.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Vets today
Well we came away with more antibiotics, the vet thinks Casey has improved and he needs to go back with another urine test next saturday to see if he needs anymore tablets or if the infection is cleared. There was this tiny dog in the vets that Casey being Casey started making his stupid noises at because he wanted to go over too it, so i took him outside. On the way outside the little dog was letting out growls that a rottweiler would of been proud of. Casey certainly changed his mind about wanting to go near it lol. Then on the bus some strange man started talking to him in a high pitched voice...Casey was confused as we were. I shall be glad when he doesnt need to go anymore as he complains on the bus and at the vets, makes almost as much noise as the bird!
Had Lola out for a cuddle last night, i think she is feeling a little sad, the hugs helped a bit as she bruxed a lot. I thought it would be nice to video it on my phone but as soon as my phone came out she hid her face and refused to play ball. Sigh. Once i put the camera away she went back to bruxing. Typical.
She also went and hid in Atari's den (behind the sofa cushions) He wasn't impressed today when he went in there and found a girl had taken residence i think he would of told her off had she still been there lol
Did more clicker training with him today..I think he is getting it but its hard to tell with Atari, specially as something spooked him and he decided not to come out for the den for a while. I shall be keeping it up so will be able to see if its working with a bit of repaptition i think...i hope lol
Shopping tomorrow , which means i need to check on what cereals i need for my mix, i make my own rat food mix based on the shunamite diet. It contains rabbit food (alpha herbal deluxe you cant just use any rabbit food due to the pellets as these are wasted) dog kibble (scoop of my dogs dried food) cereals (cornflakes, branflakes,rice puffs,mini wheats and shreddie type cereal , although sometimes i have run out of one of these and it therefore isn't used in that batch. They also get something else rarely like porridge oats or very rarely cheerios as they are very sugary) There is also penne pasta in there which i have upped at the moment to a whole bag as it lets them store a little more energy for keeping warm in the winter.
As well as dry mix they also get carrots (left whole so they can have a good gnaw) curly kale (big bag separated between the three groups with a bit for the lizard) cous cous (they love this, Atari is obsessed with it, while he was poorly he pushed homemade chicken stew out of the way for plain cous cous!) They get something special everything couple of days in general, kale is generally reserved for the day before clean out day lol. They do get other things just less often, on cold nights as a change from cous cous i will make them porridge, when we have had a chicken they will get some chicken and the bones which they love to gnaw, i rarely find any left! At christmas they got boxes with dog treats, sprouts and mixed nuts, they were also given the bones from the turkey crown. I think the most luxurious treat they have ever had is nearly two packs of king prawns they were given when we found out we didnt like them (king prawns are weird, little soft prawns are the best)
Had Lola out for a cuddle last night, i think she is feeling a little sad, the hugs helped a bit as she bruxed a lot. I thought it would be nice to video it on my phone but as soon as my phone came out she hid her face and refused to play ball. Sigh. Once i put the camera away she went back to bruxing. Typical.
She also went and hid in Atari's den (behind the sofa cushions) He wasn't impressed today when he went in there and found a girl had taken residence i think he would of told her off had she still been there lol
Did more clicker training with him today..I think he is getting it but its hard to tell with Atari, specially as something spooked him and he decided not to come out for the den for a while. I shall be keeping it up so will be able to see if its working with a bit of repaptition i think...i hope lol
Shopping tomorrow , which means i need to check on what cereals i need for my mix, i make my own rat food mix based on the shunamite diet. It contains rabbit food (alpha herbal deluxe you cant just use any rabbit food due to the pellets as these are wasted) dog kibble (scoop of my dogs dried food) cereals (cornflakes, branflakes,rice puffs,mini wheats and shreddie type cereal , although sometimes i have run out of one of these and it therefore isn't used in that batch. They also get something else rarely like porridge oats or very rarely cheerios as they are very sugary) There is also penne pasta in there which i have upped at the moment to a whole bag as it lets them store a little more energy for keeping warm in the winter.
As well as dry mix they also get carrots (left whole so they can have a good gnaw) curly kale (big bag separated between the three groups with a bit for the lizard) cous cous (they love this, Atari is obsessed with it, while he was poorly he pushed homemade chicken stew out of the way for plain cous cous!) They get something special everything couple of days in general, kale is generally reserved for the day before clean out day lol. They do get other things just less often, on cold nights as a change from cous cous i will make them porridge, when we have had a chicken they will get some chicken and the bones which they love to gnaw, i rarely find any left! At christmas they got boxes with dog treats, sprouts and mixed nuts, they were also given the bones from the turkey crown. I think the most luxurious treat they have ever had is nearly two packs of king prawns they were given when we found out we didnt like them (king prawns are weird, little soft prawns are the best)
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