Sunday 07/04/24
We are currently looking after a property in the tiny village of St Puy in the Gers region. We have four cats and a tortoise in our care while the owners head to the UK in their motorhome.
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| Sid. We're not sure he's been assembled correctly. |
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| Hazel, who has a spinal injury and has a bad limp but gets around remarkably well. |
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| Piggy - who's very skittish, and only appears at mealtimes |
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| Lily - who just seems to eat and sleep |
Apart from the Brittany sit, this is the first time we've looked after cats on their own so it's a reasonably relaxed sit (no early morning walks, no poops to collect in the garden), and we will be able to get out and about a bit to see the area.
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| Anna, just had a bath and I could swear she's smiling. |
Caring for the tortoise is quite a learning curve as we knew nothing about looking after them until now, and certainly had no idea we needed to bathe them periodically. She's good fun though - and moves around surprisingly quickly!
Bathe. A tortoise? Pray, tell...?
ReplyDeleteThey need it to hydrate, apparently, and also keeps them clean. Especially needed if you use heat lamps to keep them warm, I presume they dehydrate faster with the lamps. I guess in the wild they walk through water and dew-laden grass that does the same thing.
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