Fun with our Bunnies – Sooty and Fluffy

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Mama

Today we learnt that if you call your Bunny by it’s name regularly it can learn what it is called and will respond to it in future. So as we have two new bunnies we have been patting each bunny and using their name to help them work out who they are.

We also learnt that Iceberg lettuces are supposed to be toxic to bunnies, so we will not be sharing any of our with them.

Fluffy loves to be groomed, which is great for his long hair, while Sooty loves to be patted, yet not picked up. Slowly the bunnies are getting used to us as we spend more time with them.

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Bumble Bee

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Mama

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Praying Mantis

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Mama

Last week while we were all awaiting being picked up to go on a monitoring visit, we noticed a new visitor to our garden. The girls were very excited by the visitors presence. A discussion was held about what kind of insect it was and where it came from. Nik was convinced it was a grasshopper, but after taking some pictures Phinee explained she thought it was a praying mantis as she had seen one before and they pull their legs up as this one had done when ready to fight or scare off other insects etc.

Regardless of what the insect turned out to be (yes Phinee’s observations seem to have turned out to be correct) our visitor was called ‘Cricky’ by Nik and their presence was enjoyed for almost 1/2 an hour. The girls had fun watching the prey mantis and discussion what it might eat, why it stood the way it does and so much more!