tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006461670144722868.post4909763262147285588..comments2023-04-24T22:43:27.926+01:00Comments on Spindrifting South African sea monkey: Hammered hamsters and dassies on Tassiespohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00711119384786965311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006461670144722868.post-64085077837610531412008-08-18T17:48:00.000+01:002008-08-18T17:48:00.000+01:00Wow, a little birdlet that actually survived. My f...Wow, a little birdlet that actually survived. My family found a few, but they never seemed to survive.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if it is karma that causes some pets to go through endless disasters and others to lie peacefully in their cages. I think it is the ones that challenge the system that have a hard time. Much like humans.pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711119384786965311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006461670144722868.post-63498662315040559502008-08-18T17:34:00.000+01:002008-08-18T17:34:00.000+01:00Chika Chikadee was kicked out of his nest for bein...Chika Chikadee was kicked out of his nest for being too small or perhaps for smelling funny (though I believe birds have no sense of smell).<BR/><BR/>But he was ultimately a lucky bird as he lived through more things than most stunted birdlets get to, by the end of his days.<BR/><BR/>He was picked up by my mother who is a bird lady (random birds accumulate and propser in her life) and lived through a number of challenging things such as tennis bird (not really cruel but a game used to get him back in his cage after a fly about), a BIG move and having his leg bitten off at the knee by another bird adoptee. As in Stumpy's case, the surgeon amputated and normal life continued.<BR/><BR/>Given that normal life consisted of taunting all the other bigger birds with a constant stream of verbal abuse (where his name came from phonetically) he was lucky to keep the other leg to a ripe old age when he pegg (legged) it into the next (insert preferred: "plane"/"life"/"dimension"/small patch of soil with marigolds planted on top).<BR/><BR/>Just thought I'd share. I like your blog.megawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12143273277864306549noreply@blogger.com