GROWLTIGER was a Bravo Cat, who lived upon a barge;
In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large.
From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims,
Rejoicing in his title of, ‘The Terror of the Thames.’

(He has a little growing up to do before he can really be a Terror)


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Sorry for the radio silence - I’ve got a post I’m working on but they’re not up yet. :) For the meantime though…

Please share widely - a 10 year old cat is often challenging to rehome, and the more people who pass this along, the more likely she can find her new people.

I have a friend who is looking to rehome his adult cat due to some life ( Read more... )

Hello all!

I decided, over the past few days, to do some major updates on the rational parrot webpage. The following new pages have been added:

Toys: Why they’re important, where to get them, and how to teach parrots to play with them.

The following old pages have been updated:

About Us: Updated to include pictures of all parrots. Bios to come ( Read more... )

Let me introduce you to Siam Jewels Doppelganger, hereafter known as Deuce. He is four months old, and the half-sibling of Jelly.


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Quick note.

I’ve updated the Rational Parrot Page on Diet, which you can find here: http://www.rationalparrot.com/diet.html

New details include discussion of mash diets (including chop), fixing links, and updating how I feed my parrots.

Originally published at Rational Parrot Blog. You can comment here or there.

Hiya people from Reddit, and welcome. That was a nice surprise, to find my post shared there. Hope you enjoy and stay around as long as you’d like.

Have a macaw eating an (empty) box of Girl Guide cookies as a reward.



Mar 28, 2014 | Tlalli disposes of the Girl Guide cookies box. by stejacks on Keek.com

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Just before Christmas, Toronto was hit with nearly 36 hours of freezing rain, which did a horrific amount of damage to trees, cut power for almost everyone, and made the entire world into an ice skating rink.

We didn’t have any major tree damage (lost a single branch off one), only a little shrub damage and that should grow back just fine. We now ( Read more... )

I’m home, doing well, somewhat sore, and very tired, but in one piece. More details later, just wanted people to be updated.

Originally published at Rational Parrot Blog. You can comment here or there.

Tonight, I finally managed to make it off the couch and spent some time rearranging cages. The pyrrhuras’ cage needed some work now that there were two of them, Radish’s cage wasn’t set up well for his way of moving around (and of standing and pooping constantly on things), and Tea, well, Tea got a rearrangement because he was there.

And I took a ( Read more... )

Our household, particularly the trio of Orientals, deem that they should spend at minimum fourteen thousand hours a day playing with each other. The rest of the time should be spent attempting to fit in my lap, having love crisises that require immediate attention, and trying to steal the humans’ food. Occasionally, they sleep too.

A large number ( Read more... )