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that sounds cute. i keep hearing neat things about rabbits but my experience with them is that they eat and poop and simply tolerate being held. maybe i'm just not good at reading "rabbit language"
I have a house bunny who is boxed trained as well. It's true that mine only tolerates...
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she's really pretty. I didn't know geese could be gentle. I've heard so many horror stories about them. hmmm when I finish putting in a pond I may look into getting geese along with ducks if geese are as fun as ducks are
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a very fluffy goose.
I had to hit the ground running, learning wise, when we bought this land. Right now I'm studying up on sheep , pigs, rabbits and cattle. next will be water fowl and turkeys.
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a slug? well it's good to have a lazy day now and then. What kind of bird is that in your picture? I'm afraid I don't know enough between ducks and geese to tell.
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oh how lovely! Is that a sun conure? we use to have parrots when I was a child. I enjoy them but I don't have time to give them the attention they need.
we had lauries, conures, quakers, lovebirds, parakeets and finches. oh and doves. I miss my doves, such gentle birds.
Sassy is a...
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hmm I may look into rabbits again then. i think they are adorable but I was always turned off by the ones I had growing up that were skittish or down right temperamental. i want meat rabbits one day but I suspect i need to treat them like the chickens i raise for meat, in other words...
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oh how lovely! Is that a sun conure? we use to have parrots when I was a child. I enjoy them but I don't have time to give them the attention they need.
we had lauries, conures, quakers, lovebirds, parakeets and finches. oh and doves. I miss my doves, such gentle birds.
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that sounds cute. i keep hearing neat things about rabbits but my experience with them is that they eat and poop and simply tolerate being held. maybe i'm just not good at reading "rabbit language"
I always hear about "dog people' and "cat people". I know some people prefer one over the other but while I grew up with a large number of animals of differentiate species I find I like dogs, cats, and horses equally.
I love my chickens but they are not as high on my "list" as the other three...