Red bellied racers - Fluffy ate one once, a baby one. Yummy hahaha.
Blue Racers are rare and only found in one location on Pelee Island:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/blue-racer#:~:text=In%20Ontario%2C%20the%20Blue%20Racer,and%20201%20hectares%20for%20males.
Sneaky snake tax
Dancing Dandy...
18C (65f) quite the change from the past few days of mid 20s as a low at night.
These wild swings are not the summer norm here. 28C to 30C during the day and around 19 or 20 overnight lows.
Sure hope my winter isn’t crazy like this summer!
I am more inclined to think it is heat related or they ate something they shouldn’t have. Or a combo of both. They pick at and eat everything, and if they were affected by the heat it could lower their resistance and cause an illness.
I think heat is worse than cold sometimes.
Any extremes...
Oh Buttercup is still around - she is one of my escape artists.
Today she and the other escapees made a dash for the back again.
I tell you it’s a full time job just chasing those around!
Buttercup and Curly
She is one of Mr P’s ladies, and she lays blue eggs!
Another choice is Tylenol - I use the infant liquid stuff. Dose is 10mg/kg.
The infant stuff is 80mg in 1cc (that’s 1ml), the syringe has a 1/4ml (.25ml or .25cc). I would think you wee fella would take a bit less than the .25ml - I give the silkies less than the .25ml about half way between...
Even my banana plants are wilting in the heat, and they generally love the sunny hot weather.
Thankfully the temps have dropped off and the wind has swapped to the NW, no rain though - yet.
She’s a frizzle, like Curly. They are my mutant chickens.
She also needs to moult which I am hoping she does soon. But those feathers are dangerous if they get you in the eye!