OMG, Snakes!

Happy Pride to everyone but especially to Arthur and Bert, my interspecies gay finches who are in love and are incubating... something?... in their nest??

When my zebra finch Arthur lost his elderly husband Bruce last December (at eleven years old, which is positively ancient for a zebra finch!), I was really worried that Arthur would have a hard time finding love again. Thankfully, my local bird shop guy had a gay male shaft-tailed finch he was having a hard time pairing AND who was from an aviary that co-housed zebra finches, so that worked out perfectly! After a brief introduction period these two started courting and they are now married and very, very happy together.

Thanks, hope things are going well with you.

Hello friend!

I'm sorry that your buddy is being hormonal and not eating. You can help him get past this seasonal phase by increasing his "daylight" with a lamp to simulate summer photoperiods, and if you're currently offering frozen/thaw prey you can try the brown bag trick: put him and his meal in a paper lunch bag (it doesn't have to be brown, that's just a common color), fold the top of the bag down and then put the whole sac in his cage and let him sit in there for a few hours. Sometimes not having any other stimulation can remind a snake that food is good and important.

If he doesn't snap out of it by the end of May, you may need to go back to the vet, but I'm optimistic that he's on the downward slope!

Also, I'm sorry for being so inactive lately. I'm finishing my thesis and having Life Stuff™ going on, so I'm not on the socials as much these days.

Everyone's favorite thick idiot son came out to meet trick or treaters, but we've had an average of one group of 2-3 kids every 30 minutes, so we're hanging out on the sofa and now he's all the way asleep on my shoulder.

Hi there! Is this a meme costume? Haha, I think I'm too old to get it but you look cool anyway.

I do have one snake that is a teensy bit cuter than the rest, but he's not for little kids. Are you old enough to meet him? Ah, I see an adult behind you and they're nodding approval! Okay, awesome! Just be careful, okay?

snakes are cool!

Well hi! Gosh you sure look scary tonight!

I agree, snakes are really cool! Did you want to pick a candy from the bowl? There's some Partycake in there if you like that. Might have to dig around a bit for it...

Well hey there kiddo! That's a cool costume. :)

Here ya go, take your pick!