OUR OTHER PETS

AS WELL AS HORSES, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OTHER PETS.

THUMPER IS OUR 3-MONTH OLD LIONHEAD RABBIT. HE JOINED OUR FAMILY IN JANUARY, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF OUR PREVIOUS RABBIT, MOONBEAM, WHO WE HAD FOR 5 YEARS. BEFORE MOONBEAM, WE HAD BUGS, AND BEFORE HIM WE HAD SMUDGE. WE HAVE HAD RABBITS FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW, AND EACH ONE HAS BEEN A REAL CHARACTER, AND PART OF OUR FAMILY.

THUMPER, THE "QUACK PACK" AND SMOKIE

AS WELL AS THUMPER, WE HAVE THREE HAMSTERS. SMOKIE, A GREY SYRIAN HAMSTER, AND PUNCH AND JUDY, CHINESE DWARF HAMSTERS. WE HAVE HAD HAMSTERS FOR MANY YEARS, AND AS WELL AS BEING EASY, ALTHOUGH SADLY SHORT-LIVED PETS TO LOOK AFTER, THEY HAVE GIVEN US COUNTLESS HOURS OF FUN WATCHING THEIR EVENING ANTICS. OUR PREVIOUS HAMSTER, RHUBARB IN PARTICULAR SPECIALISED IN HANGING UPSIDE DOWN FROM THE ROOF OF HIS CAGE, AND SWINGING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, USING JUST HIS FRONT FEET TO HOLD ON WITH. WE ALSO HAVE OUR "QUACK PACK" OF 9 DUCKS, WITH ORIGINAL NAMES SUCH AS DONALD, DAFFY, JEMIMA AND OVEN-READY! SOME OF THE DUCKS ARE SHOWN IN THE PICTURE ABOVE

A FEW OF OUR PREVIOUS PETS

BONNIE CLYDE

BUGS (1998) MOONBEAM

ROUNDING OFF THE MOSS MENAGERIE, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS COLDWATER FISH, WE HAVE OUR TWO HENS, CAGNEY AND BROWNIE. BROWNIE AND TWO OF THE DUCKS LIVED AT THE STABLES UNTIL RECENTLY, BUT HAD TO COME HOME WITH US WHEN THE YARD BECAME A REGULAR FEEDING GROUND FOR THE LOCAL FOXES. NOW IN PURPOSE-BUILT COMPOUNDS, THEY ARE ENJOYING A HAPPY AND TROUBLE-FREE LIFE WITH THEIR NEW FRIENDS.

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