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Fuzzball79

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Just thought I'd also introduce my other animals:

My 2 corns:
Ozzy (he is my first snake. I got him in 2011. He's quite a small boy, but I find him very pretty and he's got a lot of character):
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Draco, my other corn. I got him from a relatives friend who wanted to make space. When I got him he was quite overweight, being fed on 2 large mice twice a week, but now he's got a nice muscle tone. He used to be quite chilled, but he went through his first proper breeding season this year and because I'm not breeding with him (there's too many corns in rescues IMHO) he's a bit frustrated. He's still a great snake.
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My German Shepherd Dog Trigger. He's my first dog and my soul mate. He'll be 9 years old in November and has moderate HD and osteoarthritis, but his heart and mind are that of a young dog. He may not like other males (unless they're neutered and larger) and is scared of small white dogs (after being bitten in the belly by one), but he's super friendly to humans of all shapes and sizes and that is more important.
He's very smart and should have been a search dog if I had had the opportunity.
This is one of my favourite photos of him and possibly the last time he was jumping like this
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My girl Storm. She's a Husky Mix or probably Northern Inuit X (many people have called her that). We weren't really looking for a second dog, but because I had liked Dogs Trust on my FB, she appeared on my newsfeed one day and it was love at first sight. She had been found on the streets and although an owner's phone number could be traced through her microchip he/she didn't even want to know where they were keeping her and never came to claim her.... stupid @hole! His/her loss, our gain. She must have been under a year old when we adopted her, as not long after she lost all her puppy coat (I think my vaccuum cleaner nearly packed up, lol) and she's grown a bit since then. When we got her she knew the sit command and that was it. She still had accidents in the house, stole whatever food there was, mouthed during play and used to chew through all sorts (we went through 3 leads and 1 harness at the beginning).
Now she walks reasonably well on the lead, I can even let her off (not now though because the rut is starting and there are too many deer around), she knows all sorts of commands and has stopped stealing and destroying (apart from her cuddly toys). She's a bit like a sponge: You show her a new trick or command and she might not carry it out. You probably think, she can't do it or that maybe she's not as smart as Trigger. A couple of months later you try again and she does it first time, lol.
She's very friendly to people and dogs alike, although she needs to learn that not every dog wants to be BFFs with her. She does have a massive prey drive, but she's not been successful other than catching 2 voles (not that I want her to catch rabbits and co).
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I used to also have 3 rats. I still miss them a lot, but I couldn't have them, because in the short lives they had I got really attached to them and their passing hit me quite hard.
We were going to get ferrets, but it looks like the breeder has let us down, as every time I ask him about the jills he keeps telling me that they're pregnant, but it's way beyond the 42 gestation period now and breeding season has ended, too :(.
 

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Corns are great. Give them a nice vivarium and something to climb and they're really active and the different morphs are beautiful. It seems like it's all about Royal (or Ball) Pythons at the moment and people kind of laugh at you when you say you have corns, but I find them very underrated.
 

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Yeah there are some really beautiful corn morphs out there. I live my ball python but she's extremely lazy and goes between fasting for long periods and then trying to eat everything including my face. She is currently in the latter and needs her tank cleaned >.<
 

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My Shepherd Trigger is getting on a bit, but he's still young at heart. He doesn't let his few health problems (HD with arthritis, enlarged prostate) stop him from having fun:
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My Husky cross Storm was loving the snow today (she's confined to the long leash at the moment, because they've cut down a whole small forest around here, thus making a small herd of deer homeless :( )
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Butter wouldn't melt ..... (because it would get gobbled down too fast for melting)
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Trigger trying to steal the sun spot on Storm's bet and gets punished with snuggles
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Madame comfortable enough?
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Obedience: Level Pro (it takes a lot of self control for Storm not to take the treat straight away, lol)
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I was a little torn over whether to rehome them or not, as I went through a phase where I'd lost my enthusiasm for some reason. But every time I look at their cute little faces, I don't regret keeping them. They've got such nice personalities, too, even so Draco, the Anery Striped, is a bit of a pain in the backside, because he's in breeding mode. He keeps trying to break into Ozzy's viv (which is stacked on top of his). Poor boy is half his size (he's a bit of a runt at 4 years), lol.
 

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They have great personalities, all different too. I can't wait to get another, just waiting for this years hatchlings.
 

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Some feeding pictures. Draco was quite funny. he just couldn't get the angle right and kept chomping on the weaner. He looked quite angry, lol.

Warning graphic images of defrosted mouse and rat weaner, lol:





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Great pics. I love watching them eat. I had a hognose that almost always ate hers from the middle, folding the mouse in half.
 

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Storm and Trigger posing
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I joined a local dog walking group with Storm (Trigger can't be bothered meeting new dogs anymore, especially not small ones)
It's doing her a world of good, walking with a group. She's really good off lead now (although she still can't resist chasing squirrels and foxes and still rolls in smelly stuff):
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Not the best idea to try to play with swans lol
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Some of my dogs.
Trigger enjoying the recent snow
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Storm gets longer walks because she's younger and needs more excercise. She was in her element
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The view of today's walk (Loch Lomond in the background)
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