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Sunshine Day

It was finally sunny and 70, so Rosita and I spent some time outside in the grass this afternoon. At first she just ate the grass, but then realized she was free to roam about the backyard. I really think I'm going to have to build her an outside playpen. I'll be so worried about possible intruders though. She's so little and there are so many possible predators -- dogs, birds, cats, snakes, who knows! She was really active today. She kept nosing against her cage wall. It's as if she knew, even before I took her out, that is was nice enough weather to be outside.

For the first time that I can recall, she wasn't interested in eating yesterday. Well, not when I had her up in the kitchen with me. She was more interested in scouting around and exploring. Maybe it's the call of the wild in nicer weather? Once I put her back in her cage with her food dish, she did eat all of it. I'm lucky she's such a good eater. Although she will eat ANYTHING she can pick up and put in her mouth. Today it was a small piece of styrofoam. I was able to extract about half of it before she swallowed what was already fully in her mouth. I don't think it will hurt her, but it is a bit scary to think what she might eat that is not intended to be consumed. I have to pay better attention to what is within her path.

Ready for the World

Rosita is ready for spring! A couple of weeks ago it finally warmed up enough to take her outside. I was so excited that I raced home from work to take advantage of the remaining sunlight. I took her out on the front step and fed her some apple. Afterward I let her traipse off into the landscape rock and she really boogied! I couldn't believe how fast she was moving around! I took her over to meet a few of the neighbors and she was quite hospitable. She doesn't normally like to be held for more than a few seconds at a time, but she rested in my hands for about ten minutes while I showed her off.





Oh, by the way, the title of this entry reminded me of that one-hit wonder band with the same name. Gold star to the first person who can name their song.