Re: Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)

Andrea I am so sorry, that makes me absolutely crazy.  Grrr.

On 5/4/06, Andrea Hodges <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> Keep us posted on Seamus please! I'm up to my eyeballs in trying to raise
> money for the boxer rescue. We had a deaf, white puppy that one of our
> volunteers rescued. Chained, stuck under a fence, no water etc. The police
> came and took the dog to the shelter. Padlocked and chained the run shut
> except for the staff members to take care of her with a note that she was
> not to be given to anyone except the police officer or Jenni (our
> volunteer)
> She has mysteriously disappeared. When Jenni went to get her she was gone
> and the A/C officer that had the key swears he knows nothing about it.
> This
> is the SECOND time a dog has gone missing under his care. The cops are
> investigating, but it makes me sick to think she's been sold as a bait dog
> or a puppy factory. The shelter was required to hold her for 10 days which
> is why Jenni couldn't get her immediately. Now she's beating herself up
> for
> not just stealing the puppy. It had been abandoned for at least a 3-4 days
> before Jenni found her. People are cruel and crazy. Not just stupid.
> Sorry,
> I'm stressing about this today.Venting.
>
> I'm glad Peepers has got her babies AND eggs. Cannot wait to see the
> photos!
> A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)
>
>
> > I'm sure Seamus will be ok.  I think he probably just ate some bunny
> that
> > didn't agree with him.  His trip to the vet wasn't planned because he
> > might be sick; it is his annual check up.  The timing is just good.
> >
> > I look forward to the photos - and so does my sister.  I've been
> > forwarding her the continuing Peepers saga since the beginning.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)
> >
> >
> >> Oh Kitty, I hope that Seamus is O.K. That worries me too. And it is
> >> ALWAYS busy at my place...no matter what time of year. I DID get some
> >> photos of Peeper and the Mother duck with her babies tonight. I'm
> trying
> >> to download them so that I can share them online...but I'm getting
> >> frustrated. Maybe by tomorrow I will have them ready! She actually
> >> hissed at me when I got too close to take pictures. Imagine that.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>  Thanks for the update Jesse. I hope Pops is around somewhere. It
> always
> >> worries me when I see a very noticeable behavior change in an animal.
> My
> >> Seamus is acting strange, we'll see the vet on the 13th. It sounds like
> >> it
> >> will be a lively summer at your place this year with all these babies.
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jesse Bell"
> >> To:
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:49 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Update on Peeper (aka Lady Chatsworth)
> >>
> >>
> >>>I will Jim. I am a little concerned that I haven't seen her mate. Geese
> >>> are supposed to mate for life...but I have not seen him around. The
> >>> Canadian geese across the road (on our 7 acres) are BOTH hovering
> around
> >>> the nest on the island. Every morning I see them swimming together.
> But
> >>> I have not seen him. Maybe he is just keeping to himself till the
> babies
> >>> are born...she was a little grouchy with him at the beginning of her
> >>> nesting. I just don't know.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> james singer wrote:
> >>> Cool. I think animal behavior is about the most interesting of all
> >>> things. Keep sending reports. Please.
> >>>
> >>> On May 3, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Well, the grey duck that was nesting in the stall with Peepers had
> her
> >>>> babies Sunday. She had five ducklings. Peeper must want some babies
> >>>> really, really BAD because now she is "helping" with those babies.
> She
> >>>> is still sitting on her eggs (and according to the books, a goose
> sits
> >>>> on them for 25-30 days, she has maybe a week or so to go) and still
> >>>> does
> >>>> NOT want anybody around her nest...BUT...when she isn't sitting on
> >>>> them,
> >>>> she is "mothering" those baby ducklings and I just think it is so
> >>>> sweet.
> >>>> And the mother duck lets her. If the German Shepherds come too close
> to
> >>>> the babies, Peepers goes after them. I sure hope she has some babies
> >>>> because her heart is in the right place. And I haven't seen the Mr.
> in
> >>>> almost two weeks. I don't even see him on the pond. I wonder where he
> >>>> went?
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>> Heat Zone 10
> >>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Kemp TX
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