antics

i just got back from the vets. pete's foot swelled up and i finally decided to take him in. turns out he has pneumonia. i thought he was just in bad shape from his foot. i feel so bad for not taking him in earlier. i got antibiotics to try and heal both things but it may be too late. i cried when i heard the assistant briefing the vet on the situation and say "it's looking pretty bad." the vet had a rat growing up that lived four years. i hope pete recovers and still has many years to come. i took budd outside yesterday for the first time since it started getting cold this season. it was nice and sunny out and she seemed to enjoy romping around the yard. i put her in the dry tank we set up for laying eggs after and she'd been in there all night. she started scratching at the walls this morning so now she's back in her aquarium. we'll cross our fingers for more eggs now. that routine seemed to work before. you'd think one of my pets wouldn't be high maintenance right now but kitt's joined in the antics. she had a peeing spree the other day. the first one at this place. both gareth and i were in the "pet's room" the other day. me working on my computer and him waiting for his to come (he just bought a macbook). we watched kitt go in and out of her litter box about a dozen times in the hour or so we were sitting there. noted that it was strange and maybe she wasn't feeling well. then i went to the bathroom and kitt followed. she squatted right in front of me and started peeing. i yelled and threw her out. we thought maybe she just didn't like us being in "her" room so we left but i found a few more spots throughout the day where she'd gone. i haven't seen any since though so hopefully that was a one time thing. i'm back in the room on my computers now though. she seems to be at peace drinking some water. or maybe she's reloading. gareth's old computer died on him (hence the huge upgrade) and i lucked out getting his old flatscreen monitor for my photo editing desktop. i think i'll spend the day working on my florida pictures until i have to go to work. the only day i go in this week. we actually got a manager and i finally got the rest of my paid time off. woohoo. i went out this past weekend and helped set up the new barn in short pump. i took some pictures. hopefully i'll be taking a lot of horses this week.