Blackberry & Co
Wise Old Thumper
...Blackie and Butter didn't want to go to bed. Usually after they've had their turn in the big run they go back in the aviary and go upstairs for supper and pretty much snuggle down straight away (they wear themselves out running around the big run :lol. I leave the park gate open in case they want to pop out for a last bit of grass, but they rarely do (they have a little garden extension on the front of the aviary which I call their park, and the door is the park gate )
Tonight they scarfed their supper and went and plonked themselves on the grass, and they were not moving! I never make them go in until they want to, so I kept popping out every 20 minutes to see if they were in. Eventually at nearly 10 (way past the time they have usually snuggled down) they were indoors - bless 'em!
I'm happy for them to stay up, but they're normally such creatures of habit that by 8.30, or 9.00 at the latest, they're happy to be inside.
Tonight they scarfed their supper and went and plonked themselves on the grass, and they were not moving! I never make them go in until they want to, so I kept popping out every 20 minutes to see if they were in. Eventually at nearly 10 (way past the time they have usually snuggled down) they were indoors - bless 'em!
I'm happy for them to stay up, but they're normally such creatures of habit that by 8.30, or 9.00 at the latest, they're happy to be inside.