Archive for the ‘Animal Blog’ Category
My Pets’ November 2010 Update
Ok, so November has brought the first of this year’s cold weather, snow and ice. Lovely. Every morning when I’ve been going down to the ponies and guinea pigs and Velvet at around 7am, it’s gradually been getting colder. First I’d notice it with the bitter temperatures, then the ponies water would have a think […]
November 28, 2010
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Tags: frozen water bottles, guinea pigs, My Pets, ponies, shetland ponies, snow, thawing ice, velvet, water bottles · Posted in: My Pet Updates, My Pets
My Pets’ October 2010 Update
OK, so I know I’m publishing this a month too late, but I just haven’t had that much time recently to do their update. You’ll also notice that this post is entitled ‘My Pets’, not ‘Velvet and the Guinea Pigs’ – this is because I’ve decided to change it to suit all my animals, and […]
November 28, 2010
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Shetland Ponies In The Snow
Recently we’ve had a lot of cold, bitter weather with temperatures going below freezing for several days in a row. Every morning for the last week or so, at around 7am I went down to my ponies’ fields and ended up having to break the ice on their water buckets and troughs – mostly there […]
November 28, 2010
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Tags: feeding ponies in the snow, feeding shetland ponies in the snow, My Shetland Ponies, shetland ponies, shetland ponies in the snow · Posted in: Horse and Pony Breeds, Horse and Pony Care, Horse and Pony Information, My Pet Updates
Durrel Zoo, Jersey, Visit 2010
Durrel Zoo, or ‘Jersey Zoo’ as it is also known, is one of the most fantastic zoos in the world. This world-famous Zoo is focused on saving many animals from extinction and helping endangered animals. I’d heard so many positive reviews and comments about Durrel Zoo and simply could not wait to go and visit […]
October 27, 2010
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Tags: Animals at Durrel Zoo, Durrel Zoo, Durrel Zoo Review, Durrel Zoo Visit 2010, Jersey Zoo visit 2010, Top 10 Zoos · Posted in: My Animal Experiences
Urban Foxes: Pest or Pleasure?
Recently I was on my way back from a wedding, it was just after midnight, and I saw five foxes. Two of these foxes were in the town of Tavistock, Devon, UK; the other three were in the countryside in between Okehampton and Halwill Junction. These sightings got me thinking, are these foxes pests and […]
October 26, 2010
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Tags: foxes, foxes pest, scavenging foxes, urban foxes, urban foxes: Pest or Pleasure · Posted in: Foxes, My Wildlife Watch
My Animal Shed – 3rd January 2010
Ok, so this is what my Animal Shed looked like in January 2010 – it’s taken me a while to upload this video onto my blog as I thought I’d lost it and just came across it when I was sorting through the videos on my computer. If you wish to hear me telling you […]
October 17, 2010
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Tags: animal shed, guinea pigs, january 2010, My Pets, rabbits · Posted in: My Pet Updates
Garden Birds Feeding In The Snow – Video
I was just looking through the various videos on my computer and found this one of several garden birds feeding in the snow. This video was filmed in late December 2009/ early January 2010. I remeber eating my breakfast one snowy morning, whilst looking out the kitchen window and watching these beautiful birds eating the […]
October 17, 2010
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Tags: birds feeding, birds feeding in the snow, garden birds, garden birds feeding video, garden birds in the snow, snow birds, video · Posted in: Garden Birds, My Wildlife Watch
Velvet and the Guinea Pigs’ September 2010 Update
Ok, so I have 7 guinea pigs (2 of which are my brother’s but I look after them) and a rabbit, called Velvet. They all live in their hutches inside the ‘animal shed’. This morning I trimmed all of the guinea pig’s nails with my new nail clippers which I bought yesterday for £4 – […]
September 26, 2010
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Tags: animal shed, guinea pigs, madeline dyer, nail trimming, rabbits, velvet and the guinea pigs september 2010 update · Posted in: My Pet Updates
Save The Tiger
Tigers are beautiful animals, but are greatly endangered. There are only believed to be 3,200 tigers left in the wild and this number is continuing to fall. There are as few as 150 Bengla Tigers in Nepal. Many tiger species are classified as endangered, critically endangerd or near extinction due to poaching, hunting and habitat […]
September 25, 2010
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Tags: endangered tigers, save the tiger, siberian tigers, tigers · Posted in: Animal Blog, How You Can Help Save Endangered Animals, Tigers, Wild Cat Information
Velvet & the Guinea Pigs’ August 2010 Update
I have 7 guinea pigs and a rabbit who live in a shed outside that I bought especially for them; their building is known as the ‘animal shed’ and they often have their exercise running around on the floor and in my rabbit’s case jumping on top of all the hutches. There are 4 hutches […]
August 28, 2010
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Tags: Abyssinian guinea pig, black rex rabbit, pet updates · Posted in: My Guinea Pigs, My Pet Updates, My Rabbits
Sumatran Orangutans at Durrel Zoo, Jersey
On my recent visit to the world-famous Durrell Zoo (in Jersey) I spent a long time simply watching the Sumatran orangutans; they are fantastic creatures and I feel you can only fully appreciate them after watching them for a while and seeing them interact with one another. Out of all the animals at Durrell I […]
August 22, 2010
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Tags: orangutans, sumatran orangutans, videos · Posted in: My Animal Experiences, Orangutans
Wild Cats In Guernsey
On my recent trip to Guernsey (in the Channel Islands) I spotted what I believe to be a wild cat in the marshy parts near Cobo Bay beach. I was walking through the grassland when I saw movement ahead, slowing down I could see a cat, no bigger than a domestic pussycat. The animal blended […]
August 22, 2010
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Tags: feral cats, ferral cats, guernsey lynxes, guernsey wild cats, wild cats, wild cats in guernsey, wild cats in the channel islands · Posted in: Cats (Wild), Feral Cats, My Animal Experiences, My Wildlife Watch, Wild Cat Information
One hundred posts at MadelineDyer.com
Yes, this post is the 100th post at MadelineDyer.com so today we’re going to take a look back at all that we’ve achieved. A brief history of the site: Ok, so I started this website about 5 years ago (around 2004/5) but it looked completely different then. In fact I first started thinking about making […]
August 13, 2010
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Tags: 100 posts, alpacas, animal species, Animals, deer, giant african land snails, horses and ponies, Pets, updates at Madelinedyer.com · Posted in: Animal Blog, Uncategorized
My Giant African Land Snails’ New Home
So, yesterday I bought a new vivarium for my three beautiful giant African land snails, and it’s twice the size of their last one. In fact the vivarium that I chose is the biggest one in the ‘Geo’ range; it being ‘Geo maxi’. It measures 41.3 x 26 x29.8cm. Ok, so I know my giant […]
August 11, 2010
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Tags: giant african land snails, Giant Land Snails, suitable home for giant african land snails, vivarium · Posted in: Giant Land Snail Information, My Giant African Land Snails, My Pet Updates
July Visit To Dartmoor Zoological Park
Nearly a month has gone by since I went to Dartmoor Zoological Park (on 11th July 2010) and I’ve only just realised that I haven’t written about my fantastic day out! This picture is of one of the Lowland Tapir that’s at the zoo. I love going round animal parks and seeing all the different […]
August 5, 2010
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Tags: dartmoor zoo, exotic, lions, tapir, tigers, wild animals, zoological parks · Posted in: My Animal Experiences