Living with Anteaters

March 19th

I'm so bored

I wish I had someone to play with

I spy someone
Close up time
Cinco loves the camera

Grooming momma Aurora and mugging the camera.

March 20th

The battle for the princess castle continues. Aurora and Cinco left the castle last night and soon as her claws hit the floor Pua darted up and settled into the hammock. Aurora came back a short time later though after going to the closet to relieve herself, at least it wasn't in Pua's food.

Aurora climbed up the pole and stood at the top ready to climb in the hammock but Pua reared up showing her claws and stood her ground. Aurora didn't want to fall so got on the platform instead and threatened Pua but Pua did not flee as she had hoped. Aurora gave up and lay on the platform with Cinco.

She later stood and sniffed the hammock but couldn't see Pua since she was inside. Pua was aware though and made a savage attack at Aurora but with the hammock in the way it was just a comical hammock thrashing around in the general direction of Aurora. Aurora stood looking bewildered but settled down again.

Eventually Pua left to eat and Aurora took over the hammock. I fed her there a couple times but later found her wandering the room looking for her baby. I found him on the lower shelf hidden amongst the books again. When I gave him back to her she was in the closet but chose to go back to the princess hammock.

Something very special about that hammock.

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Barely holding on

Droopy tired baby Cinco
I'd rather be sleeping
I can climb high

Licking an empty treat cup

Baby Cinco Tamandua being awesome

He tastes a tomato, looks cute and climbs the pole, then plays with mom. Watch out for that claw int he ear that looks painful. Tomato and treat cup were there from night before as daily cleaning hadn't happened yet. Need to use a heavier pad so it stops sliding. Puffy noises are mom breathing. Spot on his nose is a drop of Aurora's food. If he likes tomatoes bet he'd like ketchup. I'm wondering if he might show more interest in Pua's "solid" food over Aurora's soup.

March 21st

Aurora was climbing up behind the sink & I hear baby cry, then cry again then a thump. Aurora stood and blamed Pua. He had been scrapped off on the climb up. I retrieved him from the sink cabinet but wasn't sure where to put him and stuck him on the climb pole to the side of the sink.

Aurora came and started grabbing at him trying to pull him off, like: "What are you doing there. Get off that thing right now, young man!" She also sniffed him over to be sure he was okay.

He tried to obey by climbing onto her head but she didn't like that and pushed him off onto the sink. He found his way onto her butt and they continued on up the tower.

Checking out the wood

Baby Cinco playing with wood
March 22nd - Laundry day

I say no to laundry day

Pua and her favorite toy
She pulls that out every night and plays with it.

She wasn't happy about laundry day. Sorry girl but time to get your bedroom cleaned up.

Aurora was in the princess hammock so I tried Putting Pua in the circus hammock but she was having none of that. She tried pestering Aurora to get her to leave but that didn't work. So then she got brave and tried to climb in the hammock with her but that didn't go her way either. She finally gave up and settled into the pet clothes basket.

Laundry day sucks worse without my hammock