Living with Anteaters

Oct 18th

Pua and Aurora

I think they had been playing but Aurora must have heard me sneaking around so is eying me with suspicion. Pua just doesn't like the flash.

Oct 19th
11PM
Aurora's up so I gave her some yogurt. If I put her food bowl out now it will be warm later then she would not be happy.

11:20PM
Sitting in my washer, peeking out, listening to the rain.

Oct 20th

I opened the fridge door last night and found a row of tomatoes waiting for me. What a nice treat.

Since Aurora got her yogurt bowl early last night, apparently it ran out early, the bowl was found tossed half way across the room. The girl does know how to make a point.

Oct 21st

Play time in the closet
Aurora wont play when I am looking so that's the best you get.

Leaving because pictures were taken

Pua wants to keep playing
Aurora heads back realizing she's in the open.

Oct 22nd

One of Aurora's favorite hobbies is climbing up and down that cat tree. She pooped on the cat tree last night. A lovely poop and she is eating great. Tossed her yogurt bowl when it got empty again and mostly drained her big food bowl.

Me I just pester mom and wake her up for treats and pester Aurora for play time. Happy to be sleeping in my washer. I missed it while playing nurse for Aurora.

Oct 25th

1:30AM
Had a great play season with Aurora. We were playing queen of the mini platform. I wrestled her for it from the hammock, then squeezed on with her and battled, then plopped down into the safety hammock and battled her from there, there was lots of hand poking. Then I moved to the hut roof and battled her from there. She won and I moved to the window shelf and she followed and played a bit more. Then she said she was done with a hiss and started to curl up but mom put out her food so she went and is eating. She already had some of her yogurt prior to play. Mom forced her self not to take a photo cuz' Aurora hates her photo taken and she would have stopped playing.


Aurora was up this morning and complained till mom gave her some yogurt then complained till she got some cold food. She then complained again till mom changed the blanket though she complained for a bit just to complain it wasn't her favorite blanket. Aurora's getting good at telling mom what to do.

Oct 27th

Well mom was low on yogurt and tried making Aurora's food without and still giving her a cup of yogurt on the side. She at all the yogurt and tossed the bowl and wouldn't eat the food. Mom tried top dressing it with yogurt. She ate some of the yogurt off the top somehow but not the food. So mom mixed the yogurt that was left with food and she ate that this morning. Picky, picky girl. New batch of yogurt brewing and mom will mix her soup with yogurt but she wanted to try cutting back on it some so she may get less on the side for her evening treat.

"I shall spit at you"
Well, they can't really but kind of looks like she is about to. She was sniffing the air and hissing complaints at me.

3PM
Aurora is up having a mid day snack of her yogurtized food.

Oct 28th

Pua plays with her wood

Pua stops to pose

Then listens to the sounds coming from my headset

Aurora was feeling brave last night and came down to explore. I think she was following my scent trail around as she started up the end table and peeked over and saw mom there and looked at her for a bit then backed down and went on her way.

I sometimes wonder if Aurora is steam powered. She makes puffy hisses the whole time she explores. Maybe it's a warning signal, "make way, I'm coming through"

Oct 29th

Look what I found this morning! She later tried to come in my washer with me too but couldn't figure out how to open it(she keeps standing on the lid while lifting) so she went to the hammock but wasn't impressed and returned to the closet. Mom said I should have opened it for her but she'll never learn that way. Besides I was busy playing with my toy.

Nov 1st

Aurora chillin' on the shelf

Aurora napping on her hut

Pua in a drawer
Mom and me played and cuddled in there for awhile too

Aurora coming down the cat tree

Aurora going up her tree
Oh yeah the nice  curtain is covered because while it looks nice you can see through it from outside at night.

Pua spying

I spy a spy

I later moved to my hammock after my treat and mom went to clean out my washer. There was a surprise in there for her.

Aurora in the washer
Gave mom a shock when she opened the lid planning to clean it and saw someone, ha.

It's possible i had the lid open and slipped in or maybe she figured it out. I'm not telling.

It was nice having a guest till I realized she wasn't going home so i moved to my hammock.


Aurora will return to a scrubbed and fresh paint touched up closet nest tonight. Let's see if she notices...

11:53 PM
I am laying on the tower, looking at my washer, waiting for Aurora to wake up.

Nov 2nd

12:08 AM
Went in my washer and said good waking but Aurora said no waking yet. So I left to the closet on my own. Now what am I to do on my own?

I was worried Aurora forgot how to get out so I kept going in and out to show her. Eventually she woke up and we played inside the washer.

Aurora finally left my washer around 2 am she then went up over the bookshelves to the night stand. Mom lay still and Aurora took a deep breath and continued past mom on the headboard. She slipped off part way on the other pillow and kept going.

She was doing great till she got to the top of the cage and managed to get her claw stuck and mom had to come free her. That was scary but after a couple laps around the shelves to calm down she went and ate. We are both sleeping in the closet nest today.

Sharing soup
We have Aurora on biotin to see if we an get some hair growing back

Excuse me?
Pua is annoyed at the disturbance to their slumber party

Little yawn

In the clean & painted closet
Touched it up some while Aurora slept in the washer, seems I missed a spot

Aurora's turn to complain
Pua went back to sleep but Aurora looked as I cleaned up the meal area.

Nov 3rd

Mom's alarm went off this morning, a rare event, it sent Aurora into a brief panic then she sat and chewed mom out over it. Later she said as long as you're up get me some cold food.

I am back in my washer today and Aurora is in the closet nest. Life has returned to normal.

So when mom went to clean up the feeding area Aurora looked up and was like, "oh you bringing me food!" So mom got her a little yogurt treat and she was happy.

Closet nest
Aurora made a very nice nest out of the comforter today

"Why must you spy on me?"
Because you're so pretty!

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