ESTHER & ALBERT

I thought that you might like to see a photo of Esther with her boyfriend Albert, after dating successfully for a week, they finally set up home together on the 1st of December, and are now inseparable, doing everything together, they share a large double hutch, which, like all our other hutches we have clad with twin-wall polycarbonate sheeting which is both weatherproof and warm. Wishing you and all at BARKS a happy new year. Coincidentally our neighbour Dawn also came down to you for a rabbit a couple of years ago.

EDMOND


Edmond (formerly Morris) bounced into our household in August and has been bouncing around ever since! He was delighted to have Katy and Kitty to play with although Katy wasn't keen on having to wear him like a back pack when he landed on her from a height. Kitty took to him instantly, washing him lovingly and teaching him all the basics that a well trained kitten should know. She is very tolerant of his rough and tumble games and they are very close. We are all delighted to have this happy little boy as another member of our family. Thank you BARKS.

SMUDGE



Here is a picture of the hamster we adopted at the beginning of December. I called her Smudge because of the smudge of white running down under her chin. She seems very happy and she is very cute!!! In the bottom two cages there is hay in the one on the left and sawdust in the one on the right which she enjoys digging and sleeping in. She is usually in the living room but at the moment she is in my bedroom because my uncle is sleeping in the living room and her wheel squeeks quite a lot! She runs really fast and after a few minutes of holding her we put her in the ball because of her speed! She is gorgeous and very sweet and I love her to bits. I'm lucky we were looking for a hamster when she was looking for a home. From Meg

PUNKY & FOZZIE



Just an update on the little monkeys. The hours of sitting on the dining room floor with them has paid off and I am now a fully fledged member of the kitten family and can probably now be known as mum. We're now back to sitting on the settee in the evenings, which is a relief and they like to climb all over us. Punky likes to hold me down with his paws and wash my face. He also wants to kiss me all the time by rubbing his nose on mine. Punky is still the more confident and mischievous one but Fozzie is getting there and will sit on us when we're relaxing. They follow me wherever I go in the house, usually by running round my feet in figure of eights which takes a lot of time to get anywhere without kicking them or treading on them. I've attached a photo of them when they were 'helping' me with my studying this week, (by helping I mean chasing the pencil as I was trying to write) and also one of their smiley faces whilst they were asleep.I'm so glad I had these two.

FIDDLE



I just wanted to let you know that Fiddle is settling in very well. He is coming out of his shell, helped by Fidget, they have been doing a lot of playing and boxing with each other, none of it nasty, and they have started to go to sleep together under Ellie's bed in the afternoon! Fidget now spends most of his time upstairs, he likes to know what Fiddle is up to........Come bed time Fidge comes down to sleep with Wiz, otherwise they would be chasing each other all night!!!! So Fiddle comes to sleep on my bed with me, he has got used to me now and is letting me fuss him, he's so soft and fluffy, we love him so much and are so happy with him! Thanks so much for everything!

BETTY & WILFIE


I just wanted to let you know that Betty and Wilfie are getting on really well together; they have settled in together really well and can't stand to be apart. They like to groom each other; then they snuggle down together. I have attached a photo of them snuggling up in front of the fire together. They are both really happy bunnies.....!

WOOSTER




Here are a few pictures of Wooster, as you can see he is getting on very well. Wooster really is a fabulous cat, but sometimes he gets a little confused and plays 'fetch' as if he were a dog?!!! We really love having Wooster and would be lost without our little buddy.

PASHMINA



We adopted Pashmina in December and just thought we'd write an email to let you know she has settled in really well. The first few weeks she spent lots of the time running around the house, but now she is allowed outside (which she loves!), she spends most of her inside time sleeping! Pash is lovely! I've attached some photos of her in her new home, thank you to everyone at BARKS!

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