Household

Happenings in the de Villiers household.

Tuta feeling better

Tuta feeling better

Good news! Our little chubbilee is feeling much better after “a series of enemas” (boo) and a few weeks of a special, wet-food diet (yay). No, J and I did not have to administer the enemas ourselves, but frankly, I’m not sure what would have been worse: giving them to her and taking the heat [...]

Amelie's puppies cute, also

Amelie’s puppies cute, also

At last, we have been gifted with some ridiculously cute pictures of Amelie’s litter:
These babies were born 16 July 2007. I can’t imagine trying to pick one of them over the rest. I just hope that somebody in the bunch takes a shine to us when we meet, to make it a little easier!

Sick kitten makes us sad

Sick kitten makes us sad

For the last few weeks, Tuta has been feeling pretty poorly. She’s been on a variety of medicines and is scheduled for an endoscopy/colonoscopy next week to see if we can pinpoint the cause of her symptoms: irritable bowel disease or some form of cancer. Our fingers are crossed for the former. Please cross yours, [...]

Reba's puppies arrive

Reba’s puppies arrive

Our French Bulldog was born this month, to either Reba or Amelie, depending on which puppy we end up choosing. Reba’s pups arrived first, on 3 July 2007. Here they are, at approximately 2 weeks:
We’re looking forward to seeing the next batch (3 girls, 2 boys) soon!