A Very Quiet Sunday
May. 4th, 2025 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeToday was spent in Quaker Meeting, napping, and teaching my mother to use Zoom now that Skype has been discontinued. I got absolutely fuck-all done, and was absolutely wiped after all of yesterday's shenanigans. So I don't have much to update on today.
The only "big" thing that happened today was the discovery of quail-on-quail violence. When I went to check on them this morning, I found one of the boys with a very bloody head. It looked like he'd gotten beaten on by one or more of the other quail, and they pulled out his head feathers sometime during the night. At least one of the feather shafts must have bled quite a bit, poor thing. I have removed him from the enclosure and put him in a quarantine box with bedding, food, and water to recover. The other quail don't seem too fussed or damaged for now, so we'll see how things go. I don't want to have to cull two of the males already, but I will if I have to. It's possible he was getting too rough with the ladies and they gave him a "correction" to get him to lay off them. At least they didn't peck out his eyes or do some other permanent damage. I thought they were doing pretty well, all things considered, but it's been less than a month, so I guess they're still sorting themselves out.
Poor tweedles. I feel bad for them, and I hope I can sort out their troubles before any of them get more injured.
That's kind of it. Today was, of course, Star Wars Day, so KK spent most of the day with various Star Wars movies on in the background while I did absolutely nothing except sleep and talk to people on the computer. I have seen almost all of the movies, and I wasn't focused enough to just sit and watch through with her, but I caught bits and bobs here and there. I couldn't bring myself to sit through Rogue One again, not because I didn't like it, but because it broke my damned heart when I saw it in theatres and I just can't cope with losing all those beloved characters over again. Yes, I am a sap. Even watching Andor makes me a little sad, because I know where his story ends.
All right, I am off. May the Fourth be with you, friends!
The only "big" thing that happened today was the discovery of quail-on-quail violence. When I went to check on them this morning, I found one of the boys with a very bloody head. It looked like he'd gotten beaten on by one or more of the other quail, and they pulled out his head feathers sometime during the night. At least one of the feather shafts must have bled quite a bit, poor thing. I have removed him from the enclosure and put him in a quarantine box with bedding, food, and water to recover. The other quail don't seem too fussed or damaged for now, so we'll see how things go. I don't want to have to cull two of the males already, but I will if I have to. It's possible he was getting too rough with the ladies and they gave him a "correction" to get him to lay off them. At least they didn't peck out his eyes or do some other permanent damage. I thought they were doing pretty well, all things considered, but it's been less than a month, so I guess they're still sorting themselves out.
Poor tweedles. I feel bad for them, and I hope I can sort out their troubles before any of them get more injured.
That's kind of it. Today was, of course, Star Wars Day, so KK spent most of the day with various Star Wars movies on in the background while I did absolutely nothing except sleep and talk to people on the computer. I have seen almost all of the movies, and I wasn't focused enough to just sit and watch through with her, but I caught bits and bobs here and there. I couldn't bring myself to sit through Rogue One again, not because I didn't like it, but because it broke my damned heart when I saw it in theatres and I just can't cope with losing all those beloved characters over again. Yes, I am a sap. Even watching Andor makes me a little sad, because I know where his story ends.
All right, I am off. May the Fourth be with you, friends!
