at the family home,the cats are mine though theyre also sorta family pets to,we have biscuit;a maine coon cross who ran away from her original home two doors down when they had a baby and boomer;an elderly tuxedo boy had rescued,think his original human mum had been an elderly person who passed on as he has all the behaviors of a kitteh who was owned by one.
at mine am not allowed to own indoor pets as its a residential facility,but several years ago had been supported by staff using PECS/easy read material to learn the basics of incubation,it took over a year to learn but have sucessfuly incubated and hand reared ten babies,have only lost one when it was exactly a week old after birth due to the horrible cocciodosis virus,this was a write up and photos taken by the residential organisation,which was pretty chuffed about,though its well ancient-
http://fairfieldresidential.co.uk/index.php?pageId=69
theyre all quite special breeds,one breed is especialy super rare; pure bred blue and blue splash japanese cochins.
this is self,temple and tito chillin on a bench outside ours:
they are from the first flock had incubated and they are all named after individuals who have done big things for autism awareness, temple;obviously after ms grandin and tito after tito mukhopadhyay.
they are spoilt,very loyal and will come looking for attention because they had become part of human life since day one, and everyone says how dedicated tito is to his girls,letting them eat food or treats before he gets any,if the other two cockrels of mine even send a naughty cluck in titos girls direction, tito gets mega protective of them,he never hurts any human apart from those who do it to him,and the two year old niece of mine who is weary of chickens loves petting and hand feeding him,woud love to take him to a chicken show to show off his superior qualities but bet they woudnt be bothered about personality.
_________________
>severely autistic.
>>the residential autist;
http://theresidentialautist.blogspot.co.uk
blogging from the view of an ex institutionalised autism/ID activist now in community care.
>>>help to keep bullying off our community,report it!