I thought I should post a few pictures I took of birds when I went to the beach a while back. The beach I went to is located in the Gulf of Mexico, on an island called Galveston. I've visited there many

Let me start off by saying that birds are amazing creatures and don't get enough credit for how intelligent some kinds of them are. Sadly I am not great at recognizing types of birds, so I won't be able

Fall is that beautiful time right before the trees lose all their leaves and the weather becomes unbearably cold. But the beauty in those few weeks makes up for the long, cold winter season. I realize

Yep, that's right - chickens actually do make pretty good pets. Here's the pros and cons of owning chickens: Pros: • Their feathers are surprisingly soft. • They provide entertainment. • They will eat

I ran across an interesting fact about chinchillas that contradicts the norm for most animals... Female chinchillas, on average, weigh more than male chinchillas! Male chinchillas weigh an average of 400

Chinchillas have been an endangered species for over 15 years. Thanks to humans, in that 15 years about 90% of the world population of chinchillas have died. This is because their fur is in high demand

I thought I might share some interesting facts about chinchillas because I frequently run into people who have never even heard of this animal. Some even mistakenly call it a "bunny" or a

Here's Cheech happily enjoying a little treat. Cheech suffers from having cataracts which result in very poor to no vision. However, he gets around almost perfectly. This is because chinchillas don't use

On my last post, I explained that chinchillas can't get wet, and so they take dust baths. These dust baths make their fur softer, but the one downside to them is they are extremely messy - there are always

This is Cheech, a 16 and a half year old chinchilla. If you don't know, chinchillas are considered to be the softest animals in the world! Despite his old age and partial blindness, he still manages to