The Zoo

Clio visits Ethan

2009-01-29T13:56:00.000-08:00

Clio and Ethan love visiting each other!
watching the world go by...

Snakes and Tortoises

2009-01-29T13:47:00.000-08:00

This is one of Richard's Hognose Snakes. They look a lot like a rattler and put on quite a show when you open their enclosure. They are all talk and no action though (and harmless)
Franklin and Onyx

I think someone may be a little camera shy ;-)

The Dogs

2009-01-29T13:39:00.000-08:00

Clio's new collar/leash made by Roberta!
A two headed whippet?

All the dogs in one picture!

Cuddle time...

the dogs

2009-01-29T13:31:00.000-08:00

Falkor and Val
Val

Neriol

Clio

Captain Butler - Rhett

2008-02-25T12:40:00.000-08:00

Rhett is the newest member of our family. He is my 40th birthday present. He is a 3 year old, Tennessee Walker Horse!
These were taken the day we brought him from Uxbridge to Midhurst, isn't he handsome!

We were delayed in picking Rhett up that day and by the time we got home it was dark out. He was being turned out with an older horse named TJ but I had no idea what they would think of each other or whether they'd get along. I put him in the pen, they sniffed each other and then decided to go share a bale of hay. They get along great and have since the first minute they met! So I didn't need to worry too much!

Captain Butler - Rhett

2008-02-25T12:14:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of Daelin & Rhett. He really seems to love children...

2008-02-25T12:03:00.000-08:00

Here is Kaeleb helping out at the barn. He's taking Moonie the miniature horse down to the arena for Penny!
Kaeleb is quite taken with Moonie and says he wants one too!
Daelin, Kaeleb & their new friend Moonie!

Introducing Pikachu!

2008-01-01T15:13:00.000-08:00

This is the latest addition to our family a little hamster named Pikachu!

Oreo and Val

2008-01-01T15:10:00.000-08:00

Cuddle time for Oreo and Val

Tired Whippies

2008-01-01T15:07:00.000-08:00

Val and Falkor all cuddled up...

Hognose Snakes

2008-01-01T15:01:00.000-08:00

These are Richard's latest additions...Eastern Hognose Snakes

Gandalf and Clio

2008-01-01T14:57:00.000-08:00

Here is our handsome Gandalf...
and our comfort pooch, Clio!

Franklin and Onix

2008-01-01T14:51:00.000-08:00

Here is Franklin on an excursion in our garden...
and here is Franklin with our new addition Onix!

They really seem to enjoy each other's company.

Neriol's Birthday

2007-10-03T13:44:00.001-07:00

Here is Neriol on his 8th Birthday visiting the kids at the bus stop (his most favourite thing to do!)
Neriol and his buddy Kaeleb...
Zanais, Neriol & Clio

Neriol's Birthday

2007-10-03T13:33:00.000-07:00

Still a very handsome guy!

Snake Eggs

2007-10-03T13:28:00.000-07:00

Here is a group of Taiwan Beauties and underneath them we found...
Eggs!

Baby Snakes

2007-10-03T13:17:00.000-07:00

Here is the mother Taiwan Beauty guarding her clutch of eggs
This is a newly hatched Taiwan Beauty, en exact (but smaller) replica of an adult. A very beautiful snake!
These are some of our corn snake babies.

Shrek

2007-05-19T16:47:00.001-07:00

This is Shrek, one of our corn snakes. He's a little shy and this is one of the first pics I've taken of him in his enclosure.

Franklin

2007-05-19T16:38:00.000-07:00

Here's my little "frankie" he's growing like crazy (ok, as fast as a tortoise will grow) and is enjoying his forays into the yard now that the weather is nicer!
Ain't he cute??

Kaeleb's New Snake

2007-04-29T13:43:00.000-07:00

Here is hatch#2, Kaeleb has named it Thomas
If you look in the picture below, the bottom egg in the group of three, bottom left corner you can see yet another head peeking out!

2007-04-29T05:23:00.000-07:00

Here are our two babies, Daelin's is completely out of his egg, in the top left corner of the little container. Kaeleb's is peeking out of the egg in the middle of the container. We aren't sure if any of the other eggs are hatching as they are buried and we can't see them. When Kaeleb's baby comes completely out of his egg we'll have a better idea if there are more.
There is Kaeleb's little baby that he wants to name Thomas.
Here is Richard removing Daelin's snake from the incubator.

2007-04-29T05:17:00.000-07:00

Here is the first of our hatches. Pretty amazing to think he came out of that tiny egg! Daelin would like to name him lucky as he has a lucky spot on his head. In Borzoi it is called "the kiss of the czar"
Here he is in his new home.

Shadow's Baby

2007-04-28T06:02:00.000-07:00

The Hillview Zoo is very proud to announce our first hatchling California King Snake! It may take a couple days for the baby to fully emerge from its egg and then we'll post some more pics. We are all very excited! In fact Richard's hands were shaking after he checked the egg box :-) It took 62 days from laying to hatching that's a long wait but well worth it. We may end up with more than one but we aren't counting our snake babies before they hatch!

Daelin will be keeping this one!

2007-04-25T12:06:00.000-07:00

Richard re-decorated his aviary this past weekend and the birds just loved it. He never did close it down over the winter so they've had access to the outdoors year round!

(above) This little guy is singing his heart out for whichever female will listen :-)

2007-04-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

Clio & Falkor were hamming it up for the camera...

2007-04-25T11:50:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of my little Fiona in her new enclosure, she isn't so little anymore!

2007-04-25T11:29:00.000-07:00

Above is a Durango...
Not sure who that is above...(I can't keep track anymore)
That is our baby Russian Rat whom Daelin named Burmie
Above is Oliver and I believe he's a Mexican Black King Snake. We have also got him a mate and named her Addita.

Richard's Snakes...

2007-04-25T11:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, above is one of the newer additions to our family. I'm not sure what kind of snake this one is, and its also unnamed as well, pretty though.
Above is everyone's favourite - Percy!
I believe this is Juri our Russian Rat snake.

Shadow's Eggs

2007-03-20T14:29:00.000-07:00

Guess what these are??? Snake eggs! Shadow has laid us some eggs, we are hoping that they will hatch! If they do we'll have a really exciting Easter!

Shrek and Fiona

2007-03-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

Here are Shrek & Fiona growing like crazy!
Here is Fiona!

Baby Canaries

2007-01-23T13:26:00.002-08:00

If you look down a few entries, you'll see pictures of Richard banding some baby canaries. These are the little gaffers now! Pretty eh?

Kids and Snakes

2007-01-23T13:20:00.000-08:00

Kaeleb was VERY proud to FINALLY be able to hold a snake all by himself!
Daelin is an old hand at snake charming.

Oreo the Comfort Queen

2007-01-06T05:44:00.000-08:00

In typical Borzoi fashion, Oreo always searches out the comfiest spot in the house, this one is full of stuffies, pillows and blankets.

Richard & Juri

2007-01-06T05:39:00.000-08:00

Here is Richard and his Russian Rat Snake named Juri

Richard's newest...

2007-01-05T12:49:00.000-08:00

SNAKES! These are Russian Rat Snakes, they are a pair. The top snake we named Juri and the bottom snake is lovingly named Babooshka. Babooshka seems to have a bit of a troubled past that we are trying to sort out for her (we are working on this with the help of my friend Annett). She strikes when you put your hand near the glass or in the cage. Richard has to be careful how he works around her enclosure. She is getting better though and we hope that one day she'll feel relaxed enough to allow us to handle her without fear. We'll keep you posted.

Taiwan Eating

2007-01-05T12:43:00.000-08:00

Not for the faint of heart, mouse lovers or snake haters...

Nonetheless, I'm quite proud of my photography work (taken through glass!) and wanted to share... (p.s. the mouse was not fed live)

Kids & Dogs

2007-01-05T12:33:00.000-08:00

Nothing sweeter than kisses from Clio!

Daelin and friends...

Clio, Oreo and a tangle of dogs

2007-01-05T12:26:00.000-08:00

Here is Clio warming up to my hot water bottle, and a silly smile...

Oreo looking pensive and a tangle of whippets, where do they start and where do they end???

Gandalf

2007-01-05T12:23:00.000-08:00

A lovely portrait of Gandalf

Banding Baby Canaries

2006-11-08T16:57:00.000-08:00

These are the first canary chicks of the season!Although Richard hates to band them, he did so that he'll be able to identify them once they are in the big flight.

Snakes!

2006-11-08T15:17:00.000-08:00

These are Richard's Taiwan Beauties, they are so interesting especially when they start moving around their enclosure! They live in a re-built budgie flight in the computer room.
Below is my cornsnake Fiona. She is quite stunning and is growing very nicely!

Kaeleb & the dogs

2006-10-20T14:19:00.000-07:00

More fun in the garden

2006-10-20T14:10:00.000-07:00

Kaeleb & his buddy Neriol

Taiwans and their favourite hiding spots

2006-07-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

The Taiwans love to hang out in this converted bird breeding box. I've seen as many as 3 heads sticking out of it at once.

The day that I took these, I was sitting on the computer and these two just sat there and stared at me without moving so I snapped a couple shots of them. It always amazes me how still they can be, and then they are so fast when they are moving or striking at food. I've grown to really appreciate these creatures for the amazing things that they are!

Dog Days of Summer

2006-07-29T06:36:00.000-07:00

Neriol is such a sweet guy. He loves the kids and he's soooo good with them!
and of course, Daelin & his buddy Falkor who is also known as Fa-Fa and Honey!

I will be taking pictures of each of the animals and posting a little intro on the blog as soon as I can. Should be interesting!

The New Taiwan Enclosure!

2006-07-29T06:29:00.000-07:00

Richard recently converted his budgie flight into a snake enclosure (he sold off all his budgies at the end of breeding season this year). There are 4 Taiwan Beauties in this enclosure and they are really enjoying it.
This is the tail end of one of the snakes as it took off into the enclosure for the first time.

Richard and his snakes

2006-07-29T06:22:00.000-07:00

Here is Richard and a couple of his Taiwans. They have grown quite a bit since he bought them a few months ago! They will grow to be between 6-8 feet in length. That is Kaeleb's hand you can see in the second picture. He can't wait until he's old enough to hold them himself!

A New Blog!

2006-07-29T06:19:00.000-07:00

I thought that I would start up a blog just for the animals. That way they have their own page and their own blog! I'll be taking some up to date pics in the next week or so and start posting! Enjoy!