Progress is being made, but it's slow

Note: I had originally started this post on May 17, but then never finished it and it's been sitting in my drafts, so I'll post as is.

Snack is all better, back to begging treats at the netting.  I still need to get another tray in order to expand his new litter area. Since he has lost all his litter box habits, I can't leave him to roam around on the entire floor of the aviary like I had planned. He kept sitting on his pee pads and had bad urine burns on his hocks.  So I got a giant plastic tray and filled it with litter.  After his bath last weekend, I saw that his skin was looking so much better and he didn't have poop caked to his butt. So better health in exchange for slightly smaller space.  It's worth the trade off.  And I'll make him some shelves so  he has vertical space if he wants it.  He has his cardboard castle, but doesn't use it like he used to.


The major landscaping project is turning into a major pain in the butt. I thought it was a big enough project to warrant a big crew.  Nope.  I got two guys.  Not even that, today. Today was some poor kid I'd never seen before working with nothing but a shovel.  Dude must have pissed someone off. So not much progress today.  It's been hot and dry (too hot!) and our dirt is so sandy and fine that the entire house, inside and out, is covered with a layer of fine dirt.  It's awful.   And of course my moron dog doesn't understand why he can't go play in the yard, and has been ringing his bell to go out EVERY. FUCKING. FIVE. MINUTES.