Dasha! Dasha! Dasha! I’m Dasha! Or Disher! Or Dish-Dash! Or Pookie! Or Bebop! Or Brat 7! I’m a chinchilla!
I came to visit wif my mom an I got to plai wif my Aunt Chickie an Unca Tipper!
Day wer so fun to plai wif! Mom put me inna ball so I cud run arownd.
Hi, Unca Tipper!
Hey! Where you goin?
Pooey! He went and hid!
So Mom tookt me outside so I cud run arownd onna porch. Aunt Chickie lookt outadawindo, but she cudnt come owt. Dis was wen she hadda cone on.
Hi, Aunt Chickie! Looka me! Wheeeeeeeeeee!
I kep Mom hoppin, cuz I kep tryin to roll off the porch an into de woods. Haha!
But I’m back home now, in my binormus big cage wif alla toys an fings. But I wanna come visit anudder time an hab fun wiffa cats.
A WITING POMP FOR ANIMINAMLS: Meet anodder animanimal.
Dasha
dan antion
December 29, 2018 at 7:30amWhen I first read “visiting” with the kitties, I imagined great disaster – I didn’t remember the ball.
Marian Allen
December 29, 2018 at 9:00amSara said Chickie got into Dasha’s room while Dasha was in the cage. She said Dasha was squished up against the cage as close to Chickie as she could get, with her little arm stretched out and her paws grasping at the cat. Chickie was terrified. Sara said Chickie finally eased up to the cage, reached through, and tapped Dasha on the head with her soft-paw, then ran away. Sara’s theory is that a prey animal that isn’t afraid of a predator freaks the predator out. Sara says when they take Dasha to the park in her ball, she chases the dogs. But we didn’t take any chances.
acflory
December 30, 2018 at 3:24amHi Dasha. I think you and your ball scared the cats away! Do you ever just, you know, walk?
Marian Allen
December 30, 2018 at 7:41amDasha NEVER just walks! She runs, she scurries, she scampers, she “popcorns” (what #4 Daughter calls it when Dasha hops up and down), she Parkours on the walls, furnitures, and fixtures…. But she never just walks! lol
acflory
December 31, 2018 at 5:18amGood grief. She sounds like a force of nature. No wonder the cats are terrified. :/
Wishing you all a Safe and Happy New Year!
Marian Allen
December 31, 2018 at 8:15amShe’s a prey animal from the high Andes, so her superpowers are speed and evasion. PLUS, in Dasha’s particular case, she’s never been in the wild, so she doesn’t KNOW she’s a prey animal. She thinks she’s the Queen of the World. It’s an awesome combination. lol
acflory
January 1, 2019 at 4:01amAh, I see the light. My dog Mogi is part chihuahua and has no idea she isn’t a real dog. Clearly neither she nor Dasha have low self esteem problems. 😉
Marian Allen
January 1, 2019 at 9:04amLOL! I love the little scrappers!
Marian Allen
December 30, 2018 at 7:42amOh, and she darts and dashes.
Laura
December 30, 2018 at 2:50pmOh my gosh, I LOVE a chinchilla. Can’t imagine how my kitty would react to a live ball flying around the house!! 😉
Marian Allen
December 30, 2018 at 4:25pmIf the little rodent didn’t drop poops everywhere she went, I’d love to see a longer-term interaction. She gets overheated in the ball, too, though. It’s vented (which is how the little poops get out), but scampering throws off a lot of heat, and chinchillas can’t get above about 74F.