Having a great time: Lunabakelo Party!!!!

We had a special party this evening. Our friends Erika and Laci moved to a new house short time ago, and invited me to have dinner in their garden. The food was great, and we had so many things to talk about: Our cavy club has a totally new board (we all resigned), and we will have lots of changes.
We had a great time in the nice garden and certainly enjoyed or meal!

Thank you Erika and Laci!

This is how a Hungarian Goulash is made:

Chatting and waiting: a good meal needs time....

My dinner. Mmmmm, yummy:

Dinner is served! Our cook Laci in the background, looking pride:


Everybody is happy already: we have the meal!

Eszter + Erika + Laci ("Lunabakelo"), Ildi + Péter ("El Cobaya"):

This is Boris, the beagle at "El Cobaya". Still going fit at 14 (!). He has a special personality, he always does what he has in his mind, and always gets what he wants. :o) He is having a snack in the photo:

Wella von Werne 31. 08. 2003 - 24. 07. 2009.

Wella was among my first imports from Irene (Irene von Werne, "von Werne" caviary, Germany). A beige sheltie sow in satin. She was beautiful, a typical von Werne - I couldn't have wished for more.

She had a few litters, and was exhibited a few times: not too much, as she had the bad habit of chewing her own hair sometimes.

She was my first and only satin cavy. She lived a healthy life.
I could not see any problems, she simply did not wake up this morning. :o(

I am very proud that I could have her, many thanks Irene!

Kapolcs 2009.

Kapolcs is a little village situated north of Lake Balaton in Hungary. It is in a beautiful valley, so the area is worth visiting all year round. But Kapolcs and the neighbouring old villages organize a cultural festival in Summer each year. There are lots of concerts and exhibitions, a huge number of stands offering handkrafted products, and you can try your skills, too!
The great events, the friendly people and the special atmosphere make the place something unique.

Piki Kvik Yandex

This is a baby boar just 5 months old (!). He is the son of Brother Grimm at Brentwood Hotel and great-grandson of Mandarin Cocktail at Brentwood Hotel.

I am always very proud to see the offspring which my exports give to their new owners, but I am also very thankful that they use these animals so wisely.

I have received the photos from his breeder Irina. Thank you very much!

The Roborowski Babies

I cleaned the hamsters today: the first time since the litter was born.
It turned out that there are 5 babies: one whiteface and 4 normal colour.

The family spent a few minutes in the transport box during cleaning:

The babies have found their new sleeping place soon:

Cavy City at the Budapest Zoo

I regularly visit the zoo in Budapest. The management has changed the old cages in the past years, and new, modern and spaceous runs have been built, all of which consider the wellbeing of the animals. One of the latest is the "Cavy City": a huge run for cavies. I am not really for keeping pets in zoos usually, but this run is big and has lots of hiding places. There is a reasonable number of animals housed here, not a huge mass. On our visit, we could see that many different foods are offered to the cavies: vegetables, fruits, hay and greed corn. They had dringing water available at several places. There is a big indoor run, too, and the cavies can go in and out as they wish.
In fact, there are two runs: one for cavies and one for cuyes.

Some of the cuyes:

A cuy baby:

One of my favourites:

Again, some cuyes:

Another nice cuy:

A smaller group of cavies:

Cavies:

The animals have lots of funny hiding places:

A part of Cavy City:

A part of the indoor run:

Roborowski-babies!

Mum spent more and more time in the nest, and suddenly she dropped some weight... Strange noises started coming from the nest, so it was quite evident: the first hamster babies have arrived! But it took about ten days till I could see them: now they start coming out, running around, and checking everything edible. :o)

This is Mum:



Two babies eating cucumber, with Dad keeping an eye on them (and on me! :o):





This photo was taken just about 3 days ago: Still with its eyes colsed, a baby is eating some apple already:

First photos of the Peruvian babies

The three peruvian boys are developing well, so their first photos were taken today. Their type and coat looks really promising, but unfortunately, all have FO's, so they will be sold. Photos here:
www.forsaleatbrentwoodhotel.blogspot.com

This is my personal favorite, Same Quality at Brentwood Hotel:

Introducing Heluta

Heluta Dior arrived a few days ago. She is well, and calm... till you touch her! Does not really want her photos taken yet, either, so all I can show at the moment are her baby photos. Thank you, Daniel!

Heluta's dad, Pl.Ch. Nils von der Lausitz: I had the pleasure to judge him several times. He is the FIRST EVER Polish Champion! I also saw some of his babies: I liked them all! A really great guy!

Heluta's mom, Eternity's Sapfisma (granddaughter of SCh. Cavatinas Ragtime, one of my favourites :o) :