As little Spyro joins our family today, there is great hope for what comes next.
The human offspring have promised to take care of her. I actually have a video recording of this on my phone!
True to his word, Tyger did look after her last night. It is difficult to gauge from the various stories that he has told me this morning whether she slept through the night or if she woke him up several times. I think the accuracy lies somewhere on the spectrum between “she was a darling and did not trouble me” and “she woke me several times but I patted her back to sleep”.
Having said that, he wants someone else to take care of her tonight!
The poor lad was really tense and nervous to start with, though! I don’t remember him being anywhere close to this nervous with either Moon or Antaeus. Was he too young then to realise that this is a “responsibility”? Last night he actually begged me to come and sit in his room till she settled down - and sensing a great amount of tension, I did. When she curled up in the middle of his bed and went to sleep, he really did not know what to do. “Can I get a sleeping bag and sleep on the floor? I might thrash around in my sleep and hurt her,” he said.
Finally, I moved her to a safe spot next to his pillow where she would have him on one side and the wall on the other. She continued to sleep, apparently undisturbed by being moved.
In Darwin’s scheme of things, this baby would not survive. Her many siblings are apparently twice her size and don’t let her near the food or the mother. As it stands, she is all skin and bones and needs a lot of feeding. So, Tyger says, let us not leave her to Darwin’s scheme of things.
As of now, she seems like a peaceful little soul, mostly content to wander around or curl up and sleep. Moon and Antaeus sniff her with curiosity and are in general convinced that she is friendly and harmless. In keeping with her “me first” approach to life, Moon displayed a large degree of jealousy yesterday but did not harm the little one - just whined for attention every now and then. Antaeus, of course, wandered off after sniffing her from head to butt, satisfied that there was no danger for him or the family. Every now and then, all three of them perform the “hongi” before tootling off in different directions.
The human offspring have promised to take care of her. I actually have a video recording of this on my phone!
True to his word, Tyger did look after her last night. It is difficult to gauge from the various stories that he has told me this morning whether she slept through the night or if she woke him up several times. I think the accuracy lies somewhere on the spectrum between “she was a darling and did not trouble me” and “she woke me several times but I patted her back to sleep”.
Having said that, he wants someone else to take care of her tonight!
The poor lad was really tense and nervous to start with, though! I don’t remember him being anywhere close to this nervous with either Moon or Antaeus. Was he too young then to realise that this is a “responsibility”? Last night he actually begged me to come and sit in his room till she settled down - and sensing a great amount of tension, I did. When she curled up in the middle of his bed and went to sleep, he really did not know what to do. “Can I get a sleeping bag and sleep on the floor? I might thrash around in my sleep and hurt her,” he said.
Finally, I moved her to a safe spot next to his pillow where she would have him on one side and the wall on the other. She continued to sleep, apparently undisturbed by being moved.
Tyger’s nervousness last night begs the question: Are we actually more responsible BEFORE we realise the enormity of the responsibility we have taken on?
The little one has been named by Suyash. I thought of many different names. A whole list, in fact. But in a vote on Facebook it was down to two - Spyro and Semi-Colon. Needless to say, in the decider vote, there was an overwhelming majority for Spyro. Thus, Spyro she is. I bow to the public and give up the fond hope of naming her Andromeda or Palatino!
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| Spyro on the day of arrival - cuddled by Sara |
And, as you can see below, she has taken over my bed this morning. Interestingly, Moon has yielded this spot to her without a fuss.
In Darwin’s scheme of things, this baby would not survive. Her many siblings are apparently twice her size and don’t let her near the food or the mother. As it stands, she is all skin and bones and needs a lot of feeding. So, Tyger says, let us not leave her to Darwin’s scheme of things.
As of now, she seems like a peaceful little soul, mostly content to wander around or curl up and sleep. Moon and Antaeus sniff her with curiosity and are in general convinced that she is friendly and harmless. In keeping with her “me first” approach to life, Moon displayed a large degree of jealousy yesterday but did not harm the little one - just whined for attention every now and then. Antaeus, of course, wandered off after sniffing her from head to butt, satisfied that there was no danger for him or the family. Every now and then, all three of them perform the “hongi” before tootling off in different directions.
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