February 8th

Starting the preparing of the food at 5.15 a.m. we heard “strange sounds” coming from the Sick-Bay: very carefully there was peeped around the door and the mess showed to be complete. The Dog-Fox was standing on top of the terrarium on the Tortoises, had bitten through some electricity-cables (with the full 220 V connected), due to which the terrarium was without heating and light, the cage of the disabled Little Owl “Pállas” was standing upside down on the floor (was thrown a good meter downwards > waterbowl was broken) and “Pállas” was sitting quietly (but looked flabbergasted) on a roost, bags with litterbox-sand were scratched-open, the garbage-sack was half empty and the contents were spread over the whole floor, food-supplements were everywhere on the floor, a thick feeding-apron (made from a new army-kitbag) was teared to pieces and so on. The worst was the thick leather gloves couldn’t be discovered in the whole mess . . . . !! But in spite of that we succeeded getting the Dog-Fox back into his cage and at that moment it showed he first had tried to enter the cage of the disabled Long-legged Buzzard “Granny” > the made opening was in any case big enough to let him pass-through. Wonder above wonders there were no victims !! Joren had to wake up early to help cleaning and reorganizing the whole mess to make it “workable” again and Irah as well, because she had to take-over Joren’s jobs. So it was a morning not to forget !! The removable separations-wall in between the cage of the Dog-Fox and the cage of “Granny” must completely be replaced by one, which will be covered with iron. Our disabled birds we only could take them out at 7.30 a.m., because at that moment it started to be a bit dry. Today again meat-cutting-day and the same “crew” as Monday a week ago has processed 20,050 kilo (for 133,32 Euro; total now 114,704 kilo for 748,76 Euro). Meanwhile at the other side materials were bought to lodge our “breaker” a bit more safe > for 7 Euro (without petrol) this was done. At 10.30 a.m. an “emergency-call” from Joren: “FOX IS FREE !!” Almost an even large mess as early this morning and our little “Pállas” was sitting and watching in his again fallen-down cage. So the Dog-Fox had to be caught again, while “Emily” was sleeping quietly on top of the terrarium and he was sitting at half a meter distance !! Forced by the rain we had to take-in our disabled birds again at 11 o’clock. At 12.15 p.m. our Dog-Fox was again locked-in behind iron.