Crocs, cats and cupcakes...(Croc photo added again!)

Did anyone watch Croc Man last week?
The photo below shows the tank that caused the problems by leaking.
Inside is one of the Siamese Crocodiles, they were thought to be 2 females and 1 male but all 3 were girls.
They don't get on so have had to be separated unfortunately :(

And here's another one of our Daisy...

Something much more cuddly is our George in his favourite sleeping position....

I was lucky enough to be bought some more flowers too, shown below in the new vase from the Next sale.
The vase matches the new decor well, you can see the reflection of the new wallpaper in the mirror.
Hydranga heads last so well if you look after them, trimmed every other day and placed into fresh warm water, the white ones lasted a whole month! And below that? Ariel decided it was a good place to sit!

This weekend I made loads of cupcakes. Nicola at work is getting married on Saturday and so I thought they'd be a nice treat for her last day in the office (Tuesday).

These ones are Lavender scented...

These are filled with Lemon Curd and iced with lemon buttercream....

And above, the obligatory roses dusted with irridescent glitter.

Good Luck Nicola and John - Enjoy your day!

xxx

Crocodiles of the World...

And on to the whole reason for this trip, Crocodiles of the World

Based near Witney, Oxon, Shaun Foggett has created an amazing sanctuary for 11 of the 23 species of Crocodillians and hopes to continue to expand his collection!

I borrowed the following photograph from his website

 

And these are some I took on the day.

This is Daisy, who we have adopted. She's an Americal Alligator who had been dumped outside an aquarium!

Nothing is known of her history but it is believed that she was malnourished which caused a slight deformity on her lower jaw. Shaun hastened to add that she came with the name Daisy, although I quite like it :)

This one is a Siamese Crocodile who was such a character! She swam along the viewing area the whole time we were there and seemed so happy, as you can see by her "smile" below!

 

These two are Cuban males

Not sure who this one is but he/she was another cheeky croc who sat and watched as we passed.

I was very lucky to be able to handle a year old croc! I think this was one we saw hatch on the Discovery Channel show we saw last week.
I have held them before at Gatorland, Florida, and much larger than this one too.

He also has other reptiles incuding this reticulate python at 13.1ft.

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and would recommend a visit to this centre, the entry fee is extremely reasonable and you can even arrange personal tours or birthday parties.

My only regret is that I don't live closer as I think I'd have to move in!

Crocodiles of the World is currently featured in a program called Croc Man on Channel 5.

The next episode is being shown on the 17th August at 8pm.