This is the first born quail chick. She hatched a lot sooner than the rest. In fact, she was all alone for several hours before the other eggs began to hatch! After she dried off in the incubator I stayed with her and eventually it soothed her. She's still following me around now and likes to stay warm in my hand. I had a little quail buddy for a few hours before her siblings hatched. :) Now she's with the group. Quail love to flock together and need other quail. But because she was so excited to hatch and come out, I think she'll be a little tamer and more friendly than the other chicks because of the extra time spent with me. Check back soon for another quail update. I'll be doing a lot of short updates throughout the weekend and into next week. Text in YOUR vote for Pancake & Sugar Tree on Oct. 15h @ http://www.thefriskies.com Friskies will be sending me to New York on October 15th to attend a live awards ceremony. During the event, the four videos that received the most votes during the voting round will be announced and prize money will be awarded along with a really awesome cat trophy. Winners aren't notified in advanced and I have no idea if I won or not, but either way going to New York and having Pancake's video shown there is just too cool! (I also get to meet Grumpy Cat... !) YOU CAN JOIN ME, TOO! The event will be broadcast LIVE over the internet on October 15th. Just go to thefriskies.com to join me at the event. VOTE FOR FAN FAVORITE You also have one last chance to tell the world that you love Sugar Tree and Pancake. All day on October 15th, Friskies will be having a competition to vote for your favorite video out of the remaining 12 that are left. They'll be a special number that you text in to vote. At the end of the day, the video with the most votes wins Fan Favorite and the winner will be announced during the ceremony. Whether or not you'll be able to watch the live streaming event: you can still vote! I'll post more details on that as soon as I have them. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN LOVE, ALEX & PANCAKE & SUGAR TREE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABOUT PANCAKE & SUGAR TREE Pancake was found by a friend of mine in Phoenix. He was abandoned in a cardboard box in a parking lot in front of a pet store with his littermates. I can think of a lot more humane ways to get rid of kittens you're unable to keep and that sure isn't one of them. Especially because it was over 100 degrees in Phoenix that day, as it often is. To make it worse, they were left in a not so obvious place and I have no doubt they would have succumb to the heat if they weren't rescued soon. Thankfully they were, but when my friend had to go out of town and could no longer watch them she was looking for homes for the kittens or at least temporary cat-sitters. All of the kittens were adopted quickly and when only one little black and white cow-kitty remained, I told my friend that I would watch him until she got back. She suggested at once adopting him, but I politely refused and told her again, "I'm not a cat person." Pancake was young. He was almost four weeks old, we guessed. Too young to be away from his mother. He seemed healthy though and the vet said that his growth was normal and that he looked over-all well. I wondered what the dogs were going to think of him. I knew that Miskatonic and Blondi had seen cats before, but I don't think Sugar Tree had ever even seen one. What would you think of something you'd never seen before.... To learn more about Pancake, Sugar Tree and all the other animals visit http://www.camelsandfriends.com You can also follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/camelsandfriends. I post new daily pics and video updates there.

• published: 05 Oct 2013
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