username; Nandi
name; Quiet Night
gender; female
eye colour: amber
sire: Toby
dam: Jacky
offspring:
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Artist | Potato. [gallery] |
Time spent | 39 minutes |
Drawing sessions | 2 |
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Nandi wrote:
username; Nandi
name; Quiet Night
gender; female
halter color; red - #CC0000
past;
Night's arrival was nearly exciting as finding a hundred dollar bill on the sidewalk, and dare I say, perhaps even more exquisite then when we first bought our farmhouse. We had our poultry and cattle, and yeah, even a dog - and yet, it felt completely empty without horses. I remember clearly when I had to drop my lease on Jukebox when my parents first moved us to the city, and now on my own, it just didn't feel right without them - something was missing.
So, when I saw the ad for this absolutely splendid filly, I knew I had to have her. I was so giddy that I drove up as soon as I possibly could, I didn't care about the expensive price tag, or the two hour drive. You know, now that I think about it, I probably wouldn't have cared if a tornado came out of nowhere, as long as I ended up with that horse.
By the time I had brought the painted filly back home, the sun was setting and I had little time to accustom her to the home. I decided to put her in the sheep barn until the stables were ready, and went to bed early.
In the next couple of weeks, I began to notice that she was, in fact, very quiet. Barely any noise, unless she was happy. So I decided on the name "Quiet Night", for both her personality and her color. She was enjoying her finished stables, and quite seemed to enjoy frolicking with the sheep, and would often prefer to sleep out in the fields, if it wasn't too cold, that is.
One night I awoke at around ten PM to an awful racket - terrified bleats and whinnies calling from the field. Thinking the worst, I ran outside, thinking I'd find a wold, maybe a bear, heck, perhaps a wild cat - and yet, I saw none of these things. I assumed the fuss had scared them off, and started to head back inside when I heard a small whimper. Curious, I looked about and found a small coyote pup - no older then a couple of weeks. I was very confused on how it could have gotten there, but assumed it was its mother, so I put the flock and Night in the barns and left it be.
I went back a couple of days later to the same spot and low and behold, the pup was still there, crying and confused. I don't know how to take care of a coyote. Who even does that? Yet, I suppose I couldn't just leave it to die, so ended up bottle-feeding it after reading up about it on the internet.
The coyote was a real hassle to deal with - when it was young, it had to be fed nearly all the time it seemed and as it grew, started shredding everything in its path and quickly grew into the name "Nuisance". When he was off the milk, due to the fact he was destroying my home, I moved him into his very own "coyote stall" inside the horse barn. Turns out, he and Night got along quite well and bonded quickly. Such a strange thing, don't you think?
I do so adore my new horse - and I suppose the coyote, too - I'm hoping we'll get another soon, but I'm not so sure Nuisance would like that idea. Sharing his buddy just isn't his thing.
companion; "Nuisance", a fawn pelted coyote
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