When I started writing this petmoir it was unintended that it became a series. It came from a free writing exercise I was doing on early memory. Somehow those early memories of pets developed a life of their own and now Trog and other Animals has numerous chapters. The other day someone asked me “who is Mungo?” so I decided for the ease of newcomers I would set up a page so that they could easily follow the sequence, in order if, they wanted to. All content on all my pages is © to irene waters.
Chapter 1. Trog and other Animals
Trog was wild: but she comes a bit later. This is the first in a series about the animals in my life. It will be in a new category of its own called Trog and other animals.
I was always desperate to have a dog as a child but this desire was not met whilst we lived in the country. We did have the obligatory box of silkworms and my brother and I followed their progress from egg to worm to silk cocoon and finally moth with immense fascination. Almost as much fun as the silkworms was picking the leaves from the mulberry tree for them to munch, with us kids becoming stained purple from our squashing of the berries in the process.
Apart from the silkworms a succession of injured tortoises, usually with broken shells, were treated in my intensive care unit for wild animals. Most of them succeeded in making their way back to the river. We did not know then that a broken shell can be fibreglassed to repair it.
Pinkie was the first animal we named. She was a little white mouse that belonged to my brother. Although I can remember our delight at her arrival, my mother’s fear that she could already be pregnant and playing with her, I have absolutely no recollection of her demise, which surely must have happened. Perhaps she escaped, but even then I would have thought that I would have remembered the loss of the first warm-blooded pet that we owned.
Following her we were given a pair of finches. One dropped off the perch immediately and the other pined to such an extent that we gave him to a person with an aviary full of finches rather than watch him meet his end also. Now with an empty cage we looked for a bird to fill it. We bought a green and yellow budgerigar that my brother and I planned on teaching to speak. This did not happen. I don’t think our budgie was too bright as we certainly tried. He looked so lonely in his cage that I have never been fond of caged birds since. I can remember wanting to let him loose to fly free but my Mother told me that he would be killed by another bird as he had not learnt the ways of the wild.
When we moved to Sydney the budgie was the only animal that came with us, the cage crammed between the front and back seats covered by a sheet. Our fear was that we would be stopped by the quarantine officer at the check point and he would order the bird to remain behind. In those days there were strict regulations regarding passage of animals and plant matter from one region to another to ensure that disease was transmitted. I can remember stopping before the check points and being forced to eat whatever fruit we were carrying so we would not have to discard it in the bins provided. We got away with our deception and the entire family, including budgie, made it to Sydney.
budgie photo wikipedia
Chapter 2 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/10/22/finally-a-dog-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 4 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/10/27/sammy-saves-the-day-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 5 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/10/29/animals-of-my-dark-ages-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 6 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/10/31/welcome-to-new-puppy-sascha-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 7 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/01/egor-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 8 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/02/puppies-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 9 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/03/8-weeks-of-exhaustion-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 10 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/04/snuffles-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 11 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/06/cat-flu-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 12 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/07/out-of-control-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 13 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/08/i-finally-gave-in-twice-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 14 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/10/i-dont-believe-how-irresponsible-i-was-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 15 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/11/it-almost-ended-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 16 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/12/a-new-beginning-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 17 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/14/looking-for-trogladytes-found-trog-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 18 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/15/daily-prompt-non-regional-diction-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 19 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/19/mungo-meets-trog-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 20 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/21/horrible-little-suckers-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 21 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/24/wildlife-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 22 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/28/farmers-need-animals-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 23 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/11/29/heifers-cows-and-calves-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 24 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/02/the-gammy-footed-horse-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 25 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/04/two-personalities-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 26 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/05/our-first-pig-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 27 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/06/mrs-wiggins-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 28 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/07/finding-donkeys-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 29 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/08/the-donkeys-arrivetrog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 30 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/12/feisty-trog-fearful-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 31 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/13/preparing-for-the-bulltrog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 32 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/14/debarking-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 33 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/15/the-yards-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 34 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/16/the-bull-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 35 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/20/injured-critters-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 36 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/21/xmas-mungo-shamed-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 37 https://irenewaters19.com/2013/12/29/the-sun-is-harsh-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 38 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/01/15/trog-and-other-animals-the-death-knell-is-rung/
Chapter 39 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/01/16/the-farm-sells-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 40 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/01/18/mungos-nemesis-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 41 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/01/20/barrington-general-store-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 42 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/01/22/a-playmate-for-mungo-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 43 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/01/28/chicken-killer-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 44 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/02/02/off-to-the-vet-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 45 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/02/03/we-cant-wait-two-weeks-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 46 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/02/22/peace-and-harmony-trog-and-other-animals/
Chapter 47 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/05/09/trog-and-other-animals-jerry-a-protective-scaredy-cat/
Chapter 48 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/05/11/trog-and-other-animals-the-collapse/
Chapter 49 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/05/12/trog-and-other-animals-home-from-hospital/
Chapter 50 https://irenewaters19.com/2014/05/15/4602/
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
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So looking forward to reading this…
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Hope you enjoy it
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Petmoir. I love it. I came over here from Sherri’s WIP blog hop. I love animals, so this is particularly delightful!
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Welcome from Sherri’s blog hop. I’m glad you enjoyed the petmoir. I certainly enjoyed reliving the joy my pets gave me over the years and still have a life which revolves around dog walks and other doggy activities. I’m looking forward to catching up with you over at your home after I’ve caught up after an unexpected absence. See you soon and thanks for following.
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Petmoir. So clever. Thank you.
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My animals are such a large part of my life that they deserved to have something written of our life together. Thank you for visiting.
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