This is Most Likely my Last Post

I've had a lot of fun posting on this blog these past five months. I'm probably done now. If anything super exciting happens over the summer... or I just get bored I might post again but until then goodbye!!! It was super fun reading your comments and everything!!! Have a great summer!

-This is Lavender Tulips signing off

Fairy Garden

This post calls for some pastel colors! Cuz fairies and why not!
Every year I make a fairy garden outside. This year's fairy garden is extra cool so I thought Hey! why not talk about it? I have lots of fairies in it. You're probably thinking: Uh duh why wouldn't you have fairies in it it's a fairy garden emphasis on fairy. But some fairy gardens don't have fairies in it. Any who I also have a fairy house that's very cute. A little gnome. A really pretty path made of orange rocks. (That was my mom's, brilliant, idea.) I have a river with various creatures in it like a duck, a turtle and a frog. There is a cute little bridge crossing over the river. I also have a little pool. The bodies of water are made out of little clear blue stone/gem things. There are also some tables and chairs plus a little gazebo. There are also various animals around. There's a cat some bears (Why are bears hanging around fairies? No idea they were just cute) some dogs, turtles frogs a duck and of course horses. I have a few just hanging around and I have some in an arena made out of some rocks that. Two fairies are riding horses and I have some jumps set up. 2 years ago I made this fairy bench out of a thick piece of bark and those flowers that you get from fake leis and I can't believe it hasn't fallen apart yet but it hasn't so I put some fairies on it. I also made some houses out of old recycled pots. Over all every thing looks pretty cute. I'm planning to get more fairy houses this year but even without them this year my mom and I have made, without a doubt, our best fairy garden ever... Until next year 😏

Luna 😍😱🐴❤️🌙

I have a new love! Ever since Levi left I have been riding Tucker in my lessons. And he's okay and all but he's just not enough horse for me if that makes sense. He was bred for western riding so he can't jump any higher than I've already gone so he's not much of a challenge. He also always has his head way down and it's super hard to pull it up. But as I said before I have found a new love: (as you probably guessed by the title) Luna. She is the best horse ever. I've only ridden her for two lessons (and one was a really long time ago) but I'm already in love with her. In the lesson that I had a long time ago I didn't really realize how amazing she was. But I guess people have been working with her a lot because now... I can't even describe how incredibly perfect she is. The second I got on her yesterday I could tell that I was in love. I tried one new horse and I don't even need to look anymore because on the first try I found the perfect one. (That was sort of a weird sentence.) I got on her without anyone needing to hold her into place like Tucker (Tucker is scared of the mounting block) which was awesome. We went over a course with poles on the ground first. We walked through it so it wasn't very exciting but that was ok because it was just a warm up to get to know the course. Then Hallie (The instructor) raised the jumps to what looked to me like 6 inches. We trotted over that and Luna was amazing. Then Hallie raised the jumps to 1 foot 6 inches (the highest I've jumped) and Luna and I went over it like it was nothing. It was the most comfortable smooth course EVER!!! And then (this is the best part) Hallie set up an oxer If you already know what an oxer is you can skip this part. You can if you want to though I don't really care.😂

An oxer is a type of horse jump with two rails that may be set even or uneven. The width between the poles may vary. It is more advanced than regular jumps that are just one rail. To jump it horses don't just have to jump high they have to jump far. 

I've never jumped an oxer before but Luna jumped it like a pro which she is because she rocks!!! (:  The oxer was 1 foot and 3 inches high and 2 feet wide. The jump felt awesome!!! It felt like we were flying. I wanted to ride a new horse and I got the best one I could've ever asked for 😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️

Small Pet Care part 4

Jeez I've been writing for a long time today this is probably the last post of the Small Pet Care section unless you have any questions on things I've covered or need info on the things I haven't. If so comment below and I will do my best to help you with your situation or answer your question or anything else I can do.

Other Things

Leopard Geckos

• I know that I've said this a lot but I can't stress to you enough get gecko safe things like
• Bedding/Carpeting
• ESPECIALLY cleaners
• And anything else you're putting in with your geckos
• This is similar to the last one but rinse everything you put in with your geckos
• Don't use soap!
• Make sure nothing in your gecko's cage is sharp
• If you are playing with your gecko make sure there is nothing dangerous around like
• Sharp things
• Mouse traps
• Ant poison
• Your dog or cat (You might think you know them or "No they would never!" but a gecko looks very tasty to them)
• Geckos tend to poop in one specific spot so to make your life easier you can put a piece of paper towel down then when they go you can just lift out the towel poop and all.
• Just over all be careful geckos are delicate. 
• Always think about what could happen before you do something with your gecko
• I'm sure you already know this but geckos can drop their tails so don't grab or pull them.
•  I'm sure you already know this too but geckos can carry salmonella so always just assume they do and wash your hands before eating.
• Geckos are very territorial so if you are thinking of getting 2 get 2 cages one gecko might try to hurt the other so be prepared
• If you have multiple make sure to wash your hands between handling them one might have a disease that the other doesn't

Beta Fish

• Just get a filter
• They aren't that expensive
• Most come with the tanks
• They make life so much easier
• DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVER put 2 males together they will fight and at least 1 will probably die.
• If you want to add more fish research the fish you're getting make sure that they can 
• Live peacefully with betas
• Not scare betas
• And not nibble on the beta's fins

Caterpillars

• They don't move a whole lot so don't assume they're dead
• Research your caterpillar and make sure you have the right stuff to take care of it
• If you hold it research it make sure it can't destroy your house if you lose it.  
• Don't lose it... Gross

Meal Worms, Wax Worms and Crickets

• Just don't lose them that's disgusting 

Small Pet Care part 3

Cleaning

Leopard Geckos

• Every 1-2 months clean the reptile carpet and if you want to flip it over/
• Take out some of old bedding put in new bedding
• Take out poop
• If you want to clean the glass take out the gecko and use GECKO SAFE Cage cleaner.

Beta Fish

If you have a filter

• Every other week fill up the tank if the water gets low
• Once a month Change half the water
• Once a month put in a new filter

If you dont

• Every week change the water 
• And use a baster thingy to take out the poop that you can see

Crickets and Meal Worms 

• If they get moldy take out old food and put in new
• Every once in a while add extra bran

Small Pet Care Part 2

This post won't be as long as the last one. This is what I feed my Leopard Gecko, Beta Fish, Caterpillar, Meal Worms and Crickets.

Food

Leopard Geckos

• Crickets 2ish per day
• Meal Worms 5ish per day
• Wax worms 2ish per day
• (And of course water)

Beta Fish

• Beta Fish food pellets 2 per day.

Caterpillars

This mostly depends on the type of Caterpillar

• Leaves
• Sticks 
• Fruits 
• Vegetables 
• Wet paper towels or cotton balls for water.

Meal Worms

• Carrots
• Orange Peals
• Potato chunks
• Most vegetables and fruits work

Crickets

• Carrots
• Orange Peals
• Potato chunks
• Most vegetables and fruits work
• Wet paper towels or cotton balls for water.

Small Pet Care part 1

I'm bored so I thought I'd post something and since when I don't know what to write about I write what I know I guess I'll write about how I take care of my small pets. I'll go through set up first then food then cleaning and then other. I'll cover Leopard Geckos, Beta Fish, Caterpillars and live food for Geckos.
Set up...
For a Leopard Gecko you don't need a huge set up but here's what I recommend having

• At minimum a 10 gallon tank
• An under the tank heater put on one side or another. (Heat lamps are kind of a pain to deal with)
• GECKO SAFE Bedding (sometimes people just get random bedding thats bad for geckos so make sure that it's leopard gecko safe) Or a reptile carpet
• At minimum one hide preferably 2 One for the cold side one for the warm side
• A water dish preferably somewhat short so the gecko can get to it easily.
• A milk/water bottle/ect. cap full of calcium so they can lick it/ so you can roll their food in it to make their bones strong.
• A fake plant. It can be made for reptiles or fish just make sure it has a big heavy bottom or else it could fall over on your gecko.
• A spray bottle to make sure that the habitat is humid enough

For a Beta Fish set up you only need a few things.

• At least one thing that they can hide in like fake coral or barrels
• A fake plant 
• A heater
• A thermometer
• -Optional- a filter it lets you not clean the tank as often.

For caterpillars I'm sort of just guessing on this one...

• A mason jar
• A lid with holes in it
• Some lettuce leaves
• Other kinds of leaves depending on the type of caterpillar
• Some dirt 
• A few sticks
• Wet paper towels for water.

Wax Worms

KEEP IN FRIDGE!!! They turn into moths so I wouldn't recommend leaving them out. When you're ready to use them leave them out until they wake up then feed to your gecko.

Meal Worms

You have 2 options for these little buggers

• Keep them in the fridge with the Wax Worms and buy more all the time
• Start a colony off them.

If you are not grossed out by beetles than the second option is for you. If you buy lots of Mealworms then leave them for a while they will turn into small cocoons then beetles

For that set up you will need

• A large bin
• -If you want- a lid with holes in it!
• Bran
• Carrots

If you get the set up right these buggers will take off!!!

Crickets... Well
I have a very fancy cool looking set up for my crickets because for some reason it makes me less scared of them. I bought something called a bugarium and it came with all this stuff included. 

• A fake plant
• A wood hide
• Wood Chip like bedding.

But you can just have a normal set up with

• A normal cricket/ critter carrier
• Egg carton thingies 

Hope this was all helpful/interesting if you have a pet like this good luck!!!