Squirmy, hairy and cute critters

This week I have some squidgy and hairy critters; I'll also end my post with the cutest little [human] critter I saw last week. 

I'd been given two mielies (corn on the cob) by a farmer friend. I left these on the kitchen table overnight. Next morning as the sunlight poured in on our kitchen floor, Grant called to me to bring my camera. 

The smallest mielie-worm that I've ever seen

It moved like an inch-worm and threw a long shadow behind it!

If it weren't for the shadow, I'd not have seen the worm

 Out on the patio, I picked up one of the many mulberry leaves that had fallen to the ground

And photographed it!

On Sunday Rina spotted this hairy worm - also on our patio

Using a sheet of paper, I placed it on the table - and photographed it! 

Skabenga, who is terrified of a vehicle had to be lifted bodily into a pickup. I took him to the vet to have "the" operation. He also had a piece of his tail lopped off - it had got damaged in a slammed door when he was a pup 

John, my gardener is amazing with Skabenga. He sat in the back with him all the way to the nearby town of Ladybrand (these above are "before" photos)

Back home the poor boy was in great pain and still suffering from the effects of anesthetic

Not a happy camper

Here he stares at me in despair - mama , I'm in pain and I don't know why! 

The vet had bandaged the tail (after stitching the wound) but Skabenga tried to bite it off. John and I bound it with tape - which Skabenga chewed off during the night. His tail is now open and doing well!

Then finally, my piece d'resistance! At the clinic last week, a mother arrived: a baby on her back. In her wake came her little girl, her baby on her back! 

I carry my baby (teddy) on my back 

The pretty young mum posed with her toddler 

I'm linking to Eileen's Saturday Critters here