The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

Zapperzy · 15-01-2015 6:29pm

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Did she get the FeLV vaccine? I remember Cream was very out of sorts for 2-3 days afterward, not eating, sleeping all the time and not wanting to be touched. If it was just the normal vaccine I don't think reactions should last longer than 24 hours!

Ya it included the FeLV vaccine. Bunty got that one a few times before and she was always fine. I think il wait til the morning and give them a buzz if she's still out of sorts. Just so strange to see her sitting still, we're even able to eat beside her without her trying to climb onto the plate!

tk123 · 15-01-2015 6:30pm

Is it like a first vaccination for dogs like 7 in one etc? If so yes - it does seem to take it out of my two anyways. They're tired and quite for a day or so afterwards.

bluecherry74 · 15-01-2015 8:15pm

One of my cats used to be very out of sorts for 48 hours after his vaccinations, sleeping a lot and wouldn't let me touch him. It only happened when he was a kitten / young cat and the vet said it happened I'm some cases. He seems to have grown out of it now.

SillyMangoX · 15-01-2015 9:01pm

The FeLV vaccine is rough compared to just the average booster, it really does knock it out of them. I've only given it to my lot course of it cos cream was so bad after it, the other two were just a bit grumpy and off colour but it really affected cream.

Pumpkinseeds · 15-01-2015 9:41pm

I was helping a rescue with their annual flag day collection today and was partnered with a lady who had a gorgeous dog with her. Our 4 cats weren't at all impressed when I came home smelling of dog. They were sniffing my clothes and climbing all over my shopping bags(had to put the empty bags in the bin). There was a distinct look of disgust.:D

17-01-2015 1:55am

My two-year-old budgie Drake made a break for the big (bedroom) outdoors. I was trying to fix a perch in the cage when Drake slipped by my hand and flew for freedom! But budgies are cowards mostly, Drake was afriaded being alone without his brother Cloud and my little hen bird, Yellow. Drake flew around being scared, until I caught him. He then started giving out, real angry bird stuff! I was almost reduced to tears at the cuteness, Cloud and Yellow were so upset at Drakie's upset. Budgies are so under appreciated!

17-01-2015 2:04am

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I was helping a rescue with their annual flag day collection today and was partnered with a lady who had a gorgeous dog with her. Our 4 cats weren't at all impressed when I came home smelling of dog. They were sniffing my clothes and climbing all over my shopping bags(had to put the empty bags in the bin). There was a distinct look of disgust.:D

My dad would have turned 66 yesterday had he not left us too early, but you reminded me of one of my dad's best coined phrases:

Our old cat, known as Mammy Cat, has a terrible attitude. She's just plain mean, but we love her anyway. She was put off the couch one night and got very miffed - my dad said "That cat has a face like a jar of jalapenos".

Loved it.

I think my other favourite Da-ism is "Stopped dead in his tracks, like a man caught by the Angleus."

Zapperzy · 17-01-2015 2:52am

Jesse seems to be back to normal today so no cause for concern

Although it was nice to not have her jumping up on the counters and hanging out of me for food all the time :rolleyes:

SillyMangoX · 18-01-2015 5:43am

My neighbours bred their husky so now have a litter of pups, I can hear them howling meaning they must be outdoors... The poor babies

they dont sound distressed or anything, just normal husky puppy talk, but it's freezing tonight and these pups aren't even 6 weeks

Pumpkinseeds · 18-01-2015 10:26pm

Toby was picking his way across the frozen grass when I looked for him this morning. You'd think they'd want to stay indoors when it's so cold outdoors. The grass on the green is a bit overgrown and was thick with frost, it was hillarious watching him, he looked like a Fat Controller puppet, even though he isn't fat.:D Felix and Jazzy were sitting on the wall watching him in fascination. Until the bitch next door opened the door and started effing and blinding at them for sitting on the dividing wall. What harm she thinks 2 cats sitting on a wall can do to a house with a concrete garden I have no idea.:mad: You don't expect that crap at 7am on a Sunday morning.

angeldaisy · 19-01-2015 1:04pm

Decided that because it was so cold, I'd do most of my work at home today. Otherwise they would have to be outside between 9 and 3pm. Obviously they have lovely warm kennels, but me being soft I decided not to put them out.

Had them crated whilst I took my son to school, then since I've been home, where have they wanted to be - yep - outside! Typical!!

I have to keep checking on them as Tara is an escape artist and Elly is a jumper, however both seem happy running round with a frozen toy!

So I've got nothing done as when they are in, they want to be out and when they are out, I have to keep checking on them:rolleyes:

tk123 · 19-01-2015 1:12pm

aonb · 19-01-2015 4:20pm

Came back from grocery shopping, trying to get heavy bags in the door, bloody Tux made a bolt for freedom :eek::eek::eek: Tux is my found/feral kitten - indoors only cat, until shes neutered, due in Feb. She flew out the door like a bolt of lightening, with my terrier after her. We have a huge garden, fenced all around in the middle of fields. So I tried to follow her calmly, calling her, while she zoomed to one side of the lawn, back under my jeep, zoomed under a hedge, back under my jeep - the terrier after her all the time (Great fun!) thankfully, so I could track where she was. Thought I was in serious trouble, but after much zooming, she finally stopped and let me pick her up. We all 3 came in and had a very nice lunch to recover

I swear cats are the most unreasonable, unbiddable, undomesticated, willful, irrational, confusing, irritating, maddening, frustrating and uncontrollable creatures we call pets (she is now fast asleep under the dog who is on my lap, under my laptop as I type)

Vets wed a.m for vaccinations, and schedule neutering - more fun for Tux!

SingItOut · 19-01-2015 7:32pm

My dad was out walking the dogs today in the forestry walk where he always walks them. Dogs have to be kept on a lead there which ours always are, he was almost around the turn back to the car when an off lead staffy came flying at him and went for moone. My dad in his panic pulled moone up into his arms and the staffy was jumping up biting at my dads arms and back. My dad was bitten on the hand and his jacket is torn at the back. The staffy male owner did nothing but the woman that was with him tried to get the dog off my dad. Eventually she did, my dad shouted at the male owner who said nothing but his wife was talking and he (the other man) told her to F**k up! Disgusting man! :mad:
My dad knows him and will be reporting him. Our dogs are ok, Alli came running into the house and straight into my arms she's really freaked out by the whole thing :(makes my blood boil! I'm just grateful the staffy didn't get either of my dogs they wouldn't stand a chance

muddypaws · 20-01-2015 1:01am

I sent my Crufts entry in tonight, entries close at midnight. Still not sure if we will go or not, but if we're not entered, then we definitely can't, so this way I can decide nearer the time. Riley and I have only ever entered one 'proper' dog show in our lives, and qualified for Crufts, people are saying we should go, just for the experience, so maybe we will.

angeldaisy · 20-01-2015 1:59pm

That would certainly be an experience Muddypaws!

I seriously thought there was an intruder outside earlier this morning, the dogs went ballistic at the back door, hackles were all up. I went to them fearing the worst!
SEAGULLS!!! Poxy seagulls, tha'ts what they were kicking off about! God help if we ever have an intruder. :eek::eek:

tk123 · 20-01-2015 2:16pm

angeldaisy wrote: »

I seriously thought there was an intruder outside earlier this morning, the dogs went ballistic at the back door, hackles were all up. I went to them fearing the worst!
SEAGULLS!!! Poxy seagulls, tha'ts what they were kicking off about! God help if we ever have an intruder. :eek::eek:

Hey that's funny because we were out walking this morning and I saw the postman's bike in the cat house so crossed the road..Bailey barked anyways at what I assumed was the postman or one of the cats but as we went down the road both dogs were really tense and not moving. I took one of my earphones out and could hear shrieking/wailing - I'd no idea if it was a cats or birds but the dogs were freaked out by it! I wonder if it was seagulls lol!

Zapperzy · 20-01-2015 7:28pm

Got Jesse some lamb heart yesterday, she went wild for it. Is there such a thing as too much? Would a wee chunk (10 thumb nail size chunks) once or twice a week be too much?

tk123 · 20-01-2015 8:46pm

Zapperzy wrote: »

Got Jesse some lamb heart yesterday, she went wild for it. Is there such a thing as too much? Would a wee chunk (10 thumb nail size chunks) once or twice a week be too much?

It depends on the individual - I can feed Bailey a full meal of sliced beef heart which he loves and no probs. If I gave that much to Lucy it'd be too rich for her and give her the runs. It's muscle remember not organ so if they can handle it feed them as much as you want.

Dubl07 · 20-01-2015 9:03pm

tk123 wrote: »

It depends on the individual - I can feed Bailey a full meal of sliced beef heart which he loves and no probs. If I gave that much to Lucy it'd be too rich for her and give her the runs. It's muscle remember not organ so if they can handle it feed them as much as you want.

I dice 4 lamb hearts with carrot & potato, a thumb of ginger, a clove of garlic and a cup of water before cooking as a casserole for 2/3 hours or so when I've something in the oven for us as well. It makes eight portions to top her kibble so that she relishes a meal rather than picking.

Pumpkinseeds · 20-01-2015 9:17pm

Something is stressing Felix out, he sprayed the kitchen curtains earlier on. Not sure what's upsetting him.:(

SillyMangoX · 20-01-2015 9:36pm

My mam is sitting in the armchair in front of the fire with Cream on her lap, Dude in her arms and Peach lying across her foot. I'm sitting on the couch, freezing, trying to convince one of the cats to join me but it's just not working

Layinghen · 20-01-2015 10:20pm

Those cats sure know what side their bread is buttered on:D

Zapperzy · 20-01-2015 10:27pm

tk123 wrote: »

It depends on the individual - I can feed Bailey a full meal of sliced beef heart which he loves and no probs. If I gave that much to Lucy it'd be too rich for her and give her the runs. It's muscle remember not organ so if they can handle it feed them as much as you want.

No sign of any ill stomach yet. I must take another trip to the butchers and get a few more tasty bits for her. Out of interest is a beef heart about the size of a person's head, seen two big hearts beside the lamb hearts, presumed they must be beef.

Kovu · 20-01-2015 10:31pm

Kovu's fascination for the attic remains.
6am this morning he started miaowing to get up. Ugh. No thanks, he got pegged out the window until 9am!

Just now though, I heard him come down the ladder so I went to close it, leaving a tub of Greek olives that I'd been picking at open on the table.
Came back to find Kovu sprawled on the table with olives everywhere.

And this is how I found out that they can contain a similar chemical to catnip :pac:

(Kovu now smells delicious though, there's a bright side!)

aonb · 20-01-2015 10:37pm

Tux always smells gorgeous - from all the cuddles/snuggles from women who wear perfume

mymo · 21-01-2015 9:32pm

Its funny you say that Aonb, my dogs don't get that doggy smell (something to do with their hair) but I know where they have been sleeping by the smell. Daughter was home before me and they must have been in her bed as I could smell it off them when I got home.

That sounds like she's a stinky teenager, but I just mean the smell of her perfume or the spray scent she uses of her bedding to help her sleep.

I know if they've been in my bed too, I have a orange and citrus reed diffuser by my bed and I can smell it off them.

Cats are the same, and when daughters friends come over, I know who's been getting hugs by the smell of them all!

aonb · 21-01-2015 10:34pm

my dog is the same

My daughter wears a perfume I dont particularly care for, when shes home, the dog reeks of it

Pumpkinseeds · 21-01-2015 10:41pm

I had to turn off the animal programme. Our own cats were freaking out at the sound of other cats on the TV. Felix and Poppy were hunting for them.

angeldaisy · 21-01-2015 11:38pm

My 2 had their first ever swim today!! With all the rain we've had the streams are much higher. Tara went first expecting to paddle through, she got a bit of a shock and got out fairly sharpish! Elly followed her, neither would cross back though. We had to walk down to the bridge to get them back over!!
Both are panned out fast asleep!

Pumpkinseeds · 22-01-2015 1:03pm

I get really annoyed by people who let their dogs roam. There are 2 running around out the front of our house so I can't let Felix out into the front garden. The person who owns them was on Facebook a few weeks ago talking about what saints she and the boyfriend are and how they never let their dogs roam and how one of them is an 'escape artist'. They've a garden surrounded by a 7 foot wall, the dogs aren't escaping, they're being let out the front door, along with the 2 cats they have.:mad:

23-01-2015 2:15am

My mother and her little puppy Reggie (Lab) have been going to "puppy kindergarden"! Reggie is top of the class! There are five other dogs there, my ma was so afraid Reggie would be the bold dog, but he's the first to catch on in every trick, and there is a labradoodle there who is apparently so naughty he has to be sent to "time out" in every class! I had to ask, what is time out? The dog is put outside the door, and the door is shut on his lead. Until they calm down and are allowed back in. Reggie's new best friend is an Alasation pup, a week older, but twice his size. Although it does sound like the puppies are getting trained, sounds more to me like my ma brings her puppy to meet other puppy owners and they all spend the hour laughing hysterically at the bold labradoodle.

No harm in that! I'm delighted she and puppy are socialising!

ETA: My father died last August leaving my mam rattling around a big house in the middle of nowhere with just her Springer Sonny, so she got this little puppy to help keep her busy. Her getting out and socialising is far more important to me than any well trained Lab!

tk123 · 23-01-2015 10:54am

We saw a fox this morning in the park!!! Might explain why Bailey's been acting a bit jumpy the last while AND why he was barking at the bushes behind one of the houses - I assumed it was a cat but it'd make sense that it was foxy loxy because they have chickens in the garden! Once we saw each other it ran off into the bushes and then Bailey was back to normal rolling around in the grass and playing with Lucy.

VonVix · 23-01-2015 11:54am

Deleted User wrote: »

My mother and her little puppy Reggie (Lab) have been going to "puppy kindergarden"! Reggie is top of the class! There are five other dogs there, my ma was so afraid Reggie would be the bold dog, but he's the first to catch on in every trick, and there is a labradoodle there who is apparently so naughty he has to be sent to "time out" in every class! I had to ask, what is time out? The dog is put outside the door, and the door is shut on his lead. Until they calm down and are allowed back in. Reggie's new best friend is an Alasation pup, a week older, but twice his size. Although it does sound like the puppies are getting trained, sounds more to me like my ma brings her puppy to meet other puppy owners and they all spend the hour laughing hysterically at the bold labradoodle.

No harm in that! I'm delighted she and puppy are socialising!

ETA: My father died last August leaving my mam rattling around a big house in the middle of nowhere with just her Springer Sonny, so she got this little puppy to help keep her busy. Her getting out and socialising is far more important to me than any well trained Lab!

Lab puppies tend to be fab in training, the problem is not enough people actually put the effort in like your mother is doing! Tell her to keep it up even once classes are over, labs are smart cookies, he'll come up with his own ways to entertain himself otherwise, and we all know what that means! I often think the dogs that are the most nuts as puppies tend to be the most intelligent, their brains just won't stop.

tk123 · 23-01-2015 12:07pm

VonVix wrote: »

Lab puppies tend to be fab in training, the problem is not enough people actually put the effort in like your mother is doing! Tell her to keep it up even once classes are over, labs are smart cookies, he'll come up with his own ways to entertain himself otherwise, and we all know what that means! I often think the dogs that are the most nuts as puppies tend to be the most intelligent, their brains just won't stop.

Yeah I'd agree - most people do the class and that's the end of it if they're bothered at all! I don't know anyone in the gang in our park who's done classes with their dog. I started puppy classes with Lucy at 9 weeks old - naturally she was the best in the class :pac: because I was ar$ed training her lol!!

SingItOut · 24-01-2015 9:57pm

Moone thought It would be a great idea to play with and roll in a dead rat today, just spent the last half hour scrubbing her in the shower, don't think she thought it was such a good idea then

the stink off her was desperate!

tk123 · 25-01-2015 12:08am

SingItOut wrote: »

Moone thought It would be a great idea to play with and roll in a dead rat today, just spent the last half hour scrubbing her in the shower, don't think she thought it was such a good idea then the stink off her was desperate!

The dogs took turns to run around with a rabbit skeleton today :eek: thankfully nobody ate or rolled in it lol!

SingItOut · 25-01-2015 1:34am

^^ yuk! I'm so used to seeing horrible stuff with having two murderous sadistic cats so there's not a lot that shocks me anymore ! Apart from when one of them brought home a hedgehog, that still amazes me:eek:

Pumpkinseeds · 25-01-2015 6:58pm

I'm absolutely shattered today. The next door nightmare had an all night party, it got even worse when the trance music started at 5am. I put ear plugs in but the pusses were freaking out because they could hear the voices through the walls and not see people(it confuses and upsets them), so I was getting jumped on and generally forced out of bed to keep them company. The lad is almost 30 years old, old enough to grow the feck out of house parties.:mad:

Pumpkinseeds · 25-01-2015 10:56pm

I was just reading an article about a bequest left to an animal charity in a ladies will. It seems there was a bit of doubt over which of 2 charities the lady intended the money for, so after deliberation by a panel who deal with such matters, ie Judges, it was decided that the money would be divided equally between both charities. Great, one would think. But no, one charity is suing the other because they think that they should get more, if not all of the money. So it's going to the High Court where no doubt a very large chunk of it will be spent on legal fees.:rolleyes::mad:

mymo · 25-01-2015 11:21pm

Went to see my uncle yesterday, the mother of the kittens I was trying to home (one tabby girl left) has been neutered but her behaviour is still a bit odd, he said yesterday that he thinks she's deaf!
Since she was a feral that turned up and he brought he and her kittens inside, she became very tame, but howls if she can't see him, or when kittens were younger if she couldn't see them. Shes also very clingy, but he's not sure what to do, he keeps her in as much as he can, and she's become very affectionate, but still seems a bit weak in the back end. The vet said when he neutered her she had a huge amount of scar tissue and had obviously had a massive infection at some stage, so between the weakness in the rear end and her apparent deafness he's a bit worried about her now.
He's keeping the grey and white boy kitten to keep her company, and has two cats of his own as well, so now he thinks hes becoming a male equivalent of a crazy cat lady.

I have 4 cats and two dogs, what does that make me?

Pumpkinseeds · 25-01-2015 11:42pm

mymo wrote: »

Went to see my uncle yesterday, the mother of the kittens I was trying to home (one tabby girl left) has been neutered but her behaviour is still a bit odd, he said yesterday that he thinks she's deaf!
Since she was a feral that turned up and he brought he and her kittens inside, she became very tame, but howls if she can't see him, or when kittens were younger if she couldn't see them. Shes also very clingy, but he's not sure what to do, he keeps her in as much as he can, and she's become very affectionate, but still seems a bit weak in the back end. The vet said when he neutered her she had a huge amount of scar tissue and had obviously had a massive infection at some stage, so between the weakness in the rear end and her apparent deafness he's a bit worried about her now.
He's keeping the grey and white boy kitten to keep her company, and has two cats of his own as well, so now he thinks hes becoming a male equivalent of a crazy cat lady.

I have 4 cats and two dogs, what does that make me?

It makes you Under the Paw. There's a support group here:

http://littlecatdiaries.blogspot.ie/

Pumpkinseeds · 26-01-2015 2:19pm

Someone in the neighbourhood has a new cat, it's got the oddest meow I've ever heard, a kind of meow/bark:D

tk123 · 26-01-2015 8:37pm

:pac: Overheard from the kitchen :
"Tell him to stop begging!... and you stop licking that oven - I saw you doing it!"

SillyMangoX · 26-01-2015 11:03pm

Dude had been losing wight/condition lately due to be a selectively fussy eater with a constant runny bum. ( I say selectively because he will eat ANYTHING except his ID food :P) I was getting a bit worried about him and was considering bringing him in for bloods to see was there something going on, but first I said I would try him with the tins of ID instead of the pouches. Already he is feeling less ribby/spiney, gotten a shine back on his coat and his tummy has completely stopped being runny!! He loves the tins of ID so much that he's stuffed and doesn't go scavenging for things that irritate his tummy, though we still have to keep the small brown bin in the washing machine when he's in the utility or else he will raid that

But I'm delighted he's getting back to his tubby little self again. Hopefully this good spell will last for a good while. He seems to go in cycles of being good/bad every few months. If only I could teach him not to fart in my face we'd be flying it :pac:

Zapperzy · 28-01-2015 1:07am

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Someone in the neighbourhood has a new cat, it's got the oddest meow I've ever heard, a kind of meow/bark:D

Sort of like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP3gzee1cps

Zapperzy · 28-01-2015 1:21am

Jesse is off her food the last few days. I'm in two minds whether to bring her to the vets or not. She's always eaten whatever's put in front of her but since sat/sun she's been very picky. She'l eat dry food, ate a mouthful of wet food today and picked a little bit at chicken. She threw up right in the middle of the mat in the bedroom at 4.30am last night, left a nice stain on it :rolleyes: She's still in grand form in every other aspect just the eating. I'm not sure if she's just suddenly become a dry food cat and is refusing all else until she's given dry food.

At what stage does dodgy food related issues become a vet issue?

tk123 · 28-01-2015 12:17pm

Zapperzy wrote: »

Jesse is off her food the last few days. I'm in two minds whether to bring her to the vets or not. She's always eaten whatever's put in front of her but since sat/sun she's been very picky. She'l eat dry food, ate a mouthful of wet food today and picked a little bit at chicken. She threw up right in the middle of the mat in the bedroom at 4.30am last night, left a nice stain on it :rolleyes: She's still in grand form in every other aspect just the eating. I'm not sure if she's just suddenly become a dry food cat and is refusing all else until she's given dry food. At what stage does dodgy food related issues become a vet issue?

I think once you've started to worry/question it it's time to go and get it checked out? With my two I always decide they get X amount of time and then I'll take them. Lucy has been picky/skipped meals a couple of time when she was a bit off colour but that wouldn't worry me too much because she's not food driven. Bailey on the other hand would rarely skip a meal so I'd be more worried about him if he got picky

Kovu · 28-01-2015 12:34pm

Zapperzy wrote: »

Jesse is off her food the last few days. I'm in two minds whether to bring her to the vets or not. She's always eaten whatever's put in front of her but since sat/sun she's been very picky. She'l eat dry food, ate a mouthful of wet food today and picked a little bit at chicken. She threw up right in the middle of the mat in the bedroom at 4.30am last night, left a nice stain on it :rolleyes: She's still in grand form in every other aspect just the eating. I'm not sure if she's just suddenly become a dry food cat and is refusing all else until she's given dry food. At what stage does dodgy food related issues become a vet issue?

How is she today?
If ours are like that I would allow them a day or two before I'd take their temperature and then decide. Kovu is a devil for going off his food for a couple of days, only sniffing it before walking away to the nuts and only taking a few bites. Usually coincides with a couple of vomits so I put it down to either hairballs or food he's caught himself.

Pumpkinseeds · 28-01-2015 1:48pm

Felix is going through a bed stealing phase. Last night and this morning i found him asleep in Jazzys bed, somewhere he has never shown any interest in and now he's asleep on Toby's spot on the sofa

Jazzy has been very gung ho for the past week and seems to have decided that he's not taking any more nonsense from Poppy, so he's chasing her up the stairs to make his point. At least Toby seems more settled, he's discovered the high backed swivel chair in our home office/laundry room and is often found there in the early hours sound asleep. I'm delighted that he's actually coming in the cat flap himself during the night.

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