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The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

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  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Gordon Round Interpreter


    My little boys are so hyper, that despite the hand taming only being in early stages, I've had to open the cage door and let them fly loose. They'd wreck the place otherwise! Yellow, who was previously suffering from being cage bound, unable to fly properly, not because I shut her in, but because she and Marky weren't brave birds and weren't inclined to come out, is flying perfectly again. But the little guys decided to eat the map I have stuck behind the cage, to keep the wall clean. Cloud has chewed up a sizeable portion of the Pacific Ocean, heading towards Mexico. He was today clinging onto the torn paper while chewing away, which might not have ended well for him...
    Drake has started with a thin strip of Arctic Ocean and chewed up most of the Barents Sea. So far they have avoied all land and countries. They're too adorable.


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Gordon Round Interpreter


    christmas_budgies.jpg

    Not bad for a Publisher and Paint job! I had nothing else available to me! (Please ignore where I had the mouse over the image while taking the screenshot and it says "Picture". I intend to fix it at work tomorrow!)

    ETA: Cloud is also getting a beard tomorrow. Yellow doesn't get a hat because Mrs Clause doesn't wear a hat!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭toadfly


    TK how's Bailey doing? Did you see the gorgeous retriever found in Cork?


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,008 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    TillyGirl wrote: »
    TK how's Bailey doing? Did you see the gorgeous retriever found in Cork?

    :) Much better today - his tail was wagging when I came down this morning and it was back to normal in the park! :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    Whispered, we have a hog here too, Tiffi will run over if she hears you talking to the cat or Oliver. She will jump on whoever you are cuddling if she can, but we always put her down or tell her no and make her wait.
    She's not as bad as she was, but loves her hugs.

    She's at the point now where she runs over and sits or stands wagging her tail until you spot her and tell her she's a good girl and ask her up. Although if you ignore her she will "Aaawwooooo" (sounds a lot like helloooo) quietly to get your attention.

    TK poor Bailey, hope he's ok, park does wonders doesn't it;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,832 ✭✭✭littlebug


    Phew!

    My daughter has been having some asthma type problems over the last number of months. Our GP has kept saying "you'll have to get rid of the dog" and " the dog will have to stay outside" :( she was getting really upset about it.
    We saw a specialist today who says it's highly unlikely to be anything to do with the dog :) I've one happy girly here now :) we still have to get to the root of her problems and will do over the next month or so but she is so relieved this evening.

    Apparently it's more common to have allergic reactions to black dogs than white dogs :confused: I really wish I'd asked why :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭belongtojazz


    Not feeling the usual Friday buzz this week. I don't think we will have our Minnie for much longer unfortunately. She's still a young enough dog, she's around 7 but she is now taking 3 different pain killer/ anti inflammatories and she's still in visible pain :(
    She has hip dysplasia, and is now suffering badly with pain in her front paws. She's had X-rays which were referred to UCD for diagnosis, they haven't a clue!!! She has a bone lesion ( possibly cancer, possibly ligament) a shadow on her wrist, loose shoulder, and bow leg, on top of that she has something up with her liver that again they can't fully diagnose.

    My family reckon she's pining for my dad, I don't think she's recovered from his passing at all, she was utterly devoted to him and hasn't been the same since. She's happy out on her walk, she runs/limps around like she has no worries but at home all she wants to do is snuggle and sleep. She just looks sad all the time. Jazz is gutted as her playmate is no longer interested in being annoying and running around the house.

    Sorry for the long rambling post, just needed to vent :(

    Unfortunately Minnie had her last run around today, her pain had become unbearable so we had to let her go. I have posted a couple of pics in the departed pets thread.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Unfortunately Minnie had her last run around today, her pain had become unbearable so we had to let her go. I have posted a couple of pics in the departed pets thread.

    Sorry to hear that; I sure it wasn't an easy day. It's never a easy decision to make; not matter how much we know it has to be done.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,008 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    littlebug wrote: »
    Phew!

    My daughter has been having some asthma type problems over the last number of months. Our GP has kept saying "you'll have to get rid of the dog" and " the dog will have to stay outside" :( she was getting really upset about it.
    We saw a specialist today who says it's highly unlikely to be anything to do with the dog :) I've one happy girly here now :) we still have to get to the root of her problems and will do over the next month or so but she is so relieved this evening.

    Apparently it's more common to have allergic reactions to black dogs than white dogs :confused: I really wish I'd asked why :o

    Ah the GP said the same to me - you're allergic to the dog blah blah... because my symptoms had kicked in around the time we got the dog which was just after I'd had a 'huge mass' (according to the surgeon) removed from my thyroid/chest which was wrapped around and compressing my airway but of couse it must he the dog and not that! I knew I wasn't cos I'd been allergic to the cat's dander so knew what it was like lol! Sure enough the allergy tests only showed positive for cat hair ;) ...

    TK 1 GP 0 ;)


    That said I do brush him a lot and let him swim to loosen dead hair because if I let it go and he sheds a lot I might need to take a few puffs off the reliever. Also I find if I'm up at the dog training/daycare place and there's major grooming going on I feel it sometimes.
    I got a grooming gadget on zooplus a while back (it was €30) and find it very good - it's not harsh like a furminator so does take longer but very handy the way it collects the fur in the bucket thing. http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dog_grooming_care/grooming_tools/other/275986

    @ belongtojazz sorry about poor Minnie :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭toadfly


    Aw I am so sorry to hear about Minnie :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭Sar_Bear


    Aw so sorry to hear about Minnie :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭gavmcg92


    Sorry to hear that jazz. Not a nice feeling to go through.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,772 ✭✭✭✭Whispered


    Sorry to hear about Minnie.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Unfortunately Minnie had her last run around today, her pain had become unbearable so we had to let her go. I have posted a couple of pics in the departed pets thread.

    :(
    Aw, so sorry to hear this :(
    RIP Minnie


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,339 ✭✭✭borderlinemeath


    Unfortunately Minnie had her last run around today, her pain had become unbearable so we had to let her go. I have posted a couple of pics in the departed pets thread.

    RIP Minnie, hope you're ok, and Jazz too. xx


  • Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭bluecherry74


    So so sorry about Minnie :( It's really hard to let them go isn't it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,008 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    The shame - I was involved in a collision yesterday. Even though I braced myself for impact I still went down like a tool lol!! 4 dogs having zoomies at once 2 of them pups who haven't learned how to drive their legs yet lol :rolleyes::P


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    Finished my exams today, yaaaaaay!!! I have a few to do in August because of being sick but Im officially finished college :D just have placement until April but I love that so its all good :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,596 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    Getting my first foster dog on Friday to look after for the Christmas break. Excited and nervous as its an older dog with a few medical requirements. Have wanted to foster for aaaages so decided to bite the bullet and go for it :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭toadfly


    anniehoo wrote: »
    Getting my first foster dog on Friday to look after for the Christmas break. Excited and nervous as its an older dog with a few medical requirements. Have wanted to foster for aaaages so decided to bite the bullet and go for it :D

    Oh exciting what breed is he?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭gavmcg92


    I'm always afraid of fostering because ill just want to keep them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,596 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    TillyGirl wrote: »
    Oh exciting what breed is he?
    A Maltese, you might know who im talking about if you follow one of the well known dog charities on facebook. She's a little ragamuffin and needs some tlc for a few weeks as she has both eye and ear infections.A proper OAP in dog terms but am delighted to give her a nice home to snooze it out in for a few weeks :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭toadfly


    anniehoo wrote: »
    A Maltese, you might know who im talking about if you follow one of the well known dog charities on facebook. She's a little ragamuffin and needs some tlc for a few weeks as she has both eye and ear infections.A proper OAP in dog terms but am delighted to give her a nice home to snooze it out in for a few weeks :p

    I seen her yesterday and was very close to offering to foster for the two weeks. I was going to today if she wasnt sorted. What a dote, she looked to have a yorkie nose!


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Gordon Round Interpreter


    Cloud has discovered that he can swing on things! The rings are his favourite thing, though he does sometimes get himself stuck inside one of them, and Yellow uses this to her advantage to pull his tail and torment him while he struggles to get out. Watching him try to choose between swinging from the mirror and swinging from the rings, ending in him doing the splits while holding onto both and dangling in mid air, was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while! I can't video him though, he reacts with awful suspicion if I hold the phone too close!


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    The kitties were screaming at my door so I got up to feed them and let them out, they turned their little pink noses up at the food and when I opened the back door they looked at me as if to say, 'you expect us to go out there?!' So now they are in my bed instead warming my toes :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,008 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    The kitties were screaming at my door so I got up to feed them and let them out, they turned their little pink noses up at the food and when I opened the back door they looked at me as if to say, 'you expect us to go out there?!' So now they are in my bed instead warming my toes :D

    It's well for you still in bed lol! :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    tk123 wrote: »
    It's well for you still in bed lol! :p

    Hey I just finished exams I deserve a day off :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    We got the calendar from our vets today with Cream's picture in it. As you can see he is very impressed :D (I already put this in the pic thread but I'm just so proud of my baby :D )

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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭gavmcg92


    Such a rock n roll pose :P


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    I don't know what people think of PETA, I don't even know how true this is, but it gave me a laugh. Borrowed fron the bike forum http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/peta-crashes-biker-gathering-not-to-be-missed/27275


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