The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

SingItOut · 05-11-2014 9:35pm

Still haven't found anywhere to get gonzo new plastic shelves for his cage, zooplus only seem to have them for hamsters and he'd most likely go down through it! Going to try petmania tomorrow again and see if they have anything in.

Pumpkinseeds · 05-11-2014 9:45pm

By chance I met the cat I was hoping to trap last night. He was sitting outside an apartment block and I got talking to a neighbour. The bad news is that the owners had a baby and puss got left out on the street. The good news is that his limp is gone. Some of the neighbours have been feeding him, up close he's a very large lad but coated in car oil from living outdoors. While I was petting the cat some guy, presumably the owner came down from one of the upstairs flats, opened the door and glared at me as he let puss indoors. He said nothing to me which was weird, if I saw someone who looked like they might be taking my cat I'd have to be restrained.

While I was there I found an unspayed female who is on heat as she didn't stop calling him for the whole hour that I was there. I gave her 2 pouches of food and she wolfed both down. She's def not feral and is in great condition and the rescue are going to get her spayed as mr puss isn't neutered so that's a recipe for disaster. I really hoping that miss puss has owners as the rescue can only tnr and if nobody owns her the best I can do is bring her food every day. With 4 already and the tension between Felix and Toby, I just can't take her in. Mr Pumpkinseeds isn't too thrilled about me taking on the possible long term commitment of feeding her but if I don't, nobody else will. All I can do is get her trapped and spayed and try to find her a home if she doesn't have one.

mymo · 05-11-2014 11:56pm

Sing it out, what type of shelves, is it foe a chin or degu?

We have spare shelves we were given for rat cage, bit quarter circle, corner shelf things, they didn't fit the explorer cage, and now we have no rats we are getting rid of all the stuff. Can pm you pic if you think they might fit, think there two, you can have for free if any good.

We're not far from you, on carlow, kk border.

Zapperzy · 06-11-2014 12:38pm

Keep bunty in your minds today. She's in the vets fighting. She's two bad lungs and her body temps dropped to 32. In bits here

mymo · 06-11-2014 12:48pm

Zapperzy wrote: »

Keep bunty in your minds today. She's in the vets fighting. She's two bad lungs and her body temps dropped to 32. In bits here

Poor Bunty, will be thinking of you both. X

tk123 · 06-11-2014 12:53pm

Oh no poor Bunty!

SillyMangoX · 06-11-2014 12:58pm

Zapperzy wrote: »

Keep bunty in your minds today. She's in the vets fighting. She's two bad lungs and her body temps dropped to 32. In bits here

Poor Bunty

Fingers crossed for you both x

Layinghen · 06-11-2014 1:18pm

Fingers and paws crossed here for Bunty.

bluecherry74 · 06-11-2014 2:24pm

Poor Bunty - fingers crossed for you both.

muddypaws · 06-11-2014 2:40pm

Zapperzy wrote: »

Keep bunty in your minds today. She's in the vets fighting. She's two bad lungs and her body temps dropped to 32. In bits here

Oh I am sorry, fingers and paws crossed here for her.

Zapperzy · 06-11-2014 2:44pm

Her temps come up very slightly to only 33.1 despite heat pads, bubble wrap and hairdryer. X rays show very severe fluid on lungs, she's in an oxygen tent but finding it very hard to breath. The vet said her chances aren't very good. She's only 9 and a half, I didn't think I'd have to go through this this soon. She was fine on Monday evening, she's gone downhill so quickly.

rannerap · 06-11-2014 3:04pm

Fingers crossed for bunty

I got told the same when my wee one was in the Vets a few months back and she made a complete turn around. Don't give up hope

Pumpkinseeds · 06-11-2014 4:30pm

Fingers crossed for Bunty.

Zapperzy · 06-11-2014 9:49pm

Just made the hardest decision iv ever had to make. She wasn't going to pull through and was suffering. To think she was full of life only a few days ago, even when I woke up this morning I thought a few jabs, a drip for a few hours and she'd be right as rain and home with me tonight. Give your pets a cuddle tonight, you never know what's around the corner. I'd have had her 9 years this month from a 6 month old kitten. 9 years of ups and downs since I was 14, through school and college and all through my teenage years she was there.

muddypaws · 06-11-2014 10:02pm

I'm really sorry Zapperzy. Take care of yourself x

SingItOut · 06-11-2014 10:15pm

mymo wrote: »

Sing it out, what type of shelves, is it foe a chin or degu?

We have spare shelves we were given for rat cage, bit quarter circle, corner shelf things, they didn't fit the explorer cage, and now we have no rats we are getting rid of all the stuff. Can pm you pic if you think they might fit, think there two, you can have for free if any good.

We're not far from you, on carlow, kk border.

Pity I Only just seen your message now mymo

they were for my chinchilla. I ordered him some hard plastic shelves from the pet shop down the town this morning. Thanks a million though

SingItOut · 06-11-2014 10:17pm

So sorry for your loss Zapperzy, you did everything you could for her and she would thank you if she could x

mymo · 06-11-2014 10:37pm

SingItOut wrote: »

Pity I Only just seen your message now mymo they were for my chinchilla. I ordered him some hard plastic shelves from the pet shop down the town this morning. Thanks a million though

These were originally from a chin cage, plastic ones too, never mind, I'm sure they'll find a good home!

Zapperzy, I'm so sorry, I can really sympathise with you, I had a cat from 3 years old until I was 19. I think growing up with them and especially those teen years creates such a bond. It's an awful descision to make, rest in peace Bunty.xxx

SillyMangoX · 06-11-2014 11:03pm

Aw Zapperzy I'm so sorry to hear that

Run free Bunty x

Pumpkinseeds · 06-11-2014 11:07pm

I'm so sorry about Bunty.:(

tk123 · 07-11-2014 12:18am

Poor Bunty

**hugs**

bluecherry74 · 07-11-2014 8:44am

So sorry Zapperzy.

Cocolola · 07-11-2014 8:56am

So sorry Zapperzy

RIP Bunty x

Layinghen · 07-11-2014 1:04pm

So sorry to hear the sad news.

Take care of yourself.

DBB · 07-11-2014 2:18pm

That's so sad Zapperzy, I'm so sorry

The suddeness of it all must be a terrible shock

tk123 · 07-11-2014 4:03pm

I loved that name - 'Bunty' ... I'm going to add it to my list of names to save for new dogs ...So I'll need 4 more golden retrievers now please somebody?
Seeley(Booth), Grayson, Sunny(Boy)* and Bunty.

*Sunny Boy was supposed to be Bailey's name but I let my mum name him instead. I thought I'd jinx the poor dog naming him after my great granddad's horse who broke his leg and had to be pts when the cart got caught in the tram tracks that used to be in Dublin... and then Bailey went on to have bandy legs anyways!

:rolleyes:

Whispered · 07-11-2014 7:13pm

So sorry Zapperzy

RIP Bunty x

muddypaws · 07-11-2014 7:46pm

I've been fostering some dogs for various rescues, holding them whilst they were rabies vacced etc, and ready to go to the UK. One of them turned out to be in pup, and was too far gone to go on the transport, my vet saw her last Thursday and said she'd whelp within the week. Well, day 8 and still no puppies, but I am exhausted as I'm sleeping in the room with her, and I wake at the slightest noise she makes. I'm really hoping these pups make an appearance soon, she's loving life in her own private room, sleeping all day on the futon, but I need my life back (and I'd also like to see these puppies) :P

She's only a baby herself, must have been her first season, and there's a chance the sire is one of her brothers, or possibly her own father, so hopefully she and the pups will all be ok.

VonVix · 07-11-2014 7:58pm

Our old boy Sox has taken a bad turn this week, I think his kidneys must be going on him, he's lapping up water and has no appetite. The weight has been falling off him this week, his hips and spine are showing even though he is a black cat.

It's heartbreaking. He will be the first pet I have ever lost.

Pumpkinseeds · 07-11-2014 10:25pm

Ahh VonVix, I'm so sorry.:(

VonVix · 07-11-2014 11:44pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Ahh VonVix, I'm so sorry.:(

I practically immersed his tail in tuna to get him eating, he had a few bites, he seems so weak but he was grooming the tuna off himself and nibbling a bit.

Pumpkinseeds · 07-11-2014 11:59pm

VonVix wrote: »

I practically immersed his tail in tuna to get him eating, he had a few bites, he seems so weak but he was grooming the tuna off himself and nibbling a bit.

What about a bit of boiled chicken breast? As bland as I'd imagine it tastes I cooked some for our cat Toby who had his teeth cleaned on Wednesday and all 4 of ours are wolfing it down. Sometimes ours will eat a bit of luke warm baby food as well. It's awful to watch them go down hill and it never gets any easier. The only positive aspect is that they don't have to suffer, it's one last gift that we can give them when the time comes.

VonVix · 08-11-2014 12:02am

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

What about a bit of boiled chicken breast? As bland as I'd imagine it tastes I cooked some for our cat Toby who had his teeth cleaned on Wednesday and all 4 of ours are wolfing it down. Sometimes ours will eat a bit of luke warm baby food as well. It's awful to watch them go down hill and it never gets any easier. The only positive aspect is that they don't have to suffer, it's one last gift that we can give them when the time comes.

We don't have any fresh chicken, in fact we stopped buying it because it was such a nightmare to prepare with the five of our cats going mental at us.

Pumpkinseeds · 08-11-2014 12:16am

VonVix wrote: »

We don't have any fresh chicken, in fact we stopped buying it because it was such a nightmare to prepare with the five of our cats going mental at us.

Have you tried microwaving some tinned food? It would have to be lukewarm at most but sometimes that works.

mymo · 08-11-2014 12:19am

Scrambled egg with butter is good, my lot go nuts for it!

Poor sox

VonVix · 08-11-2014 12:33am

Thanks for the ideas to try, helps a lot. I thought I was able to be strong with this but I swear it's getting harder and harder, even seeing silly cat pictures is putting a funny feeling in my stomach. I was intending to save everyone in my family of the heartache of a dreaded last trip to the vet because I thought I would be the strongest, they've known him for his whole 12 years, I've only known him for three, but he's the loveliest cat I have ever known. He is my migraine buddy, he'd always be cuddled up next to my head and try to rest with me if I had a migraine, no other time would he ever curl up in bed with me.

mymo · 08-11-2014 10:18pm

I went to see the three kittens I'm trying to rehome today, they've been taken into the house and have gotten so friendly since last week.
They are really funny, they had just been fed and one kept rolling over trying to clean herself, she went to stand up and fell over half out the bed and just went for a snooze!
We worked out they will be 8 weeks next week between Monday and Wednesday, and mum is staying where she is, once she's neutered in 2 weeks.
Kitten cuddles are the best!

SingItOut · 08-11-2014 11:13pm

Mymo you're making me have kitten withdrawals! My cat Beau went missing yesterday morning after the neighbours dog (who is constantly loose in the village) chased him and vogue around our garden, the dog didn't get them but Beau was nowhere to be seen until he arrived home this evening screaming for his dinner! I was so worried about him! No more pets for me for a while I can't take the stress when anything happens to them

SillyMangoX · 09-11-2014 3:14am

I don't think I've ever met a cat as easy to get medication into as my Dude. He absolutely adores metacam, more than any treats we give him. Sometimes I think he fakes being in pain just to get some! This evening he was sitting on my chest shivering as he has a bit of a fever with his infection, so I asked my mam to get his metacam. When he saw the syringe he just perked up straight away and was majorly excited, making his little "brrrrr" greeting sound at it, then grabbed it with his front paw and sucked the medication like he used to with his milk as a teeney baby. Probably the cutest thing I've seen in a very long time!

Pumpkinseeds · 10-11-2014 1:58pm

It's raining here and I dread rainy days with our 4 cats, 3 of them turn into a mix of stroppy teenager and peevish toddler. Poppy decided to slap Toby for no reason other than she could. That set Jazzy off at her and Toby was too nervous to pass the 2 of them. I did what I usually do which is pick Toby up and carry him to the sofa but after his vet trip last week he freaked and started hissing, growling and letting me know he wanted to shred me.:rolleyes:

That woke Felix who came to investigate all the fuss. Long story short, I spent 15 minutes sitting on the stairs trying to keep them from harassing each other. Thankfully all is calm now.

peasant · 10-11-2014 6:03pm

Some ads on donedeal just make me really angry:

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Mod note: as per forum charter, ads on Donedeal are not up for discussion.
Thanks,
DBB

Pumpkinseeds · 10-11-2014 6:16pm

peasant wrote: »

Some ads on donedeal just make me really angry:

Sadly it's only going to get worse in the coming weeks when the ads selling Christmas puppies are on notice boards in shopping centres as well as on Done Deal. People just don't seem to care about puppy mills and back yard breeding.:(

tk123 · 10-11-2014 9:24pm

:pac: Lucy got bored in the vets earlier waiting to have her stitches out earlier and decided to sit up on the chair beside me lol!!! :pac: Anyways we made it! The spay was much easier than I'd expected. So glad I went with our own vet - there was nothing to worry about!

honerbright · 10-11-2014 10:04pm

Got Max neutered/microchipped/vaccinated on Friday. There's a specialist vets just for cats in Cork who we took him to, I thought they would be much better than our own vets and would have more experience with timid cats.
Dropped him off around half 9, got a call about 11 letting me know everything had gone well (when we got Poppy spayed at our own vets we were told to ring around 1 to see how things were and they wouldnt tell us and kept saying they would call us back and they didn't for hours) and collected him at 5 and bought him home. No stitches or anything and he was delighted to be home, he was all sullen in the carrier and the second we bought him home he was standing up looking to get out

He's recovering very well, not a bother on him.

Popped into Maxizoo today to get the dogs more Select Gold. We usually get a 4kg bag for around 24 euro but they'd 12kg for 44 so went for that instead. 3 times the amount for less than twice the price. Delighted!

SingItOut · 11-11-2014 2:38am

The cats have both been on my case all day wanting to come in and out every 5 minutes, wanting food etc Beau decided to sleep in his house outside after annoying me to come inside, vogue is in my room which she normally isn't. I'll give it an hour before she's in the ward robe routing around! The dogs (mostly Alli) take up all the bed space but at least they sleep through the night! Joys of being a pet mother

muddypaws · 11-11-2014 12:41pm

Still no puppies. Took her to the vet yesterday for another scan, all is well, just a matter of waiting.

Pumpkinseeds · 11-11-2014 1:27pm

I am actually shocked this morning. Toby came into the living room and jumped up on the sofa about foot distance away from Jazzy and Jazzy let him:eek: They're both asleep at that same distance now, it never happens. Toby won't stay on the sofa if we aren't downstairs and waits for us to go into the living room, but Jazzy usually hogs the sofa by laying in the middle of it and Toby won't normally jump up there while he's on it. They must be feeling the Winter chill.

rannerap · 11-11-2014 2:13pm

My Foster kittens have all come down with cat flu

I've gotten a bit closer to them and noticed that they also have fleas. Ear mites and possibly worms. Picking up stuff to treat them at the Vets later. This should be fun!!!

tk123 · 11-11-2014 4:45pm

GAh! Hasn't stopped raining all day!! I can never decide what to do - when I go home this evening and go to take them out Bailey will go into hiding in the crate not wanting to go out in the rain!

tk123 · 12-11-2014 11:30am

:(:( My friends dog (Rebel who's in loads of our photos) has been taken into the vets for xrays and IVs because they think he has a blockage - possibly from a bone!

The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

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