The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

DBB · 07-10-2013 8:26am

Awww no... I'm so sorry to hear that baby and crumble :-(
Isabella had quite the fan base here, I always enjoyed reading about what she was up to and seeing your pics of her. I especially loved the photo from last Christmas when she was all snuggled up in... Was it a furry toy Christmas pudding she'd got in the Secret Santa? :-) It was the cutest of cute photos.
For such a little thing, she won quite a few hearts, I'm sure you'll miss her like mad.

bluecherry74 · 07-10-2013 8:55am

Really sorry to hear that

I never understood what great pets rodents made until I read your posts about Isabella and saw what a great little personality she had. I'll miss seeing her cute chubby face on the photos thread!

anniehoo · 07-10-2013 11:20am

Awwww noooo not Isabella

:(:(:( I'm so sorry Baby and Crumble, I'm heartbroken for you. She was my favourite Boards Pet. Such sad news to read this morning *Hugs* She was treated like a Princess and couldn't have wanted for a better life than she had with you.

tk123 · 07-10-2013 11:52am

RIP Isabella

borderlinemeath · 07-10-2013 12:14pm

RIP Isabella. She had a great life with you though, and was definitely the A+PI rodent mascot.

baby and crumble · 07-10-2013 12:32pm

Thanks for the posts, guys. Didn't want to drag the Off topic thread down but it's been cool to hear replies. We're just about to leave to bring her up to our vets for cremation. I don't know how long we'll last without having a pet in the house, it's even been weird already and it's not 24 hours! But we'll see. Isabella was a bit on of a kind to me, so time will tell though.

SillyMangoX · 07-10-2013 2:39pm

So sorry to hear about Isabella, she was lucky to have such an amazing life with you, she couldn't have asked for better!

borderlinemeath · 07-10-2013 10:43pm

Nothing but bad news today:(. One of my boarding dogs who was diagnosed with liver cancer six weeks ago was pts today. She had gone rapidly downhill in the past couple of days and it was time.

. She was such a little sweetheart of a dog who loved nothing more than a cuddle and a belly rub. Her owners are devastated, she was such good company for them and got them out of the house for her walks. (they were an older couple)
RIP little Mindy.

tk123 · 07-10-2013 11:33pm

Sakes! Bailey is asleep down the middle of the bed not getting my hints to move and barely enough of the quilt to cover me ...and Lucy is rolling around the crate banging off the (plastic) sides and snoring! :rolleyes:

Pumpkinseeds · 08-10-2013 8:15am

The humidity is awful here, I'm sick of sweltering during the night, I'm always very hot and my 3 male cats seem to take their turns sleeping on the duvet at the back of my knees, not comfy for me though. I let Felix out the back at 6am and 2 wasps flew in, while I was trying to get them out a 3rd flew in. We usually just trap insects in a glass and pop them out but these weren't having it.

So there I was with a vileda mop in 1 hand and a can of Mr Sheen in the other on a wasp killing mission. Had to shut Poppy in the hall while Felix refused to budge from outside doormat:rolleyes:

tk123 · 08-10-2013 9:30am

Oh thats happened to use twice in the last few weeks - they fly in and go straight for the light and buzz around/land on it. I've started closing the door behind me now when I take them out in the morning! My friend was stung last week just over her eye and it really swelled up!

Pumpkinseeds · 08-10-2013 1:59pm

I let Poppy into the back garden for a few minutes with me yesterday afternoon and she was thrilled, my nerves were jangling in case she did a runner though. Gonna take her out there again shortly as she's gotta get her bearings, she tries to dash out with the chaps all the time now.

I have to take Felix back to the vet in the morning. His ear is driving him nuts. He had a polyps removed a few years ago and it's impossible to get all of it as it grew through the bone. Anyway sometimes wax builds up and rattles around in there annoying him, our vet cleaned it out last month when he had his booster but it's back and he's miserable:(

There's a small hole in the ear apparently and the vet says not to put anything in his ear. Poor little guy is driven demented scratching at it, tilting his head and being all forlorn. Can't bear to see him so miserable.

mymo · 08-10-2013 8:56pm

Kitten just tried to stick a paw in my hot chocolate!
Naughty Isabelle trying fish out one of the two marshmallows I got!

honerbright · 09-10-2013 1:18pm

I asked my OH to pick up food for Poppy recently and he came home with Pedigree dry :rolleyes:. She was absolutely impossible and wired to the moon on it as we'd nothing else to feed her until I went to maxi zoo and picked up some proper/healthier stuff and once I did, the change in her was unbelievable. She's already more settled, less hungry and sleeping through the night again.
It made me think though.. I wonder how many people give up/give away their dogs because they're hyper/hard to handle when it could all be because they're feeding their dogs a food that from what I've read here/experienced with Poppy is essentially like feeding their kids nothing but McDonalds/Sweets every day.
I'm not saying this would be the only cause for over-excitable/hard to manage dogs, but the difference in Poppy while she was eating it was incomparable to the dog she was before it and that she is after it.

Pumpkinseeds · 09-10-2013 3:04pm

Poor Felix is sick of having his ear poked at. Because of the hole in his ear we can't put any drops in so the vet put him on antibiotics and painkillers today. We've to take him back next week for a check on it and the vet may have to make up something we can use on it.

Poor chap, if only whoever had him before us had just taken him to the vet when the problem started he wouldn't be having all these issues with it. He's not been himself lately and Toby's been making a power play for our bed at night. Normally Felix would've run him out of the room but he just mewls at him in a sad whiney little way, it's heartbreaking. Hopefully he's gonna be back on form soon. He's had such a lot of surgery on that ear, and of course it was a pre-existing condition so isn't covered by our insurance.

mymo · 09-10-2013 3:57pm

Poor Felix, I hope he doesn't need surgery.
Our Toby was handed into rescue due to a medical issues his owners didn't want to treat, apparently they said they had lots of other pets and the vet was too expensive, kittens were free. It made me so mad, he's a lovely boy, and one vet trip and a change of diet and he's been fine since. (We have him 5 years)
Although it did take us a few months to stop him eating bread and stuff.
It really makes me mad when I hear, it's just a cat, or it'll get better by itself from people, it's the attitude I hear so much.
Hugs to Felix, hope he feels better soon.x

Pumpkinseeds · 09-10-2013 4:45pm

Sigh, it's becoming one of those days. I knocked my mug of coffee off the arm of the sofa, all over me, the laptop, the magazines etc. Went upstairs to get some clean throws from the airing cupboard and Toby followed me, stood in Poppy's litter box and peed all over the floor

Maybe I should have stayed in bed today.

baby and crumble · 09-10-2013 6:33pm

Poor Felix, and poor you by the sound of things!!

Pumpkinseeds · 09-10-2013 6:40pm

baby and crumble wrote: »

Poor Felix, and poor you by the sound of things!!

At least my coffee was cold. How are you holding up?

baby and crumble · 09-10-2013 7:20pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

At least my coffee was cold. How are you holding up?

Ah, grand. It's been weird not having a pet in the house. Really bizarre. Although it's kind of nice to be able to burn incense in the room... can't really do that with a hammie in situ, it's bad for their respitory systems.

I think we've pretty much decided to see about getting a new hammie in the next few months. We want to plan it a bit, and my gf really wants to get a baby this time- Isabella was already fully grown when we got her. And I'd really like a long-haired. So we're going to do some research into breeders we can get to- we've found one up North, and I know that one of the pet shops in town breed their own hammies prety selectively, so I'd be happy to support them either. But we have a holiday to the Christmas markets in Germany in December so we'll wait until after that so the little flufster doesn't have to go into boarding soon after we get him or her.

Well, that was long-winded!!!

Pumpkinseeds · 09-10-2013 7:49pm

A house doesn't feel like a home without a pet. You're right to take some time out before getting your next furry family member:)

SillyMangoX · 09-10-2013 8:30pm

My mam was watching fair city, and a doorbell rang in it. Peach went ape! Running from the door to the window and back again growling! She's better than any guard dog, even if the noise was only on telly :P

tk123 · 09-10-2013 8:43pm

SillyMangoX wrote: »

My mam was watching fair city, and a doorbell rang in it. Peach went ape! Running from the door to the window and back again growling! She's better than any guard dog, even if the noise was only on telly :P

The training day we were at on Saturday had a doorbell for their shop. It rang a few times during the day and the dogs all went mad including Bailey - we don't have a door bell lol!

tk123 · 10-10-2013 10:21am

So I pulled my back lifting Lucy up yesterday morn... This morning I let her walk down the stairs and turned my back for seconds while I turned off the alarm but she'd already wee'd all over the new (2 months old) carpet!

So annoyed I didn't plan ahead and have alarm off, doors unlocked and THEN bring her downstairs!

angeldaisy · 10-10-2013 1:18pm

had to laugh this morning, let the dogs out, Tara normally gets put on a lead to go out as she tends to leg it. Thought I had it attached when I opened the door - nope she took off a rate of knots through to the neighbours garden - they leave food out for the birds on the ground.

Rusty just sat and looked at the gap in the fence where she went and looked at me as if to say "am I allowed to go as well?":D
He is so well behaved compared to that bould madam:rolleyes:

SillyMangoX · 10-10-2013 1:53pm

My mom admitted she has a favorite cat last night! :eek::eek::eek: That's like saying she has a favorite child!!!

mymo · 10-10-2013 2:28pm

SillyMangoX wrote: »

My mom admitted she has a favorite cat last night! :eek::eek::eek: That's like saying she has a favorite child!!!

What's more important is, do the cats have a favourite person?

SillyMangoX · 10-10-2013 2:28pm

mymo wrote: »

What's more important is, do the cats have a favourite person?

Yep, me :P

mymo · 10-10-2013 2:30pm

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Yep, me :P

I'm sure you're her favourite child too, just don't tell the others

Pumpkinseeds · 10-10-2013 3:11pm

mymo wrote: »

What's more important is, do the cats have a favourite person?

They do apparently have 1 person they bond with most. You'd think it would be the one who provides the food at 6am and cleans out the litter tray but no, not in this house:rolleyes: Speaking of litter trays, it occurred to me this morning while cleaning one of Poppy's toxic deposits out of ours, that I seem to be the one on litter box duty all the time, I must be losing my touch:D

honerbright · 10-10-2013 10:05pm

Sylby was inside having a nap today!!!
Came home from work and decided to cook a late dinner and Sylbs turned up at the back door so I put Pops and Cinnamon in the hallway and kept the backdoor open while I cooked (and froze, jeepers it's cold!) and Sylbs wandered in and out, not minding me too much. Opened the door for him again while I done my dishes because he put on his saddest face when I shut the door and just now I stood on the other side of the kitchen island while he wandered in an explored the kitchen, almost venturing into the dining room. He lay down about a half meter inside the door and tucked his paws under his chest and went to sleep until Cinnamon started hanging off the door handle to come in herself.
Got a super cute video of him standing on his hind legs playing with the dials on the washing machine.
Still can't pat him, but he bops my fingers with his nose and will put his paw on the glass when I press my hand on it.
He's also grown SO big, he must have been young enough when he started to visit us.

Anyway this has all completely made my night and I'm so happy I wanted to share :P

:pac:

NicoleL88 · 10-10-2013 10:13pm

Myself and my boyfriend decided three weeks ago to adopt a kitten in about 5 weeks time. I am TOO excited. I already have a wishlist made out on zooplus.ie totalling €166 for all the "essentials"... :rolleyes:

He was on the way home from work last night near 2am and spotted a tiny grey kitten wandering around the streets (scarily similar to what ours will look like) so I ran down in my pjs with some kitten food (which I had pre-bought for our kitty!) and water and a towel and we sat with her in the freezing cold for an hour.

She eventually came and ate next to us and after about 45 minutes allowed me to pet her. We really wanted to take her inside our place to give her a nice warm place to stay for the night with food and water but she decided to just eat the free food and scamper off! We left the rest of the food and water in bowls in a corner and my boyfriend said he noticed more gone when he passed the area earlier today, and he's going to keep an eye out for her on the way home tonight.

I started crying when we came inside last night as I felt so bad for the poor little girl/boy, and my boyfriend laughed and said I've too big a heart and gave me a hug. I cry FAR too easily lately! :P

Anyway, it made me feel all the better about adopting our little one as I have never had a cat/kitten but my boyfriend has. I'm just looking forward to giving her a loving home forever.

Pumpkinseeds · 10-10-2013 11:00pm

honerbright wrote: »

Sylby was inside having a nap today!!!
Came home from work and decided to cook a late dinner and Sylbs turned up at the back door so I put Pops and Cinnamon in the hallway and kept the backdoor open while I cooked (and froze, jeepers it's cold!) and Sylbs wandered in and out, not minding me too much. Opened the door for him again while I done my dishes because he put on his saddest face when I shut the door and just now I stood on the other side of the kitchen island while he wandered in an explored the kitchen, almost venturing into the dining room. He lay down about a half meter inside the door and tucked his paws under his chest and went to sleep until Cinnamon started hanging off the door handle to come in herself.
Got a super cute video of him standing on his hind legs playing with the dials on the washing machine.
Still can't pat him, but he bops my fingers with his nose and will put his paw on the glass when I press my hand on it.
He's also grown SO big, he must have been young enough when he started to visit us.

Anyway this has all completely made my night and I'm so happy I wanted to share :P :pac:

That is so so brilliant, the cold weather is a very motivating factor, before you know it he'll be zonked out on you're favourite chair

SillyMangoX · 11-10-2013 12:49pm

I entered a competition a while back where you name a guide dog pup and are entered into a draw, I just won a 6 month supply of Royal Canin cat food

Though with my 3 savages it will probably only last half that time :P

Layinghen · 11-10-2013 12:51pm

Wow congratulations. Just goes to show it is worth entering competitions.

rannerap · 11-10-2013 2:29pm

Are pigsback still doing those discount vouchers for the pet expo in the rds? Cant seem to find it on there

tk123 · 11-10-2013 2:32pm

Sarannewrap wrote: »

Are pigsback still doing those discount vouchers for the pet expo in the rds? Cant seem to find it on there

http://offers.pigsback.com/offer/96889?utm_source=DailyAlert&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20131009

rannerap · 11-10-2013 2:37pm

tk123 wrote: »

http://offers.pigsback.com/offer/96889?utm_source=DailyAlert&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20131009

Thanks!

just got two tickets

Pumpkinseeds · 11-10-2013 10:46pm

I took Poppy out to the front garden with me today, it's the first time she's been out there and of course she took off up the street through all the neigbhours gardens. She's a nosy little madam, jumping up on window ledges looking in at them.

She totally ignored me calling her and I had to lure her home with an open tin of salmon, I must have looked nuts following a cat up the street calling her with a tin of salmon in my hands waving it at her to sniff:D We're working against the clock getting her used to the neighbourhood as we're supposed to be away for a weekend to see Depeche Mode next month and a relative of mine will be coming in to feed and play with them a few times a day. I'm just so worried she'll get lost when we're away:(

boomerang · 11-10-2013 11:33pm

Poor cat on the Late Late, gah! What do people be thinking?!

mymo · 11-10-2013 11:35pm

Pumpkinseeds, She seems to be settling in well, fingers crossed for you that she gets the lay of the land quickly. It's an awful worry leaving them, I know.

Oliver is sulking 'cos I won't let him sleep in daughters room, he normally doesn't sleep in there but she's had an op and is layed up in bed very sore. I'm just afraid he might jump on the bed and hurt her, he's been laying beside her all day, any chance he got. He keeps pacing the hall and sighing!

Kitten getting brave here, she has been following big cats around during her time mixing with everyone. Toby slapped her for chasing him tonight, might do her good, she's been slapping everyone else for days. Poor Tiffi is avoiding her now.

Cat on the late late? What did I miss?

SillyMangoX · 11-10-2013 11:42pm

The controversy over the love/hate cat being shot, they had her on the late late show tonight and she escaped from Tubs!

boomerang · 11-10-2013 11:43pm

Yep, the cat that was used in that scene in Love/Hate made an appearance on the Late Late. A hoot, so it was. Poor cat was freaked out by the lights, the clapping and laughing... Jumped out of Ryan's arms and Hhad to be retrieved from behind the set by one of the techies. All for a few cheap laughs. And hey, the cat's owner is enjoying the notoriety, right? Bah!

mymo · 11-10-2013 11:47pm

boomerang wrote: »

Yep, the cat that was used in that scene in Love/Hate made an appearance on the Late Late. A hoot, so it was. Poor cat was freaked out by the lights, the clapping and laughing... Jumped out of Ryan's arms and Hhad to be retrieved from behind the set by one of the techies. All for a few cheap laughs. And hey, the cat's owner is enjoying the notoriety, right? Bah!

If it had been one of mine (Toby) he would have been disembowelled!
Stupid thing to do with a live audience.

SillyMangoX · 12-10-2013 3:37am

Due to insomnia I am up this late dying laughing at this video. Thought you guys would appreciate it!

tk123 · 12-10-2013 8:56am

mymo wrote: »

If it had been one of mine (Toby) he would have been disembowelled!
Stupid thing to do with a live audience.

It's all publicity for the show so RTE making a big deal out if it! Sick and tired of hearing about it all week on the radio tbh. My back is still really sore but I'm adamant that I'm not going to end up at the vhi clinic to be lol'd at like what happened when puppy Bailey crippled me lol!

mymo · 12-10-2013 9:03pm

Little miss princess kitten (daughter says she won't come to Isabelle so may need a new name...again) is turning into a cheeky madam!
She shredded loo rolls, beat up both dogs, and woke poor jake with a slap, then today I pick her up for a cuddle, she demanded, and when she got fed up she slapped me in the face!

Toby and her have had a run in or two and amazingly have come to a truce, and will pass each other and stay in the same room. Jake just slapped her back, he's had enough, she walks up to his face and growls.

She's really a funny little thing, growing like mad, she's not even here two weeks yet.

We really are going to have to settle on a name though.

Pumpkinseeds · 12-10-2013 9:32pm

I know what you mean mymo. Poppy is a little madam, in fact I seem to be calling her madam a lot lately when reprimanding her:) The boys run from her, Jazzy and Toby are around the 6 kilo mark, Felix, well we won't go there, and she's 3.5 kilos so tiny in comparison.

She just had a go at Felix trying to come in the catflap earlier, all hissing and whacking at the flap. He's bewildered and Toby runs for the door every morning when he sees her when I let her out of her room . She's much more demanding then them in a lot of ways but she's adorable. I took her out the front today for a while and she's still trying to snoop on people, she jumps on window ledges and puts her nose against the glass:D

honerbright · 12-10-2013 10:15pm

So Sylbs is inside. He was eating his dinner in the kitchen and I had something tied around the back door handle and shut it without him realising. He had a run around of the lounge/kitchen/dining room and is now in the spare room chilling in a little cave I made for him.
I feel bad for doing it this way, but with the cold weather he's sitting pressed up against the doors/windows all night and (I kid not) banging the front door all night to come in and then with halloween/fireworks time coming up I didn't want him outside with all that potential fear/danger.
He's fairly settled after that initial shock. No hissing or growling or even tensing up from him, he's just giving me sullen looks. I've left him to it so he can explore/nap/eat/enjoy actually being warm for a change and I'll check him again before bed.

Pumpkinseeds · 12-10-2013 10:19pm

Honerbright if he gets too stressed out ask your vet for Zylkene or you can buy it online. It's a natural product for calming dogs/cats/horses and is non addictive. We put Felix back on it lately and it is amazing for calming them down. It just seems to take the edge off stressful situations and they aren't drowsy or anything like that.

Delighted he's indoors couldn't be a better time of the year to be off the streets:)

The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

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