The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

Cows Go µ · 04-11-2015 10:30pm

Dubl07 wrote: »

I hope Disney's okay, μ. Any update today?

She's home!

She was much happier this morning, all bright eyed and bushy tailed. They just need her to do a solid poo now. She's done one less than solid (to put it in polite terms) but they'd prefer something better. If she hasn't done one by morning, she has to go back in but at least she is home for tonight.

So relieved to have her back and so happy

Dubl07 · 04-11-2015 11:10pm

Cows Go µ wrote: »

She's home!

She was much happier this morning, all bright eyed and bushy tailed. They just need her to do a solid poo now. She's done one less than solid (to put it in polite terms) but they'd prefer something better. If she hasn't done one by morning, she has to go back in but at least she is home for tonight.

So relieved to have her back and so happy

Excellent news.

Cows Go µ · 04-11-2015 11:17pm

She's absolutely starving. She's allowed some rice and chicken but only in small quantities in case she starts throwing up again. I gave her some and she keeps sniffing around where the bowl was to find crumbs. And she keeps stealing chews which I don't think she should have as they would be too rich.

But after last night I think her being hungry is a huge improvement

Dubl07 · 04-11-2015 11:27pm

Cows Go µ wrote: »

She's absolutely starving. She's allowed some rice and chicken but only in small quantities in case she starts throwing up again. I gave her some and she keeps sniffing around where the bowl was to find crumbs. And she keeps stealing chews which I don't think she should have as they would be too rich.

But after last night I think her being hungry is a huge improvement

Hungry's always a great relief after they've been sick. Commercial chews sound like a big no-no for the interim though. Just out of interest, what were they, because I mistakenly gave my pup a Dentastix when she was far, far too young for them and she had a tummy upset as a result. I'm much more careful now what she gets for chews and treats.

Cows Go µ · 04-11-2015 11:44pm

They are just small rawhide twisted sticks, no idea what they are called. I just get them in the local pet shop. Shelties seem to have sensitive tummies so a lot of the richer ones make them sick

VonVix · 05-11-2015 12:14am

...That awesome feeling/moment when a severely misunderstood but awesome dog who was adopted, returned, nearly PTS, and subsequently spent months looking for a home finally gets a great one!

mymo · 06-11-2015 12:00am

Just went to wash Oliver's bed and found he had stashed his duck, rabbit, ferret, 2 monkies, and a pheasant soft toys in there, along with several socks and a fabric shopping bag!
It's a wonder he could even get in his crate, he's now taking some toys back into his clean bed and getting comfy.
He's an odd dog.

tk123 · 09-11-2015 10:51pm

So there was a lone swan on the riverbank this morning in the park at 7:00am - the fact that it was on it's own struck me as strange... I wasn't planning on letting the dogs in the river so wasn't over that side and didn't get a good look but it was moving around. Anyways my friend text me earlier to say it was still there as of this evening and somebody had tried to put a blanket over it - which it was having none of lol!!

Why did the wardens leave it there all day I wonder - I would have thought they'd report it to the local spca and they would have picked it up??! I'm not a fan of swans because of the vicious pair in the other park we walk in but I have visions people who go in after dark letting their dogs run amok and attack it!

baby and crumble · 10-11-2015 10:37am

tk123 wrote: »

So there was a lone swan on the riverbank this morning in the park at 7:00am - the fact that it was on it's own struck me as strange... I wasn't planning on letting the dogs in the river so wasn't over that side and didn't get a good look but it was moving around. Anyways my friend text me earlier to say it was still there as of this evening and somebody had tried to put a blanket over it - which it was having none of lol!! Why did the wardens leave it there all day I wonder - I would have thought they'd report it to the local spca and they would have picked it up??! I'm not a fan of swans because of the vicious pair in the other park we walk in but I have visions people who go in after dark letting their dogs run amok and attack it!

You have to have special equipment to carry swans. My Dad used to work for a rescue and my Mum used to make "swan socks" out of old sleeping bags for him- the real ones are mad expensive apparently.

Anywho, we're (finally!) getting our house decorated after renovating and getting the structure sorted for the last year but everything is off shelves and dumped on the sofa. Shade is NOT a happy cat, with only a little side arm perch available in the sitting room. With the painter in she'll be allowed upstairs on the bed so hopefully that'll placate her. She was just shooting me filthies this morning when I came down...

tk123 · 10-11-2015 12:55pm

baby and crumble wrote: »

You have to have special equipment to carry swans. My Dad used to work for a rescue and my Mum used to make "swan socks" out of old sleeping bags for him- the real ones are mad expensive apparently.
.

Eh like what were they hoping to do with the blanket is what I want to know - tuck him in for the night?

Anyways according to the spca Fiachra the swan (he's obviously one of children of Lir

) is probably the cygnet I thought he was and has been kicked out of the family unit to make toom for new cygnets which is normal this time of the year. Leave him alone and let nature take it's course - they don't get involved unless the swan is physically injured.

angeldaisy · 11-11-2015 4:58pm

I was over at my neighbours over the weekend and was admiring how lovely her lawn was looking - she's always out cutting it! Inwardly I was wondering how my lawn could look so bad in comparison. Cut to today, when I connected the dots and realised the reason. She doesn't have 2 daft dogs who regularly do zoomies around said garden!!

aonb · 11-11-2015 5:06pm

If I had a choice of a perfect lawn, or someplace for dogs "zoomies", I'd go with the tatty lawn any day

angeldaisy · 11-11-2015 5:14pm

Me too, aonb, I'm not garden proud or house proud come to think of it! Good job really:D

ihatewinter · 13-11-2015 8:32pm

I had to bring my dog Poppy to the vets this evening. She has been off form for the last 2-3 days and very bad today. I had to carry her outside to go to the toilet. Parents said she had a turn around 3 and became unsteady on her legs and fell down. The vet said she has the symptoms of suffering from a stroke and her heart beat is slow and laborious. The vet said signs of heart failure. Poppy got two injections, dunno what they are because I was in shock and tablets to act as a diuretic as she has water retention. I can't believe it. I started sobbing the minute she said it could be the end. I had her since I was 10. She's literally part of me.

tk123 · 13-11-2015 11:01pm

OMG poor Poppy!!

Well we've had an eventful hour. Bailey was crying to us and we realised he had an abscess on his chin again - exactly the same as last time but it just came up out of nowhere!! He was fine when I came home at 6!!! Anyways didn't know what to do - tried squeezing it, bathing it etc but he cried and then didn't want me to touch it.. Anyways called emergency number and it was our practice on call.. Arranged to take him over at 10 and left him while I was getting ready - the bloody (literally) thing popped itself!! Had to call back and cancel. I have pain relief here so we'll be OK overnight. Relived as he wouldn't have let that vet near him anways so it would have been an ordeal(!)

angeldaisy · 13-11-2015 11:26pm

Poor Bailey, these things always happen out of hours don't they!

tk123 · 13-11-2015 11:50pm

angeldaisy wrote: »

Poor Bailey, these things always happen out of hours don't they!

I know!! Like WTF would make him swell up like that so quick!? :eek: Anyways gave him a pill and a treat and he's gone to bed wearing his little baby bib to keep it from getting too wet and let it dry out - I still had some from last time lol! Not a bother on him and we'll probably be up all night with the adrenaline from it all!

. I wonder could it be drool or food or something related to the way his jaw is now? His leg's been stiff so I've only be taking them for short walks in the evening. The other night when I was picking up a poo a nettle came thru the bag and got me in the hand so maybe it was that!? Too much of a coincidence though for it to happen twice in 4 months whatever it is!

aonb · 14-11-2015 11:55am

since abscess' are caused by bacterial infections - he must have got a small cut on his chin that became infected - maybe you need to boose his immune system (?) if he has had a couple of infections lately? Poor Bailey - well probably more poor you - he was fine with his treat and his bib - cutie!

tk123 · 14-11-2015 2:53pm

aonb wrote: »

since abscess' are caused by bacterial infections - he must have got a small cut on his chin that became infected - maybe you need to boose his immune system (?) if he has had a couple of infections lately? Poor Bailey - well probably more poor you - he was fine with his treat and his bib - cutie!

What would you suggest for his immune system? Vet doesn't think it's an abscess..well she said it doesn't look like how an abscess should look. He's going in on tues for a biopsy to be safe. Leaving him in is the worst

mymo · 14-11-2015 3:34pm

Could he have got a seed under the skin?
It happened to Tiffi last year, lump came up and before I got to the vet it burst, mucky smelly blood and puss, and eventually the grass seed.
Came up very quick too, vet sha ed area and gave antibiotics and it healed up quickly. Apparently they can go into the foot and travel up the leg, hers was the top of her foot, they are common in the face/neck area too.

tk123 · 14-11-2015 4:58pm

mymo wrote: »

Could he have got a seed under the skin?
It happened to Tiffi last year, lump came up and before I got to the vet it burst, mucky smelly blood and puss, and eventually the grass seed.
Came up very quick too, vet sha ed area and gave antibiotics and it healed up quickly. Apparently they can go into the foot and travel up the leg, hers was the top of her foot, they are common in the face/neck area too.

Yeah she asked was he in grass in case it was a seed and it was the same - bloody puss when it burst and a weird smell...didn't see a seed though! Just a bit weird that he's had swelling 3 times now in 8 months(!) they wouldn't take a chance either with his history/jaw operation. There's not a bother on him - he's sitting snoozing with the inflatable colour and bib on lol! I'm going to get another on of those collars online just in case that one bursts! Got a flexi lead earlier as much as I hate them so he can still have a bit of freedom.

mymo · 14-11-2015 11:58pm

Seed took a day and a half to come out, and another 2 for the sheath off the seed to come out.
I had to bath it with boiled salt water and dry it, 3 or 4 times a day.
Hope it's just something like that, not anything more serious, they are worse than kids at times!
(Although the dogs don't complain as much as kids do

)

Kovu · 15-11-2015 1:32am

Bit the bullet and bought a Buster collar for baldy butt Kovu.
(The cat now, not me

)
Also got some anti-lick strips as back up. I think I need to get a skin biopsy done, it sounds/looks like eosinophilic plaque, but that's just from me doing research on cat skin problems and the fact it started at the site of a tick bite.
Does anyone have any experience with it?

tk123 · 15-11-2015 8:43pm

Well baby dumpling is doing fine. Wound is still bit oozy and wet but not as swollen so whether they'll still want to do a biopsy or not I don't know?! Lots of funny looks in the park this morning just with the doughnut on - imagine the faces if he had of had his bib on lol!!

tk123 · 17-11-2015 2:58pm

No word from the vet yet and afraid to call.. #worried

bluecherry74 · 17-11-2015 3:42pm

Fingers crossed tk.

tk123 · 17-11-2015 4:24pm

No details yet but he's ok. Sitting up but still groggy so they're holding on to him for a while longer. Collecting him around 5:00pm. My nerves are shot this time >_<

angeldaisy · 17-11-2015 4:30pm

Poor Bailey and poor you! Fingers crossed all is well

tk123 · 17-11-2015 6:32pm

He's grand. The traced the duct back to where it ended so no hole in his jaw or anything like before. Sample sent off to the lab to see if it was a foreign body making it swell up every 2-3 months. THE RELIEF!!!

loveisdivine · 19-11-2015 11:23am

Our cat Ripley was spayed yesterday and she just won't sit still! All she wants to do is jump and run and wrestle around like normal. It's impossible to keep her still!

tk123 · 19-11-2015 6:13pm

I bought a poo findfing light for the flexi lead at lunchtime lol!!:o I've gone from hating them (the one I had years ago was HEAVY but this one is light and fits in my pocket) to pimping the thing out!

aonb · 19-11-2015 6:14pm

tk123 wrote: »

I bought a poo findfing light for the flexi lead at lunchtime lol!!:o I've gone from hating them (the one I had years ago was HEAVY but this one is light and fits in my pocket) to pimping the thing out!

ok now that makes you officially a sad sad dog-slave

tk123 · 19-11-2015 6:27pm

aonb wrote: »

ok now that makes you officially a sad sad dog-slave

I know lol!! It's just so handy for Bailey atm while he's healing! He has sub-dermal stitches and glue so don't want to risk letting him off and opening it up(!) He can still have a good bit of freedom with the flexi... The same if I have them clipped together i can let them wander a bit without asking them to wait all the time so I can catch up! I've established this week that Bailey definitely does knows right and left - I thought it was a fluke when I was saying it to him before lol! I can't remember when I thought him that.. but have been playing it when we're walking so he still has fun on lead and he thinks he's great for turning

aonb · 19-11-2015 6:33pm

tk123 wrote: »

I know lol!! It's just so handy for Bailey atm while he's healing! He has sub-dermal stitches and glue so don't want to risk letting him off and opening it up(!) He can still have a good bit of freedom with the flexi... The same if I have them clipped together i can let them wander a bit without asking them to wait all the time so I can catch up! I've established this week that Bailey definitely does knows right and left - I thought it was a fluke when I was saying it to him before lol! I can't remember when I thought him that.. but have been playing it when we're walking so he still has fun on lead and he thinks he's great for turning

Impressive - cute AND clever Bailey!!

mymo · 21-11-2015 2:40pm

So, Toby suddenly started limping, and was very angry, took him to the vet last night and he had an abscess that burst between his pads. Probably from a bite of a rat or from fighting.
The vet that saw him last time let the new guy see him, it took both of them in the end to look at his paw, and he still drew blood, but was happy once they have him pain killers and anti inflams.
Got to bring him back Monday for more and a wound check, hopefully he'll be feeling better and less angry. Hes normally such a friendly cat, but doesn't tolerate anyone when in pain.

tk123 · 21-11-2015 5:10pm

Oh poor Toby!!

All good with Bailey's wound check yesterday so just waiting for histology results which fingers crossed will be nothing dodgy(!)

SillyMangoX · 25-11-2015 12:18am

Poor Cream is sick again, apparently he ate his dinner this evening but I didn't see him, he wouldn't take any of his chicken strip treats, wouldn't eat any of the chicken from my own dinner that I gave him, when I gave him a dreamie he spat it out and cried, wouldn't even look at his bowl of dry food and when I tried opening his mouth to have a look he screamed the place down and his gum line is very red

just gave him some metacam to try ease off the pain so he can eat again but it looks like it'll be off to the vets if he;s not better by friday

Dubl07 · 25-11-2015 12:50pm

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Poor Cream is sick again, apparently he ate his dinner this evening but I didn't see him, he wouldn't take any of his chicken strip treats, wouldn't eat any of the chicken from my own dinner that I gave him, when I gave him a dreamie he spat it out and cried, wouldn't even look at his bowl of dry food and when I tried opening his mouth to have a look he screamed the place down and his gum line is very red just gave him some metacam to try ease off the pain so he can eat again but it looks like it'll be off to the vets if he;s not better by friday

None of our visiting cats ever refuse a Dreamie. :-/
Fingers crossed that Cream is peachy soon. He's a lucky lad to have such an attentive human.

tk123 · 25-11-2015 12:54pm

Ah poor Cream. Well Bailey doesn't have cancer - which is news and of course a relief to me because I didn't know we thought he might have it(!) I'm assuming they didn't say anything to me for fear I'd collapse with stress lol!!

Another 10 days of antibiotics and check-up next week. Let him off lead for a jaunt this morning and he running around with Lucy for ages.

This morning he was asleep on the top bunk when I woke up which is new.. then he got up and turned around opening the curtain with his bum and exposing me to the world in my undies!! Luckily nobody was outside lol :pac:

SillyMangoX · 25-11-2015 10:53pm

Great news about Bailey!

Cream is feeling much better tonight, don't know if it's just the effect from the metacam but he's eating all of the little sample of nice food I brought home for him from work!

tk123 · 27-11-2015 11:52am

**sob sob sob**:o My friend and walking buddy is moving to Cork (from Dublin) The last few years I've gotten them a photo calendar with photos of Rebel when I was doing ours but was thinking of getting a photo printed onto canvas as a house warming gift? I'd love to get a portrait but it's a bit out of my price range. Opinions? This is the photo I'm thinking of atm ( this one is resized so has lost a bit of quality - I'd be printing from the original so better quality and more vibrant)

cocker5 · 27-11-2015 12:20pm

tk123 wrote: »

**sob sob sob**:o My friend and walking buddy is moving to Cork (from Dublin) The last few years I've gotten them a photo calendar with photos of Rebel when I was doing ours but was thinking of getting a photo printed onto canvas as a house warming gift? I'd love to get a portrait but it's a bit out of my price range. Opinions? This is the photo I'm thinking of atm ( this one is resized so has lost a bit of quality - I'd be printing from the original so better quality and more vibrant)

I got a fabulous portrait A3 size painted for €55... i can send you over her details if you want...

tk123 · 27-11-2015 12:30pm

cocker5 wrote: »

I got a fabulous portrait A3 size painted for €55... i can send you over her details if you want...

Oh yes pls!

cocker5 · 27-11-2015 12:40pm

tk123 wrote: »

Oh yes pls!

https://www.facebook.com/Joannas-Portraits-1515526625355752/

Here's the lady i recently used.. send her a message on facebook, i paid €55 for an A3 acrylic painting.. and she did a fab job - plus free delivery
(her real name is April)

take a look at some of her stuff on her page.. she is great

SillyMangoX · 27-11-2015 8:01pm

Brought cream to the vet just in case, always judge your gut! He has bad gingivitis and possible ear mites or ear infection, they were really really grotty

he had a good clean out of the ears, an antibiotic injection and will be given a dose of advocate when the frontline wears off. My poor buddy

aonb · 27-11-2015 10:57pm

I sent a photo of Pepper to a woman who for £25 did a lovely watercolour - about twice A4 size - is that A3? PM me if you want her contact details, and I can forward you a photo of the picture she painted - I was delighted with it - she emailed me some 'in progress' photos of the painting, and I could make changes/suggestions (e.g. background or blanket colour) - and of the final version to see if I was happy with it before paying her!!

mymo · 30-11-2015 8:25am

I've been away for the weekend, 4 days, daughter is home with all the animals, but I'm missing them all terribly, can't wait to get home tonight.
(I'm missing daughter too, not just animals

)

Dandelion6 · 30-11-2015 8:55am

mymo wrote: »

I've been away for the weekend, 4 days, daughter is home with all the animals, but I'm missing them all terribly, can't wait to get home tonight.

LOL, I was just gone overnight last week, and I spent 20 minutes before I went to bed looking at my iPhone pictures of the cats, I missed them so much!!!

Kintarō Hattori · 02-12-2015 11:35am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg

I had never heard of this up until a week or so ago. Was in TK Maxx with the missus and spotted one of the books, thought it humorous so bought it. After reading about the author I discovered the YouTube channel. If you had or have a cat you may find them hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH6vXjt-BA7QHl0KnfL-7RQ

tk123 · 02-12-2015 5:54pm

Bailey is after getting stiff the last few weeks in one hock - in fairness after he's been running WILD after squirrels so I need to restrict him a bit. On one hand I'm not THAT worried....on the other I kind of wish now I had of got him xrayed last week when he was in 2 weeks ago for the lump removal >_< He's going over tomorrow for a wound check and his 6 month bloods anyways so going to ask the vet to examine him again and see what she thinks. I'd seen an improvement with the YuMove (in fairness we're only 3 weeks into the loading dose - i wasn't giving him enough oops!!) but he seems to have had a set back after the weekend - again when he was running AMOK looking for squirrels/bunnies/pheasants and swimming in the flooded park.
At least I can use this an excuse to be a bit lazy and have shorter evening walks lol!!:o Our short walk passes the vets - he'll step out into the parking spaces if I let him to not actually pass the door of the vets while nosey Lucy has to have a gawk in - the other evening somebody went to open the door thinking we were waiting to come in I was that long trying to get her to walk past lol!! Any dogs in the waiting room and she had her nose pressed to the glass! :rolleyes:

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