The Forum Chit-Chat Thread

Biothane slip leads are best in terms of infection control as they're easily disinfected!

SillyMangoX wrote: »

I’ve heard that alright but have had trouble finding any, if you have any links it would be appreciated I have a few normal ones for now that I’ll just spray down between dogs with a pet friendly disinfectant!

Oh a guy on one of the raw feeding FB pages I'm on makes biothane collars and leads - https://www.biothanebert.dog

Since we are all around the house so much more during this lockdown (and my OH has moved in so an extra presence around), Moose has decided he needs to be rubbed more often. So now we have to pay a ‘rub tax’ if we walk past him or sit down beside him. We do this because if we don’t, he has taken to screaming at us. I don’t know who’s worse, us or him. Oh life with a Bengal :pac:

em_cat wrote: »

Absolutely livid atm, some selfish arseholes decided it would be fun to smash a bunch of glass bottles around in the overgrown areas in our green spaces and now poor Esmae has had to go the vets & get sutures to reattach her carpal pad as it was nearly sliced off. She doesn’t do well with sedation and I’ll be up all night monitoring her blood pressure & keeping her from trying to take out the cannula for the drip. I am very proud of her though as she was fairly calm being handled by the vets.

Hope she's OK, poor thing

Oh no poor Esme Somebody here had glass smashed outside their garage door. Rather than pick it up they swept it all to one side so now there's a pile of weeds to one side that Bailey keeps going to sniff in and it's full of broken glass! :mad:

I had B at the vets on fri - he got back in the car and took his ball rather than go in with the nurse.. until she came out with treats! hahaha He's had a bad tummy on and off for the whole time I've been working from home that would settle for a week or so then boom - lets just say his pantaloons and the garden have never been cleaner. There's an improvement this morning and I hope it stays that way!

Took Pangur to the vets this morning as her back legs had been wobbly all day yesterday. Vet said she might have fallen and hurt her back/tail. But he mentioned in passing that he thought she was way older than <snip> told us she was when we got her. They thought she was 5 at the time (so 7 now), vet thinks she's 12! :eek: At least over 10 anyway. So he's kept her in to do a kidney test on her because we mentioned that she drinks so much water normally. Said if she is an older cat it might also be arthritis.

So we suddenly might have a senior cat on our hands! Would explain a lot actually. She was always so sedate and calm compared to our other cat who is mental.

EDIT: the vet called. It's kidney disease. So she's definitely an older cat. He's keeping her in for a few days to get her urea and creatine levels down as they're sky high. So this will require a new way of living for us which was unexpected. Very upsetting.

tk123 wrote: »

Lucy would have been 7 today Just still so weird without her

A tough day for you tk. Hope you took it easy with Bailey while remembering Lucy.

Gave Mr C a haircut or rather a short back & sides job and the poor thing is now freezing :eek: and I've a much deeper appreciation for our groomers. He’s very wiggly unlike Esmae who stands still for me.

aonb wrote: »

For a minute I thought MR C was your other-half (human) :) So I read it again!

Oh, I did his hair a few weeks ago, it grows like a chia pet, so he’s due again this weekend along with the piggies...

We got a kitten!
Dogs are all in love, the 2 cats not so much, they run away, hoping to start proper intro time together later this week.
He's called rocket, I'm going to put a pic in the photo thread.

dashoonage wrote: »

My auld Duskie dog has leaned up nicely since ive been at working from home, i think its 10% the increased activity and 90% not being looked after by my mother during the day me suspect there might have been some lies being told on treat rations being used.

Lies told by who - your mother, or Duskie dog?!?!?
Hey, when you hand your dog (or your children) over to another adult, you get what you get :D

Rocket the kitten is here nearly 3 weeks, wrestling dogs now and playing chase, but the cats are still not impressed, they avoid him, even for treats. Hoping they'll settle soon.

I've noted on Facebook that there seems to have been a huge increase in the number of posts re: missing pets, and more specifically, stolen pets. I know it's a year round problem, but haven't seen as many posts in such a short time before. And I see An Garda Siochana have posted a generic warning about it today too. The Wexford and Wicklow area seems to be particularly hard hit lately.

That Ashton article isn’t painting our vet in a great light! He called me back on Stephen’s day when they were closed and I had left a note in the door... told me it was fine and to bring Lucy in that last time He’s great with Bailey tool.