The Forum Chit-Chat Thread

Knine wrote: »

It was like a kick in the face to be honest. The silence without her is deafening.

Oh, my heart is breaking, we get so use to the sounds of our pets that we are lost without them. One of our piggies is a screamer so if I don’t hear her in the morning I worry. Have you always had birds? I’ve never had them but know they can be ‘vocal’...

Oh Knine I'm so sorry to hear that. As you know, I have one budgie, her mate passed away just over a year ago, and it's just not the same without their chirping. Ivy is incredibly loud and I dread the day I don't hear her chirp
So sorry to hear about your dad aswell. Life is just so unfair.

Question for you cat-gurus

We have a second rescue cat here, an ex-feral, that is now more of an indoor cat.
Shes indoors from about 7am until we go to bed at night (after which she is put out in a workshop with supper and a heat pad in a cosy igloo) When she arrived, she had a pretty horrible abscess with complications on her jaw which required surgery etc. Shes completely recovered and is fat and sleek and wonderful now. The most affectionate and loving cat imaginable So this cat sleeps all day long :rolleyes: and at night when we're all sitting down for the evening, the purring and chirping this cat makes when asleep is DEAFENING! Really its so loud, its pretty irritating. It cant be normal to purr/chirp so loud - Im wondering if its something to do with the jaw/abscess surgery?? Our other cats purrs are nothing in comparison - this cat is like 100 times louder. Shes a bit of a wreck in general - wonky eyes, and a wonky pelvis, but the happiest cat - huge appetite, and just loves her lot. Cant be taken back to the vet to be checked though (not that she needs it) - putting her in a carrier and the car wont be happening - I know theres nothing we can do about it - we're mad about her - it would be nice to know WHY she is so noisy/loud though. Any ideas

Attempt 4(ish) to get our cat to eat better quality food. We're on day 3 now and have taken to hiding the new food under the old food. She'll nibble a bit but as soon as she gets a whiff of the new food she's done. It's so frustrating. How long do we wait for her to reach the 'starving so I'll eat anything' stage?

I have 2 nearly 8 week old puppies here. Such little cuties but Jesus my house is wrecked. They are playing outside now & the peace

It would have been Dudes 6th birthday today bittersweet, but the lady who took over bottle feeding them for me, and who kept his two sisters, sent me on pictures of them today. They are two absolute beauties, the picture of health!
Still think a paper bag with 4 teeny tiny two day old kittens was the most interesting valentines present I ever got!!

Knine wrote: »

I have 2 nearly 8 week old puppies here. Such little cuties but Jesus my house is wrecked. They are playing outside now & the peace

How can two tiny puppies wreck your house :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:;););):D:D

Photos please - of the puppies, not the house!

tk123 wrote: »

Why do you need to avoid meat?! I get treats on zooplus/jr pet products... but they’re all dried meat or furry ears etc

Thanks.
She wouldn't eat it everyday and so it goes off.

tk123 wrote:

Bailey is going in to get his 4th upper molar removed this morning... very worried. I'll stay when he's being sedated but he knows a needle in his bum is coming and is also hangry from fasting so.. just worried Also the fact that last time he had anything done with his gum/teeth a chunk of jaw was removed a few weeks later!

Hope everything is going/had gone ok for him!

tk123 wrote:

We’re just home! Everything went fine and just the one tooth removed. I still feel sick because I was feeling sick with worry all day lol

And you won't sleep tonight because you'll still be worrying! I often wonder do they have any inkling of what they put us through.
Glad everything went ok.

Well Bailey the divil is doing fine! Not a bother on him in fact except he doesn't understand why I keep trying to interrupt his important work of chewing sticks and eating muck (he has stitches!)! We do physio at home and I had noticed that he wasn't tracking my hand when I held a treat to his nose and moved it from side to side (we want his head going up/down/left/right to shift his weight and stretch his muscles)- more he was kind of avoiding my hand on that side or ever so slightly moving his head away - thats what prompted me to check his tooth again and ask the nurses about it when he was in for his weekly physio. Well.. he had the tooth out on fri and we tried some work with paws up on the tree stumps in the park on Monday - his nose was glued to my hand moving left and right ... then to my dismay they pulled the stumps out yesterday

em_cat wrote: »

Esmae fell asleep while we were waiting for a crosswalk on our way home. Poor thing must have been exhausted...

At least you can carry her! Lucy used to try and lie down for a nap on walks when she was a pup

https://www.thejournal.ie/carlow-farmer-animal-cruelty-4508103-Feb2019/

Nice to see the couple who ran the puppy farm in carlow got a decent sentence, I would've liked to see a longer jail sentence but better than the norm. Same lad was behind that untouchable dodgy dog registry that was floating about around 10 years ago too.

mymo wrote: »

Our lovely tortie Ruby was a bit off for a few days, Thursday night/Friday morning she went down hill rapidly, took her to vet Friday morning, massive infection, no idea of source, loads of IV meds, Saturday afternoon she was coming home when we got a call she'd taken a turn for the worse. She had pneumonia and got the dreaded call last night she's gone.
She was shouting at me and rolling on the sofa for a cuddle on Tuesday night, she wasn't even 6. My daughter is heartbroken, Ruby slept in her bed and followed her around, I swear Ruby understood every word she said.
We have to go collect her today, we'll Bury her in the garden.

I'm so sorry mymo, I love torties.

We buried her in the garden, with 2 unusual plants, a purple evergreen wallflower and a trailing clemetis which grows upright and drops like a willow with white bell flowers.
We're going to miss her shouting at us and her chirping and growling, and demanding to be dried when she came in from the garden.

em_cat wrote: »

So embarrassed, took Esmae to Phoenix Park to do some recall training & ball retrieving, she wasn’t too bad and all in great fun. Mr C hates the park so it’s pretty great to get out.

Well after some well earned rest, she began digging holes in the manicured grass, digging to the sod and biting chunks. I did my best to ‘fix’ but my goodness I was embarrassed. One more thing to add to the training list...

Yeah Bailey does that and then run laps or runs over to my friend when I scold him!! :rolleyes:

em_cat wrote: »

they must be super happy then cause Esmae does her zoomies first & then ‘gardens’ . Does Baily bite chunks while digging? I’m trying to figure that out ;{

yes he bites it and his floppy tongue goes black and drips muck-drool :rolleyes: He tends to only do it on one side of the park.... that side was landscaped when there was really bad flooding in Drumcondra so it was flat and they added extra hilly bits to contain the river if it burst again like that... The soil they used was from the port tunnel excavations... some of which were through were reclaimed land ie it used to be a DUMP... so go only know what's in the muck because lots of the dogs eat it and go hyper

Choc Chip wrote: »

I handstrip my border terrier and normally do a bit a few evenings a week - he likes a little bit being done and definitely prefers it over growing out and having a long session. He's generally a fairly tidy little chap.

Well I've been away for 2 weeks and have come home to a shaggy monster. I didn't realise how much I must take off on a weekly basis but his body is a little unkempt mess and his face is hilarious - I can barely see his eyes with all the brow action going on and the big guard hairs all over his head and under his eyes. I secretly kind-of like it....

It is mad how they look like totally different dogs after they are done!

Choc Chip wrote: »

I'm really bad for doing half his face and leaving the other half til our next session so he walks around looking like he's winking at you...



Groomers everywhere would hate me!

Unfortunately many groomers don't know how to hand strip so just clip!

I love when mine go off to help train students!

Choc Chip wrote: »

It's really common in Scotland and he was done there for years with no hassle, but no one seems to do it here so he's subjected to my half-assed amateur attempts. I should arrange to get someone to show me how to do it properly at some stage! Nudge nudge, wink wink.

I will show you no problem. Give you a few more to practice on!

Ohhhh my Esmae is a full of beans ... seriously needs agility!!! We spent hours trick training & she’s still going...