Self-indulgent pet thread
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CRI
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They nearly did. They adore stripping off the husk, and the silk, then eating the kernels. They can put away ALOT of sweetcorn.
Griff was actually pretty poorly just over a week ago. Well, he wasn't eating and drinking a lot, so I was giving him piggie porridge by syringe and "dandelion water" (Bio-lapis - stuff with vitamins, probiotics & electrolytes in it,) and brought forward his vet appointment. Picked up some fancy veggies after the vets and he perked up, like very quickly. Gained 6 grams in 3 days. Very, very relieved, but keeping a close eye. He's quite a "senior boar" now.
CRI
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Ha ha - I actually sang happy birthday to him in Welsh (not that my Welsh is very good, but I don't think he cares!)Penblwydd Hapus Gruff! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
CRI
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Adorbs!
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Wow, great to hear of Mr Mylo's amazing recovery. Oh, that grin!
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Glad to hear he is feeling better CRI, and I hope he still has a decent length of time ahead of him.
I still think it's outragous that the pets we love so much have such short spans to give us joy.
My vet surgery does health/vaccination records in a booklet type thing that also gives health advice at different life stages, and last week I looked up when Radar and Jakey were due for their next routine visit and was horrified to see their next set of jabs was the wrong side of the "your cat is now officially old, here is some care advice that you may want to be aware of" page. I still can't look at the advice pages towards the back of the book, too upsetting, and hopefully not something I'll have to consider for a long time - but the whole booklet is just like "yeah your pet is going to get old and die, be prepared" - I mean sure that is the basic solid facts of life, but I don't want to be looking at that every time I take my beloved pets in for their routine checkup.
Fingers crossed that all of our pets stay healthy and happy well into old age, and go peacefully in their sleep without ever having known pain or hardship when they are ancient and ready to leave us.
CRI
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Gah, I know what you mean. I've always loved animals, but I think I get more attached to them the older I get. When you're a kid, a 10 or 15 year lifespan of a dog say seems ages, but not when you're an adult!
The book sounds a good resource but no, I don't think I'd feel up to reading it through, either. I think all you can do is do the best you can by your pets and enjoy the job while you've got them. I'm grateful for all I've learned from you about cat care, behaviour and nutrition, so hopefully, I'm doing the right things so Breeze has a good quality of life and a long one. I think you definitely do everything possible to achieve this.
With the pigs, although you kind of know they'll be with you maybe 3 - 6 years, but you have the succession planning, too (i.e. Griff was born the day his predecessor, Gethin [RIP] died.) I realise I sort of mark stages of my life over the past 15 years with which guinea pigs I had at the time (e.g. Oh yes, that happened when I had Will and Kurt . . ) Does anyone else do something like that or is it just me?
Saffy
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We took her to the vets, I felt really negligent as we had not clipped her nails but apparently they didn't need doing but they gave us some painkillers for her.
The actual piece of nail has come off, so they just said to keep an eye on it, keep it clean and use our common sense.
I wanted to take her for a paddle as well.
The actual piece of nail has come off, so they just said to keep an eye on it, keep it clean and use our common sense.
I wanted to take her for a paddle as well.
BoatieBird
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We took her to the vets, I felt really negligent as we had not clipped her nails but apparently they didn't need doing but they gave us some painkillers for her.
The actual piece of nail has come off, so they just said to keep an eye on it, keep it clean and use our common sense.
I wanted to take her for a paddle as well.
She can still have a paddle, the salt water will probably do it good.
I love taking my dogs on the beach, they love it and both go totally mental
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
I realise I sort of mark stages of my life over the past 15 years with which guinea pigs I had at the time (e.g. Oh yes, that happened when I had Will and Kurt . . ) Does anyone else do something like that or is it just me?
Definitely, I remember stuff by the pets I had at the time. Not just my pets either, it's like I remember when I had my first 'proper' relationship, I had Captain Beaky, a little blue budgie who was really intelligent and could talk really well. He had a big hairy Norwegian Elkhound. Both pets passed away during the time we were together.
coley
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Just wandering around the forum, nephew is on high doh but one of our dogs seems to be on her way out, she's me mam n da's dog who we took in when me Da died last year, she's a lovely dog and she seemed to acquired a new lease of life when we took her in but at 14/15 she is an auld dog.
But she has reminded us of our own mortality, we have taken in all manner of waifs and strays, both human and animal over the last 30 odd years and have been prepared to care for them but now have to realise that its possible that if we take on any young cat or dog we may not be around to see them out, bit of thought provoking moment
But she has reminded us of our own mortality, we have taken in all manner of waifs and strays, both human and animal over the last 30 odd years and have been prepared to care for them but now have to realise that its possible that if we take on any young cat or dog we may not be around to see them out, bit of thought provoking moment
GRRR! Eating meerkat. Simples
Saffy
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Cassie loved Cornwall, we all did and we'd move there tomorrow if we could. Her dew claw was fine all holiday but she did get sore paws after going to Clevelly, all those cobbles made the skin on the inside of her pads rub, so we had a day off long walks on the beach and rocks and went walking in Boscastle instead. I think we're going to go back in October half term.
