The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

tk123

Poor Bunty **hugs**

bluecherry74

So sorry Zapperzy.

Cocolola

So sorry Zapperzy RIP Bunty x

Layinghen

So sorry to hear the sad news.

Take care of yourself.

DBB

That's so sad Zapperzy, I'm so sorry
The suddeness of it all must be a terrible shock

tk123

I loved that name - 'Bunty' ... I'm going to add it to my list of names to save for new dogs ...So I'll need 4 more golden retrievers now please somebody?
Seeley(Booth), Grayson, Sunny(Boy)* and Bunty.

*Sunny Boy was supposed to be Bailey's name but I let my mum name him instead. I thought I'd jinx the poor dog naming him after my great granddad's horse who broke his leg and had to be pts when the cart got caught in the tram tracks that used to be in Dublin... and then Bailey went on to have bandy legs anyways! :rolleyes:

Whispered

So sorry Zapperzy


RIP Bunty x

muddypaws

I've been fostering some dogs for various rescues, holding them whilst they were rabies vacced etc, and ready to go to the UK. One of them turned out to be in pup, and was too far gone to go on the transport, my vet saw her last Thursday and said she'd whelp within the week. Well, day 8 and still no puppies, but I am exhausted as I'm sleeping in the room with her, and I wake at the slightest noise she makes. I'm really hoping these pups make an appearance soon, she's loving life in her own private room, sleeping all day on the futon, but I need my life back (and I'd also like to see these puppies) :P

She's only a baby herself, must have been her first season, and there's a chance the sire is one of her brothers, or possibly her own father, so hopefully she and the pups will all be ok.

VonVix

Our old boy Sox has taken a bad turn this week, I think his kidneys must be going on him, he's lapping up water and has no appetite. The weight has been falling off him this week, his hips and spine are showing even though he is a black cat. It's heartbreaking. He will be the first pet I have ever lost.

Pumpkinseeds

Ahh VonVix, I'm so sorry.:(

VonVix

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Ahh VonVix, I'm so sorry.:(

I practically immersed his tail in tuna to get him eating, he had a few bites, he seems so weak but he was grooming the tuna off himself and nibbling a bit.

Pumpkinseeds

VonVix wrote: »

I practically immersed his tail in tuna to get him eating, he had a few bites, he seems so weak but he was grooming the tuna off himself and nibbling a bit.

What about a bit of boiled chicken breast? As bland as I'd imagine it tastes I cooked some for our cat Toby who had his teeth cleaned on Wednesday and all 4 of ours are wolfing it down. Sometimes ours will eat a bit of luke warm baby food as well. It's awful to watch them go down hill and it never gets any easier. The only positive aspect is that they don't have to suffer, it's one last gift that we can give them when the time comes.

VonVix

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

What about a bit of boiled chicken breast? As bland as I'd imagine it tastes I cooked some for our cat Toby who had his teeth cleaned on Wednesday and all 4 of ours are wolfing it down. Sometimes ours will eat a bit of luke warm baby food as well. It's awful to watch them go down hill and it never gets any easier. The only positive aspect is that they don't have to suffer, it's one last gift that we can give them when the time comes.

We don't have any fresh chicken, in fact we stopped buying it because it was such a nightmare to prepare with the five of our cats going mental at us.

Pumpkinseeds

VonVix wrote: »

We don't have any fresh chicken, in fact we stopped buying it because it was such a nightmare to prepare with the five of our cats going mental at us.

Have you tried microwaving some tinned food? It would have to be lukewarm at most but sometimes that works.

mymo

Scrambled egg with butter is good, my lot go nuts for it!

Poor sox

VonVix

Thanks for the ideas to try, helps a lot. I thought I was able to be strong with this but I swear it's getting harder and harder, even seeing silly cat pictures is putting a funny feeling in my stomach. I was intending to save everyone in my family of the heartache of a dreaded last trip to the vet because I thought I would be the strongest, they've known him for his whole 12 years, I've only known him for three, but he's the loveliest cat I have ever known. He is my migraine buddy, he'd always be cuddled up next to my head and try to rest with me if I had a migraine, no other time would he ever curl up in bed with me.

mymo

I went to see the three kittens I'm trying to rehome today, they've been taken into the house and have gotten so friendly since last week.
They are really funny, they had just been fed and one kept rolling over trying to clean herself, she went to stand up and fell over half out the bed and just went for a snooze!
We worked out they will be 8 weeks next week between Monday and Wednesday, and mum is staying where she is, once she's neutered in 2 weeks.
Kitten cuddles are the best!

SingItOut

Mymo you're making me have kitten withdrawals! My cat Beau went missing yesterday morning after the neighbours dog (who is constantly loose in the village) chased him and vogue around our garden, the dog didn't get them but Beau was nowhere to be seen until he arrived home this evening screaming for his dinner! I was so worried about him! No more pets for me for a while I can't take the stress when anything happens to them

SillyMangoX

I don't think I've ever met a cat as easy to get medication into as my Dude. He absolutely adores metacam, more than any treats we give him. Sometimes I think he fakes being in pain just to get some! This evening he was sitting on my chest shivering as he has a bit of a fever with his infection, so I asked my mam to get his metacam. When he saw the syringe he just perked up straight away and was majorly excited, making his little "brrrrr" greeting sound at it, then grabbed it with his front paw and sucked the medication like he used to with his milk as a teeney baby. Probably the cutest thing I've seen in a very long time!

Pumpkinseeds

It's raining here and I dread rainy days with our 4 cats, 3 of them turn into a mix of stroppy teenager and peevish toddler. Poppy decided to slap Toby for no reason other than she could. That set Jazzy off at her and Toby was too nervous to pass the 2 of them. I did what I usually do which is pick Toby up and carry him to the sofa but after his vet trip last week he freaked and started hissing, growling and letting me know he wanted to shred me.:rolleyes:

That woke Felix who came to investigate all the fuss. Long story short, I spent 15 minutes sitting on the stairs trying to keep them from harassing each other. Thankfully all is calm now.

peasant

Some ads on donedeal just make me really angry:

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Thanks,
DBB

Pumpkinseeds

peasant wrote: »

Some ads on donedeal just make me really angry:

Sadly it's only going to get worse in the coming weeks when the ads selling Christmas puppies are on notice boards in shopping centres as well as on Done Deal. People just don't seem to care about puppy mills and back yard breeding.:(

tk123

:pac: Lucy got bored in the vets earlier waiting to have her stitches out earlier and decided to sit up on the chair beside me lol!!! :pac: Anyways we made it! The spay was much easier than I'd expected. So glad I went with our own vet - there was nothing to worry about!

honerbright

Got Max neutered/microchipped/vaccinated on Friday. There's a specialist vets just for cats in Cork who we took him to, I thought they would be much better than our own vets and would have more experience with timid cats.
Dropped him off around half 9, got a call about 11 letting me know everything had gone well (when we got Poppy spayed at our own vets we were told to ring around 1 to see how things were and they wouldnt tell us and kept saying they would call us back and they didn't for hours) and collected him at 5 and bought him home. No stitches or anything and he was delighted to be home, he was all sullen in the carrier and the second we bought him home he was standing up looking to get out
He's recovering very well, not a bother on him.


Popped into Maxizoo today to get the dogs more Select Gold. We usually get a 4kg bag for around 24 euro but they'd 12kg for 44 so went for that instead. 3 times the amount for less than twice the price. Delighted!

SingItOut

The cats have both been on my case all day wanting to come in and out every 5 minutes, wanting food etc Beau decided to sleep in his house outside after annoying me to come inside, vogue is in my room which she normally isn't. I'll give it an hour before she's in the ward robe routing around! The dogs (mostly Alli) take up all the bed space but at least they sleep through the night! Joys of being a pet mother

muddypaws

Still no puppies. Took her to the vet yesterday for another scan, all is well, just a matter of waiting.

Pumpkinseeds

I am actually shocked this morning. Toby came into the living room and jumped up on the sofa about foot distance away from Jazzy and Jazzy let him:eek: They're both asleep at that same distance now, it never happens. Toby won't stay on the sofa if we aren't downstairs and waits for us to go into the living room, but Jazzy usually hogs the sofa by laying in the middle of it and Toby won't normally jump up there while he's on it. They must be feeling the Winter chill.

rannerap

My Foster kittens have all come down with cat flu I've gotten a bit closer to them and noticed that they also have fleas. Ear mites and possibly worms. Picking up stuff to treat them at the Vets later. This should be fun!!!

tk123

GAh! Hasn't stopped raining all day!! I can never decide what to do - when I go home this evening and go to take them out Bailey will go into hiding in the crate not wanting to go out in the rain!

tk123

:(:( My friends dog (Rebel who's in loads of our photos) has been taken into the vets for xrays and IVs because they think he has a blockage - possibly from a bone!