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Alright start to the month, work was ok, bunnies are cute and I’m definitely making taming progress with Dory
While she was out today I touched her beak on two separate occasions while she was eating a treat and the first time I managed to pet her feathers just above her beak too Then she flew down to my desk right by my laptop and completely ignored my hands as I typed, which is amazing since once she got close to hands she would go straight for them I wish I had film of how she used to be vs our progress now, but you never know when you’re going to get a moment and she often acts funny if I put the camera on her. -
Apollo, Chewie, Henry’s tum, Cali and Bindibindibindi.
Bank hol today – slept way over into the morning….
Neighbours were out at 6 this morning and they are incapable of whispering in the road out front (my pavements are really narrow)…. grrrJust listening for the first time to recently purchased Ed Sheeran’s “divide” – Genius! – of course.
There is a photo of him with his top off. I knew he had a tattoo ‘sleeve’ but didn’t realise his torso is 100% covered too !!Cali threw up *again* on my bed – it happens every 2 nights or so at 4am ish…
I wake up just in time to hear the stomach wave noises (if you’ve got a cat, you know what I mean) and put something under her face to ‘catch’ it’ – poor thing.
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Maybe some of those old VHS are collectable now?
Regarding Cali, maybe it’s something in her diet. I’m not sure what you’re feeding her, maybe it’s amazing food. But cats are often allergic to grains etc in commercial cat food. Growing up, my brother’s cat would always throw up if we bought a flavour that had peas in it. Do you alternate between different flavours? Do you feed dry and wet? Or just one or the other? And yes, I know that sound, it’s awful
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Az. I agree it cooould be the food, but i give their daily amount in 4 servings and its only at night she throws up
(atleast i havent found any other hidey place she might do it…. yet!!!) 
I feed them supposedly high quality dryfood bought from the vet. Nothing wet.
I’m thinking it may have something to do with the furball she bought up a few months back….?But they do now groom each other at night on my bed (soooo cute, even if the slurping does wake me up).
Maybe she’s allergic to Jess’s fur…..
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We had some crazy weather. For a minute there, I thought maybe it was winter again. It was winter again just west of here, where some people got 6-7 inches of SNOW.
We just got 2 inches of rain. Much warmer today, almost 70 for the high. I’m ready for spring to be here! Well, maybe not. I have SO much stuff I have to get done at work in the coming months. Exciting stuff, but it’s a lot for one person. Oh my, well at least it was something treatable. Unlike, you know, Wooly’s foot falling off. o_O
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Vienna: I agree with Azerane, try to find a grain free food, wet if possible. I could recommend a good brand that is insanely cheap for being grain free, but since you’re not in the US that wouldn’t help.
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Posted By Blue Moon on 5/03/2017 7:38 PM
ok i KNOW this sounds a little crazy bunny laddish but I’m getting a smaller bed so i have more room for bunnies super excited though it is a loft bed that has an “office” underneath happy
Sounds grewat BM! It reminds me of a member (mocha200) who used to be active here. She had a loft bed so her rabbit pair had the rest of the room. She is 101rabbits on youtube. She has a different set up now as her family built a new home.
From April Chat
Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 4/29/2017 1:45 AM
I keep meaning to ask…. does anyone have any news from Moxie??
I’ve been wondering about Mox also. I hope she comes back on.
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@Tony’s Mum: please don’t feel bad. You did the very best for him, a hormonal rabbit is constantly frustrated. He’ll feel a bit under the weather so soon after the operation, but he’ll feel better soon. It is very good to hear that he seeks comfort with you, this means your bond is strong. Rabbits mostly tend to hide when they feel unwell, because it makes them easier prey. The fact that he’s comfortable enough to show his weakness to you is the biggest compliment you can get from a bun.
Prepare for more cuddles though, because neutered rabbits tend to become calmer, a bit lazier and a lot more cuddly. Do watch the pounds though, because increased appetite is also common. If he’s extremely hungry, try to give him more hay and low-calorie veggies and keep the pellets to the daily recommended amount.
Poor Bas, he’s had his wisdom teeth and a molar removed earlier this morning. Despite all the ice-packs I could find, he’s starting to look a bit like a lop-sided hamster. Luckily I still have some chicken soup in the fridge. In 6 weeks they’ll do the other half, and then he’ll be nearly done with his complete dental renovation. So happy and proud he decided to go to the dentist again
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Moxie!!! Where have you been? I see Moxie and puppies… what about the chickens?
Leopold and Wooly are more or less the same. Leopold has already turned 7 and Wooly will turn 7 in June.
Leopold has decided that digging in the litter box is fun, so we’re working on that. And, of course, Wooly is still my special needs boy. The funny thing is my boss keeps asking about him. I guess I take too much time off of work to take him to the vet??? You are going to love some of the “new faces” around here. Lot’s of fun is being had here in the chat!
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Yay! Moxie’s back! How did the covert ops go?
Nothing terribly new with us. Chewie’s starting another moult (I know… WHAAAT??!) – thank the gods it’s Friday because I’m ready to scream at work – and I’m getting a new car again in a few weeks. Grey and blah outside.
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Good to see you Moxie
Bought another bed for Apollo and Luna today, yes ANOTHER one
Was at Bunnings and they had super soft plush pet mats for only 15 bucks so I just had to get one for the bunnies. They’ve tried it and seem to like it Today is Dory’s 1st Gotcha Day, I’ve been trying to put together a video for it. Do you have any idea how hard it is to condense 1 year of footage into about 5 minutes?! lol.
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Here I am, 3:10 in the morning with a very sick Breintje :'( Oh my, I’m happy of my late-night habits, else I would have missed it completely… Bas turned in early tonight, and I stayed up so he could read in bed alone (his ultimate relaxing moment). While I was playing Skyrim, I heard Breintje constantly moving positions in his box. Then he sat next to me, pooped some tiny pellets on the floor and went back in his box to lay flat on his belly. He’s refusing all food, even his favourite treats. Turned his face away from a raisin
He was normal and active today, and ate his pellets at 19:00. We had some visitors this evening, and he was happily chinning and sniffing everyone. Suddenly this all changed after 1:00. I’ve already given him a belly massage, and put him in his cage to monitor his poops. Guess it’s an all-nighter for me.
3:19 : after the second belly massage he grudgingly accepted a raisin. Nearly had to shove it into his face, but he ate it.
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We don’t have it. I’ll ask Bas to try and find some first thing in the morning.
update 4:56 After several belly massages there seems to be a bit more life in him. He started to groom himself instead of laying stretched out all the time. I put some different types of food in his cage when it started, and suddenly I heard the sound of munching behind me. He started to nibble on another raisin, then on a small piece of a treat, and now he’s eating pellets ^_^ YAY!
He passed several very small very hard poops early in the night, and two larger wet ones just now. I think things are starting back up again. He’s also much more lively: stretching out to you when you approach instead of diving away. Whew, you scare me at times little fellow. And why ALWAYS on the weekends in the middle of the bloody night??? Oh well, as soon as you poop, all will be forgiven.
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Bandit always also used to get stasis on a weekend too, little pain in the neck
Apollo fortunately gave me the courtesy of acting out on a weeknight before the vet closed for the day Feel better soon Breintje
I’ve been doing some more upgrades to the bunnies’ condo today. I managed to pick up the needed supplies on Thursday. After about 3 years, my roof now has a support beam
It looks so much better, lol. I stole Vienna’s great idea for a support beam for the top lid, it makes life so much easier and it just works so well. I also attached the grids for the shelves to the side of the cage by my desk. I’ve mostly made the new ledge for inside the bunny condo, cut that to shape today and attached the lino, but I need the edge capping since the store didn’t have the right size. Once I have the capping, I just need to cut the ledge support beams to size and it’s good to go. Hopefully it will be done tomorrow after a quick trip to the hardware store then I’ll show you all some photos -
Eagerly awaiting the pics Az!
Thank you all for your well-wishes! It’s 11:30 here now, and we’re just starting on our breakfast. Breintje seems to be as fit as a fiddle again, but he’s still under close scrutiny. We’ll look for that simeticone ASAP. It’s a bit hard to find OTC meds here in NL, because a lot things are regulated and only available on recipe. I’ve heard it’s being sold under the name Infacol. We already have small syringes.
I was talking with Bas about the words “bunny parents” and “bunny mom”. He said: you surely act like a mom! Okay, I admit: maybe he IS our little furbaby…
Update: Breintje is very very cuddly and he has a massive appetite. He just munched a hand full of dandelion leaves. Bas is going out to buy the support package now: Infacol and carrots with tops for the bun, and B&J Karamel Sutra for me. (I ate half a tub at night because I was quite upset about Breintje.)
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Im so glad little Breintje is doing better! Good to hear you have some infacol on had now.
Carrot tops are good too! You can always try those and dill.
Hope you were able to get some sleep, Ellie. we don’t want you feeling poorly too.
Karamel Sutra…. Um that sounds yum. Must google..Happy Gotcha Day Doryyy! Azerane, did your goodies for her arrive in time?
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(((( Breintje ))))
He was just checking you were keeping an eye on him and ROFL with the orange flavour – of course you should have tried the gentle approach first !!! LOLAz – oh yeah, like I don’t steal ideas too !! LOL – Can’t wait to see the upgraded combo. Mine is planned for… whenever !
Dory, one year already ! Wow.
Cali is on medication to stop her throwing up – went to vets yesterday – slightly predicting that if we didn’t, then Cali would pull an emergency Sunday visit on me !!
Vet couldn’t feel anything dodgy in tummy so suspected a gastritis (?) where acid builds up with successive vomits after the first vomit… and so a few jabs later and yet ANOTHER contribution to the ‘make my vet richer’ fund.. we’re back home with a Cali who can eat a few biccies without bringing them back up – yay !I think she’s cost more in 3 months than Kyra did in 13 years !!
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Thanks again guys. Jersey, they did arrive on time, yes. I couldn’t believe it. I ordered Monday night, and the shipping I picked had an estimated 10 days but I wasn’t paying for express. They shipped Tuesday afternoon and arrived Thursday. So she got new toys which she happily mostly ignored, lol.
Vienna, I was just coming to ask how Cali was. Poor little thing, I’m convinced it could be the dry food though. It could obviously be a million and one other things, but if she goes back to vomiting, I think it’s worth considering a quality wet food instead.
Ellie, that’s great
Very glad to hear that Breintje continues to improve. Right, off to do some bird surveys, then a trip to the hardware store for the remaining cage upgrade supplies!
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Hmm, true but it may take time before effects start to compound from something like that. Luna didn’t have cecal poop problems from Vetafarm pellets straight away, I think that took about a month. And I can eat McDonalds without being sick, but I’m sure that if I ate it for every meal for a month then I would get sick. I know that probably doesn’t help, and I know there could be so many causes, I just figure that trying a different food is a fairly simple thing to try. Poor little Cali, hopefully it’s not an ongoing problem.
Have pretty much finished the bunny shelf, I need more clips for the fleece which I’ll get when we head out to the movies. But should have some photos up later today
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So glad to hear Breintje is doing better!
Aww, poor Cali.
I’m going to second (or third?) the idea that it could be the food. The weird thing with allergies is they can develop over time. So an animal can be eating something for awhile and appear to have no issues. Then, all of the sudden, there is a problem. Wow, my head hurts so bad. And I’m all gross and filthy. Yuck! I’m waiting for my husband to stop hogging the shower. Anyway, we were up on the roof all day. It was so freaking hot up there. I started to feel sick, my hands tingling too. I had to go cool off for a bit. But even after that, I still had to hurt myself trying to help get sheeting up onto the roof. I just wanted to cry. Now my head hurts. *sigh* The roof is in such awful shape and we needed to do something. I just wish it wasn’t my husband trying to do most of it himself.
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And I can eat McDonalds without being sick, but I’m sure that if I ate it for every meal for a month then I would get sick
lmao !! Indeed, indeed !
I’ll get her better this time. Cats are renowned for being sick, so I’m not too worried that she was sick and if the acid has built up then that explains the repeat vomitting… but if this episode repeats itself then I’ll think about changing the food.
It’s my birthday tomorrow and I’m not doing anything, so I was looking forward to going to Brussels seeing a friend I haven’t seen in a year and spending the day catching up and going to a market or a gallery… she’s just texted and cancelled
If it was me a few years ago with just Kyra, I would up sticks with her and just go to a hotel on the coast for overnight. But I have buns now and so can’t…
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After a cup of tea and a very scrummy, (and naughty but I deserve it (!), petit pain au chocolate!), I’ve mowed the lawn (OK its a postage stamp, but still!), cleared a box (only 5 million to go) and am going out for a walk to a yearly flower market to meet a friend there and will prob lumber back with plants coming out of my pockets !!
Some things are just meant to be !
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How hilarious ! Thanks for that JG !!
I’ve never seen a dog go up backwards, but it seems a safe way to do it lol – I CAN though understand not wanting to come down. I used to slide down the stairs on my tummy, but to come down on all fours (with FEET on the stairs… oooooh no, far too steep).
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btw, how can the word pain and chocolate be put together like that. Haha! I googled what that was. It looks like a mini sausage roll but filled with chocolate! Yummo! Looks like a choccy croissant.
That is exactly what it is! A croissant filled with chocolate. My mum used to make them every Sunday when I was growing up. Which might explain why I no longer like chocolate. I probably overdosed on pain au chocolate! There’s an amazing bakery near my office that makes vegan croissants and pain au chocolate (amongst other things) and I’ve been tempted to try one just for the novelty/on the off chance it annihilates my dislike of chocolate
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That is insane there is not a better way to deliver mail.
It’s a bit like our old apartment: Mail carriers would just not deliver packages ever since they could not get in the front door. Luckily they didn’t harass the neighbors, but it was annoying always having to pick things up at the post office
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Wow. They sound very… dedicated. 8\
Good job asserting yourself. That type of harassment really is unacceptable.Of course, you could also have accepted every single parcel that came your way and then forced the delivery service to ransom it back from you when the original recipient complained of not receiving it.
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That doesn’t sound nice at all, Ellie No wonder the mailman is desperate to deliver the parcels. Privatization often go awry, same thing happened here with electricity companies. Prices skyrocketed. Several big companies adapted the strategy of turning off production at their electricity production plants for “maintenance” during the coldest, darkest moths of the year, to create shortages and up the price.
Sometimes capitalism does work better though. OTC meds are a lot cheaper here these days due to competition.
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Dory and I are becoming closer friends, but I’m not sure I want to be closer friends.
Not when she lands on my head and tries to chew it, lol. We are making good progress. Today I’ve actually been touching her beak when I haven’t had a treat. She’s been reaching out for my finger with her beak open, I think she wants to figure out what I am and taste my finger but I’m not game to let her try, lol. Before she landed on my head, I could tell for the previous 15 minutes that she wanted to go there, so fortunately I had the hood of my jumped pulled up for protection. At first she tried chewing my head, then seemed to get a bit more gentle and after a few minutes flew back off of her own accord. I’m still terrified of her, haha. Parrot body language is so tough to get a read on, and I have no experience taming parrots, so it’s all a bit scary. As we progress, there’s no way that I’m not getting bitten again at some point, it’s just a matter of when. As a side note, I’ve been leaving the bunnies out when Dory is out. Makes life so much easier and Dory completely ignores them which is perfect.
Ellie, that’s crazy about the delivery man. I’ve mainly had trouble with them knocking and walking off with the package before you’ve even had a chance to get to the door.
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Ellie – turn it in your favour – 5 euros for a package held – paid on delivery !!
Az – condo looking gooood. Its bizarre the wood still bows (a bit !
) in the middle…. could you turn it on its side so the grain is going the other way….? ie won’t bow. Or is it the angle of the photo?
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The biggest Homer “D’Oh !!” you can manage please !!
I realised about 2 weeks ago that I’ve got a big patch of land at the end of my road which is filled with Timothy grass !!!!
I go 20 yards in to miss the dog-on-a-leash-pee/poo-likely-areas and way-hay !!!!! (Pun intended!!) buns are happy.I don’t know if they will eat it dried but I bought a shedload home tonight (” it’s that foreign girl again with scissors in her hand.. Darling, she isss a bit strange don’t you think?!! LOL) and I will send it with them when they go on holiday to bunny-camp this Saturday…
(which reminds me I still haven’t decided Peaks or Lakes…. or the Canaries…. :whistling; ) – or both
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The Canaries nowhere near as exotic and breathtaking.
Take that back straight away Mz Bambam !
I discovered La Gomera, an island off of Tenerife, when I attempted to run away in 2014, and it is both exotic AND breathtaking… A most lovely surprise !!
On approaching it on the ferry, my heart dropped as it was a sheer rock face with not a lot on it …. but oh ! To my surprise I discovered beauty – completely untouristed except for coaches meandering around the ‘truly lethal’ mountain roads with white-haired people on it – far too rustic to be disabled/old friendly – which coming from Los Cristianos was pure heaven !!!Go on – Gooooogle it !
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Posted By Q8bunny on 5/11/2017 10:56 PM
Hell, I’d jump on a ferry and meet you up there, waving my bikini. But the only ferry to hop on here will sadly only take me as far as Failaka Island, which is neither beautiful nor exotic
Oh dear, but if you’re waving your bikini, what will you be wearing?
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 5/12/2017 1:18 AM
Oh Ellie !!! Its faaaar too early…. Im eating my breakfast for goodness sake !!!!!
LOL, you’re welcome. The dirtiest part of my mind always wakes up first, because it’s closer to the gutter
I’ve been awake since 8, yes it’s a special occasion. Normally I don’t do mornings, but I had to feed a small army of volunteers who are setting up the LARP-terrain as we speak. So I was up at 8 and baking meatballs in the kitchen at 8:15. Just having my breakfast now, at 11:30. They just picked up a huge pot of meatballs and a selection of soft rolls, mustard, drinks and fruit. I’ll hope they’ll enjoy their lunch after a morning of hard work ^_^This day is such a different day when you have to stay home. Normally I’d go with them to do the cooking on-site, but my back is making that impossible. It’s going to be a quiet weekend with all my friends out LARPing, but I was delighted when I saw them at the door with a big jar of my favourite candy
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Some quick updates, my apologies for not responding to others, my mind is elsewhere.
Apollo LOVES to binky on their new bed. He races around in circles on it and does little jumps etc. It is so stinking cute. Will try to get video, but don’t like my chances. Have been introducing the bunnies to oxbow pellets for the past couple of weeks, no cecal poop issues from Luna which is good. I’m hoping it stays that way.
Dory (our parrot for those who don’t know) was all over me again today, she was actually chirping to beg for me to pet her beak and following my hand around. It was really sweet. She still scares me, but she wants to be loved which is nice and trusts me enough to perch on my knee and let me pet her
She still isn’t too happy when I pet the feathers above her beak, her eyes pin and she turns her beak towards me, but it’s not outwardly aggressive. Eye pinning is when the pupil contracts rapidly, it usually indicates a strong emotion (excitement, anger, happiness etc) so the fact that she pins when I pet her feathers could mean she gets freaked out by it a little still, it’s only partial pinning, not all the way, so I have high hopes. Vienna, the top condo door still bows a little because I used quite a thin piece of timber, I was worried about using something thicker that would prevent the lid from bending back on itself too much. The roof is level, and the door doesn’t fall in on itself. That’s what matters to me
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Don’t worry, as long as we see you talking about bunnies we’re not worried. I mean: hardly anything is more important than bunnies, right?
That sounds so cute! It sounds like Apollo is having a great time. And congrats on the progress with Dory, your bond seems to be improving bit by bit.
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OK dilemma – big cage doesn’t fit in stoopid new “big” Skoda car (WHO designs these things?!) so I have to take the medium size cage in the car for Z&H for the big trip tomorrow (5hrs). I miiiiiiis my Hondaaaaaaa.
So dilemma is – do I use the small litter tray (like get one bumcheek in – but they do use it! LOL) and they have more flop space together ?
Or use a cat tray as litter tray and half the cage is taken up – so one gets to flop in the tray and the other outside the tray… ??
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do I use the small litter tray (like get one bumcheek in – but they do use it! LOL
They dooooo use it and I believe Zou to be the peepee culprit…… why would I not put one in there at al for 5 hours?
Now that’s just asking for twouble… cage liner, in a moving car, splosh splosh…? yiieeoow Dear bam – yes, I believe if one’s comfybod did not move, then other said bun with legs crossed would jump in anyway and try to share…. they look like a big loaf of bread being cooked in too small a tin !! LOL
I’ll let you know…
I’m off now – toodlepip and see y’around.
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my bed came 8 days late but i got new bedding that has bunnies on it. YAY
It says “Mon Ami Le Lapin” on/in the rabbits ill post pics tomorrow
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Reese: I was being tongue in cheek because packages DO get stolen in the US (and Canada… and Timbaktu) all the time. Even if it is against the law
You’re just fortunate to have never been a victim. Bandit: LOVE it!
More peeps should do that. Blue: The linens are a dream. I so want some now LOL Too bad my linens are all pretty much recently replaced
BunnyF: ((((((Winter)))))) I hope it’s nothing but a bit of gas
Jersey: Yes. It was me LOL And that’s the one we settled on
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the human mums and bun/pet mums today! As usual with parenting there are good and bad times. Dory and I were hanging out on the couch this afternoon when she decided it would be fun to shuffle down my leg and bite my ankle. No fun, but we were friends again a short time later, I just have a painful bruise
We went out for breakfast with mum and her partner and my brother’s family. We then went to a local park for my nieces to play on the playground. It was a nice morning, beautiful sunny weather for it too
BunnyFriends, I hope Winter is feeling better.
Blue Moon that bedding is lovely
We unfortunately have a patchworked quilt on the bed so I can’t buy adorable quilt covers etc. It’s also not unfortunate because it’s a gorgeous quilt that my mum made for us as a wedding present, and I love it! LBJ10, I hope you can get your dish and internet etc sorted. My husband upgraded us to a higher speed and it was supposed to flick over about a week ago but we’re not seeing any improvement so we’re going to have to get onto them as to why that hasn’t happened.
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@BunnyFriends: poor Winter, good that you’re taking her to the vet. Please keep us posted and lots of vibes for the little one!
@Bandit: LOL, I love the concept. You’d probably be arrested for entrapment here in NL, but I’d be so great to teach those nasty thieves a lesson. That’s one bad thing about the justice system here: sometimes the criminal seems to be better protected than the victim
The country is in uproar this week because a Polish guy got paternity leave from jail. He was speeding and killed an elderly couple with their grandchild. Now he can take a break, travel back to Poland and enjoy the birth of his own child. Should have thought about that before speeding, you ^%##%! @Blue Moon: Love the sheets with the “bunny friends” text ^_^
@LBJ: what a mess, I hope it can be fixed soon!
Yikes, little incident while bunny-sitting today. She told me he was quite the jumper, and he jumped out of his cage when I tried to feed him. After some chasing around (which must have looked rather comical because of my back) I managed to pick him up and bring him back to his cage. My, our Ollie is big, young and strong! Lifting up large buns who’re struggling is so scary, I’ve heard many stories about them injuring their backs. So I supported his hind legs as well as I could and carried him back quickly. He flopped in his cage panting, and I started to calm him down. He really *hates* being picked up.
Luckily he started hopping around the cage again and he nibbled on some endives. Afterwards he wanted to be petted and I sat with him for 15 minutes to check his health. It’s my worst nightmare to have an accident happen to a bun I’m bunny-sitting for, it’s quite the responsibility. I told the lady via Whatsapp and she said I handled it well and was being way too kind. -
Until recently, the only Doctor Who that I had seen was the old stuff from maybe the 70’s and 80’s. I don’t know, all I know is that it was on tv, and I watched some episodes when I was little and the Daleks were scary
Long story short, I never got into the craze of the new Doctor Who until the current series, when it started a short time ago and hubby suggested we watch it. Unfortunately we did miss 2 eps but I am really enjoying it. I can’t compare, but I really like Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. I am finding an urge to go back and watch from the very beginning. No matter how long it takes Wikipedia tells me there’s over 800 episodes… so, it could take a while. More progress with Dory today. She discovered that it’s nice to have her head petted. Whenever I get home from work she’s always excited for attention because she’s been home alone. So she’s most interested in pats then. So I was petting her through the bars and she kept lowering her head further down and letting me scratch further up and ruffle her feathers quite a bit. I could tell she liked it, even though she turned her beak toward me a few times
She also bit me yesterday, one minute we’re enjoying some quiet time with her on my knee, the next minute she climbed down and bit me on the ankle. Yes, there is a bruise Luna had a wet nose when I got home from work today too. I don’t think it’s anything as sometimes her nose is a touch damp (maybe condensation or drinking etc), but I’m going to keep a closer eye, just in case.
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I will continue a discussion started between Jersey and I over in the May pictures thread.
In a nutshell, I am getting ready for my first extended absence from Patton since we brought him home. You see, my wife is Japanese and every year we take the kids back there for 2 months while they go to school there, and she spends time with her friends and family (it’s so hot out here in Arizona and very hard to find things to do with kids out of school). Anyway, I go over with them for over a week before coming back home (and work). So I will be gone for about 9 days.
We went out to a hotel last night and between Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon, all Patton saw of us was me checking in real quick to top his food off Saturday night. I found him in the dark (I had left some lights on, but someone had come after me and turned them off before we left) in the faint street light of the front room window. He hadn’t touched his food. I refreshed his veggies and carried him to the kitchen where he ate happily. I left the light on and we didn’t come home until the next afternoon.
Patton is usually a free roam bunny between 7am and 11pm. Last night, I left him out all night.
We got home this afternoon and Patton had eaten all his food and was waiting for us at the front door when we walked in. He was happy to see us, but soon I discovered that his version of protest had been to dig out his litterbox in the downstairs living room!
Now I’m about to be gone for 9 days and fretting a bit for the poor guy (and possibly the poor house??)
I hadn’t decided yet if I was going to leave him out full time or ask my father (who lives nearby) to put him up every night.
My dad will be checking in on him twice a day but not living in the house. I’m a bit concerned that Patton may not like the change of schedule. Dad can let Patton out early in the morning, but may not be able to wait later than 8pm to put Patton to bed.
Complicating things, over the Memorial day weekend, my Dad also has to go out of town and we discussed having my Dad take Patton to the vet/pet hotel for that weekend.
Jersey suggested leaving a T.V. or radio on while I’m gone. Any other suggestions?
Here is the pic of how Patton cleaned out the litterbox!
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I’d keep his routine as close to normal as possible – it would be comforting for him. Plus he seems to… umm… flop around a lot
The radio or tv on not very loud is a great idea. Any chance you can put it on a timer for him?Re: Japan, SO lucky – will you guys catch the cherry blossoms where you’re going? I know they bloom as late as June further up north in the Hokaido region. Do the kids attend 2 months of regular school for the 2 months there, or international school? If the former they must be bilingual? Way cool if so!
Watashi wa Nipon ga daisuki desu. This week is the last week of classes before final exams and I’m ready to resign. lol Kinda serious, though. Some of the stunts the kids are pulling and the extent to which they’re getting off lightly is simply unacceptable.
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Yes, Patton is SUPER easy to handle and pick up (if you support under his butt while lifting him) but my Dad may not even need to do that. Entice Patton with some cilantro or parsley and you can’t get rid of him!
Point 2: Yes, if left alone 24 hours a day, I am sure Patton would rebel against our absence getting into things he wouldn’t normally get into. I’d come home to find new bald spots in the carpet
, pee spots in random places , and he might even find a way to get in there behind the T.V. once and for all! . So I agree with your suggestion that he be cooped up at night even if it is a few hours earlier. Point 3: Yes, he usually sleeps mostly from about 9 or 10am until about 5pm. Therefore, he only has about 3 or 4 hours of his normal active time out of his pen. But on the other hand, he’s a French Lop. He would actually run around for about 4 or 5 minutes of those 3-4 hours.
The rest of the time is spent getting pet while I use the computer or watch T.V. on the sofa. 
Yes, Japan can be quite beautiful, but I normally don’t really get the ‘scenic Japan’ tour. I usually get the ‘OK, this is normal mundane life, you just can’t read the signs Japan tour’
Once in a while, we will take a trip to a hot spring resort and that’s awesome! Q8: summers in Japan are awesome (as long as it’s not too hot or humid) but cherry blossom season is already over, even in Hokkaido (we’re going to Obirhiro, on Hokkaido)
I think I prefer radio over TV (we have a classical public radio station in town. No commercials. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Ravel… Ahh, the greats!) but timer I don’t know. Maybe my Dad can just turn it on/off in the morning and night.
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 5/15/2017 9:00 AM
(((Courage to all those who need it)))I’m on a service station on the way to holiday somewhere… still dont know where
.. still havent booked anywhere for tonight.. lol. Am just south of the Peaks… so will stop by there and see what all the fuss is about… lolol
Spontaneous human vacation??
Ah, well have fun wherever you wind up!
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Have fun Vienna!
I decided that I’m not going to pet-sit for a while, now I just have to tell my neighbour the “good” news
While I do want to be a good neighbour, my back is just too busted right now to handle a bun properly. Especially if it’s a large 3-4 kg escapee who’s kicking frantically. Had to chase him around on the floor yesterday on my hands and knees. I may very well end up hurting the bun AND my back. Hmm, now to bring the message carefully but firmly: you’ll have to find another pet sitter for a while. She’ll probably start to argue again that “it’s only a bit of pellets once a day”, because she did so when I told her that it was going to be difficult last weekend. Now as a bunny lover I know that that’s absolutely not enough and there’s a lot more work involved. -
Posted By Blue Moon on 5/15/2017 2:00 PM
i like the new avatar GJThanks
there’s pics of all six eating dandelions in The Daily Podge https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/145356/afpg/19/Default.aspx#538923
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Q8: Me too! I wasn’t too impressed with Prometheus, but I’m excited for this one. Trying to talk the hubby into going to watch it.
We’re pretty sure we have a squirrel in our attic, we hear a lot of chewing noises (we decided to call him Beaver). We were hoping he would just leave at some point, but he doesn’t seem to plan on going anywhere as he has now moved into a wall. So now we’ll have to get a trap and try to catch him. Does anyone have any experience catching attic squirrels? The hubby said we should just send Bubbles up there to deal with it. I’m sure that would be very effective, but afterwards the attic would probably look like we rented it out to Hannibal Lecter, so we’ll try the trap first…
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Don’t be too upset. I slept through all of my graduations except law school (that one I went to but only because I was meeting up with friends there on our way to a pub crawl). Some of us just don’t think about it in ‘big deal’ terms. But my mom tells me that I’m strange and it’s your (and her) reaction that’s natural.
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Well, he has to be there himself to give his final presentation, so I’m postive he’ll show up at least. Just rushed to the store to get flowers and a card, these moments should be cause for celebration I think
The weather is really great here, so good in fact that I took out my summer clothing again. Hehe, it’s really funny to notice that guys will still whistle or say “Hi!” even though you’re obviously ill/handicapped and sitting in a mobility scooter. It does make it easier to wear a pair of cute heels though if you don’t actually have to walk in them ^_^
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You were totally right about it Jersey, spot on! We talked about it afterwards and he admitted that it was because he was so stressed out.
And now for the good news: he passed! His thesis and his thesis defense were accepted
We’re a bit less happy about his score, but that doesn’t matter for his diploma. He passed with a score of 6/10 (barely passed: 5,5 and above is pass). We all thought that was very meager and totally undeserved, because everything that could go wrong went wrong. The research was supposed to be done in 3 months but it took him over a year. He got extremely outdated equipment which couldn’t process the data properly, several parts of the machinery didn’t work, and as a cherry on the cake his supervisor got another job in the middle of the project. We’re all really proud that he did manage to get some results and some good recommendations for further research.So now the only thing he has to do to obtain his B Sc. diploma is a 3-month module of his choice, and he has to re-take his anatomy test which he just failed last month. He’s so delighted that the ordeal is finally over. Suddenly all the stress is gone!
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Yayayayayyyyyy. Go Bas !!! Good looking AND intelligent….!!!
I’ve had enough of rain on my hols… so NOW I’ve got to decide where to go and chase the sun next week…. (tough job!!!) Canaries? Balearics? (And thats about all the sun options these days if you remove Egypt/turkey/tunisia from the equation due to risk of terrorist attacks….
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Congratulations to Bas!!!
Vienna, I’m so sorry it’s been raining on you
Both the Canaries and the Balearics sound nice. Croatia is supposed to be extremely beautiful as well. I’ve never been. People still holiday in Greece. You mustn’t go anywhere near Turkey or Tunisia etc. It was quite enough when Q8 was in Istanbul during a terror attack. -
Ellie, that’s wonderful! Congrats to Bas! I miss being in school (the atmosphere), but I don’t miss my senior research (undergrad) and thesis (grad). Bleh.
Vienna, I’m sure you can find somewhere beautiful to visit. But remember, sun and sand are highly overrated.
I’d much rather be hiking. Why does no one listen to me? Seriously. I tell people at work that we need to do X. No, no, no… we’re not going to do that. Two weeks later? Yeah, we’re going to do that. *sigh*
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Yes, I was totally shocked as well, and so sudden… It’s so sad to hear that he may have been hiding his problems for years now. Even his friends and family seemed to suspect nothing
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I saw on facebook this morning and I couldn’t believe it. So sad, indeed. I love Soundgarden.
Jersey – Oh it is their idea when they decide to do whatever it is. Very annoying sometimes. But I suppose I shouldn’t complain. Things are still uncertain as far as our funding goes.
I was a bit annoyed when I showed up at the middle school I do an after-school program at to do our end of the school year field trip. They didn’t tell me until I got there that they had forgotten to make transportation arrangements. The kids were disappointed. There wasn’t anything I could do about that.
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Right, Ellie? I briefly met quite a few “names” through the years, especially having lived in Toronto and having had friends involved in the music and movie biz, and most people are shockingly humble and genuinely nice.
I’ve been listening to songs like I Am the Highway, Crawling Up the Walls, and Like A Stone this morning and the lyrics seem to take on a whole new meaning. Chris and his amazing voice will be missed. LBJ: That is awfully inconsiderate of those people! No wonder your frustrations are piling up. Bon courage, mon amie ??
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Wow, that’s a really awful failure on their part LBJ! Poor kids
@Q8: I think that’s what you get with niche scenes indeed: it’s music from fans for fans. I’m really into folk metal, which is a style of metal which incorporates traditional folk instruments like bagpipes, violins, flutes and whatever they managed to dig up basically. Each folk metal band plays in their country’s unique style, which is very interesting and refreshing. Lyrical themes are often about folk legends, long travels, history and the local pagan mythology.
It’s such a niche scene that bands from different countries often tour together. While they’re not playing, members of other bands often wander out into the crowd to have a couple of drinks. At these concerts it’s totally possible to stand in the crowd wearing a T-shirt of your favourite band, being totally oblivious to the fact that you’re surrounded by their drummer, their guitarist and their bagpiper. The funny thing is that it’s so little about looks and image, that you won’t recognise people unless they’re on stage. They’re all basically a bunch of hairy dudes with bandshirts on, with the exception of a few ladies. Of all the metal genres folk metal draws a surprising amount of women (still only maybe 15% of the crowd).
Like grunge, there has been a wave the last decade and it’s mostly dying down. Some bands have moved onto vastly different styles and lost a large part of their fanbase with their latest albums. (I’m looking at you, Turisas… WTF… That one disco parody was a great laugh, but releasing 2 pop-rock albums???) Others have disbanded or are only producing albums at a slow pace. The genre itself is pretty innovative within metal in general, but it’s easy to repeat yourself within the genre, if you catch my drift. Luckily we’ll always have the classics, like “The Varangian Way” by Turisas. A great concept album about a Viking man who travels down the Russian trade route with a group of comrades, on his way to Constantinople in an attempt to find out who his father was. The album narrates the journey, detailing every peril underway, a visit to a king’s court and the splendour they see when arriving in the most glorious city of that day and age.
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I didn’t know you bought an acreage NBO. That’s awesome! We used to pick mulberries to feed to the box turtles at my old job. They LOVED mulberries. You could always tell when someone feed them mulberries too because their poop would be full of seeds. That is how the seeds are spread, you know. Only it’s usually birds doing it. I’m surprised you have so many that are uneaten. I remember one year all of the trees were completely striped of their berries. The birds ate them and raccoons too. The only ones I managed to get were from a mulberry tree that happened to be growing inside one of the animal enclosures.
It’s going to rain again! Agh! I don’t think my roof will ever get finished.
That’s so creative Blue Moon! Happy birthday to Cedric!
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Chewie grooms the wool rug, furniture, cushions, throws, and bedding. And me. A LOT. But despite that, he seems super happy. And I’ve learned his body language. When he wants a buddy, he sits and stares very pointedly at me in a particular way. So I stretch out on the rug and we cuddle and groom until he’s had his fill and hops away. Same when he’s hungry. He’ll sit and look very casual and aloof in a particular way. So I grab his meal, and a snack for myself, and we put our bowls together and eat in companionable semi-silence. I used to feel sad to the point of tears about his being alone. But I’ve witnessed too many vicious fights and eventual depression from him when another bun was in the house and he had to share me. So I’ve decided to listen to his body language. He is one contented bun.
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I’ve just heard the Manchester news too. Makes me sick to the stomach
And timed just before Ramadan…. because obviously it would be wrong to do it DURING Ramadan.
Poor, poor girls. Those who left us yesterday and those, scarred for life, having been present. And also the singer… (who I admit I had to google!
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NBO: Great news about your son’s test results! And I’m glad the kitty came back. Ours never go outside either, although one of them sometimes decides to run out if the door is open, she’ll go a few steps, then cower in fear and look back at us like we did this to her.
Yesterday was Mosby’s big day, he finally got neutered. He knew something was up yesterday morning. Unfortunately, his choice of hiding spot turned out to be a catastrophic mistake…
Our other cat hates him now, she keeps following him around the house, alternately smelling him and hissing at him. Poor guy, he doesn’t understand what he did wrong.
While he was at the vet, the hubby and I went to watch the new Alien movie. I was a bit disappointed. I was very excited about this one, but it just didn’t have that Alien feel.
No real spoilers ahead, but read at your own risk: The part that makes a good alien movie (the creepy part after it gets on board and sneaks around killing everyone) was maybe 10 minutes long, and even that was meh. The story didn’t make too much sense to me either, the robot’s initial actions/motivations were never explained. Maybe I’m just being too picky, the hubby didn’t think it was too bad. -
Here’s Smokey. The trouble maker causing me stress! He was an outside cat for a few years but after coming to me he’s been inside. I just want to give it more time before letting him out because I’m a worry nut. Plus I don’t like the idea of him hunting and eating wild animals. lol But he’s the most friendliest cat I’ve ever met. I feel he’d walk up to just about anyone and they’d want to keep him
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That’s bad NBO
I mean: it’s good to give advice and reasons for those arguments, but pressuring people and guilt-tripping them is really going too far. It’s your choice when and whether to get another rabbit, and if you are still grieving that will have to run its proper course. Bam is probably grieving as well, and you’ll all need some time. It’s no use rushing things and it won’t help the bonding process as well.
I was completely shocked by the gift my BF gave me today, but also totally over the moon. He gave me a new graphics card for my birthday! O.O Yikes, I cried! I’d never dare ask for something so big!
My computer is 7 years old and I love RPG games like Morrowind, Skyrim and The Witcher series. My BF is very happy that I love games well. Sadly an upgrade was never in my budget, so it turned out that I couldn’t run the game he gifted me a year ago (Witcher 3). I had to travel to his student home to use his PC while he wasn’t home.
Last month a friend took a look into Bas’ trading folder of Magic the Gathering cards, and noticed that there were some really expensive rare cards in there. Bas didn’t know it at the time when he bought a series of MtG cards, but years later these cards were rare and highly sought after by players. It’s a bit like buying a comic book which turns out to have become a collectors’ item over the years. It didn’t make him very rich, but he got a neat price for them. He then decided to treat himself and me to a nice gift. He bought himself a chain mail for the LARP, and totally surprised me with a massive computer upgrade. Yay, I love a man who knows what a girl dreams of! ^_^
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Thank you
It’s Bas’ birthday today, but he already got his gift two days ago when he gave me mine. My father and I are still scheming together to give him a really creative gift to use at a LARP: a medieval-style writing set. I already have the quill, calligraphy pen, ink and a handmade notebook with a leather cover embossed with leaves and vines. My father is still looking for a suitable box to put it all in. Splendid planning on the side of the hospital: I’m getting an MRI on Bas’ birthday and he’ll have his wisdom teeth removed the day before my birthday. Guess it’s going to be cake through a straw… I’ll be getting my MRI scan around lunchtime. No idea what to expect, people are telling me all kinds of wild stories about claustrophobia attacks and noises like fireworks going off around you. Hoping that those are just wild tales, but we’ll see. The results will be in on thursday, so I’m really looking forward to that. Whatever results we get, I’ll be sent to the local rehabilitation centre, which I’ve previously been to for chronic pain management. Great place, excellent and experienced staff, so I’ll be in good hands.
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Posted By Q8bunny on 5/25/2017 10:29 AM
Noooooooooo! I was really eager for this one. Would watching it twice help, d’you think? lol
It might, but I’m sad to say that I wouldn’t pay to watch it again… Don’t let me ruin it for you though, maybe you’ll get more out of it than I did. I was kinda miffed to begin with because they left the light in the projector room on, which was totally distracting. The hubby eventually went and told them to turn it off.
Happy Birthday Ellie, sounds like you got a great present! I’m too technologically challenged to mess with computer gaming, I stick to consoles. Even I can make a game work with a PlayStation.
LBJ: Sorry you had a bad day at work, I hope you’re better now.
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@LBJ10: sorry to hear about your anxiety attack, it sounds horrible! I hope people are understanding and supportive.
Well, it turns out that my dad was really exaggerating it all yesterday, thanks for getting me nervous again
He said that it would be very loud, and you’d be in a tube so tight that your nose almost touches the sides. He said that the sounds are like fireworks going off, so I got really scared. My mom, sister and I survived an explosion of a fireworks factory which literally blew our entire neighbourhood off the map, and I still get panic attacks on new year’s day and the days before it. GRRR, exaggerating things like that only made me expect panic attacks, and that gave me a really bad night. The MRI went totally fine. It does make a lot of noise, but you get earplugs and headphones with a radio station of your choice. Luckily they had rock radio, even though you don’t hear much during the actual scanning intervals. The tunnel isn’t too narrow either, and you can see out of both ends. I had over a handspan of space on all sides. The scanning itself sounds like a washing machine that was badly loaded, some rythmic thumping and some whooping noises. They did two scans, each 20 minutes. I was a bit stiff afterwards because you have to lay very still and my muscles didn’t agree. The worst part of the exam was the fact that my nerves were acting on my bladder and I already had to go when I went into the machine. I lay there for 40 minutes looking forward to the moment I could hop off the table and go to the toilet
That was the only uncomfortable thing, much ado about nothing. In Dutch we have a saying which has a cute rhyme. It doesn’t translate well, but the gist of it is: “One does suffer most from the suffering which one fears.” Results will be in on thursday, looking forward to it. I want to hear if they found what’s been plaguing me for over 5 months now. -
I bet she has no idea of the impact her manner could have on people, Is she often that way, LBJ?
@ Ellie, fingers crossed you get some clarity soon and good treatment options.
@ Blue Moon, hope your scans go well too!I have a question for dog knowledgeable folk!
As some of you know, I took on my sisters dog last year. He’s a small breed (tenterfield terrier) and is now 13. He really needs to lose some weight and I was wondering what is deemed good percentage of fat in their foods? His current feed 1/2 cup a day of a grain-free, 50% meat dry food that is 14% fat min
. Protein is 24%.(Honestly, i thought protein would be higher
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He also gets a few spoonfuls of can food with that. And a Dentastix nightly treat.I’ll be gradually reducing the quantity of his regular food for starters. Im also guilty of giving him treats when Im getting myself something to eat. He shadows me and looks at me with begging eyes….and I am weak!
So, the vet suggested some steamed veggies to round out his meals if he still seems hungry. Be great to have on hand for myself too!!I had him at the vet on saturday after he vomited Fri night and got loose stools with bit of blood. He had an episode like this back in December too. This is going to be investigated further, but right now, he’s improved quite a bit. Doing chicken and rice for this week.
I mentioned to vet how life expectancy for this breed is 14 and I’d been reluctant to encourage to much weight loss at his age if it caused problems for his liver etc… but she has said they (small terriers I think) can live a lot longer and starting weight loss plan should not be a problem. I realize after the appt how much my occasional treats might have affected him, as she had said older dogs don’t process fatty foods well. So I’m much more aware now! As for his weight, he’s been over much of his life.
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Hunter likes carrot sticks. I think broccoli too but I’ll have to check in with my sister and BIL what were his faves. Or just try things as you suggest, bam. I stopped the carrot sticks because I’d been giving them the last time he got like this and I had psychologically associated them with it.
NBO, i had suspected the bag proportions would be generous, as the companies want us to go through their product quicker then restock, right??
It gives range of 100-150g (3.5 – 5.3oz) for dogs that are 5-10kg (11-22lb) then 100g (3.5oz) for dogs under 5kg (11lb). He’s getting 75g (2.6oz) a day, so already in the smallest dog range. But he also gets wet food. Ill have to look at portions of that.
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My sister is having her baby boy tomorrow.
I don’t think im going to sleep, so I wonder how she feels?! Though, it does sound as if her 2 yr old wore her out today so maybe she’ll get some decent sleep.
It will be lovely to have an itty bitty baby to hold again. That time seems to go so fast!
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IIt’s my Birthday today so naturally I spent the gift vouchers I got on the bunnies immediately
I got them some more giant lego, some plastic linking rings and a few other plastic cup thingies. Buttercup is being extra sweet today, maybe she know it’s my birthday or she could sense I was ordering presents! 
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Jersey – I did not know this lady. She was a stranger to me. I was delivering flyers to businesses that were relevant for the program. She just happened to be the person there. The owner was nice to me though. People at all the other businesses were nice to me.
Just a passing thought with grain-free food… my dog would have explosive diarrhea if we fed her straight grain-free. The vet said this happens with some dogs and I did read something on it online. Our dog couldn’t have too much grain food though because she had developed problems with that. She would vomit a lot. So we mixed grain and grain-free and found a balance. Everything was fine on both ends.
Too many treats can definitely cause weight gain. Inactivity too. With regular food, sometimes we need to experiment with the feeding guidelines to find what works. Different dogs have different metabolisms and the recommended amounts may not match up.
Happy birthday Sarah!
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Happy Birthday Sarah!! I hope you at least got yourself a little treat!
@ Ellie, I think it is a social time. Especially greens as that’s like the grazing food. Rabbit in colonies will come out together and graze and socialise, then go back into their groups. Very cute that Breintje came to have his salad with you all!
4So my BIL called just before. The baby boy and mum are doing well. He’s already feeding! I had posted that he was to be born tomorrow (c-section) but I realise I probably posted that after midnight. So I guess I meant today. He’s a big bub 8 1/2 pounds. -
Computer question for you photo nerds. When you transfer loads of photos to a PC, i remember someone saying to me once you can rename them all at once with “holiday_2017” (ex) and then keep the order in which they were taken “holiday_2017_001” etc, rather than have the filenames the camera automatically gives them.
Anyone know how please?
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If you have an older version of MS Office, you can do this in Microsoft Picture Manager. Chose ‘thumbnail view’, top left. Highlight all the pictures you want to rename, then select rename in the drop-down menu in task panel, top right of screen. You can then enter name and numbering details
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Well, since Chewie couldn’t be seen by the new exotics vet until Wednesday (curses! why must venerable vets retire?), Dr Mum decided to take matters into her own hands. So on Sunday afternoon, 48 hours after his right eye started watering and turned bright red, I started home treatment.
I couldn’t determine cause, but had a pretty good idea that it was either scratched by the stalky new bag of Oxbow Timothy or had reacted to a draft (he sometimes likes to sit by the fan in the bedroom when I have it on at night). I checked his teeth as best as I could with my otoscope and no spurs or other visible problems, and after a listen to his chest with a stethoscope I doubted a systemic infection. So I followed my hunch and for the first two days did eye baths with warm camomile tea mixed with a bit of iodine solution.
On Sunday afternoon I bribed my friendly neighbourhood chemist to sell me some antibiotic eye drops without a prescription, and last night we did a first application (I managed to abduct him – Chewie, not the chemist – and then walked him around in my arms for half an hour to prevent eye rubbing).
By this morning, his eye was looking better, but he cottoned on to my plans and made himself impossible to catch, so I opted to play dead on the floor until he came over to nose boop me, and squirted him in the eye with the drops
I got foot flicks and bunny butt, but now, 24 hours later, his eye looks awesomely normal again. Will continue to piss him off and then buy his forgiveness with a Bugle or something equally bad for another couple of days.
and tummy rubs from me
that rarely happens!) but wishing you a Happy Birthday too, Vienna! 
his “cake” is a strawberry with a mint top in it he is also going to get a small slice of apple poppy will get a small bite of apple
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