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Cheap Shot posted:It's getting very hot in my apartment and there's been some heatwaves. I don't have A/C. I'm really worried about my cat. I've been giving her extra wetfood with water mixed in. She's still affectionate and playful, with a good appetite and isn't hiding away, but she's been meowing at me with her mouth open and panting. I'm thinking she's probably overheated? The fastest and easiest thing you can do is freeze some large water bottles. We used to use the big soda ones for our outdoor rabbits. Fill it halfway, freeze, then lay out on a towel somewhere she's likely to hang out (cat tree/favorite corner etc). She'll have access to a cooler space immediately while you decide what other steps you can afford.
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Not sure why a vet would give you advice to wait to get her spayed.
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Charles posted:Not sure why a vet would give you advice to wait to get her spayed. code:
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I feel like this is embarrassingly stupid to ask, but is there any problem playing fetch with my dog using a baseball? I don't have any tennis balls but don't want to go out shopping if I don't have to.
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I don't see why it'd be a problem. Baseballs are softer than some chew toys. Just don't let the dog destroy it.
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Does anybody know what insect these belong to? i'm guessing some type of spider but not sure. SocksAndSandals fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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I need some rabbit rehoming advice. I had two female rabbits approx. 4 years old, both unneutered. Recently one of them died and the remaining rabbit is obviously very lonely now her playmate has gone. I've decided it's better I get her rehomed somewhere with other rabbits rather than find her a new friend. What I could really use help understanding is what kind of home I need to find, as I understand rabbits can be a fair bit fickle socially. Is it best if I get her neutered first? Is it possible to introduce a female to other females without a fight, and so on? if she was neutered would she be fine with a neutered male? The only thing I am certain about is that she is not keen on any form of petting, so certainly not suitable for children. There are local rescue centres who can help with introductions, but owing to the current circumstances that's about as far as they'll go. I should mention also that I live in an area that is hugely superstitious about rabbits to the point you simply don't say the 'R' word (wish I was joking!), so it's likely I'll need to look a bit further afield.
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I want a pet but I have a lot of challenges, mentally, picking the right one. If anyone could help, even just to tell me that I'm being unrealistic in some aspect, it would do me a lot of good. Ideally I want an animal that I can play with in some regard - for example, I really like turtles but I'm not sure to what regard you can just hang out with a turtle sitting on you without both of you being uncomfortable. Snakes are cool but I'm not sure if I like the idea of feeding a creature to another creature. I may just have to get over this... In the same vein, it would be best for both of us if the critter was not nocturnal. As per my wife's rules, it also has to be primarily cage-bound (i.e. no cats or dogs). Livestock and animals that live outdoors are prohibited in my area, unfortunately. I have contemplated getting a pair of rats but I hear their lifespan is rather short, and I'm not sure I want to get invested in an animal that's not bound to be alive for too long. Are there any ideas? Is it as simple as "get a guinea pig" or something?
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BONESAWWWWWW posted:I want a pet but I have a lot of challenges, mentally, picking the right one. If anyone could help, even just to tell me that I'm being unrealistic in some aspect, it would do me a lot of good. I've read that some species of turtle are quite playful, as far as reptiles go. Apparently when you've got a shell and can hide in a lake, you have a lot of free time and energy for "play behavior," which in turtle terms, means climbing on things and chasing balls around I guess.
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Box turtles have a ton of personality but in terms of them chilling on your lap, probably not. Guinea pigs (2) might be a good thing to look into. Plus you'll eat healthier with all the veges you buy for them too.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Box turtles have a ton of personality but in terms of them chilling on your lap, probably not. Thanks! I have decided on guinea pigs and am working on getting a spot set up for them ✌️ they aren't 100% what I wanted but they check enough boxes and will be a good place for me to get started.
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We are moving across the street with our 3–year-old fairly intelligent dog. We’ve read a lot of guides to help prepare the dog but we have one doubt. She will be with a friend while we actually move. When we pick her up is it more advisable to take her to the empty old apartment first to see, or just go directly to the new one?
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How do you know when it's time? I have a 16 year old cat with arthritis. She gets pain medication daily since otherwise she yells a lot and limps. As long as she has that, she seems pretty happy? She still likes to lounge around in the sun, get cuddles, can climb up the scratching post for her treats and take lots of naps. I just worry that I'm going to be blind to the day when it turns from her being mostly happy to mostly unhappy and cling on because I love her so much, when I should be letting her go.
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coolusername posted:How do you know when it's time? If it helps though, the generally accepted time is "having more bad days then good". I think refusing to eat, even with medical intervention is a good indicator as well.
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Slugworth posted:I've posted this before, and I still believe it. Having seen hundreds of euthanasias, people who really love their pet tend to get the timing right. You have edge cases where there are some mental health issues that make them cling on too long, but generally, people just know when it's time. You aren't gonna do it too soon, because you love them and want to keep them for as long as you can. And you aren't gonna let it go too long because you love them, and seeing them genuinely suffer hurts you. That actually helps a lot, thanks. I just worry about her and making sure she has the best life especially as the athritis is becoming very noticeable.  Here is the lady in question, having a nap.
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Can someone help me problem solve here? TL;DR: Is there a way to allow a dog to get in and out of a bedroom while keeping cats out completely? Long version: My parents live in a house with a dog. My brother lives in the basement with a cat. Both dog and cat can go wherever, but usually my brother closes the door to the basement at night with the cat downstairs. Also, my mom doesn't like the cat in her bedroom so that door stays closed during the day, but open at night so the dog can go in and out. I stayed there over the summer with my cats as well. At the time I had 2, now I have 3. The area I stayed in last time was good in terms of being able to keep my cats contained at night so they didn't go upstairs (and potentially into my parents' room) or downstairs (and bother my brother's cat). The downside of that room though is that it's basically the den, and people walk through there all the time, so it's not an ideal "bedroom" situation. I'm planning on going back to stay with them for month or so. Ideally, I would like to sleep in the extra bedroom, which is upstairs next to my parents' room. I COULD have all 3 cats closed in the room with me and keep a litter box and water in there, but it would be a tight squeeze. Preferably I would like to figure out a way for them to be able to go anywhere except my parents' room. But, like I said, the door has to stay open to allow the dog to go in and out (otherwise she'll scratch and wake everyone up anyway). Does anyone have a creative solution for allowing the dog to go in and out as she pleases but still keep the cats out?
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Install a pet flap with a microchip reader into your parents' bedroom door, and only register the dog for access. As a bonus, this will keep raccoons and possums out of your parents' bedroom as well.
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I wonder if somebody might have a tip or trick for me. My mom's dumb old dog scraped her paw on a rock at the beach about 5 months ago and hasn't left the wound alone since. She habitually licks and chews at it, not giving it a chance to fully heal. My mom is classically "too nice" to the dog and insisted for months that a pet cone wasn't necessary, she could just keep an eye on the dog and stop her from licking it, etc. Obviously it didn't work and I finally got her to put the drat cone on this dog. The problem is that my mom is a 65 year old lady with a slightly foggy brain who forgets to put the cone back on after letting the dog out, letting her eat, or whatever other reason she takes the cone off the dog for (she is too nice to the dog.) Earlier today this cost us about a week of healing progress as the dog was left alone without the cone for 15 minutes and chewed the scab back open. I really need this thing to heal up. Does anybody know a good solution to this besides or in addition to the cone? My mom says the dog has chewed through bandages and ignores the supposedly foul tasting stuff she's applied for this purpose. I googled around but I figured folks here might have some good suggestions. A photo of the idiot in question: 
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A CRUNK BIRD posted:I wonder if somebody might have a tip or trick for me. My mom's dumb old dog scraped her paw on a rock at the beach about 5 months ago and hasn't left the wound alone since. She habitually licks and chews at it, not giving it a chance to fully heal. My mom is classically "too nice" to the dog and insisted for months that a pet cone wasn't necessary, she could just keep an eye on the dog and stop her from licking it, etc. Obviously it didn't work and I finally got her to put the drat cone on this dog. The problem is that my mom is a 65 year old lady with a slightly foggy brain who forgets to put the cone back on after letting the dog out, letting her eat, or whatever other reason she takes the cone off the dog for (she is too nice to the dog.) Earlier today this cost us about a week of healing progress as the dog was left alone without the cone for 15 minutes and chewed the scab back open. I really need this thing to heal up. Hello, friend. I think you should talk to your mom's physician about her fogginess. The cone of shame is a safe, inexpensive, and effective way to deal with letting the wound heal. I think the problem you need to address is the "too nice" problem you mentioned twice. Speaking as a pet owner whose mom is in the late stages of Alzheimer's, my approach here would be to figure out the situations where she's removing the cone, and make a big enough to those changes that she'd instead have to figure out how to work around the change. That could mean putting the food bowl on a pedestal, changing the type of collar to something your mom can't easily figure out how to unlatch, etc. Just realized this cone of shame might not attach to the collar? You might be able to punch some holes into it so that it can attach with twist ties or something, that might be a pretty good deterrent to removing it.
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Our cat is stuck in the ceiling between our first floor and basement. She is meowing, but hides if there is too much noise. She appears to have climbed up some shelving when the cable guy left the storage room door open and she accessed the unfinished ceiling. She can move around, but the cables and pipes don’t make it easy. I currently have an open can of sardines left out and a series of stages that might allow her to get down if she can find a way to get to the first storage rack. Anything else I can do?
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I walk through an off-leash dog park sometimes, and I think my body language is frightening the dogs. If one runs up to me I tend to just stand still because I don't know whether they're friendly or bitey or what. This seems to make the dog back up and look unsure but also not run off until someone calls them. What should I be doing in this situation?
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Impulsive Bob got his stimulus check and bought a siberian husky from a breeder around May 2020. 3 days later, Bob changed his mind and gave it to his sister. The sister has a dog that is very protective of her and would attack the husky. The sister gave the husky to me last September and all is good in the world now. That's the back story. When I took the husky to the vet a few months ago to get spayed and microchipped, they said she already had a microchip (inserted by the breeder) that had never been registered. I called the breeder and they gave me the microchip number and said all I had to do is go online and register it. They recommended using buddyid.com. Is that the route I should use or is there a better way to register the microchip? As I understand it, different registrars use different databases, so I don't really understand how that works.
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SkunkDuster posted:Impulsive Bob got his stimulus check and bought a siberian husky from a breeder around May 2020. If you enter your microchip in here it will tell you the manufacturer, and who to register it with. https://petmicrochiplookup.org/ I haven't done shelter stuff in a while, so somebody can tell me if there's another method but this seems to be easiest.
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Anyone have a recommendation for a pet safe lotion? My kitty was a feral and his ears are pretty scarred up from what I can only assume was a nasty case of mange. They've been looking rough and dry lately and they seem to be bothering him a bit more than usual. I just need something that isn't going to mess with his already sensitive stomach if he somehow licks it.
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Hello, This is my first visit here and I am a relatively new member of the site. Can you recommend a thread for people that have a new axolotl? Thank you.
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Is their a thread for bird watchers? I had a look but had no luck
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Extra row of tits posted:Hello, Here you go Mr Owl posted:Is their a thread for bird watchers? I had a look but had no luck And for you
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Not sure where to ask this, so here goes: I have an old lady cat with glaucoma. She gets treated three times daily with dorzolamide and is otherwise pretty spunky for 15 years old. In July I will be away for two weeks. Are there alternative therapies, even in the short term, that could treat her glaucoma with once-daily treatments? This would dramatically increase my ability to get someone to take care of her without spending a ton of money on a vet tech living with her or something. She sees a veterinary opthamalogist, but it's VERY hard to get ahold of that doctor outside of emergencies/scheduled visits, so while i wait for her to get back to me I'm trying to figure out potential options that would let me actually line someone up to take care of her. Let me know if this can be posted elsewhere.
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I've had an elevated dog dish for quite a while, but it's looking like I'll need a new one soon. Anyone have any recommendations, ideally ones that aren't made of wood?
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Does anyone have any experience dealing with an upstairs neighbor that lets their dog piss and poo poo all over their balcony? I've gotten peed on, my balcony smells like piss and my herbs and furniture are covered in piss. My partner and I also have a dog and I'm pretty sure the constant smell of another dog's piss is starting to weird him out. The apartment management has known about the issue for a week, I'm thinking about calling animal control, the health dept, or even the police if I get peed on again. We're not above playing dirty to get back at this lazy garbage person but it prob wouldn't play in our favor if we had to go the legal route. I have been documenting each time I've found a puddle and taken pics, even a video of piss trickling down, so definitely preparing for escalating this as far as possible. OK baizuo fucked around with this message at 19:17 on May 22, 2021 |
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I don’t know if it’s time to let my dog go  I’m having a hard time even thinking about this, but I feel like I need an outside opinion. I have a 15 year old pug. She has a lot of trouble walking, she falls down and gets stuck quite frequently. She’s been on three different meds for arthritis and seizures for a few years now and those have been working great, but in the last few months her mobility has definitely gone down. She also pooped in the bed two nights in a row (she has never done that before), so she can’t sleet with us anymore. My husband and I have resolved to do everything we can for her as long as her quality of life is good, but I just don’t know how good it is anymore if she can barely walk and control her bowels. She is still a very alert and happy, sweet dog. I guess, typing that all out, I kind of answered my own question. She is still happy and alert, so I don’t think it’s time yet. I hate that I know it’s coming though. Thanks for listening.
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Dog behavior question: our dog has a weird aggression issue towards strangers/non family or friends. If people come over, we have our dog grab a toy and "show them" and he does very well with that. However, any delivery people ot the door he absolutely loses his poo poo. Also lately, if a stranger or neighbor comes by, he'll be fine sniffing their hand but the second they pull back from him he goes crazy (barking, aggression). We just moved to a new home, and we have a baby on the way in a few weeks. This isn't all new behavior for him, but it is definitely amplified in the last few months. Any ideas on causes or ways to try curbing it would be appreciated.
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I found a baby sparrow. It's still a nestling, it's barely fuzzy and is tiny. I know the best thing would be to find its nest and put it back, but it was found below a really thick and branchy pine tree and I could not find the drat thing. I called a local rescuer, but she told me that the only bird rescuer she knows is already full up with baby birds. She told me to feed it dog food soaked in water when it's daylight out. I fed it a few tiny pieces but don't know if it got enough food. I don't have a heating pad to keep it warm so all I could do was put a hot water bottle in with it. It's in a large bowl with washcloths. It's very tiny and hard to feed. Tomorrow if it's still alive I'm gonna have to call around and see if there's anyone else who will take it, I don't know what I'm gonna do if there isn't. I know I can't keep this thing alive for the weeks it's going to take before it fledges. Edit: Good news, the baby bird survived the night and in the daylight I was able to find its nest and put it back. Sucrose fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jun 21, 2021 |
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Anyone got any tips for moving 6 cats across the country for a 3 day drive? We'll be driving since we have 2 cars, 2 kids, probably 3 adults (a friend helping drive) and 6 cats. One of the cars can probably hold 3 cat carriers and the other one can hold more in the open-to-the-rest-of-the-car trunk I suppose I'm asking for tips like: -do pet friendly hotels exist -should we drug them or something with benadryl? (if not, great! I just want to know if there's any kind of recommendation) -should we put food in their carriers? -how often should we stop for food/water/poo -how... do we do food/water/poo when stopping not at a hotel, like for a random break when we want the cats to take a poo We expect it to be hellish.
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We took 2 cats on a drive halfway across the country twice (2 days each time) first time also with 2 rats and 2nd time with 2 gerbils. Petfriendly hotels do exist they usually will require a deposit or something but besure to call a head and make sure and book before you leave. We just snuck out pets in anyway since it was late and each time we didn't have to pass the front desk with them. We tried drugging the cats with something the first time (Diphenhydramine maybe? I forget) along with feliaway spray on blankets in the carriers. Never going to drug again, I felt so horrible the cat drooled a lot and just looked a ful, didn't bother trying the second cat. I'd say just try feliaway spray or collars. Might not do anything but they stopped howling from tiring themselves out after an hour or so. We tried stopping after 6 or so hours the first time to give water but they were too scared. And that just started the howling again because we woke them up. They drank at the hotel at the hotel at halfway point. Second move we didn't bother stopping until hotel. Just stop nightly and let the eat drink pee/poop then I would say. I wouldn't put food in the carriers other than maybe shoving a treat in once in a while they may not eat it and if they do eat, anything more is probably asking for lots of vomit. Also have someone there to talk to them softly give them fingerpets without opening carriers too - that can help calm them a little E: just noticed you said 3 adults so only 1 car can have someone to specifically pay attention to the cats. I'd say the mostly elderly cats go with the car that has the extra person in it (I'm assuming you and your so?). Along with the. Ones that are the whiniest during vet trips. If there are several elderly they go with the car that has extra person over the whiney ones. redreader posted:Anyone got any tips for moving 6 cats across the country for a 3 day drive? We'll be driving since we have 2 cars, 2 kids, probably 3 adults (a friend helping drive) and 6 cats. One of the cars can probably hold 3 cat carriers and the other one can hold more in the open-to-the-rest-of-the-car trunk nunsexmonkrock fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Aug 10, 2021 |
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I couldn't find a thread for tortoises/turtles and don't know enough to start a thread about it, but I really want to get a Russian tortoise. My neighbor had me look after hers when she traveled and I came to be really attached to it and would love one of my own. Am I missing the tortoise thread somewhere or is it acceptable to start a thread despite knowing only the very basics about what it takes to keep one?
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