Bad houseguest :( Lost an entire hatch.

[spookyevilone]

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WOW.. that's just.. I have no words. I don't live with my SO because he's allergic to cats and my two are non-negotiable features. He's getting allergy shots, but until he's able to be healthy around them, or they live out their hopefully long and happy lives, we have two households.

She had no idea. I know that. I also know that she thought she was helping me save money. That's helping mitigate the anger but not by much

Hoping I feel better tonight.
-Spooky

 

[spookyevilone]

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Not really

I just know that in winter, I'm more likely to make a mountain out of a molehill so I try to sit and think about the size of the problem before I react to it. It was just really hard this morning, while looking down at dead chick and realizing they're all probably the same way.

-Spooky

 

[BeardedChick]

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Yes. I shrieked when I saw the thermometer, and then started crying when I saw the little dead one. She woke up and came out and asked what was wrong, which is when I found out she turned the power strip off "to save power".

-Spooky

That would be my reaction, too. I think you'll be better able to handle it after you cool off.

Yes, a Silkie is in order. Or maybe 5 of them.

 

[spookyevilone]

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Yes. I shrieked when I saw the thermometer, and then started crying when I saw the little dead one. She woke up and came out and asked what was wrong, which is when I found out she turned the power strip off "to save power".

-Spooky

That would be my reaction, too. I think you'll be better able to handle it after you cool off.

Yes, a Silkie is in order. Or maybe 5 of them.

Don't tempt me. If I can find someone in MN with spares, it's going to be hard enough not to get one of every colour. They're just so fuzzy!

Transference, it's what's for coping - if I concentrate on finding muppet chickens today, I won't have time to be angry. Right? Right.
-Spooky

 

[Windy Ridge]

I'm so sorry that happened!

If she doesn't understand the loss of life, hopefully she'll understand the money. You might explain to her that saving a half a cent of electricity for an evening of turned off holiday lights certainly doesn't make up for losing $40 (or $60 or whatever) worth of fertile eggs.

That's not even to mention the tragedy that so many little babies died

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[monarc23]

*big hugs*

I cannot imagine what that must have felt like!!! I cried so bad when I lost a batch of silkie chicks, and that was no ones fault, so I can only imagine what it would be like losing them because of someone elses inconsiderateness.

I'm sorry, but to me what she did was rude. I don't care if she didn't know that the lights were hooked up to the same strip as the incubator. You just don't come into someone elses house and do things such as that without asking it's called respect for others personal belongings. So I think you had every right to feel the way you did/do.

My aunt got an earfull when she let my moms puppy out of her crate early in the morning when my husband was just sleeping for an hour after working midnight shift. She's an american bulldog so she was like 80 lbs barroling around the house like mad. I went out fuming with anger...I was like "what are you doing!? did you even ask my mom before she left if you could just let her out like that? Ronnie is sleeping, he worked midnight shift, do you not consider that? Also, she's not potty trained did you even take her outside first!?" THEN the next day I was outside cleaning cages and feeding animals, when I came back in my aunt had my cats out, and my moms Amer. Bulldog is aggressive to the cats if they are around her food and such....well, i flipped again, and explained that my cats were shut up in my bedroom for their safety and her just letting my cats out when she has no clue why they were in the bedroom in the first place was rude of her. She stormed out and her and I didnt talk for a few months, but have sinced resumed our convos and im sure that next time she visits she'll ask because it's a respectable thing to do. I would NEVER go to someones house and just tamper with things, esp involving animals. I don't know their animals fully enough to know what's right and wrong, just like i'd never give someones child candy without asking the parents first if it's okay...for all i know that kid just did something naughty and is being taught a lesson, and could really damper the parents diciplining. Seesh I even feel horrible asking to potty in someone elses house!

Thankfully the amer. bully is an outside dog now due to her temperment and lack of pottying skills, so my cats have free range of the rest of the house, just not my bedroom (unless im in it---its where my young quails are). My aunt better have NO reason to let my cats in there

Some people I tell ya!!!


I hope you get lots of cutie silkies to make you smile! I'll be getting my second batch of silkies to attempt hatching them again, I hope i wont be in for heartache again. Hearing them peep, and still loosing them is just way too hard. For some reason its okaywhen i loose a few quails, but loosing precious silkies..gosh...just hurt. It's different for everyone though what tings the heart so I feel for ya!!!

 

[rooster-red]

Sorry that happened.

I use a power strip when incubating also. I run a piece of colored tape across the switch to make sure no one turns it off.

 

[jvls1942]

tell auntie she is welcome at my house anytime.. I cannot get anyone to turn off a light..

I did not mean to make light of your loss..

anybody who hatches eggs knows what it is like to lose a batch..

what I do when I do not want a light switch tampered with is put a piece of tape over the switch.. then if anybody tampers with it, you have every right to explode..

 

[Dar]

I dont want to sound uncaring...i am sorry for your loss...but...

did anyone tell the light happy guest that there was a reason for the power bar to stay on?

I know when I have a house guest i explain that my reptiles are hooked up to the power bar dont touch is, it is on a timer.

we are hearing it day after day..conserve energy, save water bla bla bla...

so maybe it was an honest mistake I am sure she feels real bad about what happened..

i do the same thing at work...i go around shutting off the lights ..cause thats what we do at home..and i have other staff following me turning them back on...

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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It wasn't said that she didn't understand. It sounds like an honest mistake to me.

While hindsight is 20/20 and I'm not sure if you normally live alone, but with four in our household I would have pegged that setup as problematic right from the git go.

Sorry about what happened.