EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[kajira]

Worms???

Been dewormed, but he's also a completely indoor cat.... so it would be odd if he had worms.

He also shares a litter box with 2 other indoor fat cats.... he's the only one who's lost weight.

 

[Pensmaster]

We have a nasty little critter here that we call a Tiger Fly; no idea what the right name for them is. They seem to live in trees, 'specially Locust. We can barely go shirtless w/o getting covered with welts whenever the heat & humidity are up.

Heat and humidity ugh. Add those flies yikes!!!

 

[BantyChooks]

We have a nasty little critter here that we call a Tiger Fly; no idea what the right name for them is. They seem to live in trees, 'specially Locust. We can barely go shirtless w/o getting covered with welts whenever the heat & humidity are up.

Deerfly?

 

[Pensmaster]

Been dewormed, but he's also a completely indoor cat.... so it would be odd if he had worms.

He also shares a litter box with 2 other indoor fat cats.... he's the only one who's lost weight.

Ok I'm out of guesses.

 

[BantyChooks]

Wearing a hat with duct tape sticky side up on it gets deerflies. They're stupid and get confoozled if you cover your head completely.

 

[daxigait]

Also - Dumb question, but my cat, who's always been notoriously chunky, has lost a ton of weight in the last 3 months. He seems okay, but should I take him in and get some blood work done, to make sure he's okay?

He's double digits this year, so I know he's getting up there in age. 

I would. That could be kidneys, diabetes, early cancer, etc etc
I hope it is something minor.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: More like a U-Haul! Unreal!!!

 

[Pensmaster]

Deerflies are real bad here too; but wearing a hat with duct tape sticky side up on it gets 'em. They're stupid and get confoozled if you cover your head completely.

They sound like mini drones coming in... They'll circle you many times, each circle getting smaller, before finally landing on your head and leaving a horrid welt.

And you have that other fly? Yea lots of Muscovy for you. There's a parasitic wasp that lays eggs on flies or their larval stage, here that kills them as a host. I wonder if something like that would work or if they are species specific. I've never bought them at the feed store if I remember right the way you introduce them the chickens would find and eat them. Instead I keep many reusable fly traps going in the summer.

 

[daxigait]

@kwhites634 Good morning. What day did you mail your MPC check?

 

[Pensmaster]

More like a U-Haul! Unreal!!!

Yea u-haul your you know what out of there.