Official Squatch Watchers

[staceyj]

56 more posts to read then I’m checking the chickens...

 

[staceyj]

I didn't give any info about my animals, either, so here we go. I'm the strange one of the group...2 indoor chickens (Easter egger and bantam, gold laced cochin), 1 indoor pigeon, 2 parakeets, 3 dogs, 1 cat, 13 pet rats, 1 skink, 15 tree frogs and assorted fish. Plus 4 kids and a husband. I read all, but don't reply often.

You aren’t strange! You’re an integral part of this group. You bring a special perspective to the issues we share here. ... and I love you.

 

[Chickassan]

Good morning! Nothing like hearing crackling, honking little chicken voices first thing lol! They aren't peepin or cluckin its that weird almost goose sound they get for a little bit. I love it!

I’m will you I have a pet spider on the porch View attachment 1543233nobody is aloud to hurt it

She's beautiful Sam! I'm glad you're giving her a safe place to be a spider.

Awww thanks Chicky! You are a good friend. And I don’t WANT to believe he will go dark side some day. I have just seen soooooo many “mean rooster” threads that I am a little nervous. I do really like him though....especially when he lets me rub his comb Oh and he does this really cute little head tilt when he is trying to see past his beret Yeah...I like him a lot.

I figured you were a comb rubber! How could you not be though,right? That boy got double helpings of comb and wattles. I can totally see why you like him so much.

 

[21hens-incharge]

We are very chilly this morning! Just 39° out there.

We had high winds from about midnight on. I wonder what I will find when I go outside.......
who knows I may have the neighbors yard furniture in my yard!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Chad had settled in nicely, and is practicing hovering at one end of his cage. He makes all of the lovely pigeon noises, and loves getting vaseline rubbed on his legs, feet and beak one or two times a week. The parakeets have taught him how to play with his toys, Lizbeth, the banty cochin, taught hom how his waterer worked, and everyone seems happy with each other as long as none invade the living space of the others. The parakeets are definitely enjoying life, as they mimic the chickens, Chad and their favorite shows and sounds from the tv. They apparently like the Asian girl in the Pitch Perfect trilogy, as they mimic some of the sounds she does in the movies. Chad is starting to get used to being taken out of his cage, though he still would rather be left untouched, but at least he's not whacking me anymore.

The famous pigeon ninja chop! It's amazing how hard they can hit for their size.

No! YOU have a great day!
Worthless fun fact:
I have been a chaperone on over 100 school field trips!

You know how the teacher always gets stuck with the “bad kids” and the misfits because they can’t trust them with a chaperone?

Teachers loved me!
Even teachers that didn’t have my kids in their classes would ask me to come on their field trips.

Gotta say, I was a hellava chaperone!
Never lost one, never killed one...

Not that I didn’t want to a few times

This was my Mom! I never knew till years later that she was specifically chosen to be the "bad kid" chaperone. She didn't know it at first either. I guess one field trip a teacher came up and asked if she minded always getting the same group of kids. The teachers felt bad for always sticking her with them but they behaved so much better with her. Mom didn't mind at all, they did behave with her.
Her secret-- if they misbehaved they had to hold her hand the rest of the field trip. She said it was only tested a few times. When they realized she would really hold their hand for hours and not let them wander with the group they all behaved.

 

[staceyj]

Oh, Anansi, I love you! You are kooky in the best possible way.

I want to shrink myself down to pigeon-size and live in Chad's house. That pigeon has it made.

I was just thinking the same thing! Think of all the pitiful pigeons and the sad, spiky building tops most of them live on..

 

[apryl29]

Ohhh, ya'll remeber guy said Lulu was slightly overweight? Just out of curiosity I stepped on the scales with her....Lulu adds 10 pounds! She is solid though, like a brick. Tucks dosen't feel anything close to like that, Beavis does though she's bulking up quick thats why i'm thinking maybe Lulu just laid a light colored egg. Beavis is also pushy like Lulu very intent on doing what she's set to do. If iv'e got two Lulus lord help me.

Day-um. Is she part cornishx? One of my amberlinks is hefty and the other barely weighs anything. Slightly worried that the lighter one may be getting sick b/c Jaiden lost weight when she got sick, but it's possible that the thinner one is just watching her weight.

So you guys, this is totally OT (but what else is new, lol?)

I'm a big wuss, but I have to go to the ENT on Wednesday to get something checked out and it's freaking me out! Have any of you ever had a trans-nasal esophagoscopy before (where they pass a scope through your nose and into your throat?) If so, what was it like and did you gag or puke?

For the past 3 or 4 weeks I've had this weird clicking noise/feeling in my throat right in the thyroid area (where your adam's apple is) every time I swallow (of course, being a nurse and a pessimist, I immediately start thinking I have cancer). I went to my regular doc and she said I need to see my ENT, so I made an appt. (Cappy--don't tell me it's worms, lol, OK! Cuz it's not. )

Thing is, I have anxiety, and this SEVERE phobia of puking. I haven't puked in 44 years (I am not kidding). Seriously, even though I've been a nurse since forever, I have this fear of it. To the point where I almost passed out once when i first started nursing in the ER, trying to pass an NG tube down someone who started puking up blood.

I am so afraid he is going to want to do this procedure right then and there (as my regular doc already said he may) and I won't be able to go through it. If he does, I am going to see if he can do an alternate test or if I can come back and get it done sedated.

So, if any of you have ever had this done before and you can give any insight on what it was like, I would be eternally grateful!

XO Cindi

ETA: It's kinda embarassing to even ask this, considering what @apryl29 kid just went through....but that's been my phobia forever. Every nurse has their one thing that freaks them out, and puking is mine. I have done some really gross things as a nurse and a vet and didn't bat an eye. But puke....ahhhh...my sister and my aunt have the same fear, so it must be genetic, lol.

They didn't numb up my kid, BUT if it's larger it would make sense that they do. With her thing they just kept telling her to swallow, it's the thing rubbing against the back of her throat that made her gag. I grabbed the trash can and put it by her, but we didn't need it. Also, they had trouble getting it in one side and switched to the other. The put this KY jelly like stuff on it to help it slide down too. I intentionally didn't ask b/c I knew basically what was going to happen and if my daughter knew the details I knew she wasn't going to let them do it. Are you sure they're going up the nose? I googled it and some of the photos show them going through the mouth. It seems like they *should* be able to do something similar to and upper endoscope and knock you out to get the same info... I'm sure they don't *want* to do that b/c it costs more, but I feel like that should be an option, esp if it'd really freak out out.

Oh and Misty is fine, but hubby will likely never swallow again and is considered a terminal case, with maybe a year and a half to live.
And she is trying to get settled in a new place.

I was hoping the reason she's been MIA wasn't b/c of her husband's health. Hopefully they're doing well otherwise and may be able to do some stuff before he gets too bad off. I guy I went to school w/ found out he had colon cancer and after trying tons of treatments they just decided to go do a bunch of stuff while they could (they have young kids). You know, make memories.

She said so you don’t think she is looney!
Isn’t that what this club is

Quiet Sam, it's too soon, you don't want to scare her off. - We're all totally normal people.

Got some new pics of my little legbar trio today
Really hoping one of the pullets will lay an egg soon.
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Wow, what a voluptuous comb! Does it cause him problems?

The worm medication and corid did not get rid of the contact dermatitis? Shocking!

Feel better soon!

ACV... I've got this obnoxious rash, I'm certain I'm allergic to something... I'm almost desperate enough to try ACF on it.. in the mean time, I just keep scratching at it. Who needs skin?

Okay, this may be unusual (or maybe not) but Who else would rather take a snake rather than a spider?! I HATE SPIDERS!

Anything that moves too fast for having too many or too few legs should not exist.

Nope. I've known a few of us. I'm pretty sure I have a world record for not puking--
43 years, lol! There's actually a word for it; it's EMETOPHOBIA. Look:

Emetophobia is a phobia that causes overwhelming, intense anxiety pertaining to vomiting. This specific phobia can also include subcategories of what causes the anxiety, including a fear of vomiting in public, a fear of seeing vomit, a fear of watching the action of vomiting or fear of being nauseated.
Emetophobia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetophobia

People never believe that I have a puke phobia and am a nurse, lol. I've been able to deal with it as a school nurse, because kids puke a LOT--but I still make all kinds of grossed-out faces when I'm handling pukey kids, I'm sure.

My husband knows if he gets sick he's on his own cuz I am NOT going in the bathroom to help him (I am the one laying in bed with my fingers in my ears and eyes closed, singing to myself so I don't hear him, lol!)

Everyone is always like "Oh, puking's not so bad, you feel better when you're done" but I would rather get stabbed in the eye with a red-hot knitting needle than puke. I'm not kidding.

Hence the severe anxiety about the scope possibility! I feels your pain, Suzi!

ETA: Oddly enough, my fear totally does not apply to animal puke! My dogs puke, I clean it up with no problem. And baby spit-up does not really bother me. Just full out child or adult puke. I'm a freak, I know...

I had a friend w the same fear, she also went to school to be a nurse. Not sure if it helped her deal with it as we're not friends anymore. I think her biggest problem was her puking, not someone else, but I'm not sure. She also didn't like the 'v' word. I don't *like* doing it, but it doesn't bother me.. And w/ my kids I just gag along and move on, esp w/ my tiny human's issues. Driving down the road as she projectile puked bile into a bowl. Good times.

Not black widows though! I kill those on site.

We have a house spider and it is kind of a pet....I know weird!

Um... we have one too it's a 'basement spider'. Several of them actually. We had one named Gerald. Once I saw one corner bathroom spider taking a stroll to visit the other corner bathroom spider, then soon after there was an egg sack, then a bunch of babies in my shower. I moved them out to the hallway. Those ones can live, the big fat black ones are not allowed to live (in the house, or at my work). In the coop I usually let them live, unless they interfere w/ me. I had one that actually climbed down the wall and came at me while I was scooping poop. Then another one came down, kinda to keep an eye on me... after that I wondered if they do something to tell other spiders "hey something's killing me, attack!". This weekend I opened the coop and a big one was inside the door. I killed that one good. It made me nervous walking past it, and then another one showed up on the ceiling (away from me). I think they do alert others.

How many coops ya need girl

All of them. She's a segregationist, which makes sense if you're one of those people who sell pure-breeds.

Sounds like they are a hoot! Glad they are working out so well. Mine do the running thing too. The two pullets tuck their necks down and sprint as fast as they can, for no apparent reason. Such funny little birds

Mine stretch their necks out and run/ fly at full speed. Reminds me of someone trying to win a race and stretching out to beat the other guy.

Morning @rjohns39 and everyone! I woke to three giant piles of dog puke, poor Bucco! (weird-ass hubby is opposite than me. Human puke doesn't bother him, but animal barf--or poo-- turns him into a wimpy little girl)

Gotta go clean puke, feed the chooks,jump in the shower, and work a school trip job. See y'all later. Have a great day!

See what happens? You spoke of it and then it happened. Quick, talk about finding a bag full of $$!

......and I do really like snakes....this one is a frequent guest at my office. She belongs to a co-worker View attachment 1543347 View attachment 1543348

Gasp! My brother had a red tail boa that my dad's cat would sit on top of the cage. The cat's fat butt broke the lid and the snake got out. I'm not a fan of snakes. So we're all looking all around the house trying to find the snake and I'm looking in the closet, pulling out things one by one. At the bottom of the closet there was a pillow case. I picked it up and screamed like a little girl b/c I thought the snake was in it. It wasn't, something was on the bottom edge of it and weighed it down. We found the snake in the wall. It escaped a few times after that. It's name was Dog and my brother would take it outside and walk the dog. It hated me. The feeling was mutual.

 

[staceyj]

The famous pigeon ninja chop! It's amazing how hard they can hit for their size.


This was my Mom! I never knew till years later that she was specifically chosen to be the "bad kid" chaperone. She didn't know it at first either. I guess one field trip a teacher came up and asked if she minded always getting the same group of kids. The teachers felt bad for always sticking her with them but they behaved so much better with her. Mom didn't mind at all, they did behave with her.
Her secret-- if they misbehaved they had to hold her hand the rest of the field trip. She said it was only tested a few times. When they realized she would really hold their hand for hours and not let them wander with the group they all behaved.

Your mom’s a genius!

 

[Chickassan]

@apryl29 Nope not part meatbird she's just a biiiig girl lol! Bodywise she's the biggest out there, even Negan. We will have to see if she keeps her heavyweight title when these kids grow up.

 

[apryl29]

@apryl29 Nope not part meatbird she's just a biiiig girl lol! Bodywise she's the biggest out there, even Negan. We will have to see if she keeps her heavyweight title when these kids grow up.

She's just big boned. Bootylicious.