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[Molpet]

I got up to use the ladies room-- there is snow on the ground.

That is all. I'm going to hide under the covers now.

 

[apryl29]

Times like that are hard having to be the one to decide.

I hope its something fixable with meds.

She's good. I was so relieved. The vet said that w/ 2 other cats my mother cannot be certain that it came from Jasmine, but if it's only happened once and it's been a few days and hasn't happened again, it's probably nothing & she looks fine otherwise, eating and drinking so she didn't want to give her antibiotics. Said her elderly cat does the same thing periodically and she's tested everything under the sun and has found nothing & not seems to help. They couldn't get a urine sample, but did clip her nails b/c she's a ferocious beast as well. The poor vet tech who came and and took her already had scratch marks up and down his arms. He looked like he'd been mauled a few hundred times already.

I'm not sure where on the spectrum of crazy chicken lady this falls-- but I found myself catching and towel drying what looked like drowned rats today. Low and behold they were my chickens--just soaked from standing out in the rain all day.

Mine looked like drowned rats too! Chickens are much slimmer when they're wet. Their run looks like a pig sty.. so much mud.

My little brother slept with two blankets in the summer when the house was very hot. He was red faced and sweating...would not take them off! It was comforting I guess

My kids are like that, except the red faced and sweating. We don't use a/c in the bedrooms & I don't leave their windows open at night b/c we live in a basement apt and our windows are at ground level. They both have multiple blankets that they always sleep with, and will wear onesie sleepers in the summer. They are weirdos.

I got up to use the ladies room-- there is snow on the ground.

That is all. I'm going to hide under the covers now.

It's snowishing here, but it's all melting as soon as it hits the ground. I hope you don't get buried! Out front of my apt we have 4 daffodils that bloomed yesterday.. Winter is holding us hostage.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Morning all!

That's good news on the kitty Apryl!

The ones still here are getting up there in age too. I think they are 2@14 and 1@12. The 12 year old has kidney issues poor thing.
He was born to a dumped mama so poor nutrition before birth and 8 months before he got live trapped to come here.
He is still pretty wild after all these years. His crate gets labeled C4 so they know to trank him before opening the crate.

Heavy frost the last couple mornings. The sprouts are doing well even with the temp swings.

 

[Chickassan]

I'm glad your cat is going to be ok @apryl29 ,the old girl here pees blood every now and again the only thing that has slowed the frequency is changing her food to a dye free food. I'm not taking anything fancy just switched from meow mix to cat chow the dyes apparently lead to crystals in the urinary tract that makes them bleed when they pee.

You had 80 chickens and 64 of them were roosters? I have to hear this story!

I was given 100 eggs to hatch and raise to 5 months, the folks paid for food and I was getting 500 bucks just for doing it sweet deal since I like fiddling with chickens. I had the yard set into two pens so I could seperate sexes as they made their appearance and pretty soon I just had a massive chicken sausage party in one pen. I ended up merging the pens just for the roos and put a much smaller pen for pullets. The people took the roos and actually gave me the girls because roos make better soup? Don't know how true that is, but I didn't argue at all!

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[apryl29]

I'm glad your cat is going to be ok @apryl29 ,the old girl here pees blood every now and again the only thing that has slowed the frequency is changing her food to a dye free food. I'm not taking anything fancy just switched from meow mix to cat chow the dyes apparently lead to crystals in the urinary tract that makes them bleed when they pee.
I was given 100 eggs to hatch and raise to 5 months, the folks paid for food and I was getting 500 bucks just for doing it sweet deal since I like fiddling with chickens. I had the yard set into two pens so I could seperate sexes as they made their appearance and pretty soon I just had a massive chicken sausage party in one pen. I ended up merging the pens just for the roos and put a much smaller pen for pullets. The people took the roos and actually gave me the girls because roos make better soup? Don't know how true that is, but I didn't argue at all!

She only eats canned food now. She was eating some of those 'natural' dry foods, but then she started having trouble digesting it. She always had problems where she'd throw up food b/c she has never chew it. Same as your cat where she wasn't take care of very well as a kitten. I saved her from a horrible situation. My uncle never fed his cats. I took 5 kittens b/c they were sick and got them meds and stuff. I kept Jasmine, and returned the other kittens once they were healthy and then he drowned them all in his pond. (Wasn't at all sad when he died.. seriously.) So b/c she was starved for the first several months of her life she never chewed her food, then would throw it up. She can eat the pate stuff, but if you give her the kind w/ meat and gravy she'll just lick up all the gravy & eat none of the actual food. I started getting her the new meow mix food that comes in a little cup and looks like puke. She loves it. My mom was giving her people food that was put in the food processor b/c she said the canned food was giving her diarrhea, but it didn't and after several months she finally started feeding her cat food again. She also has a thyroid problem and I give her meds for it.

 

[Chickassan]

@apryl29 Yeah, that all sounds very familiar. Same issue here with the gravy food just the gravy gets gone. I've gotten to the point with kitty where I just give her a tiny bit of food at a time wet or dry because if I don't she'll just wolf it all down and ralph. Got suckered into the little cans too although kitty's drug of choice is fancy feast . Old cats are demanding taters but I probably will be too at her age if I even remember to eat by then.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

My giant moose kitty had the bladder crystal problem. He wasn’t feeling well and suddenly he lay down and peed all over the floor. Just lay in it crying. Got him to the vet and they found the crystals. He wasn’t peeing blood but was in terrible pain.
Got him a water fountain and haven’t had a problem since. Vet said make sure he drinks lots of water. Basically makes him pee so much crystals can’t form.

 

[CapricornFarm]

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Happy Birthday, Misty!

 

[CapricornFarm]

My new boots i bought on my shopping trip yesterday.