The Old Folks Home

[Arielle]

Quote: It's funny that people seem to assume that any time an animal eliminates anywhere other than where they are "supposed" to, that they are expressing anger. I think this rabbit was just marking territory. House rabbits, like house cats, sometimes feel a need to put their mark in some place other than the litter box. The scent marking they do by "chinning" is less obvious, and less obnoxious, but it's all a part of claiming a space as theirs.
Thanks for the insight . . . I don't need this rabbit, especially as he is a boy, marking my house, especially as he had run of the whole down stairs. lol I'm all for less clean up, not more.

I found a breeder of angora rabbits about an hr away. My youngest was delighted just looking at pictures on line. No prices listed though. I bought my first and only angora rabbit in 1978 as a teen and pd $25. HOw times have changed. $25 feels like a whole lot more money now!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It's funny that people seem to assume that any time an animal eliminates anywhere other than where they are "supposed" to, that they are expressing anger. I think this rabbit was just marking territory. House rabbits, like house cats, sometimes feel a need to put their mark in some place other than the litter box. The scent marking they do by "chinning" is less obvious, and less obnoxious, but it's all a part of claiming a space as theirs.

I had a cat that 'marked' his territory in the oddest ways that I don't think expressed anger as much as his evil nature. It wasn't an assumption, he made his disdain for us very clear. He had a litter box in the finished basement laundry room as well as the kitchen on the main floor. He would hold his urine for hours so he could lay pools in the most inappropriate areas. He almost never used his litter box for feces either. Even if locked into the laundry room he would go into the dryer and drop a load onto freshly laundered and dried clothes. He would leave us gifts between pillows on the bed. We were 3 roommates in a 3 bedroom home, 2 women and myself. I recall coming home one afternoon to the telephone ringing. I ran to the closest phone in one of my roommates bedrooms. I leapt across the bed to reach the phone on the nightstand to answer the call. When I got up I had one of his presents on my chest. We weren't allowed pets so we kept Bud a secret. Our landlord came to visit one day and was about to sit in a chair when my roommate saw his gift sitting dead center on the upholstered chair. Halfway into a seated position, my roommate grabbed the LL and told him to sit in an 'more comfortable' chair. Same roommate was in sleeping with her BF one Sunday morning when Bud squeezed through the door, jumped on the bed and let a large pool out on their legs.
I came home one Saturday evening to let Bud out for some exercise before I went out for the night (which I was dressed up for). I tossed my jacket on the couch and opened the laundry room door - where Bud had been sequestered with his litter box. He came out, jumped up onto my favorite deep sea green suede jacket and proceeded to emit a pond of urine onto it.
Did I say Bud was an evil cat?
BTW, I've never owned a cat again.
Bud seemed like a friendly cat most of the time except for his inappropriate bathroom issues.

We are convinced that one of your cats chews wires when he is mad at us.

I think he must just like the feel of electricity--He has chewed into live 110 wires before....

Teething?
Or maybe you could find some 480VAC cables for him.

 

[ronott1]

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Teething?
Or maybe you could find some 480VAC cables for him.

He is 7 years old. After biting into the 110V fan cord, he pretty much sticks with head phones. He chewed one up on Monday. He has also chewed on the Brinse eco Glow cords. I have one to repair now.

He may need to take a trip across town.....

 

[ozexpat]

I had a cat that 'marked' his territory in the oddest ways that I don't think expressed anger as much as his evil nature. It wasn't an assumption, he made his disdain for us very clear. He had a litter box in the finished basement laundry room as well as the kitchen on the main floor. He would hold his urine for hours so he could lay pools in the most inappropriate areas. He almost never used his litter box for feces either. Even if locked into the laundry room he would go into the dryer and drop a load onto freshly laundered and dried clothes. He would leave us gifts between pillows on the bed. We were 3 roommates in a 3 bedroom home, 2 women and myself. I recall coming home one afternoon to the telephone ringing. I ran to the closest phone in one of my roommates bedrooms. I leapt across the bed to reach the phone on the nightstand to answer the call. When I got up I had one of his presents on my chest. We weren't allowed pets so we kept Bud a secret. Our landlord came to visit one day and was about to sit in a chair when my roommate saw his gift sitting dead center on the upholstered chair. Halfway into a seated position, my roommate grabbed the LL and told him to sit in an 'more comfortable' chair. Same roommate was in sleeping with her BF one Sunday morning when Bud squeezed through the door, jumped on the bed and let a large pool out on their legs.
I came home one Saturday evening to let Bud out for some exercise before I went out for the night (which I was dressed up for). I tossed my jacket on the couch and opened the laundry room door - where Bud had been sequestered with his litter box. He came out, jumped up onto my favorite deep sea green suede jacket and proceeded to emit a pond of urine onto it.
Did I say Bud was an evil cat?
BTW, I've never owned a cat again.
Bud seemed like a friendly cat most of the time except for his inappropriate bathroom issues.

Teething?
Or maybe you could find some 480VAC cables for him.

thanks for reminding me why i prefer livestock

 

[ozexpat]

He is 7 years old. After biting into the 110V fan cord, he pretty much sticks with head phones. He chewed one up on Monday. He has also chewed on the Brinse eco Glow cords. I have one to repair now.

He may need to take a trip across town.....

bernie says they taste like chicken

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

My chickens are so sick of scratch. "Whaaa??!!..scratch AGAIN!!..for supper!!??"

They want warm weather and green stuff and bugs, frogs and lizards.
Looks like I have 2 roosters with minor frost bite. The other 3....so far so good.

 

[IAFarmGirl]

Thanks - and I have to say I have always thought living in Iowa must be excellent - is it? Or am I just imagining an idyllic life of green grass, being able to grow things, and no life-threatening weather events? I'm sure they happen occasionally, but it's where a lot of food is grown, so it must be pretty nice there, isn't it?

I have lived in Iowa all my life. We can get some pretty wild weather but you just learn to deal with it. Most of it won't kill you if you just pay attention. We are right now expecting 6 to 8 inches of snow but it is not really a big deal. We have HUGE ditches to push it into and mostly we just stay tucked in at home or go out and play in it.

It is pretty laid back here compared to most other places and there are really no big cities. Des Moines is about it for big cities and compared to the cities in the rest of the US it is just a village.

Yes it is always green here even during a drought you will find plenty of native plants that can tolerate the extremes in weather. We have tremendous underground water so it is almost never a problem getting water. Plus there are a LOT of ponds and small lakes all over the state.

Yes we have a LOT of food grown here. And it is pretty easy to grow anything from kids to radishes with a few hogs and dogs thrown in! LOL I can grow just about anything that I want to eat here and much of it grows wild if you know where to look. We can usually go about 100 yards from the house and find a couple grocery bags of morel mushrooms every spring. I have lots of wild raspberries, gooseberries, and elderberries here. I just bought a 50 pound bag of Non- GMO cracked corn for $5.68 so I think that is pretty reasonable. Irrigation here is very rare and we still can manage to get 5 cuttings of hay most years.

I have been in all the lower 48 states and a few Canadian Provinces and if I had to move somewhere else I think I would choose Montana or somewhere in the Northwest. I did also really like Upstate NY but don't think I would like dealing with the lake effect weather they have there. The extreme cold this winter has been wearying but like many other things this too shall pass.

So I guess the answer to your question is that yes Iowa is a very nice place to live. Plus the people are about the friendliest you will find anywhere.

 

[tnspursfan09]

These are so cute!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

thanks for reminding me why i prefer livestock

Came home from work yesterday to cat pee all over the house, here. Luckily most of it was contained in the sinks and tubs, but there was some other spots urine in inappropriate locations. The urine in the sinks was actually a blessing because it was very easy to tell that it was really bloody so the cat was sick and not just spiteful. So I got to take a trip to the emergency vet last night with both cats (because I didn't know which one it was) which was a lot of fun.

Unfortunately the closest emergency vet is 90 minutes away.

Sometimes it feels like life just never gives a break.

 

[ronott1]

Came home from work yesterday to cat pee all over the house, here. Luckily most of it was contained in the sinks and tubs, but there was some other spots urine in inappropriate locations. The urine in the sinks was actually a blessing because it was very easy to tell that it was really bloody so the cat was sick and not just spiteful. So I got to take a trip to the emergency vet last night with both cats (because I didn't know which one it was) which was a lot of fun.

Unfortunately the closest emergency vet is 90 minutes away.

Sometimes it feels like life just never gives a break.

Kidney infection? I hope they are ok!