went to visit a friend in hospital for a jovial chat and general chinwag to encounter her barely concious and (scarily) looking like my mother the day before she popped her cloggs - last week she was...
Do you know of anyone who wishes to re-home a tortoise ??? I have recently lost mine- who died after 35 years ownership. I am therefore a keen & experienced tortoise owner minus the pet!! Can you...
my hands are so sore! If i put cream on - e45, aqueus etc, it really stings! Is there anything i can put on that will help the dryness, without stinging the cuts?
Just a brief thank you to all ABers - my wife of 8 years died suddenly at home in the early hours of last Tuesday morning. I was Ok at the time, my old training kicked in and I went into auto-pilot...
Threre's a big doggy shaped hole in our house. I'd noticed over the last few days that Max seemed a bit wobbley but this morning he really struggled to stand I had to lift him into the car. He didn't...
Had to rush my 19 year old boy to the vets this morning. He was dragging his rear leg around. Vet is reluctant to do an x ray because that requires anaesthesia so for now we are treating it as a soft...
I cant put my hand in my cat's mouth to give him a wormer as he would bite my fingers off. If I crush up Milbemax Tasty on his food he won't eat it. Does anyone use Drontal and is this tastier when...
Hello all My cats eyes look a bit funny and she is quieter than usual. Her '2nd' eye lid is 1/4 way across one of her eyes and the other one the other side is a bit too but not so much. Should I be...
My cat has a tendency to put on weight. Recent trip to the vet revealed that he has put on 1 kg in 6 months! That means he's now 6 kg. He is quite a big cat, and tends to look okay at around 5.2 kg -...
For those of you who remember Rover's roving all last summer, and our concern that he would fade away due to his chronic kidney disease: When he was recovered in December, the vet took bloods and...
It's Saturday! A wee bit of frost this morning. I have no intention of going out early today. Yesterday went very well. everything went like a well maintained engine. Perseverance behaved like the...
My friend has a king charles spaniel and last night his back end went. He didnt fall or have any accident, this just happened. He was taken to the vet who did some replex tests but there was no...
My tank has large angels, tetras and a few other small fish, a plec and plastic plants. No new fish for at least 6 months. Yesterday noticed the tank is suddenly full of snails, at least a hundred -...
Max is back home where he belongs and playing the sympathy card at every chance he gets. For the next fortnight he's on a strict regime of antibiotics and painkillers very short walks on the lead and...