In the gym today doing some bagwork with a mate and his dog. During a breather my mate started jabbing at his boxer who started bobbing and weaving and agging his stump. I tried this on my ridgeback...
My dog had two lumps removed almost four weeks ago. I telephoned the vet a few days ago and said that her stitches are still in and they said that they normally take around 3 - 4 weeks to fall out....
A friend me asked today if budgies menstruate. I have no idea. There was a tiny bit of blood in her cage this morning and this has happened previously. The budgie seems chirpy and happy and not at all...
My two bosses are brother and sister. They were born to a feral mummy. Princess Merlin is a beautiful long haired black and white moggie. She has got a really short fuse and thinks nothing of biting...
I realise that this should be in 'Animals & Nature', but I just had to put "down" a family member: Jake the cat.. If you like animals as I do isn't the most depressing thing that you ever have to do?...
Suppose someone invented a device that could translate human speech and dolphin clicks so both could talk to and understand each other. The human and dolphin worlds have got very little in common, so...
The cat flap we have is currently broken so we can't lock it at all and another cat is coming in on a night and eating all poor little Tigger's food. As a result Tigger is absolutely petrified (he's...
A cat of my acquaintance, who I see on my way to & from work, sometimes gently nibbles my hand when I pet him. If I stroke his head or hold my hand there, he rubs against it, and sometimes...
I don't just mean physiologically, as in how the purring occurs, but why cats purr to show us they are content but other animals don't. Granted, humans smile and dogs do to an extent, as well as wag...
Hi I taped the episode of Law and Order that was shown on Saturday past on Channel 5. However, for some reason, my video recorder didn't tape the whole programme. Did anybody watch it and are you able...
This has taken me ages, The star of the show is Lucky the bear. He has settled in nicely and got some new friends. Would you like to see him? https://www.youtube.com/user/luckyteddybear
My friend has bought my son a wee Lindt chocolate bunny for Easter. It's sat chilling nicely in the fridge. Thing is, I would really really like some chocolate right now and I have nothing else in the...
When Jessica looks at the landscape down below, she can see crops growing in richly green and well-watered fields. And yet, there are few trees in the non-agricultural areas between the green fields...
My fat, lazy tomcat gets very constipated. It get very painful and he can't poop. We're off to the vets tomorrow to get him cleaned out, again. He eats food pouches, never drinks water and gets...
My hair is fine and quite curly. I am totally unable to use hair straigheners. I am considering getting it straightened for for holiday to the US in August. Is straightening hair in a hairdressers...
Can anyone tell me if there are any second hand bookshops in Guernsey? The reason I ask is that I am trying to track down a copy of a book published in 1957 which I have tried all other avenues with...
My best friend has a pink rash on one breast that she says is itchy to the point of torture. (HAS had skin irritations before but milder ones - in Summer she gets heat rash around her breasts and on...