Giz/Emma and everyones pets on the board

Early on we had an issue with our collar, it stopped charging. There was a video chat where the customer service guy tried to update software but it didn’t fix the problem, they sent the guts of the collar out to us within days. Did not include the collar itself.

 

Excellent!

 

Have you tried baking soda and hydrogen peroxide? I used to carry a “kit” with those items in it when bird hunting but fortunately never had to de-skunk either of my GSP’s

 

Nice surprise!

 

Another dog ‘packed his bags’ and left this morning. Off to get a job and earn his kibble.
Gibby and Garcia seemed to be more than happy to go with him if they were invited.

 

I’m glad that you do this. It’s for a very important and wonderful cause.

 

X2 Paul bunion

 

X3 Paul bunion

 

On Tuesday, I had an all-in-one vet appointment for Delilah. I don't remember if I had mentioned it here, but she was supposed to get her shots/blood work/checkup in May but she escaped the carrier so we never got that done (fortunately the carrier was inside the house at the time). Delilah does not like boxes, bags or any other enclosed spaces, unless she finds a hidey hole that is inaccessible by humans. She is not treat driven, so trying to train her to even get close to one was a failure (my fault for not being smarter and figuring some method that would work).

While I had Spot and Rainey in for their annual checkups a couple of weeks ago and I talked to the vet about doing everything at once. She was all for it since they do feral cats on occasion. The vet gave me some calming/mild sedative to put in her wet food to help keep Delilah calm the night before and day of the visit. Well, she wouldn't eat any of the food, so that didn't work. So there I was Tuesday morning rounding up Delilah into a bedroom, closing the door and then chasing her around until I got her trapped in a corner. Then I pushed a "cat cave" that Rainey likes into that corner until she entered it. Then I stuffed the cat cave into a cat trap cage and double-secured the doors by placing bungees over them.

She came thru the surgery fine, and her blood work said she was free of any disease (which was a relief since she has had free reign of the house for 5 months or so. The vet put a cone on her so she wouldn't worry at her incisions (both for the spay and her chip). They did all internal stitches (naturally degrading), and then glued the skin so I wouldn't have to try to bring her back in to remove external stitches. Well, that was all good intentions, but she had already gotten the cone off by the time I got home. See that weird light/shape behind her in the cage? That is an edge of the cone




I put her back in the bedroom for a couple of days so she could rest up without the other cats bothering her. Plus, I didn't want her disappearing anywhere that I couldn't at least keep an eye on her. The vet gave me liquid pain meds to put in her wet food - but again she wouldn't eat any of that (she did take a few bites of kibble a couple of times tough). It took a couple of days, but Thursday she was feeling better so I let her out of the bedroom, although I did close off the basement.

Yesterday (Friday), she had mostly forgiven me for putting her thru all that and came up to me a couple of times for pets. She also rolled over once so I could see her belly and confirm there was no swelling or redness. She hasn't been worrying it any of the incisions, so all is good.

 

bogieb I am glad that all worked out but so stressful for both of you.

 

As much as Lila hates (and won't even get near) boxes, cages, kennels, bags, sacks, or anything without several getaway methods, then there is this crazy cat, Spot, who has decided the cat trap is the place to hang out and sleep - LOL She has obviously made herself at home as that bunched up towel was in the back portion of the trap.



The trap has two doors, the trap door and the "easy release" door (for releasing an animal safely). The trap door is closed, but I left the release door open.