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Tesco Pet Insurance - View Please
Someone has posted a grabbit thread about Tesco pet insurance offering 33% off, so I did a quote and it came out at £4.28 a month. I would be quite happy with that, it covers me for up to £2500 for each new medical condition a year, however you only get to claim for 12 months, so say she develeoped a life long ilness, I…
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My poor boy!
I noticed earlier on today that my male cat cant weight bear on his back left leg. No signs of any trauma or bites, and he was fine about an hour or so before hand. He is just growling and hissing when we touch it. He manages to walk a few paces and flops down and grumbles in pain. When I felt up by his hip I could feel…
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Bad cat
One of my cats sleeps on our bed. During the night she will have a burst of activity and pretend our feet/toes are mice and beat them up through the bed clothes. Ocassionally she manages to get her claws through the duvet and really hurts us. Despite her 'mousing us' we still let her sleep in with us. Last night she went…
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Pets At Home Vets??
has anyone experienced the vets inside the pets at home shops? our local store has a vet practice running from inside the store & i just wondered if anyone has used any of thier services? i phoned earlier for advise & a price to get our pup spayed & may use them as their price was very competitive & also included…
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Dog Insurance
Hi all, Three months ago my dog and another dog were playing together and one of them ran into the other dog owners leg as they were playfully nipping at each other while running. They are pretty much best friends as far as dogs go and the lady is really nice. It's kind of an unsung rule that we let the dogs off when we…
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Next best thing for home made dog food
Hi everyone! I have been reading through all the posts on home made dog food and BARF diets, but it all seems so confusing to me! I was wondering if there are any suggestions on the next best thing to a home made food diet? I have a medium staffordshire bull terrier, he is full pedigree and a year and a half old. We…
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Cat Flaps - Electric ?
Hi Folks We have recently got two wonderful kitties who are settling in well. However ofc, the age old problem of sneaky cats coming in to steal their food has started. They are not only eating their food, sleeping downstairs, but are also coming all the way in to the 'main' room of the house - no fear whats so ever. We hv…
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Worlds biggest cat paws
Below - my cat Bilbo Check his paws out!!!!! :D
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'Are we killing our pets?' Petfood article.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1244595/Is-food-youre-feeding-pet-killing--making-vet-rich.html Article discussing how commercial petfood could be making our pets ill, and why Vets will sell and recommend it despite this. Thoughts?
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Very sad,Casper the commuter cat killed in Hit & Run
RIP Casper,play hard on the bridge with Orbit & the other furrballs. http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2010/01/20/Notorious_UK_commuter_cat_dies_419208.html
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Holidays with dogs
Hi I'm starting to look for a holiday this summer with the dogs. Ideally in north cornwall, devon way. s/catering, cottage or somthing. The only problem is that I now have 3 dogs, most places don't want that many dogs at once! (can't see why! ;) ). Has any one got any suggestions?
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My cat has a limp tail...
What could be wrong with her tail?? She looks fine, eating and drinking I cant feel any lumps on it but she dose squick a little when i touch it.
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Rochdale dog rescue auction on
In case anyone wants to by any little items on the auction (Im bidding for 3 boxes of Bridget Jones sloggi knickers at the moment!) Oh, brand new I should add!!! rochdale-dog-rescue.com/ Go to the site, then the forum
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rescue shitzu living up to name!
Help!!! we have taken on a 1 year old entire female shitzu who is not house trained!!! we also have a female samoyed (6) they get on great but the shitzu is peeing everywhere! we put paper down and leave the door open etc but still going everywhere!? is it a teritory thing we dont want to let her go but any advice would be…
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Dog not eating much and has vomited
Hi, just wondering if anyone has any idea what we can do to make her comfortable until we get to the vets this evening. We are very worried, and she is feeling sorry for herself. There is no blood in her vomit, it was just that yellowish (bile? sort of colour) Sorry if this is too much info at breakfast too, but any advice…
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My kittens getting her claw removed tomorrow - updated with picture.
We got up this morning to discover our kittens claw was hanging off. We've no idea how she managed to do it as she is kept in the kitchen at night and there isn't anything for her to catch it on except her scratchpost. :confused: I took her to the vet today and he has said it torn right round and needs to be completely…
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Holidays - dog sitter/boarding/kennel?
We're going abroad for a week next month and I need to work out what to do with the puppy (he'll be 8 months by then)... I don't like the idea of a kennel and am thinking of using a service like http://www.barkingmad.uk.com/ or…
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Should we get a dog out at work till 4pm each day
My eldest daughter is begging me for a dog. I am swaying towards getting a jack russell pup but we are out of work in the day. So would be home alone, it would be well cared for and walked morning and night. My children are 10,9 and 3. All you dog lovers out there what do you think?
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New Pup advice
Hi guys new on here and just found this awesome pet forum! i was hoping for a bit of advice me and my partner want to get a pup a wienerama hopefully, i grew up with hundreds of animals as a kid so now how much work and commitment they need etc this will be his first pet ever! but i realised the other day ive never had a…
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Lidl v Tesco cat bicuits
Before anyone starts commenting bout Hills, Burns, raw food, cooked food etc and what is best according to vets, whats best for high protein, low carbs or whatever, I aint interested and dont want to know. There's enough topics with all of that info in. I just want help working out my maths and prices. Lidl, 750g box/bag…