Fitting everything in

-taff

I'm surprised you take your cat for a walk...if hes a house cat, why are you doing this?

Spudsey

-taff wrote: »

I'm surprised you take your cat for a walk...if hes a house cat, why are you doing this?

Up until a couple of years ago he was a normal indoor/outdoor cat but he had a really awful fright (the vet thinks he was chased by a fox) and so we made the decison not to let him out by himself again.....he loves his walks, I shout walk or show him his lead and he comes running! He adores being outside in the garden, smelling the fresh air and sunning himself

It took him a long while to go into the garden without shaking, and its been so long since he went out on his own that I wouldn't risk letting him now.

-taff

Can you try maybe just letting him out and watching him? Or a lead that's fixed to a point or something? It just means you can watch him, but get on with something else indoors....
Then again, you need to rest too you know.

pigpen

Spudsey wrote: »

smart bot

I have a hand reared wildie, she needs a lot of entertainment otherwise she has a moody and pulls everything out of her litter tray or even her hay in her bedroom....drags it all out down the ladder and as far to the end of the run as she likes.....!

Thats just reminded me to give her a yellow pages to shred...keep forgetting

We sometimes burn paperwork at the allotment, but it stays in a bag until there is alot of it then its done. Going to definitely order a shredder I think.

How naughty of you trying to make her home how you want it.. would you like it if she came in and rearranged your furniture?? :p:p

My fat bunny is a redecorator too... he shifts everything all over.. I put stuff in the wrong places so he can occupy himself for a few hours.. He loves the brown paper from packing in parcels and an empty cardboard box is such fun.. I have a stack of flattened ones from Approved food as they don't use sticky labels on theirs so I don't have to pick it all off

I rather like him, can you tell?

I never thought of giving him a telephone book.. I guess if you take of the toxic ink covers they are great fun..

GreyQueen

Blimey, no wonder you're stressed and weary. I have ME, a part time job and a full-sized lottie, not all under cultivation atm.

I used to be sec of the lottie association. Got voted in because no one else wanted to do it, the minutes were the bane of my existance and decluttering that role was one of the best things I ever did.

Can't comment on bunnies but about cats; cats sleep 17 hours in 24. If you were home 24/7, your housecat wouldn't be wanting constant entertainment. They might want to sleep for 8 hours on your lap, but they'd expect you to sit still and do nothing more onerous than an odd bit of stroking.

I've had cats who have determinedly immobilised knitters by laying their weight across your dominant hand because they don't like the jiggling about, and others who have fidgetted and glared to make it clear that reading a broadsheet newspaper above their sleeping selves isn't an acceptable practice.

I think you need to cut yourself some slack and accept that as a lottie slave, you'll be pretty busy from March to October and more chilled from Nov to Feb. Let the house go hang in the lottie season; it works for me anyway.:rotfl:

Spudsey

-taff wrote: »

Can you try maybe just letting him out and watching him? Or a lead that's fixed to a point or something? It just means you can watch him, but get on with something else indoors....
Then again, you need to rest too you know.

We don't want to risk it....the grand plan was to eventually cat proof the garden but we'll see. Sometimes if he settles down in the garden I secure the lead then get on with cleaning out the rabbits.

Spudsey

pigpen wrote: »

How naughty of you trying to make her home how you want it.. would you like it if she came in and rearranged your furniture?? :p:p

My fat bunny is a redecorator too... he shifts everything all over.. I put stuff in the wrong places so he can occupy himself for a few hours.. He loves the brown paper from packing in parcels and an empty cardboard box is such fun.. I have a stack of flattened ones from Approved food as they don't use sticky labels on theirs so I don't have to pick it all off

I rather like him, can you tell?

I never thought of giving him a telephone book.. I guess if you take of the toxic ink covers they are great fun..

Its when its wet outside that it annoys me, she does it on purpose I'm sure! Drags out all the nice clean hay and in the morning its sodden wet.

Mine love paper bags and boxes! I am always bringing home boxes from work for both the rabbits and cats. Yes take the cover off the yellow pages first!

Yes you do sound like you like him! Ever thought about a bunny friend for him???

pigpen

Spudsey wrote: »

Its when its wet outside that it annoys me, she does it on purpose I'm sure! Drags out all the nice clean hay and in the morning its sodden wet.

Mine love paper bags and boxes! I am always bringing home boxes from work for both the rabbits and cats. Yes take the cover off the yellow pages first!

Yes you do sound like you like him! Ever thought about a bunny friend for him???

We used to have his brother who sadly passed away rather suddenly a while ago. But no, I'm not having any more after him.. it is too sad when they die.

Spudsey

GreyQueen wrote: »

Blimey, no wonder you're stressed and weary. I have ME, a part time job and a full-sized lottie, not all under cultivation atm.

I used to be sec of the lottie association. Got voted in because no one else wanted to do it, the minutes were the bane of my existance and decluttering that role was one of the best things I ever did.

Can't comment on bunnies but about cats; cats sleep 17 hours in 24. If you were home 24/7, your housecat wouldn't be wanting constant entertainment. They might want to sleep for 8 hours on your lap, but they'd expect you to sit still and do nothing more onerous than an odd bit of stroking.

I've had cats who have determinedly immobilised knitters by laying their weight across your dominant hand because they don't like the jiggling about, and others who have fidgetted and glared to make it clear that reading a broadsheet newspaper above their sleeping selves isn't an acceptable practice.

I think you need to cut yourself some slack and accept that as a lottie slave, you'll be pretty busy from March to October and more chilled from Nov to Feb. Let the house go hang in the lottie season; it works for me anyway.:rotfl:

I volunteered for the role of secretary as our last one didn't even have a plot anymore, and no-one else wanted to do it either! Experience I thought......

let the house hang! I love it!

We only popped by the allotment after work today as my o/h had to do a bit of cake decorating, so the laundry pile has been packed away at last, the lounge has been a bit decluttered, rabbits swept out, not sure where else the time went to but now trying to catch up on a few emails and bits of paperwork before I go bed.

Gers

I've also given up ironing... the adult male in the house does his own work shirts and I don't iron anything of mine! Wash, dry and put on. Body heat does it. Mind you I don't need to wear formal work clothes so not ironing may not be good for everyone.

Yes, I do like getting into a bed with freshly laundered and crisply ironed sheets but I have that fix with staying in hotels at least one night a week for work so can do without the rest of the time.

Make a list? What's good to do in your life and what stresses you out and see what can be eliminated. Ironing? Washing the dishes?

Hope you feel better soon.