Debt Reset....

peb

Sending non biting vibes....

CRANKY40

peb said:

Sending non biting vibes....

Thank you. I'm hoping that we still get there as it's snowing now.....

WinterWarrior

Good luck. Why can’t they just eat a tablet in tuna or ham like a dog would? It’s always ‘lose two fingers and an eye’ every time 😖

Sun_Addict

I’m thinking about changing my cats to injectable flea treatment as they are a nightmare with the back of the neck stuff. The youngest cat always has a reaction and gets a bald patch. Depends on how costly though 🤔

CRANKY40

@WinterWarrior Our Labrador didn’t even need to have the tablet hidden in anything. We just told him it was a sweetie, said “ooh sweetie” a couple of times and then threw the tablet in the air. It was gone with one snap. 

@Sun_Addict our half Burmese cat (not with us any more) could twist right round to lick the back of the neck stuff. I had to hold a squirming cat with a foaming mouth under the tap in the bathroom sink the first time we used it. That was the end of that…

EssexHebridean

Generally speaking Labradors are a doddle to get anything food-like into - although we did have one that was the exception to the rule years ago and used to regard anything vaguely "unusual" with deep suspicion. He also really disliked anything squishy in texture - would avoid tomatoes as though they were going to bite him, and happily ate ice cream from a spoon as a human would - ie using his lips, not his teeth! 

As for getting pills into a cat - that is one thing I definitely do not miss now we no longer own a cat...! 

CRANKY40

The injection was more expensive but I feel that both I and the cat need a break from tablets.  As the weather is so vile I went to the Strangeburys local next door to the vets for my top up shop. £15.50 spent so the total this week is £75.59 - that's 59p of the 89p surplus from last month used 😄 I know that it's a more expensive shop but the saving in terms of my time tomorrow morning makes it totally worth it as a one off. 

I spent the day with best friend again. The plus side of that is that I've made a baby blanket for a friend of the HT (not a teenager, it's someone who used to play with him when he was small to give me a rest) who has not long had a baby. I started it when the work on BF's house started and I have finished it today. 

The HT had a toastie for his evening meal tonight. It was a ready made one from the frozen food shop but even though it is more expensive than making one myself I am trying to encourage him to be more independant. He can't cut things very well (hypermobile very bendy fingers) and because he is clumsy the hot toastie maker worries him but he's ok with the microwave and said that his dinner was lovely. I had left over lasagne from last night. 

Take care all of you 😊

Pollie

Could you make and freeze a few toasties for him?

CRANKY40

Pollie said:

Could you make and freeze a few toasties for him?

I honestly don't know - I've never thought about it. I might try an empty one to see what happens to the bread first thanks. 

Friday was hectic - I ran out of time to update. I was moving furniture with best friend then came home to make dinner, have a bath and then go online for game playing. On Saturday I was a good mother  - I made lunch and watched drag race with the HT while we ate. Then I was a domestic goddess (ha ha, as if). I cleaned my baking cupboard out, threw a few bits that looked dodgy (not sure how old they were but they were probably bought during the spendy time) then I made 2 blackberry and apple crumbles for best friend, some home made hobnobs for packed lunches during the week and some brownies for the HT. 

Speaking of the HT he went to a birthday party last night. They went out clubbing afterwards and he finally appeared home at 5am this morning. My dad would have been hoovering outside his door at 6am but I am nicer than that. I let him sleep until noon before I woke him up by shouting "Good Afternooooooon". I also let the cat into his bedroom to make sure he didn't go back to sleep. She loves him and was shouting at him and standing on his face when I left to make him a cup of tea. 

Nothing in particular achieved today except some crochet and a bit of tidying. Tomorrow will be another day of trying to restore order in best friend's house. He hasn't got a kitchen yet but the rest of the furniture can be put back and books etc unpacked. 

Take care all of you 😊

Humdinger1

Labradors and food...a colleague once made 150 cup cakes for an event.  She left them within reach of her lab...cupcakes gone.  Yup, all 150.  How the dog survived the vet wasn't sure but survive he did. Onwards and upwards love Humdinger xx