Wanted to give you all an update in my vet tech life....... So I lost my job last friday and spend the next day updating and email out my resume. I had a line on a website, Vet Staffing services, which is like a temp agency for vet techs, and I posted my resume I got a call literally an HOUR...

I was bringing the dogs out for their walk the other morning and it was not quite dawn and raining, not great visibility. However, the dogs alerted me that something was going on. Samantha, the Shi Tzu puppy, was barking in a hostile manner that I have seldom heard from her before and Bear, the...

I don't know if it's because Ben had to rebuild my computer and went from IE7 to IE8, but since them all my "log in" pages keep logging me out like every 5 minutes. I have to keep logging in and logging in and it's a PITA. Has anyone else had this problem and solved it? --...

Tomorrow I am having to go to work and ask my line manager;s line manager to become my line manager.....The week before last I had a grievance upheld about an inappropriate referral to Occupational Health- for most of that week and the week after she was off sick.There's a lot of bad feeling about...

Well, KFC was a grand old lady - but here's a claim of a dame who is claimed to be 39! http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/851885-is-lucy-39-the-oldest-cat-in-the-world -- MatSav

This is not that far away and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in water that I can't see the bottom SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter was caught on video. The diver posted the...

When you are unbelievably bored, or in a situation you hate and can't stand to live through (being a bit exaggerated here), what do you do for distraction? Solitaire, crossword puzzles, other games? Day dreams, bad TV sitcoms? I'm really in need of ideas. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our...

running across my carpet. He gets into kill mode and chases it but it disappears under my computer desk. Next day it appears on the wall, too far up for him to get it. He watches it disappearing into the folds of my curtains and knows he just has to wait until it comes out. I have a horror of...

95% of the time Persia sleeps with me *at night*. In the mornings after breakfast she joins me in the living room, where the computer is. She curls up in the sunshine but is always in a position to watch anything interesting out the window. When the sunny spots gradually disappear, as they...

The vet is checking into other medication options, but it looks like Persia is going to have part (if not all) of her thyroid removed. She's been doing well but she's allergic to the Methimazole. The vet is going to call me later this afternoon. Looks like I'll be putting my pretty grey baby...

Guinivere, Arthur, Johnny and Joey are going to be de-sexed in the morning. As their foster meowmie I am worried, of course. I think Dave is, too. We are using a new (to us) vet who kind of far away (40 miles), because her fees are lower. She has a good reputation, but is mainly a large animal...

She did not maintain the slight improvement I saw which caused me to cancel her appointment last week. I said I would give her over the weekend and she how she went. She hardly ate on Sunday, no matter what lovely food was provided. Monday morning she ate nothing, Monday after work I phoned...

Last time the neighbor asked me to cat-sit I wound up in the hospital! Let's hope that doesn't happen this time. I'll be making sure Schwartzy and Fedders are fed and watered and clean their litterbox. They are indoor/outdoor cats but she particularly said she needs me to make sure Schwartzy...

Being a math geek, I found this site really impressive with all the charts and explanations of the current crises: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/ It seems to have a lot more useful info than the fluff I see in the paper and certainly much better than TV coverage.

I'm trying to keep Persia active. Keep in mind there is no PetCo or PetSmart store within 50 miles of here. I love her but I'm not driving over 100 miles (to/from) just to buy cat toys. So I'm shopping online. She loves the little toy mousies I get from Walgreen's (that's only 12 miles away...

So, I participate in Freecycle in my area. Mostly, it's been a waste of time and space, but... Recently, our "Admin" decided to send out the following message: //quote// Please note that the comments that are becoming common place in WANTED postings are not needed or required. They will NO...

My lovely Muscovy duck has passed away unexpectedly. When I went to put him away safely at night the other day he did not race me in for his chopped apples and bits of bread which he loves. I had to encourage him into his hut. The following morning he was not keen to come out, but he did and...

Since my last post about Abelard having raw skin and eating dirt, he's been getting 1/2 t. of powdered kelp twice a day with his meals (he only eats soft food, since he has very few teeth). There's been great improvement. I got a bit worried when Sherry mentioned infectious anemia, so I...

I just thought I'd start a thread without 'pig' in the subject. Actually, we don't tend to call it 'pig flu' here, we call it 'swine flu' (when we don't say H1N1). I don't know why the difference, but I hadn't seen the 'pig flu' name until the last thread. Anyway, I know perfectly well you...

Those of the wall and drop kerb disagreements seem to have disappeared over the last few days. There are always five cars there. Zilch. No cars. I suspect they have gone to India for a while (I hope so) or maybe their house has been repossessed (which would be even better) but I don't think...