Victoria Zigler's Blog: Zigler News, page 186
January 24, 2014
Of itchy dogs and confused landlords
Kero's still scratching, though not as much. We're going to give him another bath in a few days and give him more flea treatment. Hopefully that will get rid of the last of the fleas, and hopefully he'll then stop scratching so much. There hasn't been any obvious flea activity on him since the last flea treatment (a couple of days ago) so fingers crossed we'll get to skip the vet trip, eh?
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There was an ambulance outside our place just now. It was for the landlord (he lives above us). He fell, and though he's physically fine he's confused about what time and day it is and can't remember his own name, so they've taken him in to hospital. I hope he's OK!
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There was an ambulance outside our place just now. It was for the landlord (he lives above us). He fell, and though he's physically fine he's confused about what time and day it is and can't remember his own name, so they've taken him in to hospital. I hope he's OK!
January 19, 2014
They've re-homed Cara!
It was January 9th we dropped Cara off at the Blue Cross (see the "About Cara" post if you missed it) and January 17th by the time she was listed up for adoption on their website. But, guess what? We found out this morning that she already has a home!
January 14, 2014
Itchy Kero
Kero won't stop scratching and biting at himself, and he's making himself really sore again. I'm getting flea shampoo and stuff to treat him just to make sure it's not just something as simple as the flea stuff we usually use not being enough right now, but if that doesn't do the trick then we'll have to take him back to the vet. It could be the start of one of the many skin problems Westies are known for; his groomer said she thought so when she came to groom him at the start of December. He's actually done well to get to nine years old without having them. But I want to try some extra flea treatment first. I hate having to take him to the vet, especially with how much he hates it. I don't blame him for hating it though; I'm not a big fan of being pulled about by doctors myself! To be honest, I should have taken him sooner, but I was hoping after we bathed him, and then he had another bath with his groomer, it would stop him biting and scratching at himself, and get rid of his sores. I thought it might have helped; it seemed to at first, but it's not helping enough, so - as I said - I'm going to try some extra flea treatment, and failing that he's going to have to go to the vet.
January 9, 2014
About Cara (kinda R/WP)
Back in October we took in Cara from my Mam.
We weren't entirely convinced it was a good idea what with having Kero and the degus, but my Mam couldn't keep her and I did miss having a cat. So Cara came to live with us.
We had a few behaviour issues with her, but managed to sort most of them out - eventually.
Unfortunately, what we couldn't sort out was the fact that no matter what we did to try and stop her she would not stay out from under my feet. The result being that I was constantly stepping on her and falling over her. I was also constantly shutting her in doors, since she'd come out of nowhere just as I was shutting a door.
We put a collar on her with a bell on it, but she moved so fast I couldn't track her properly with the bell, so most of the time I had no idea where she was until I fell over her, or heard her cry out in pain as I stepped on her or shut her in a door or something.
To cut a long story short, we decided it would be best - for both my safety and hers - if we rehomed her.
We couldn't find anyone who wanted her though. Well, we could, but the people who wanted her weren't in the same country as us, and although cats can be given special pet passports these days nobody actually had the money for it. So we did the only thing we could think of... We called a shelter.
She was dropped off at the Blue Cross yesterday (Thursday) around lunchtime.
She gets a vet check with them today (Friday) and a seven day behaviour evaluation, and as long as she checks out OK with everything she'll go up for adoption at the end of next week. I see no reason why she shouldn't, since we haven't seen any signs of any health issues, and she's now no more mischeivious than your average kitten.
She's young (just coming up for five months) and very friendly, cute and pretty, so she should find a place really quickly once she's available for adoption.
I feel so guilty and cruel.
I did what I thought was best for her, but that doesn't stop me feeling bad about it.
I feel like I let her down; like she trusted me and I betrayed that trust.
Kelly keeps telling me it was for the best, and I know it was really - I wouldn't have let her go if I didn't think it was best for her - but that doesn't stop me feeling really guilty about it, and it doesn't take away the feeling that I let her down.
Every time I think of her sitting there waiting for a home it's like someone's twisting a knife in my heart, and I feel like I did something really cruel.
I'm sorry, Cara!
We weren't entirely convinced it was a good idea what with having Kero and the degus, but my Mam couldn't keep her and I did miss having a cat. So Cara came to live with us.
We had a few behaviour issues with her, but managed to sort most of them out - eventually.
Unfortunately, what we couldn't sort out was the fact that no matter what we did to try and stop her she would not stay out from under my feet. The result being that I was constantly stepping on her and falling over her. I was also constantly shutting her in doors, since she'd come out of nowhere just as I was shutting a door.
We put a collar on her with a bell on it, but she moved so fast I couldn't track her properly with the bell, so most of the time I had no idea where she was until I fell over her, or heard her cry out in pain as I stepped on her or shut her in a door or something.
To cut a long story short, we decided it would be best - for both my safety and hers - if we rehomed her.
We couldn't find anyone who wanted her though. Well, we could, but the people who wanted her weren't in the same country as us, and although cats can be given special pet passports these days nobody actually had the money for it. So we did the only thing we could think of... We called a shelter.
She was dropped off at the Blue Cross yesterday (Thursday) around lunchtime.
She gets a vet check with them today (Friday) and a seven day behaviour evaluation, and as long as she checks out OK with everything she'll go up for adoption at the end of next week. I see no reason why she shouldn't, since we haven't seen any signs of any health issues, and she's now no more mischeivious than your average kitten.
She's young (just coming up for five months) and very friendly, cute and pretty, so she should find a place really quickly once she's available for adoption.
I feel so guilty and cruel.
I did what I thought was best for her, but that doesn't stop me feeling bad about it.
I feel like I let her down; like she trusted me and I betrayed that trust.
Kelly keeps telling me it was for the best, and I know it was really - I wouldn't have let her go if I didn't think it was best for her - but that doesn't stop me feeling really guilty about it, and it doesn't take away the feeling that I let her down.
Every time I think of her sitting there waiting for a home it's like someone's twisting a knife in my heart, and I feel like I did something really cruel.
I'm sorry, Cara!
January 7, 2014
The Great Degu Round-Up
The Degu Days Duo, Book 1: The Great Degu Round-Up
Genre: Animal Stories - Mice, Rats And Other Rodents/Animal Stories - Pets
Description: "Jenks the degu lives in a cage with his three brothers: Jacob, Jasper and Joshua. It might seem like a strange place to live, but they call it home and feel safe there. So you can imagine how scary it is for them when they are forced to leave their cage.
Sure, they regularly leave it briefly for a bit of attention from their human caretakers, which they don’t mind, but the thing the human caretakers are calling “The Great Degu Round-Up” is different, and they find themselves in a giant sandless sand bath with no way to even look out at the world. They’re confused and frightened and wondering if they’ll ever see their cage again.
Will they find a way to escape the giant sandless sand bath? Will they get back to the cage they call home? Will they figure out why the round-up even happened?"
“The Degu Days Duo” is a short series of just two books telling the story of two different days in the lives of Jacob, Jasper, Jenks and Joshua – four degu brothers who live in a cage together. The stories are told from the point of view of one of the degus, so read on and see the world from the point of view of a small and furry rodent!
Published: 7th January 2014
ISBN: 9781311126009
Buy it from Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Degu Days, Book 1: The Great Degu Round-Up
"Jenks the degu lives in a cage with his three brothers: Jacob, Jasper and Joshua. It might seem like a strange place to live, but they call it home and feel safe there. So you can imagine how scary it is for them when they are forced to leave their cage.
Sure, they regularly leave it briefly for a bit of attention from their human caretakers, which they don’t mind, but the thing the human caretakers are calling “The Great Degu Round-Up” is different, and they find themselves in a giant sandless sand bath with no way to even look out at the world. They’re confused and frightened and wondering if they’ll ever see their cage again.
Will they find a way to escape the giant sandless sand bath? Will they get back to the cage they call home? Will they figure out why the round-up even happened?"
That's the synopsis for the first book in my "Degu Days Duo" series; the series about my own degus, which is written from Jenks' point of view.
And today is the official release date for this book.
You can already buy it from Smashwords and Barnes And Noble, and will be able to buy it elsewhere very soon.
Sure, they regularly leave it briefly for a bit of attention from their human caretakers, which they don’t mind, but the thing the human caretakers are calling “The Great Degu Round-Up” is different, and they find themselves in a giant sandless sand bath with no way to even look out at the world. They’re confused and frightened and wondering if they’ll ever see their cage again.
Will they find a way to escape the giant sandless sand bath? Will they get back to the cage they call home? Will they figure out why the round-up even happened?"
That's the synopsis for the first book in my "Degu Days Duo" series; the series about my own degus, which is written from Jenks' point of view.
And today is the official release date for this book.
You can already buy it from Smashwords and Barnes And Noble, and will be able to buy it elsewhere very soon.
January 5, 2014
Made my blog public again
I decided to make my blog public again.
I don't know if anyone will notice, or if any of the people who notice will care, but I did it anyway.
If you did notice and stopped by, thanks and hello! :)
Also, if you noticed and stopped by, you may be interested to know that I put a thing on the sidebar where you can follow by e-mail if you want.
I don't know how often I'll put anything up for you to read, but the option is there for you to read whatever I put up again now.
As you can see if you look back, I've actually been posting at least once a month. I'm not expecting you to go back and read my posts though. I mean, you can if you want, but you don't have to. Be warned, I had a bit of a pitty party once or twice. Not a huge one, but a bit of a whine, if you know what I mean. But, anyway, as I was saying, you don't have to go back and read the posts I did in this last 16 months if you don't want to, but if you do want to then feel free to do so.
I don't know if anyone will notice, or if any of the people who notice will care, but I did it anyway.
If you did notice and stopped by, thanks and hello! :)
Also, if you noticed and stopped by, you may be interested to know that I put a thing on the sidebar where you can follow by e-mail if you want.
I don't know how often I'll put anything up for you to read, but the option is there for you to read whatever I put up again now.
As you can see if you look back, I've actually been posting at least once a month. I'm not expecting you to go back and read my posts though. I mean, you can if you want, but you don't have to. Be warned, I had a bit of a pitty party once or twice. Not a huge one, but a bit of a whine, if you know what I mean. But, anyway, as I was saying, you don't have to go back and read the posts I did in this last 16 months if you don't want to, but if you do want to then feel free to do so.
January 3, 2014
2014 reading challenges
Happy New Year!
A few days late, but whatever.
It's a whole new year, which means a whole new Goodreads reading challenge, LOL!
Yes, I signed up again this year. Last year my goal was 250 books and I read 290 (as I mentioned the other day). This year my goal is 300 books.
I also signed up for both a new A-Z book title challenge and a new A-Z character challenge on one of the Goodreads groups I'm a member of (and will sign up for them on the other if they do them this year too). The title one is to read a book for each letter of the alphabet, and the character one is to read a book with a main character for each letter of the alphabet.
Also, the quarterly reading challenge on that same group for the first quarter is to read at least 12 books that have been on your to-read shelf for three months or longer, and since I was already planning to go and read some of the books I've had waiting to be read for some time I signed up for that one too.
I have a lot of reading to do... Not that I don't already read a lot anyway, LOL!
A few days late, but whatever.
It's a whole new year, which means a whole new Goodreads reading challenge, LOL!
Yes, I signed up again this year. Last year my goal was 250 books and I read 290 (as I mentioned the other day). This year my goal is 300 books.
I also signed up for both a new A-Z book title challenge and a new A-Z character challenge on one of the Goodreads groups I'm a member of (and will sign up for them on the other if they do them this year too). The title one is to read a book for each letter of the alphabet, and the character one is to read a book with a main character for each letter of the alphabet.
Also, the quarterly reading challenge on that same group for the first quarter is to read at least 12 books that have been on your to-read shelf for three months or longer, and since I was already planning to go and read some of the books I've had waiting to be read for some time I signed up for that one too.
I have a lot of reading to do... Not that I don't already read a lot anyway, LOL!
December 31, 2013
Books read in 2013
My goal was to read 250 books in 2013.
I read 290!
If you want to see what books I read, go to https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/686649 where Goodreads lists the books I read this year.
I read 290!
If you want to see what books I read, go to https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/686649 where Goodreads lists the books I read this year.
December 28, 2013
Holidays 2013
Well, I'm not sure how we got to this point so quickly, but the holidays (as in Yule and christmas) are over for 2013, and 2014 is just around the corner.
There wasn't much this year because money was tight with Kero's vet bills and taking in Cara and Luna, but I for one enjoyed the holidays despite that. I mean, there wasn't much, but what we had was all stuff we thought was great.
I had a My Little Pony pegasus from the "Build A Bear" workshop from my brother, Carl, a jumper with a Westie on it from my Mam, some stickers to use in cardmaking from Kelly, some money from most of the rest of the family, a lot of chocolate, and a few DVDs from Kelly ("The Host" and a couple of Scooby Doo DVDs).
I made my own home made sweet mince pies, which were done using a filling made from raisins and dried cranberries soaked for two days in lemon juice and orange juice. I also made double chocolate brownies, plus a star shaped white chocolate and cranberry cake. They were all very tasty if I say so myself!
Dinner was home made stuffing made by me to make sure it was vegetarian friendly, minted roast potatoes, honey roast parsnips, carrots, sprouts and cranberry sauce for me, and honey-mustard ham, herby turkey and minted roast potatoes for Kelly. Kero and Cara had some of the honey-mustard ham and herby turkey, and the five degus had hazelnuts, peanuts and oat cakes (the nuts were still in their shells).
And I watched my favourite Christmas movie and read my favourite Christmas story on Christmas Eve, which means watching "Santa Clause - The Movie" and reading "The Bear Father Christmas Forgot" - I did read other stories and watch other movies as well though.
There wasn't much this year because money was tight with Kero's vet bills and taking in Cara and Luna, but I for one enjoyed the holidays despite that. I mean, there wasn't much, but what we had was all stuff we thought was great.
I had a My Little Pony pegasus from the "Build A Bear" workshop from my brother, Carl, a jumper with a Westie on it from my Mam, some stickers to use in cardmaking from Kelly, some money from most of the rest of the family, a lot of chocolate, and a few DVDs from Kelly ("The Host" and a couple of Scooby Doo DVDs).
I made my own home made sweet mince pies, which were done using a filling made from raisins and dried cranberries soaked for two days in lemon juice and orange juice. I also made double chocolate brownies, plus a star shaped white chocolate and cranberry cake. They were all very tasty if I say so myself!
Dinner was home made stuffing made by me to make sure it was vegetarian friendly, minted roast potatoes, honey roast parsnips, carrots, sprouts and cranberry sauce for me, and honey-mustard ham, herby turkey and minted roast potatoes for Kelly. Kero and Cara had some of the honey-mustard ham and herby turkey, and the five degus had hazelnuts, peanuts and oat cakes (the nuts were still in their shells).
And I watched my favourite Christmas movie and read my favourite Christmas story on Christmas Eve, which means watching "Santa Clause - The Movie" and reading "The Bear Father Christmas Forgot" - I did read other stories and watch other movies as well though.
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