I was warned that when I get pets of my own, I should expect to see a $400 vet bill every time I turn around. I can understand a pet getting sick. That happens. But dogs especially get into situations where they need their stomachs pumped. I knew a beagle that ate two pounds of chocolate-coated coffee beans, an asthma inhaler (with the medicine still inside), and my ball cap.
I also knew a cat that ate some dental floss. The floss got twisted around somewhere in the intestine, so that was an expensive abdominal surgery. His owner told me, "next time he does that, he DIES. I don't love him enough to pay for this again."
My sleep victory was followed up by pukey and dizzy 
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Omg! How can a dog eat an asthma inhaler?!?!
I've been ear-marking $30/mo for every pet I have, instead of purchasing insurance. This has covered any medical needs they've had, luckily, and is incidentally an emergency fund (if my budget ever gets to the point of having to choose between housing/food and my animals).
Ever since hearing about the dental floss thing (have you mentioned this before, @IronBrig4 ?) me and my SO cat-proof the house as a semi-regular chore. I miss having rubber bands just laying around.
Cats: "If I fits, I sits."
Dogs: "If it fits, I eats."
Ever since hearing about the dental floss thing (have you mentioned this before, @IronBrig4 ?) me and my SO cat-proof the house as a semi-regular chore. I miss having rubber bands just laying around.
Gotta remember the animal rules of thumb.My sleep victory was followed up by pukey and dizzy
Omg! How can a dog eat an asthma inhaler?!?!
Cats: "If I fits, I sits."
Dogs: "If it fits, I eats."
You'd be surprised. I had a dog that ate an entire remote. The only thing left was the batteries and the spot the go in.
When my dog eats something strange, I normally take the stance of, "This too shall pass."
I've been lucky that none of my dogs ever ate anything that would block them up.
I've been lucky that none of my dogs ever ate anything that would block them up.
One bite at a time.
Well, it was only $400, so there's that.
But I think I may have inadvertently left my $20 work headset (which I purchased for myself rather than share) at the dealership. I may have had a lot on my mind today.
--Patrick
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I thought I mentioned it before, but not according to the Halforums search engine. The kitty also tried to swallow some yarn. One of his owners held him down while someone else triggered his gag reflex, grabbed the yarn, and slowly pulled it out of him.
What is it with cats eating string or string-like stuff? Kiki will chew ribbon, thread, fringe on clothing and blankets, hair ties, and even doll hair. Fortunately she hasn't ingested enough to cause a major problem in her digestive tract.
Guess what I got this morning. A little letter saying that my eight-hour-restriction can only be honored through the 16th of next month. If I don't get something more in writing from my doctor, they could consider "additional medical or leave options... to determine next steps."
They don't seem to care that my back issue is causing issues enough that, if I am on my feet working longer than 8 hours, it starts to hurt to a level of intolerance - and, possibly, to where it does damage.
That's better (though only marginally) than pulling a shop towel out of your dog from the other end.
My parent's old dog also used to love to eat towels.
Wow that totally and legitimately sucks.
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At this moment I am really, really thankful for 2-factor authentication.
Work or home?
Brand/FW vers for the rest of us? Or is it one you can't patch?
--Patrick
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Home. Trendnet TEW-731BR. Yes, there's a firmware update to address the vulnerability. I had THOUGHT I had applied it, but turns out I didn't. Well, I DID NOW.
I'm just kinda glad I haven't done any banking/investment stuff from home for the last six months or so... all from work instead, where we're using Mikrotik Routerboards.
Be careful with icy hot, it's toxic to cats but something with the smell makes them addicted to licking it (something in it is from the same family of stuff that cat nip is from)
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Catnip is a mint plant, so that makes sense. Luckily no one in the house uses Icy Hot. She did chew into the paper covering of an ice pack though. I panicked since I know they contain ammonium nitrate, but it was only the water that she got to.
Ever eaten a pepper that was a bit too hot and burned your mouth?
I have to close up the dogs inside when I mow/weed-whack the backyard because something about the noise the mower and trimmer make make my dog try to run up and attack them.
I don't know, but I've always wondered why glass tastes so much like blood...
Ok, so pushing out the End of the Year Testing program that all of our kids need to their district-provided laptop has not worked and I have to go around my school and install the program on all 900 laptops manually. Fine.
Why in the hell do we need a meeting about doing this RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIME WE NEED TO BE DOING IT?!?
Why in the hell do we need a meeting about doing this RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIME WE NEED TO BE DOING IT?!?
To be sure you know who is in charge...
Meetings kill me. So much time spent talking about doing something instead of just doing it.
My new boss likes to micromanage and hold a foolish number of meetings then gets screechy with me when she doesn't have enough time to get things done.