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You know for stray cats, they sure are choosy about which wet food they get hey lol
The dog will be feed twice a day until they get back. YL will not be staying there. Some people don't deserve animals.
So glad YL got out, that poor dog. Some people are just ferals.
Thanks. We'll do everything we can for the poor dog.
My daughter is living in the house of horrors. Earwigs, ants and a cockroach infestation. I told her to pack her shit up and come home. Go back twice a day to feed the dog. Something ain't right. I reckon these people have fled. The nudity is over.
You are a good mum. Recognising something's not right and getting her out of the place.
The Young Seagoons used to house/pet sit.
The owners should have left her a contact number in case of questions or emergency. She should call it.
The scummy house is apparently not unusual.
She has. And the agency.
Has she checked for cameras? That's what you are worried about, yes?
I would worry too.
in fact, now I'm wondering if anything happened like that to the young seagoons ๐
The house is almost bare. There's no where for a camera. Things aren't adding up.
That's not normal.
Maybe the owners aren't on holiday at all. Jail perhaps? Done a runner?
My gut feeling is a runner.
Have they paid her anything yet? It might be useful if YL keeps any record of such payment - such as bank account details etc. The cops could possibly use that to trace the house owners/renters. I'm glad the agency has been informed.
From rent or the cops?
That poor dog.
I've house sat some fucking feral places.
I wonder if they thought they'd get free cleaning as well as pet sitting. I wouldn't put that past some people.
Driving home through clouds was interesting. I have a switch that claims to be for fog lights, but it may just be a placebo as it makes no noticable difference.
In old cars we had to turn the headlights off cos they'd light up the fog. The fog lights down low are supposed to be under the fog.
years ago, maybe over 40 years, Melbourne switched all the street lights to an orangey colour , ostensibly to make it safer driving in fog
then when I came back to Oz over ten years ago I noticed all the lights had changed to white again, led bulbs I think , but higher luminosity
Misty moisty morning. No wind, just water hanging in the air like a bad memory.
Went outside to put my bin out and the council truck was delivering replacement bins to the new residents next door. As it moved down the street it left elegant swirls of moisture in its wake visible under the streetlights. Never seen that before.
Woooooooo spooky hour wooooooo
oh yeah coworkers are about to find out just how unhinged I can get
let's see how this new camera compares
uploading is much easier, that's the first thing I noticed
I often find flowers at the beach , possibly left there as offerings


Quarantine has begun. Taking one bag at a time out of her car. All clothes (even clean clothes ๐ก) are getting a hygiene wash. Everything will be disinfectanted. Found one in her school bag. I sprayed it and the bag and zipped it back up. Yadda yadda yadda. End game the car will be fumigated. Don't know what else to do.
I'm on coffee 3.
She fled so fast a tin of strawberry nesquik has losted its lid and is on everything that was in that bag.
I'm no longer hungry.
The Nesquik wash will be a spectacular sight. Speaking from experience, and if your machine is a top loader - do not fill machine with water more than half way up the tub. One of my boys did a chocolate nesquik wash with a full tub and it spilled all over the laundry floor. Yes I made him clean it up. Even behind the machine.
Dunno about front loaders. And strawberry nesquik is easily identifiable as such, unlike chocolate. Sympathies for your situation.
That would have been quite the sight!! ๐
Found one in her school bag.
omg
Hoping the cleaning gods shine on you.
Glad you got her out! I read your earlier comment at some point during the day and it just kept playing on my mind. This is the first chance I've had to revisit this post. Yeah that's just not right at all.
I thought what would I do. I wouldn't sleep there. I wouldn't even stay there during the day. But I would still fulfil my obligation to feed the dog. That was my advice to YL and she took it.
Wise decision. I mean, I've had times in my life, when I was really rock bottom depressed for example, and I let the housework go shamefully. But I would always take action on insects and rodents and prevent infestation, no matter how I had to drag myself around to do it. And I would never have people in the house to see my shame or expect someone to stay there and deal with it. That's just awful. How can they not be ashamed?
got the house to myself today
i may have a restful sleep in
then busy busy busy
Tickets are open for RONE's exhibition at Chadstone. His Burnham Beeches installation blew my mind, so I'm very excited.
My thinking is Terminator 2: Judgement Day is fine for two 3 year olds to watch because it's mostly and action movie. Whereas the first Terminator is at least not the ideal first Terminator movie for two 3 year olds to watch because it is more of a horror movie
Down at the manufacturing site at Hastings today. It has an 'emergency hq' feel with all the temporary buildings on bricks. And there's a thick book on the shelf about using office 2000
Been watching Jayson Gillham v Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and I'm realising I had no grasp of just how cool classical musicians in general are. They are obviously very smart -- but so principled and vocal too. Impressive.
now time to watch a bunch of legal yt on how to prepare for another court case, this is the stuff to do before seeing the lawyers
and to have a talk with miss seagoon
don't worry, nothing serious
Just make sure the YT vijos relate to the correct jurisdiction. Foreign countries having their own laws and all. So very selfish of them.
thanks, good advice
it's just about how to approach prep, data collection, how to plan, what to expect
I've only had one case before and it was in europe, I learnt a lot about how to approach a case, got to have supporting evidence to make a narrative and that ticks the boxes of the law
and there are two types of adversary, one who sticks to law, one who is a bully, this one is going to be a bully and liar
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not hungry today chef
Crumpets & honey and a cup of tea please chef.
Crispy skinned roast goose with rice and Chinese greens please
Spent my dreams dancing at a music festival on a cruise ship thanks to watching EDC all weekend. I "slept" 8 hours, but feel so incredibly tired and cranky today.
Annnnd cerys groomed the $200 fucking cgm right off. So we go for a new one. And they installed it on the insulin injection site
Fuck
Me
No, I'm not recommending signing up to libre and dexcom with as many email addresses as you can possibly obtain to get free samples.... if its human ones you're using.
Oh that's already occuring ...do they not check delivery addresses? because that will be fun.
(So far one to my po box under maiden name, one to our house under married, one to his lordship's work... and we have friends who are literally settling on a new house....)
Does it need to be refrigerated? I could try to order some and post it on
Nah its just a blood glucose monitor stickon. I would be very grateful, their discount "trial" is $15. Our local chemist has $125 (pets dont get NDIS).
You don't want to know what the AEC charged.
So itโs a one off? Yeah Iโll see how I go, if they let me have multiple to the same address (and whether they get pinched ๐ฌ)
Edit: Damn, terms and conditions say you can get stung full price or it gets canceled if they find out you did it multiple times. And it can retroactively alter the agreement. Maybe I can get one from each site then
Edit 2: I ordered one from Libre and denied authority to leave so it wonโt get pinched. But then the post office might not tell me itโs arrived so ๐ค Another site didnโt have a trial option so I might come back to that later
Perfect- libre are the ones we're currently logging on. Thank you ever so much - pm me your payid or paypal or whatevs so i can pay you back. Can do the $15 now and postage later, or all in one hit, however you like
Itโs ok, donโt worry about it. Youโre taking some financial hits right now
yeah but we're also in a position to weather them.
EDIT: sorry that sounded rude.
I don't like taking charity when it's not needed - it takes away from those that do need it. If that makes sense.
Thatโs ok, no offense taken. I tend to be oddly cagey with giving out some info online (even with trustworthy people) so I really donโt mind just giving it. Itโs nothing compared to what I used to cover with Melbcat.
Sorry to make things awkward
You didn't make things awkward, i promise. And i get being cagey with details. Internet's full of weirdoes
Oh and one more thing. I hope Iโm not badgering you.
But thereโs an organisation that supports you after a diabetes diagnosis if that could come in handy. And a loan of a glucose monitor at home is available https://www.animaldiabetesaustralia.com.au/services/
There is an initial consult and I canโt tell if the vet is currently in Melbourne or Queensland but that looked useful.
awesome. that's what we're doing atm with our AEC specialist. Good to know it's protocol.
I actually have a BGM - non diabetic hypoglycemic - but did pick up a set of different lancets for the cerybeast. Since my actual reader isn't tied to any record keeping, I can just use that and manually write her values if need be.
Edit: Never mind, a sensor that comes off canโt be reattached.
Places like Vet Shed online have cohesive bandages that could protect the new one. Sometimes they wrap it over taped IV cannulas to stop the pet chewing them out. (Maybe diagonal going under one front leg to over the other shoulder if a figure 8 would put pressure on her neck.)
Also lol they recommend superglue https://www.vss.net.au/videos/application-of-a-libre-sensor.html
Surgical glue is great - the usual vet didnt use enough, hence why she was able to groom it off. And now a nasty raw area poor baby, I gotta call them today and find out if i can get cat-friendly cream at my local chemist
Oh well done! I don't think they do check addresses, I work in community health and we've all signed up over the years for our human clients.
now I see why cats end up in cones
she really is very lucky to have you looking after her
Would a bodysuit prevent grooming it off while still allowing you to check it?
Props to you, Iโve done round the clock care and subdermal fluids/injection but not diabetes
The grooming isn't so much the problem as them plonking the new one right on the nape where we make the bloody tent to inject.
She loves wearing shirts, so if grooming becomes a thing we'll just put her collection of sleeveless tees on.
I know :( If it helps at all I was varying the injection sites to spread the punctures, so would sometimes do it a little bit to the sides or lower down and it worked.
The other place or feline diabetes forums would be able to give more useful info
Edit: Ok itโs actually good to rotate injection sites and there are other ones than the scruff. If this saves you spending another $200 ๐ค https://catbloomhaven.com/cat-insulin-injections/#step-3-choose--rotate-cat-insulin-injection-sites
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