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There is no place like home! :) Those babies know it too and that is there happy place. :)
Glad you are all safe. Yep, hope you can find a heater somewhere. Just so you don't have to go back and forth when it's bad out.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Leslie,
I'm sorry but all of the visuals - I can't stop laughing :)
Glad that "everyone" is home safe.
We're expecting ice and snow overnight so I moved vehicles and the grill and salted everywhere.
I use pet safe salt where Daisy walks and the regular stuff everywhere else. She didn't mind me rinsing her feet with warm water though.
Leslie:
You have such an ability to tell a story that makes the people reading it feel like they are right there. I could just visualize everything you said the babies were doing. We are in the single digits here today. Tipper is already bored and decided to lick her legs if she can't walk!. What about a propane fireplace for heat, the kind where the propane stays outside the house and you run a small line in?? With all the skills you have I know you and your brother could do it! That would be a good project together. I am going to catch up on things here today as I was up late trying to wait Tipper out with the light on so I could video her. She would not budge so finally I turned it out and went to bed. She ahs her little quirks just as I do, and she isn't sleeping with a lite on!!. Itching to start cooking her food and getting her started. Hope the supplements come soon. Blessings
Patti
Well, I'm also gonna be in the market for a carpet shampooer along with a heat source. None of the babies are willing to do their business on the porch yet even with peepee pads spread out - which froze to the wood overnight. They go out, stare at the opening to the ramp which is blocked then back at me like, "Move that stuff, ok Mom? Please? Now?" Then back in the house where they decide the carpet will do better. :rolleyes: It's just too cold to leave them out there very long so I don't have the heart to force them to stay out there.
We checked the weather before I left Mark's yesterday and the storm warning for yesterday had been cancelled with the next winter precipitation predicted to come on the 16th. After we got home, the predictions started changing and we have had some more light precipitation with more light expected today and another storm coming tomorrow - but it is not supposed to be as bad as the first one so hopefully the lines will remain in the air and the power on because with ice on the roads I couldn't leave and no one can get to us. So as I listened to the sleet tapping on the windows last night I tried again to come up with ways for us to survive in here with no heat. I measured floor space thinking about a tent, either finding one to borrow to set up or ways to make one out of blankets and my thermal curtains. A lower "ceiling" would help contain body and candle heat better. So Mom didn't get very much sleep last night after all but it's still nice to be home.
Leslie:
You can buy one of those small Coleman heaters that use a propane cylinder about a s big as a 1 liter bottle. They are cheap and heat well. It would be great in an emergency. You could make a tent out of blankets and clothes line if need be like when were kids and made a ten in the house. It would contain the heat. I have flashlights that you crank by hand and have an emergency weather radio on them. They are great for when you have no power, I also have regular ones. I have touch lites to. They are about as big as a teacup saucer. You just tap them and it makes a lot of light enough for a whole room. There are the ones for your outlets that come on when the power is out also. Hope you do not get any more bad weather, until you get your plan figured out. Blessings
Patti
Hi Leslie:
We are freezing our gutchies off up here only 15. The supplements never came so when I am done here I am calling them. Tipper gained more weight so I need to get her on this diet like 2 weeks ago. Hope you were able to make it into town. We are to get lake effect snow tonite so I may have to cancel Tipper laser treatment tomorrow if it is bad out as they never have these side roads clear in the morning. How are all the babies? I talked to the people that manufacturer the Buckwheat Groats and they said that they would cook up about double from dry. So at least I have some idea. If she stays on them I ma going to have to order more asap so they get her in enough time. I think I have enough for 1 1/2 to 2 weeks. I am wondering if she does ok on this if that is what she will keep her on?? Blessings
Patti
If she does well with this recipe, Cat may or may not use the groats in the second one. It will depend on the nutritional goals and what will best meet those goals as well as how well Tipper likes the food she is given. Squirt has been on the same recipe for most of the last 6 years. We tried a second one but Squirt refused to eat the salmon after a bit so we stick with the first recipe. I can't believe it's taken this long to get a shipment in of the supplements! I'd be calling too....I wonder if the road conditions have slowed things down?
Leslie:
I just found out what happened. It was given to the local post office by FedEx. I hate when they do this. Trade off to the postal office. They usually keep things for 2 days. It got there today so if they do not deliver it with my mail I will go to the post office and ask for it. I am sick of this little game already. It may have been the weather , but the groats I ordered from the same company a day later came last week, so figure that one out. I just want to get her started on this as I was not happy with the weight gain at the vets today, although she did drink a lot of water before we went, and that could be it. Blessings
patti
Hi Leslie
Hope your all thawed out with the nice warm winds I have blown your way and the team are all settled back in!! Please do not use gas in a tent :eek::eek: sounds a fast way for everyone to get a singed haircut! Stay safe you lot!! xxxx
Leslie:
What goes on down that way?? How is Squirt doing? Please let me know if you think I can safely increase Tipper's melatonin? I used it last nite and it helped but did not stop them completely. So either it was not enough of a dosage or it is not going to work completely. Addy had an interesting question about if she does have hypothyroidism could that cause it. Since some can be idiopathic I am thinking that could be possible, just do not know. My vet said he thinks she could be having this problem he said it is highly likely. We are going in the 40's for the weekend so Tipper will be able to walk so she will be happy. She has been depressed being in for about a week now. She needs to burn off excess energy or she is naughty as can be. Blessings
Patti