My Heart's on Fire for Elvira

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So I looked at her ears and everything, her ears look clean. I can't see like deep down in there, but around the opening of her ear and outer ear look pretty clean. BUT as I looked at her head around her ear, it seems like she is missing a tiny amount of fur in front of her right ear. It also looks like there are little white flakes coming off her skin. Like, nothing to write home about, but a few little tiny flakes. Enough to be noticeable since shes black. She let me scratch her ear and in front of it. She didn't seem bothered by my looking inside her ear either, even let me pick her up! haha.

I wonder if she is just dry from the cold or whatever? My dog is itchy too. He did just come back from the groomer after getting a de-shed treatment and some serious shampooing action. But I think the cold has a lot to do with the dogs itchyness.

I'm going to give her a little more time with the ear and face scratching, I hope it goes away. If I see anything else, like dirty ears or more white flakes, I'll take her in. I hope its nothing. She has baby fur, could it be her baby fur? When do they molt for the first time?
I'm glad I can bounce all these things off of you guys, these are all the thoughts that go through my mind. Rapid fire, crazy-thoughts. Ugh. Sometimes I don't like being a crazy person. :lalalala:

 

[Katielovesleo3]

I am going to call the vet tomorrow, need his nails clipped anyway... :/

Lol. I love being a crazy person! :jumpforjoy: makes life more fun

 

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I have to tell you guys about Ellie. She's so ingenuitive! I dropped one of her clean blankets on the floor I guess, and she drug the blanket into her box out of her cage. She also made a blanket barricade with another blanket, to keep the heat in I think. hahaha. Pretty crafty that one.
I don't know if her cabinet will be warm. I guess I'll have to cover it at night or something. At least the side that is next to the washing machine. I think what I'll do is I'll make a cover for that side. Like screw a blanket to that side, with a strip of string on either side of the blanket, that way I can roll the blanket up during the day and let it down at night. Does that make sense? I guess it will be easier to explain with a picture, lol.

My son is going to my dads house this evening to stay the night, so I might be able to start of the cabinet tonight. I think that my MIL is going to take him tomorrow afternoon through the night too, so I'll have plenty of time to finish it. haha. And get some other things done too. My husband didn't help me last weekend like he said he would and now, like always it falls on me to do it. So with my son safely at a grand parents house and my husband out of town, I should be able to get a lot of stuff done.

Thankfully I bought a bottle of wine last night, I can enjoy a glass by myself, in the peace and quiet of my own house. Lovely.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Glad to see you´ve got your priorities right Morgan...a bottle of wine lol.

That´s good news as you´ll be able to get loads done, the cabinet is getting me excited. Yes, I understand what you mean about the blanket a bit like a roller blind...open and closed.

Houdini is also a blanket dragger, he loves rearranging his stuff and is always moving them wherever I put them, he´s my little rascal.

Can´t remember when mine first molted but sounds like it could be that. If her ears look really clean then they should be OK. I saw a thread on the infirmary about ear mites with a link and some yukky photos, I swear I wished I hadn´t have looked but really interesting and shows you how healthy ears look. If I go back and find it, I´ll send you the link.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Morgan, here it is, just make sure you áren´t eating when you look at this...yukkkk

http://medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Parasitic/earmite/Psoroptes.htm

 

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I have seen that page on ear mites. Those pictures don't bother me, it makes me sad but it doesn't make me queasy or anything.
I haven't seen her scratching today, but then again I haven't spent a whole lot of time in the kitchen today. I'll watch her later and see how she's acting.

I just realized I haven't taken my vitamins today. hahaha. I put them in my jacket pocket while I was eating breakfast and I never took them. I'm having a hard time today, I'm just a little slow on the draw today. hahahahaha.

 

[Chrisdoc]

The pictures don´t make me queasy just make me shudder and those hairless buns are just so weird, poor little things.

You sound like my mum haha, she´s always forgetting to take her pills. When I´m on medication, I´m not much better either, I always miss some.

 

[agnesthelion]

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[Chrisdoc]

Haha we always get back to that wine.....I´m off to my friend´s house again tomorrow to celebrate her mom´s birthday so we´ll be opening the bubbly again in the middle of the day. If the weather´s like today, I´m sure we´ll be having a bb

 

[Chrisdoc]

What the heck did I do there ??? Obviously, pressed the wrong button.

As I was saying, we´ll be having a bbq so I´ll take some pics just to make you all jealous lol.

And talking of small kids, there are six of us and mum, at one time, had four under the age of five and this was at the beginning of the 60´s with towel diapers and no washing machine...I often ask her how did she manage anic:

 

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I just heard this strange screetching/howling noise. So I thought one of the owls who lives in our woods got hit by a car or something. I go out and its my barn cat, Bronco, fighting with another cat. I had him neutered in September, so I guess he's still just super territorial. He chased the cat away and when I called him, thankfully he came back unscathed. He was just trying to tell that cat to get the hell out of our yard! hahaha.

Yes Lisa, another kid free weekend. I have him all the time, all week long. My husband plays with him a bit when he gets home from work, but then he watches tv or plays games or whatever he does. I do everything for him and with him, well you know how that is Lisa. Its exhausting. I never let anyone keep him until he was almost a year. We didn't talk to my in-laws until he was 10 months old, my mom moved away when he was 4 months, she was back at 16 months, and my dad just moved back in October. So I had no one to keep him ever. So I went a really long time with just me and him, I don't trust my friends to keep him and I don't trust my husband half the time. hahaha. So now, if one of his grandparents wants him for the night I jump all over it. Its my way to get different stuff done, like cleaning upstairs or doing to the cabinet. Also it allows me to clean out the chicken coop, not like thats getting done until the chicks get here. Anyway, I have him all the time, 24 hours a day my job never ends. This house never stops running, these animals never stop eating and pooping, my husband never stops complaining. It never stops! This is the first time I've spent by myself in...well over a year! hahaha. I can't wait for my dad to come round and get my son.

Chris, I can't wait to see pictures! I will be jealous too.

Ellie is a character. During the day she lays in the sun that shines onto the floor of the kitchen. She lays there the whole time the sun is there, so a few hours. haha. Then every single time I walk into the kitchen and she isn't hiding she stretches her legs and back out and yawns. She stretches a lot. haha. Its pretty funny, she stretches her front legs too and its adorable. She does this every times she sees me.

She has also almost figured out the first level of the toy I got her. I put her pellets in it and she has gotten all of them other than two. She's pretty smart.

 

[Chrisdoc]

I just knew Ellie would be good at that game, she is one smart bun lol.

I can imagine that getting time for yourself without having someone else wanting attention must be precious time for you. I haven´t got kids but I always imagined it would be really hard work. I did look after my nieces and nephews quite a lot when I was younger and that was hard work for short periods, I could never have imagined having that all the time.

That´s just like mine, they love lying in the window in the sunshine and then they stretch and yawn, I just love that but am never quick enough with the camera.

I´m looking forward to my lunch tomorrow as I love a bbq and we always have a great time as we all like a beer or a glass of wine or bubbly so it´s always a really enjoyable few hours.

 

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Ellie is eating SO much! I think she's eaten like a cup of food today! On my goodness, what am I going to do with her?!
She is going to eat me out of house and home! I wonder if she is going through some kind of growth spurt or something.

AND she has decided that now she is going to pee in the kitchen floor! Its in one spot and its near the back door. I don't really get it, but she's making me crazy. She's peed there twice already today. I didn't clean the litter boxes this morning because they looked alright, maybe she's sending me a message?! Smart little thing.

 

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Okay, I'm not a happy camper! I came downstairs and walk into the kitchen, Ellie has pooped everywhere in the kitchen! Obviously she went freaking mental last night after I went to bed and decided to poop mark everywhere. Even if its not poop marking, its still poop! AHHHH! It was just a little shocking, then I swept it up and it was gone. haha.

I thought about something last night that I was going to say but I can not for the life of me remember. I guess thats what happens when you think too much before you go to sleep. haha.

OH NOW I REMEMBER! Since I was alone last night in bed, I asked the dog if he wanted to sleep with me, knowing he would only sleep with me for a few minutes. So this is how it went.
me: Woody, you wanna sleep in the big bed?
dog: looks way happy and jumps in bed. Does a circle then lays down.
me: Woody, you're such a bed hog, jeez.
...5.6 minutes later Woody gets down.
me: gets into the spot where he was laying because it was pre-warmed. 'thanks Woody, I appreciate you warming the bed for me.'

Is it wrong I use my dog like a sheet warmer? hahaha. It works and it was so nice. hahahaha. Then I was thinking about random things, it was hard to go to sleep.

Right now, Smokey cat is hunting Smedley my old cat...in the house. They're so annoying.
Now, its time to clean up upstairs, I have to hang some stuff. I haven't started the cabinet yet, more pressing matters and it doesn't help that I sat on the couch ALL day yesterday; did absolutely nothing yesterday! hahaha. It was pretty bad. So today I have to do twice as much, which is really annoying but I did it to myself. But I can start and probably finish the cabinet tomorrow, I need to get it done, haha.
Ahh, and it really cold in my house. I let the fire go out last night because I was mad I couldn't get it going right. So I let it go out and I dealt with the cold of the house. I have to get the fire going again, its pretty cold in here. But my son isn't here, so its alright! haha.

Off to do things now!

 

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The only reason I have so much "drive" is because I drink a pot of coffee a day! Plus, some super strong english breakfast tea that has more caffeine than regular tea. And vitamins. I take a D, a B complex and a green coffee bean extract(that doesn't act like coffee), so they make me feel better and less lump like. haha.
I actually have like ZERO motivation to do anything, but once I actually get up and do something; I do more stuff, its a little contagious. Its just the act of getting off the couch or off the floor from playing with my son. Like, half the time I don't get anything done during the day, I'm having a great day with my son. I don't usually play with him because he doesn't like to play with me, only my husband. So on days he is willing to play with me I love it. I will spend as much time as he'll let me, playing with him. We like to color together now. He's learning how to use crayons and I love to color too! Thats usually what happens. But yesterday I was just being a lazy cow and didn't do anything! hahaa.
Now I have to put the computer away because I'm really cold and I need to get moving!

 

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I just walked out to check my hen and feed her and she came out of her house. She is sitting on 15 eggs! 15 eggs! That is totally insane! I thought it was like 10 and thats still a lot, but 15 is just nuts! Last summer when she went broody there were 7, 5 of which got taken by a snake, one didn't hatch and the one that did hatch didn't survive; mareks. I've told you all this though.
But this time, since its winter there are no snakes to take the eggs and as long as she can keep them warm enough and they're fertilized, then I should have 15 chicks running around in about...19 days. I just hope they make it after hatching, thankfully shes a good mama-hen.
The roo is such a good boy too. Since she's been in the house he's pretty pretty sweet to me. He just walks up to me now and coos at me, then I feed him and he coos at me some more. haha. He's so silly, but as soon as she comes out of the house he's back to being an attack rooster! haha. Crazy chickens.

So would it be totally nuts if I wanted to get a tattoo of my rooster? I really love that bird and I love the farm life and he is my big boy and my best example of my farm yet. Hopefully he'll help me to produce some nice quality chicks!

I almost got the upstairs cleaned, its a little furry up there. haha. Tomorrow its rug time! I'm making my husband buy me a rug for up there, since its just bare hardwood. I hate it. Tomorrow is also floor day and bathroom day. Exciting.
I had to stop cleaning up there because my head is killing me, I was pretty close to a migraine if I didn't sit down. Hopefully when my dog comes round to bring my son home, he'll remember the headache stuff that I asked for! haha.

 

[JBun]

Oh no, sounds like Ellie may have finally hit puberty. That or she's decided that the kitchen is HER territory now, haha.

So, i'm pretty sure that my little boy Roo, is now my little girl Roo. She's now over 4 mo. old and there are no boy parts down there. I'm kind of glad cause Roo and Libby get along really well, so now I can let them play together and not have to watch them the whole time anymore.

Can't wait for you to have little chicks. Baby animals are always so cute

 

[whitelop]

I think she has hit puberty too. I don't know what I'm going to do!

Well, i guess its good for Roo and Libby that Roo is possibly a girl, that way they CAN play together!

I can't wait for baby chicks either, they're adorable!

 

[Chrisdoc]

I can´t believe there are 15 eggs, that´s a heck of lot of eggs. I´m hoping you get a whole brood of little chicks and I want to see pics of them, they will be so cute.

Yes, Ellie looks as though she´s getting to that age or maybe she was just making a point or having a bad day, you´ll sson know if she starts to do it regularly.

My cleaning day tomorrow, it just seems to come round so quickly every week but there you are and I really need to do the bathroom tomorrow. I agree Morgan, so exciting.

Fancy Roo being a little girl. I had the opposite with Bandy when I looked at her and it was him, as his little thingie popped out, it was quite a shock at the time lol. At least it makes it easier with Libby.

 

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