Sun, 31 May 2026 02:52:26 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24432#Comment_24432 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24432#Comment_24432 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:20:26 +0100 mrswhitecat
We are in the thrall of a cat. Since Friday he's not eating Whiskas beef flavour (this week - 2 weeks ago he wouldn't touch rabbit). For want of a hedgepig (I've seen less road kill this year so I think their numbers are down) I gave the cat's rejected supper to the tadpoles. I've been offering a vegetarian option (lettuce) for 2 weeks but it was something like a shark feeding frenzy when they got their mouth parts round the Whiskas. They evidently enjoy it.

Question : is this a good idea? I'm not worried about them turning into cats rather than frogs or anything (and I can see that every scrap is eaten up so it doesn't pollute the water) - but is it likely to make them diabetic or give them kidney failure (or whatever). I need all the allies I can get against the slugs.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24436#Comment_24436 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24436#Comment_24436 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:25:41 +0100 GBP-Keith https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24460#Comment_24460 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24460#Comment_24460 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:55:01 +0100 ludite
It is a bit naughty. . . . . (tadpoles and building) the problem is - for me anyway - I have yet to find a forum as good as this that deals with other green issues - gardens, compost, recycling etc. Found one in america but it turned out to be a lot of smug sounding blogs from pretend smallholders.

I try and stick to green building, but the more I'm on, the more I get sidetracked by the threads - which raise questions - which need answers. . . . . . . . .]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24478#Comment_24478 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24478#Comment_24478 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:00:34 +0100 biffvernon
http://www.itsnoteasybeinggreen.org/forum/ may be the forum for you, ludite.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24510#Comment_24510 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24510#Comment_24510 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:08:07 +0100 Bluemoon https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24593#Comment_24593 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24593#Comment_24593 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:40:19 +0100 mrswhitecat
The cat has no interest in the tadpoles for the moment because he's too busy slaughtering bunnies. He's so snuggly on the sofa you would have no idea he was a murderer.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24602#Comment_24602 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24602#Comment_24602 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:18:17 +0100 TheDoctor
they ate it
they grew
they grew legs
they got released

seemed to work?!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24621#Comment_24621 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24621#Comment_24621 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:49:09 +0100 ludite ]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24624#Comment_24624 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=24624#Comment_24624 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:58:33 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26242#Comment_26242 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26242#Comment_26242 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:39:33 +0100 mrswhitecat
The cat is in hospital for tests. He's tested negative for diabetes. He's having his teeth descaled. He killed a pigeon last week so he can't be that unwell but I wish I knew how he'd managed to eat his head off and still lose a third of his body weight in a year (18 lbs to 12 lbs).]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26245#Comment_26245 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26245#Comment_26245 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:43:23 +0100 ludite https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26246#Comment_26246 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26246#Comment_26246 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:49:43 +0100 TheDoctor https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26248#Comment_26248 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26248#Comment_26248 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:59 +0100 ludite https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26267#Comment_26267 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26267#Comment_26267 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:05:02 +0100 mrswhitecat
Yes, I know. Our problem is that he's a rescue cat so we can't 'gauge' how much longer we should expect him to be 'good' for. A girlfriend has a former cat of mine whose birth date I know (pedigree Persian) and Glasnost was 20 in May!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26275#Comment_26275 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26275#Comment_26275 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:27:40 +0100 ludite
Mrswhitecat. I am not fond of euthanasia, but I tend to think, that in certain circumstances it is something we can do for our beloved pets, but not for our even more beloved brethren. . . . . . at this point I started to explain my decisions, but then I edited it and decided 'least said, soonest mended'.

I wish you luck, hope and all the best in the decisions you make.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26350#Comment_26350 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26350#Comment_26350 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:34:21 +0100 mrswhitecat
Never easy. My cousin went to bits when she had her old hunter put down last year. She’d turned into an old woman over night (Lab pulled her over chasing a pheasant, broke her hip, rampant osteoporosis diagnosed, no longer able to manage stairs, decision made to sell up ‘equestrian property’ while the going was still reasonably good / still had the energy to clear the loft and move to a bungalow on a bus route ... ) Captain Oates was 28 and she’d had him since he was 6. Completion day looming and every day she’d hobble out to the paddock and every day he’d be there wanting his nose bag ... I’m sure there are many who would be grateful for a knock on the head, in a field with the sun on your back, the dew still wet on the grass and the birds singing.

At the moment I'm kicking myself that I've had my healthy (but thin) cat carved up. He's just recovering from surgery to discover what the lumps are in his abdomen. Turns out his kidneys are congenitally fused. I think I shall just have to pay attention to what rubbish I'm feeding him as it's clearly not acceptable – he has a right to be picky. (Hubby being cynical is saying that vets aren't fluffy at all - they're out to make money like everybody else).

I'm also kicking myself why, when I'm so discerning about my dinners, I've never paid much attention to the crap I'm feeding the cat. The amount of packaging for one thing is horrendous. He always gets his jollop if we happen ever to be eating fish or meat but I can see I need to do better or has anyone ever tried to make an obligate carnivore vegetarian?

Moses killed a pigeon last week and he used to be an inveterate bunny murderer – my thought is, is there a readily accessible source of vermin to be had (pre-killed but edible and not too nasty for the squeamish)? I know I could do the cod cheeks and offal route but everyone is supposed to be clamouring for tripe and pigs trotters these days so it would be a waste on a cat.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26353#Comment_26353 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26353#Comment_26353 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:01:25 +0100 TheDoctor perestroika
moses
captain oates

great stuff!


we are less imaginative

the dog is Dudley after the late great Peter Cook
the three fish are FINdlay, fingers and toes

nearly called the dog TAXI! but the joke would have worn thin after a day or two!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26364#Comment_26364 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26364#Comment_26364 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:19:04 +0100 mrswhitecat
My dad's habit. We also had a Staffy called Scud (which was a terrific name for that dog - fizzled out youngish) and would you like to guess when we acquired Tet?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26365#Comment_26365 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26365#Comment_26365 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:26:48 +0100 TheDoctor https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26382#Comment_26382 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26382#Comment_26382 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:16:11 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26396#Comment_26396 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=26396#Comment_26396 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:20:44 +0100 ludite
Have to say I'm crap at naming things. Our fluffy cat is called fluffy - because its. . . . . . . fluffy. . . .but hubby calls her 'sheba' because it makes me mad. Our other cat is called fatso - because it used to be fat (when I bought the expensive food) and one day when it was trying to trip me up I kicked/moved it out of the way with my foot and said "out of my way fatso". . . . . . . ..

the guineapigs are called Paula and Trixie because Paula gave me one and trixie was already named. . . . . . I'm sure our pets have 'real' names but they just haven't got round to telling me what they are.

Ashamed to say our daughter didn't have a name for over 2 weeks. . . . . in the end she chose it herself.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27000#Comment_27000 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27000#Comment_27000 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:04:14 +0100 Terry

When Penny passed away, her replacement was tu'pence.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27006#Comment_27006 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27006#Comment_27006 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:27:09 +0100 joe.e https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27102#Comment_27102 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27102#Comment_27102 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:46:25 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27104#Comment_27104 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27104#Comment_27104 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:51:53 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27136#Comment_27136 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27136#Comment_27136 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:50:17 +0100 ludite
Looks in fine form to me!! Love marmalade cats!! hope he's recovering. would love to post pics of ours, but first, I don't know how, and second, even though you have got this in the right CATegory, (and I do love a good chat) why are we talking about cats on a building forum??

Luv ya anyway mrswhitecat. . . . . . .

p.s. should I post a disclaimer?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27271#Comment_27271 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27271#Comment_27271 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:44:05 +0100 mrswhitecat
This is the cat who's had the op and is now under house arrest until his stitches come out on Friday. He hates being cooped up and we hate litter trays - this is him out under supervision. I hope he's good for many more years yet (28 must be a record for a breeding puss, joe.e - fantastic genes in that bloodline). The carving him up was pointless so I'm glad on this occasion curiousity didn't kill the cat because the vet just found his kidneys fused together where she didn't expect them.

The weight loss is due to over active thyroid, fussiness and (quite possibly) me giving his dinner to the tadpoles who have flourished on it and are now hopping all over the garden.

I suppose I could draw people's attention to the old Lenor container wombled from the streets of London and being used to store rainwater, to bring us back onto a 'green living' track ...]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27272#Comment_27272 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27272#Comment_27272 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:46:45 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27285#Comment_27285 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=27285#Comment_27285 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:57:49 +0100 joe.e https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=29043#Comment_29043 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1978&Focus=29043#Comment_29043 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:22:00 +0100 mrswhitecat