Chatback#9

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hibou is slowly progressing thanks....her eye looks a tad less inflamed but still very gunky...slowly slowly.... Still not sure if she'll lose her eye ...but it won't be for lack of trying!
Keep those fingers crossed still please...she needs all the help she can get .

Sending all good wishes through from here, Nicos.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Right - is that me vaguely caught up?

I'm attaching the string firmly to the laptop tonight with a strict 15min range - I have to stretch the legs in the morning, you know.

So, as the next up from Clout (and ignoring all those silly boy innuendos), is Tight Fit....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WScEJKNMdgI

[Hazel at the Hill]

Sorry - this version is a thousand times better....

[Hazel at the Hill]

Not quite sure why youtube has led me this way, but I'm not one to complain ....

[Hazel at the Hill]

And finally for tonight folks, this country note is this ....

Written by the Bee Gees (oh, you beautiful boys, such a tragic loss)

[Hazel at the Hill]

So that's me at the end of the string - bed time for this house and all that's in it.

I could party for far longer, but, hey - there you go.

[Nicos]

OMG - Hibou???? What?? I guess this is old news which I haven't stumbled across - anyone care to give me a heads up??

Yeh....3 weeks ago she was hit by a tractor - a glancing blow to her head which gave her a head injury.
Nothing broken but she had badly bruised ribs,shoulder,neck and head on her left side, and twitched and staggered due to swelling of her brain.
Unfortunately she has a haematoma behind her eye within the socket , pushing her eye forwards and somehow or other the outside of the eye has become infected.
The swelling is going down, and she can still see through that eye, but the infection seems to be resistant to antibiotics.
Her behaviour and balance seem to have 90% recovered...but the eye is the main problem...and we still need to keep an eye on her incase she starts to have fits.
She's having a review on Monday.

Fingers crossed still please...she needs all the luck she can get

[Aberdeenplotter]

Nicos,

I put a like on that post because we don't have the facility to express sympathy/empathy
Hope they find something to get that eye infection under control.

[Nicos]

Thanks AP.
I'm also fighting with getting the vets to take a more sympathetic approach.
She's just a cat...you can always get another one there are loads about../why would you want to spend lots of money on investigations and treatment when we can just remove the eye?/she'll probably get run over next time...or shot by one of the hunters sort of attitude.

Kittens are drowned ten a penny as no one is prepared to pay for their cats to be neutered....nor pay vet's bills( 1/2 hr assessment and 10 day antibiotic jab cost about £12... It'd be at least 3x that in the UK.)

The vets know their stuff but just don't seem to have the same experience as UK vets cos some peeps just shoot their dogs or drown their pets when they get old or sick.

It's a totally different attitude in this part of rural France.
They already think I'm a nutter for spending money on antibiotics for one hen when it would have been waay cheaper to have dosed the whole flock even though they didn't need it.

Very, very frustrating to say the least.
The practice we're with is apparently the best in the area

[Nicos]

Ooops!
Nearly forgot!.....

Mornin Flo'nall

Just had a rubbish night's sleep...nozzle still playing up and the smoke alarm has just started bipping to say the battty is running low
What I had hoped for as a bit of a lie in before work in the kitchen looks like it's another early start!

Tea anyone?.,...I might as we,l have a brew now

[Nicos]

Darn!
It's not the smoke alarm but the carbon monoxide warning to say it's past it needs replacing.
Just read the back and it's end date was Feb 15.., so we need a new one ASAP.

Thing is...it's still beeping and it's tamper proof...so...how on earth do you stop it?
Any better ideas than.....I had a gooooogle and came up with this...


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED31RlJASZE

[Scarlet]

Wrap it in a towel and stuff it in a cupboard!

[Scarlet]

...nearly forgot! Morning all, I'm up much too early for a Saturday. We popped to the local pub that has recently been reopened. Food was dire (hope it improves) but the wine was lovely.

[Nicos]

I wonder if I should drop it in a bucket of water???

[Bigmallly]

Morning all from a dreary wet Nestland, I'll let you ponder your CO unit.......I'm sure Potty will be around soon to advise.............have a good one.