Back at Aunt’s. Hambam’s look of betrayal.
Already gave him an extra dins w/ egg and cheese on top.
just came home w/ a pizza for me.
Hambam!! Know that we love you!
Oh hamsterino! Fun times will come around again before you know it.
EVERYONE IS OK!!! (Middle photo, far right is the little orange with a moustache!)
I’ve made my first Temu purchases. Let’s see how poorly made these posters are lol
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Where do they sleep? Do you know?
No idea. There is a block of units just on the over side of the fence. I think they sleep there? When I go early to feed them, they’re not there.
I’m going to hire the traps from kennards this week. It concerns me that they don’t have a warm place in this cold weather.
Question is: What then? I can’t take them in and most of the refuges I’ve contacted never bothered to get back to me. I don’t want to take them somewhere where they’ll put them down. Better they live in the wild than that.
If I had my own house, different story, but I’m in a rental.
Item : They have fur coats on. Item : They will be fine if they can find a dry smallish space to curl up in especially if all together. Under a house or shed would probably be fine. It’s very likely they have such a space available in order to survive yesterday without getting soaked. I’m still interested in the little dark tabby if you succeed in trapping them.
The black cat who hangs around here sometimes curls up on my hot water heater to warm his tush
These are very valid points, and put my mind at ease. There must be somewhere they’re hiding beneath.
I would love some guidance on how capture all of them in one fell swoop.
Largish cage sanitised with dish soap to get rid of any possum/other cat smell lingering from the last use. Especially important that bit as fear/stress smell lingers and will warn them not to enter the cage. Bait the cage with tuna or sardines right at the back. Let them eat in there for a few nights without trapping them. Regular dry food outside for the nervous. Tuna etc. inside the cage is the reward for the bold. When they get confident going in for the delicious, and they’re all in there together, gently close the trap. Also, draping a towel over the top of the cage will help you to close the trap without them getting alarmed by sudden arm movements. A bit depends on the type of trap, so practicing beforehand with the cage would be a good idea.
From the photos it seems they let you get pretty close, so sitting beside the trap might be a good way to be in position to close the door when a suitable opportunity arises. Unless the camera was zoomed I guess. The backpack so close to them is really good sign that they are not scared of your smell.
Then drape towel fully over the cage and transport them to the vet/refuge etc. Put thick towel over cardboard under the cage in the car in case they wee or stress poop through the base of the cage.
Be aware that you can catch almost any cat in almost any trap - ONCE. So you’ve got to get it right the first time as they won’t let you trap them twice.
If you miss one or two, you might be able to set the cage with tuna out again the following day so see if they’ll approach it. The smell of the rest of the family on the cage might actually help with this.
Thank you so much!
They come right up to my feet and hassle me for wet food lol
I’m going to do another ring around of refuges this week before I grab the traps as well just in case.
I was going to keep them in my garage which is massive, till I get them to the vet. Do you think that’s OK?
They’ll be fine there as long as they are dry and its not too drafty. Being able to cuddle up to each other for warmth and reassurance would be a good extra. You might like to give them each a litter pan with earth in it so they can start to housetrain themselves. Earth or potting mix might be easier for them to use rather than bought kitty litter - and the earth can go back into the garden once used. A cover/towel over part of each cage will help stop drafts.
You can take them to the vet and see if anybody has a microchip.
Another alternative is a portable catio with straw insulated plastic tubs (on your property) until you can get the shelters to call or email you back. Or you could try to rock up in person and ask if you could foster them.
That is such good news! They’re so beautiful 🤩
Had a lovely day playing games with some old friends and new friends. Nice to have some IRL face time with people.
MissGod is not legally allowed to drive my car due to the power to weight ratio restrictions.Thanks Victoria 😐
I wouldn’t want a p plater in mine!
The car I’ve driven since I was on my Ps is over 20 years old, and so the brakes aren’t as sensitive as newer cars. If I get another car after this one dies, I’m going to have to get used to it!
Let alone that they beep all the freaking time!
Gotta love travelling for an hour on a Sun for a $4 item and having to walk almost the whole way because no trams came :(
Alternative was $8 shipping.
Good walk though nice and warm now no regrets.
Off in an hour to look after doggo for a few weeks. Bit worried about the whole thing but we’ll see.
Got home a few hours ago, and Mickey has been all up in my oodie with me in it haha all purrs, dribbles, and making biscuits
He was fine of course, no need for me to worry. But I will because I love him 🥹
It’s so cute when they get in it with you and pop their head out of the neck hole
OUR oodie
The communal oodie! It’s actually his oodie, I just borrow it sometimes 😂
Goodnight everyone from me and the lump under the spare blanket ❤️
Goodnight lumps and sweet lumpy dreams. 😘
I propose a universal language for mental health stuff. It’d be nice for all of us to be able to be like “this is fucking me up and this is why I think that’s happening” and have that make sense to other people.
Step one is making sense of ourselves and recognising what is happening.
Then I’m still stuck on step 0.1- stop calling myself a dickhead 😂
There is no value in blame. Only move further down the spiral.
Try to redirect that energy to making a plan/strategy for moving past what’s holding you back.
It works man. Believe me.
Oh I know. Trust me I know. It’s just an artificial of a very old defence mechanism that’s been with me so long and is so ingrained in my mind it’s like a core line of code at this point.
Learning to reassert and rewrite and rewire but yeah this core code shit is tough.
Lunch with friends incoming. Have just collapsed this weekend. Complete overwhelm. I am ok, some good things have started to happen and the stuff I trashed myself for at work has now been approved so I have funding for next year and some really exciting things…but it’s a lot. The little animal me just wants to lie looking up into a tree. Going out will be good to move. Happy Sunday everyone 😎
Happy Sunday mate :)
Have a great time :-)
How dare I invade the bedroom and chill in bed.
It was actually nice outside! Now, it’s YouTube horror stories and attempted cat cuddles.
I tried to get a plumber in to go over my ancient wall heater but they wanted $350. Get fuuuuuucked.
My wall heater needs a service too and I’ll pay whatever cos I don’t want to die in my sleep but 350 seems a bit steep.
I’m getting someone tomorrow. The Sunday surcharge is the killer.
gasping
Internet connection restored!
Makes me realise how much of my activity these days is phone in bed. I have some offline music and Minecraft and maybe a few books, but not a lot of energy. I got bored and did some doodling in my sketchbook.
Working in retail has made me want to pick a job that never deals with people again, or at least members of the public. I know that dealing with people will be good for me, in that I can become more assertive and less of a people pleaser. HOWEVER, I simultaneously dislike that I’m drawn to ‘helping’ professions.
I want to be there for other people, but how much am I supposed to give before all I am is just someone who gives to others?
My strengths are that I’m patient, kind, caring and curious. These help me deliver good outcomes for customers. But again, there is only so much I can take. I find myself genuinely not wanting to deal with people anymore, but then I feel like I won’t be living up to my potential and utilising my strengths.
So yeah, I think I’ve figured out why I’m so exhausted despite taking hardly any committed action. When I don’t feel like I have purpose in my daily life, that’s when I start to spiral.
I have been the person in the 2nd paragraph. It was fucking awful.
When I stopped giving everything to other people they bailed.
Be careful.
I don’t mind giving if I receive nothing back because sometimes people aren’t in a position to reciprocate.
It’s when my actions are treated with contempt, as if I am a fool for giving, that I get annoyed. That is when I stop giving.
Same. And hugs.
And then I figured these qualities I have were exploited by family while at the same time I was never taught that life and love should be, could be reciprocal, that others should be there for me too.
Oddly it was the Bible that taught me!! I’m not that religious and I haven’t read much but what I did read stuck. Hah, ironicaly I’m the only one in my fam that doesn’t have a biblical naame either.
It was “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
It is human and good to love one another. It is not human for only one person to do the loving.
Hugs 🫂 You deserved to be loved as much as you give 🫶
You too. 🫂
I’ve switched to a slightly warmer blanket tonight.
By the time morning comes it’s going to be somewhere between 1-3 degrees, this is going to be a tough morning.
I’m sleeping with an oodie and 2 blankets. I think I’m having fevers.
Whoa, that’s sounds too warm!
also bed socks
( I have a nasty cold )
I hope you start to feel better soon!
I grabbed an extra blanket when headed to bed only to discover the Mrs has fallen asleep with the heater on, ensuite door open and bathroom blind open. Least it’ll be warm getting into bed if I can convince the cat to let me on my side.
So are we inside dwellers today or are we braving the outside?
Edit: just need to feed the strays that are hopefully OK after yesterday’s run in with the off leash dog.
Once they’re fed, it’s zonk city, population me and Gibson.
I not only went outside, I woke up early for a birdwalk for a friend! Frigging awesome once you get past the inertia. So lovely with this sun and the cool air, all I needed was my trusty puffer jacket. Pretty beautifully warm in the car. Just driving past the autumn leaves with ABC jazz on… I feel like such a lucky and blessed person today
I love this “beanie and sunnies” weather. It’s refreshing and I feel invigorated by it! Then it’s actually meaningful to get cosy and comfortable back home in a house warmed by an oven full of home baked goods 😁
Yes yes yes! 🤩 These kinds of days have the coldest mornings (2C tomorrow will be a challenge!) but it’s so worth it when you can soak up all that sun during the day. And by the end it feels extra rewarding to go home. Like a proper day out and a proper end to the day (rather than grey all day).
Now if only I could get around to the home baked goods… 😋
Outside to hang washing, back inside to find more.
Inside, tied to my desk by a headset cord ☹️
It’s really not that bad here. I have neither heater on nor cardigan. 🤷🏻♀️
Have been outside and am now inside trying to thaw
Somebody is hungry. She’s having some tuna well before dinner time
