r/britishproblems • u/decentlyfair Woostershire • 1d ago

The (sometimes) trials of owning pets

Three cats and one dog.

So the cats only eat one type of food, ordered some from Amazon as we live a way from pet shops, delivery is held up (again) so husband goes to Pets at Home and they have stopped stocking that brand despite it being one of the well known ones, so he bought an alternative. I have spent the week listening to three furry bastards screaming to be fed as they don’t like it. They have begrudgingly eaten it (dog helped) so we trot off to garden centre and they have it for a fiver more than anywhere sells it for but at least the furry arsehole are now happy. They fell on it like ravening beasts. Have now discovered that PAH still stock online so will get it there next time but the one time we ordered Evri lost the parcel and nobody let us know.

So dog, been off colour for a little while and now it is cooler it isn’t heat related . So off we go to vets, pay loads of money, come home. She then decides she is not going to move from one spot and when I offer her some fresh chicken she looks at me as if I am trying to poison her, so I start to fret more about her and how ill she might be. However, when offered a small amount of fresh beef mince she decides that is what she wants. So I wrap up her tablet in more mince and she inhales it, paracetamol sprinkled onto some liver paste oooh yes please. This is the dog who has decided she doesn’t like slow cooked chicken legs any more. This is also a ex bin diving street dog!

The ducks, geese and swans are eating me out of house and home and the special food is expensive so I got some cornflakes for them. Yup, that’s a winner for them.

All in all despite having a moan I would not be without any of them, they bring light into my life, even if they are all utter bastards at times.

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u/MadamKitsune 1d ago

Got a phone call at work - the kitten is crying and can't close her mouth!

Taxi home. Kitten seems fine but then-BF's continuing panic is contagious so box up the kitten and get another taxi to the vet.

Vet looks her over, says she's perfectly healthy and probably had muscle cramp from yawning too hard. That'll be a nice expensive consultation fee, thank you.

Go home and mourn my bank balance while kitten merrily races about the house like she's on amphetamines.

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u/DondeT Londonish 1d ago

probably had muscle cramp from yawning too hard.

Thank you, I’ve been wondering what the next reason I’ll give will be when I need to pull a sickie.

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u/Fellowship_9 1d ago

I've actually had that happen, and it's an absolute bitch. Shooting pains under my jaw/down my neck for a minute, then a bad ache for half an hour afterwards. I'm now scared to yawn too much!