Pet Thread

[meow]

What’s wrong with a square of toilet paper?

[Shyster]

The eye wipes are pre-moistened. I think they were these ones:

[NTP66]

Shyster's transitioning to a furry...

[NTP66]

Anyone else having problems finding pet food? For two months now, Amazon has run out of Purina Pro Plan wet cat food, and although I was able to find backups last month, this month even the backups are now showing out of stock. Chewy seems to be having similar stock issues.

New month, same issue. The cats were back to normal, but the kitten has diarrhea again and is vomiting clear fluids, so I really don't want to even attempt a new flavor.

[RonnieFranchise]

We use Taste of the Wild and have had similar issues with auto ship both through Amazon and Chewy. Same for the cat litter.

Rural King is cheaper ($42 vs $53) on the 28# dog food bags but quit selling the cat food. 25% is kind of a hefty price to pay to get it delivered so I finally quit trying to get it auto delivered.

[Willie Kool]

I have an older dog that either can't or won't (out of spite) hold it the whole day. He tends to go to roughly the same spot in the dining room every day, tinkle, and it's left for us to find when we get home.

Have you tried puppy training pee pads? One of our elderly cats had problems using the box, so we tried them. They worked for us.

[scb147]

Does anyone have experience with any of the fresh pet food delivery companies?

[count2infinity]

I have an older dog that either can't or won't (out of spite) hold it the whole day. He tends to go to roughly the same spot in the dining room every day, tinkle, and it's left for us to find when we get home.

Have you tried puppy training pee pads? One of our elderly cats had problems using the box, so we tried them. They worked for us.

We tried those at one point and he went on it the first day... every day after that, directly next to it instead of on it.

I think if it were something where he can't hold it (he holds it all through the night, no problem), I'd be more inclined to do something like pee pads, but it's clearly a spite thing. He actually started doing it when my wife was pregnant with our daughter. Kinda weird.

[shoeshine boy]

[meow]

Well I was having a good Sunday morning

[AuthorTony]

Nope. Not watching that.

[willeyeam]

Nope

[tifosi77]

Does anyone have experience with any of the fresh pet food delivery companies?

Not as of now, but when the time comes for us to reload on dog(s) we're definitely planning on either Nom Nom or one of the retail options (like Instinct or Just For Dogs). But it will ultimately depend on our vet consult for whatever doggo that ends up being.

[scb147]

Does anyone have experience with any of the fresh pet food delivery companies?

Not as of now, but when the time comes for us to reload on dog(s) we're definitely planning on either Nom Nom or one of the retail options (like Instinct or Just For Dogs). But it will ultimately depend on our vet consult for whatever doggo that ends up being.

I've looked at many of them, but they are too pricey for me to go full diet on one. I'd cost me over $200/month. I'm probably looking at doing a mixing or topper plan where you mix the fresh food with whatever kibble they currently eat. The Farmer's Dog or Petplate we're the two I'm comparing at the moment. I've also looked at Nom Nom, Ollie, and Spot & Tango.

[AliquippaPen]

[NTP66]

Why is the one on the right wearing a diaper around it’s neck

[AliquippaPen]

Why is the one on the right wearing a diaper around it’s neck

My wife is from Ohio

[meow]

Only @NTP66 cares about this but my heater broke and stayed ON for god knows how long. Tank got to 95. Lost two bosemanis and one neon. Pulled like 10 gallons and replaced with cold water. Down to 86 now. I’m going to let it cool off naturally now to avoid shock. Everyone else seems ok in there, but we shall see.

[NTP66]

Ouch, it's amazing that you only lost three fish. What kind of heater was it? Eheim Jager or bust for me:

[dodint]

Man, that stinks. I've had tank disasters but that's a new one.

[NTP66]

That's also why I use a controller for my saltwater tank. When heaters break, most of the time they stay on and fry everything. If my controller sees that, it shuts off the outlet entirely and alerts me.

[meow]

Ouch, it's amazing that you only lost three fish. What kind of heater was it? Eheim Jager or bust for me:

Ho ho ho ho boy….

[meow]

That's also why I use a controller for my saltwater tank. When heaters break, most of the time they stay on and fry everything. If my controller sees that, it shuts off the outlet entirely and alerts me.

Educate me on this

[NTP66]

That's also why I use a controller for my saltwater tank. When heaters break, most of the time they stay on and fry everything. If my controller sees that, it shuts off the outlet entirely and alerts me.

Educate me on this

I have an older unit, an Apex Jr., but this is probably what you'd be looking for if you wanted to try and automate and protect as much as possible: https://www.neptunesystems.com/apexel/

Long story short, you setup the controller to do what you want it to do. Create temperature alerts using the temp probe, etc. all on their mobile app or website. I customized the dashboard on my app so that I can quickly see all relevant data, and turn things on/off if I need to. You can also review the logs to see exactly what was happening and when. It's almost an all in one solution.

[meow]

Ok that beats my idea. Mine was to use a Kasa smart plug to cycle it on an hour and off an hour. I’ll look into this. I’m going to swing by the LFS to see what they recommend