melbaboutown
@melbaboutown@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥪 Saturday 23 May 2026 1 week ago:
Good call. I kept seeing stuff with tea tree and pyrethrins too
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥪 Saturday 23 May 2026 1 week ago:
Looking at floss on Kmart site, see a pet toothpaste that claims to contain fluoride. Isn’t that dangerous? Turns out yes, yes it is. The more you know. …com.au/…/dog-and-cat-toothpaste-and-toothbrushes
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎨 Friday 22 May 2026 1 week ago:
spoiler
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 21 May 2026 1 week ago:
Delicious
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 21 May 2026 1 week ago:
Mmm. Was there apple sauce? 🍎
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Wednesday 20 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Up your alley? …bandcamp.com/…/forests-of-painted-bone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Wednesday 20 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
If you have an iPhone that has background sounds built in.
Settings > Audio and Visual > background sounds
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Wednesday 20 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
There’s always the peanut gallery… They don’t realise that all of the fosters and shelters are pretty much at capacity right now. You’re doing a good thing doing as much as you are right now.
Happy to try and rustle up some resources for you if you’d like that?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Oh and one more thing. I hope I’m not badgering you.
But there’s an organisation that supports you after a diabetes diagnosis if that could come in handy. And a trial of a glucose monitor at home is available www.animaldiabetesaustralia.com.au/services/
There is an initial consult and I can’t tell if the vet is currently in Melbourne or Queensland but that looked useful.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Oh yeah
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
That’s ok, no offense taken. I tend to be oddly cagey with giving out some info (even with trustworthy people) so I really don’t mind just giving it.
Sorry to make things awkward
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Poor bub :(
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
It’s ok, don’t worry about it. You’re taking some financial hits right now
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Oh I just thought of something else. This is assuming that it’s a stick-on device and nothing implanted internally - but if it’s undamaged, it’s just come off and is no longer sticking - maybe in an emergency you might be able to reattach it with some non-latex false eyelash adhesive. $200 is a lot of money per pop.
If you apply it very thinly and let it slightly dry to tackiness it might even peel off somewhat cleanly afterwards (never tried it on shaved fur).
Even a bandaid? Adhesive skin tape would probably be far too aggressive as cats skin is thin and fragile.
Places like Vet Shed online have non-adhesive bandages of material that sticks to itself only, to hold it in place. (Maybe diagonal going under one front leg to over the other shoulder if a figure 8 would put pressure on her neck.)
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
So it’s a one off? Yeah I’ll see how I go, if they let me have multiple to the same address (and whether they get pinched 😬)
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Does it need to be refrigerated? I could try to order some and post it on if you have a PO box
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
All good, hope he’s okay
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
I know :( If it helps at all I was varying the injection sites to spread the load, so would sometimes do it a little bit to the sides or lower down and it worked.
The other place or feline diabetes forums would be able to give more useful info
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💡 Tuesday 19 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Would a bodysuit prevent grooming it off while allowing you to lift and look?
Props to you, I’ve done round the clock care but not diabetes
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍞 Monday 18 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
I haven’t had them in years. I remember they changed to where the tomato salt was oddly much sweeter and there might have been a time they didn’t have a lot of topping. The remaining seasoning was the best part.
Anyway if I was still able to eat this sort of thing I’d definitely give the Aldi versions a try.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Saturday 16 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
It’s a weight off my mind. I was so stressed when it seemed like he was abandoned or being neglected.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Saturday 16 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Yes, I really hope this is sorted
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Saturday 16 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
The black cat returned a few days ago after a few weeks of not seeing him and he’s looking a lot healthier. The bald patches are gone so hopefully he’s been treated, the fur is starting to grow back a bit under his chin so maybe they’re using the spot ons, and the fur on his body is thick and shiny so looks like they’ve been giving him the higher quality food I left them.
I got three tail hugs in the 20 minutes I spent fussing him. But he hissed and whopped me for touching his upper back. Fingers crossed this new soreness means he got vaccinated or even a new microchip (because he’d been scanning as ‘no tag’). Maybe that explains the limp he had.
He was asking to be fed and to be let inside but I’ve told him the food is at home with his owners, and that he can’t go in. I also showered and washed my clothes after just in case.
It’s a relief to not be fully responsible for him and see signs that he’s okay. I’ll pat him when I see him but will probably continue to focus on myself getting rest and sleep because I am knackered.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Saturday 16 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Looks cool
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Friday 15 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Some are adjustable but not sure by how much
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☎️ Friday 15 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Put lockable castors on the bottom?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 13 May 2026 2 weeks ago:
Thanks, I’m just exhausted and taking some time for myself.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦊 Friday 8 May 2026 3 weeks ago:
To sorting shit 🫂
- Comment on Discussion Thread ☕️ Saturday 25 April 2026 5 weeks ago:
No, I don’t overreact or overclean. And I’m not dramatic.
It may be a fungus but is not a simple easy thing to get rid of if you have a google. My immune system also isn’t good (I’ve had it for 2 months and it spread). Plus other people’s laziness means I’ve had to deal with something shitty that’s not my responsibility. And now have to nag them about it.
I am so tired of other people’s bullshit.
