Back story: I have a Yorkie female, under 5lbs. (spayed).
I washed her 2 wks. ago to save her the stress of the groomer. She was looking raggedy so I took her to the groomer. Picked her up and she looks gorgeous as usual. The groomer told me she has ‘rice’ worms and to treat her for them. My vet is closed, but I will call him Monday. What the hell is ‘rice’ worms? I have never heard that term. Is she catchy, should I isolate her? Anybody know?
Likely tapeworms.
Holy crap. Yea we’re going to the vet Monday. She takes heartworm meds. She is the worst for licking everything she comes close to. Gotta break that habit.
Our young’un is a rescue from your neck of the woods. She was treated for heartworm before coming up this way, and it did a number on her from what her foster mom told us. Our vet concurred. The treatment, thankfully, was successful so all she needs now is her monthly Heartguard.
The flea is an intermediate host for some tapeworms species. Be sure to ask about this.
Yea, we do the flea pill too. She is under 5lbs, so I am really concerned. How much of this worm could her system deal with. She doesn’t have a pot belly or eat much or act starved. She is not an easy feeder, very picky, in fact.
IME, tapeworms have very little impact on the host. The ones that cause issues are hookworms and whipworms.
I pit the little bastid rodents that get into my coldframes in early spring to dig in seedling pots for food. I set out traps for them again, but I must be attracting a smarter variety of mice because when I checked yesterday, all the traps were sprung without any mouse corpses in evidence.
Moved the bait to the back of the traps. This time you won’t escape the hangman, you little pests. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!
Doggone it, why is it that damn near every quick breakfast out there has cheese in it? I don’t WANT cheese. I can’t be the only one who doesn’t buy things like Jimmy Dean breakfast sammiches and the new Ore Ida one egg thingy I just saw a commercial for because they have cheese.
Don’t get me wrong, I like a fair number of cheeses, but the only kinds I like in eggs tend to be Swiss or Mozzarella or Provolone. <grump> You guys are harshing my breakfast.
Some manner of critter has taken up residence under the back steps…I’m guessing it’s some kind of rodent. The neighbor’s cat likes to drop by every now and then for cuddles and a chance to beat his tail on the (wooden) steps in an attempt to flush out whatever is down there. I think he caught something a few weeks ago, but he’s still very interested in the steps.
(Also, that little butt wiggle a cat does prior to pouncing is freakin’ adorable.)
He will have to remain un-helloed as Hoople is almost 300 miles away.
Awwww man, another one for the “if I find a product I like, they’ll quit making it” list.
There’s a line of cracker thingies called Nut Thins in various almond, pecan, etc. flavors. They used to have a hazelnut version. It’s unavailable on every online retailer & I haven’t seen it on shelves in ages, so I know the answer… but I just threw their Q&A line a query just in case.
Poop.
Nah, I’m with you. I love cheese, especially melted cheese. I love eggs.
For some reason I really prefer them not be together, though. My drive-thru breakfasts are a bacon’n’cheese biscuit or bagel … NO EGG.
Bonus points if they don’t charge the same price.
I’m with you, too. I have grown to love Oreo Heads or Tails cookies (although I loathe Nabisco). Suddenly, they’re unfindable. I mean, great, I’m not supporting Nabisco, but boo, I really like those cookies.
Kayla hates eggs, and her gripe about b’fast sammiches is that she can’t find one without them. But since they come frozen, we just remove the egg before nuking the sausage and cheese croissant. You could maybe adopt the same strategy with cheese?
It comes in bitty pieces, as far as I can tell. Or maybe that’s the breakfast bowls.
2 eggs, scrambled, 1 slice of cheese of your choice (I use pepperjack), 1 slice deli turkey, preferably mesquite smoked, black pepper, salt (I throw in a little Maui onion salt), other spices as desired… Tear up the cheese and the turkey into the eggs and cook in a non-stick pan.
Just an easy-peasy breakfast. Provolone would work well with the turkey too, although it might need something to balance or set it off.
Bruegger’s Bagels makes sandwiches with bagels, eggs, cheese, etc. My local one is not a chain store, so it has pepperjack too. My favorite is the Rosemary Olive oil bagel with egg, turkey and pepperjack.
I can cook eggs. I just don’t allow myself enough time in the morning before work to do it. (I am not a morning person.) That’s why the microwave breakfast meals are so tempting, but so far the only one without cheese is the Aunt Jemima eggs and sausage. Which is good, but some variety would be pleasing.
Well, once again the Siamese have decided the food they swore they couldn’t live without is not what they like anymore. Of course I have a brand new bag of the stinking expensive crap. So they are staring at me flipping those brown velvety tails. They don’t care it’s after 1 and Wal-Mart is 35min. away.
I gave them an extra treat but that does nothing to stave off instant starvation and near death they are now experiencing. Ever time I look up they blink twice, trying to not faint from hunger. At least they have quit yowling. Give me patience.
Dammit, I don’t Uni to be snowed off. It’s only a lousy sprinkling and I bet it’ll all be melted by midday; yeah yeah, icy roads 'cos they don’t grit 'cos this is freak weather here, people coming long distance, safety blah blah, I know…
Snow days as a kid were great, but grown-up ones suck.
I don’t like Special K in principal, but I got a good deal on their microwave breakfast sandwiches once. I like them and have been eating them ever since. They always come slapped together haphazardly and I have to rearrange the cheese, egg, and sausage. The three separate fairly easily. You might have to eat two of them if you need a heartier breakfast, but you might take a look at them in the store. Believe it when the directions say to cook on a microwave-safe plate. :smack: