You should read him/her this – or if you’re too tired to read it aloud yourself, here’s Samuel L. Jackson reading it.
Yay, and welcome Little Bird. May you eat unfussily, sleep soundly, and never be Pitted.
Also, my parents came for a quick visit yesterday, which I always enjoy. I would enjoy those visits more if they’d give me a bit more notice than “are you at home right now?” They’re very retired now, so it’s not like their lives are so hectic that they can’t give me a call on Wednesday to find out my plans for Friday evening.
Related to the first gripe, if I’d had some modest advance notice, I could have reinforced the kennel and put StuporDog in there instead of in my van. My folks adore SD, the great Pyrenees, but he just gets Waaaaay too rambunctious around my dad, and tends to scratch him up, so I had to put the dog out in my van to avoid injury last night. Guess whose van now has no seatbelts in the front or rear seats? Yep. Idjit dog chewed through all of the belts except the middle row. It’s getting cold again, and I can’t help but wonder whether Pyrenees fur would make a nice cuddly winter coat…
Welcome Little Bird, you cute lil thing!
Last night, I managed to drop the top of my kitteh fountain and then step on it. Now the cats are drinking out of the top instead of the bowl. I’m pretty sure that they will manage to knock it over while I’m gone and ruin my laminate floor.
I went to the fountain’s webpage and that part isn’t one that they replace because nobody is stupid enough to need to replace it. I’m a tree hugger, so I don’t want to toss out a perfectly good Drinkwell because I’m an idiot. Does anyone have any ideas how to cover it? They shredded the plastic wrap and my idiot cat likes to chew foil.
Post a pic of the device (and point out the broken bit), and maybe we’ll be able to think of something.
Was thinking the same thing. Have no idea what it looks like.
You guys are so smart! Here’s a pic of the broken fountain. Its the top that is broken.
Now that I’ve broused the webpage, I wants this one.
Is that not the coolest fountain ever? I’ll stop looking at fountain now. I cannot just toss a perfectly good fountain because I saw one that looks so cool.
I missed the edit window while drooling over the cooler fountain. The piece covering the water over the spout is what I broke. The rest of it works great. I don’t want dust and cat hair getting into the water and clogging things up.
Is the top completely broken or does it still hold water?
ETA - saw your next post after I posted this…seems like saran wrap over the top would take care of it?
Its just the cover over the water, the spout works. You can’t see it from the pic, but the top lifts off so it can be filled.
PS, you know dogs. I have one locked up in my bathroom. The poor lost thing is whining and crying, but everytime I go in to see him, he rolls on his back and pees all over his belly. I do want to comfort him, but I’m pretty clueless. Any suggestions?
edited to say that my clawed cat ripped up the saran wrap to get to the water. I don’t have smart cats, just determined ones.
I wonder if they’d sell you the top if you contacted the company.
Googling the thing one of the prompts was for “replacement pump”, so I bet you could get the top assembly.
Get down on the floor, on his level - it sounds like he is very submissive and someone standing over him makes him nervous. Then let him come to you.
They prefer drinking out of the top?
You strike me as someone who’s good with their hands, and hand tools (such as, f’rexample, a linoleum knife). If I’m correctly interpreting what I’m seeing in those pics, you’re looking to find a flat sheet of semi-flexible plastic. An old discarded cat litter box should do the trick. Or perhaps ask at the local flooring store if they have some scraps in back that you could rummage through.
Cut a piece that roughly fits the top of the reservoir, and duct tape it in place. Not too securely; you do still want to be able to add water (that’s done at the top, right?).
And in the meantime, put the whole thing on top of a bath mat, to protect your laminate floor.
ETA: Put the puppy in the bathtub. That’s easy to rinse off.
Oh yeah, I was going to address the floor tho my suggestion was going to be a beach towel.
That would be BAD, holding the moisture against the laminate and completely ruining it when it got wet.
It hasn’t been a problem with our laminate floors. How much water are the kitties planning to spill?
If it was mine? Lots.
Ah. Perhaps then one of those rubber doorstep mats?
(Of course, my kitty is perfect and never spills water on the floor. The dogs however…)
Yeah, I use a plastic kitty pad under the food and water, but as I’m in an apartment, that is over cheap linoleum that isn’t going to be damaged by a little water.
It’s just annoying when I walk by in my socks and step in it.
flatlined I suggest Sugru! I think it’s great, and you get to say sugru a lot when you tell people about it. Has to cure for 24hrs.
Friday and my lawn mower man comes over. He mows lawns, he and his offsider are no geniuses but that is fine. He has an SUV and trailer and he parks on the footpath (verge) outside the house of the neighbour as he has for years.
After mowing the lawn I offer him and his offsider a beer as it is their last job of the day and it is very hot. We are standing in the backyard in the pergola scoffing a quiet beer when the side gate is forced open.
It is the neighbour. I have never met him. He is a Maori and a very large one. He is in a pair of shorts only and proceeds to abuse the mower man of being discourteous by parking his vehicle on the footpath outside his house and he had better not have broken the retic (sprinkler) system. The guy was like an attacking pit bull- rolled his eyes back and just kept spouting off.
He left and I suggested to the mower man to leave and not worry about sweeping the drive etc.
I am mystified by the whole thing. For a start, in this area, the footpath belongs to the local council. It is not “his” footpath. Secondly, the house is a rental property, so it is not his sprinkler system. Thirdly, whenever he has guests they park their cars in the same area, but I suppose for some reason those cars can’t cause damage to the said sprinkler system.
As I said, i have no idea why he was ina filthy mood- whether had a fight with his wife and wanted to take it out on someone else. It was quite weird.