It's Been A Long Time, Massive Update!

Hey guys! 

Its been ages! So sorry about that! Its been a busy summer! Lots of BBQ's & days out! I apologies! This is going to be one massive update! 

Firstly, Tippy. Tippy is doing great! In fact more than great! He's eating loads, out of the cage for good and is a year old! Yes, a whole year old, we think anyway...we know he was born in August we're not sure exactly when as he was dumped at the vet practice I use to work at, so we decided that around the middle of August we would celebrate his birthday then we cant go wrong really can we!

He's almost finished his meds too, in September it will be 6 months and the vet said that 6 months and it would all be over, I'm going to book him appointment soon and take him back before the meds are due to run out as I think it might be a case of weaning him off it. I'll keep you updated on that. He's doing really well anyway like I said, a bit boisterous with the over cats but hes still a kitten/young adult so that's to be expected. Tippy's now fully out of his cage after the first attempt where he got attacked and then was rushed to the vet with a swollen unusable leg! He has been attacked again, but no damage was done apart from me having to get up and clean his poop up from the kitchen where he was so scared he pooped himself bless him. He doesn't really go out too much, mostly in the mornings and in the evenings but he comes up to bed when I go to bed and mum says he stays in her room all night until early morning. I'm kind of glad about this especially is that other cat is still around and still attacking him! Also as winter is nearing ever closer its good he learns to be in, in the warm rather than out all the time.

I think he's getting a bit bored of it too, the novelty of being outside whenever he wants has worn off! 

Here's a few pictures of him seen as hes grown so much since I last posted a picture!

Secondly, Amber! She seems to be doing really well after the passing of Trixie. By her behavior she seems to be just like her normal self, squeaking when its treat time and coming up to the front of the cage when you go over to her. She's even got better at being handled! normally I would have to chase them for ages around the cage before handling, Amber let me pick her up without even a bit of chasing the other day! It was really nice, like our bond has got stronger now that its just me and her. 

I'm undecided on whether to get her a friend or not, I know that guinea pigs should always be kept in groups but she seems fine on her own. I know she would be better no doubt without a friend but equally she seems fine now. I'm really just in two minds about it. I think what I'm going to do is take her to a rescue place to see if she gets along with anyone, at least then if she hits it off with someone then she obviously needs that, but if she doesn't then shes had some guinea pig contact. I'll keep you updated on that too.

I've got some picture of Amber to share with you all too!

 Amber & Tink

Hope you are all okay! & I'll speak to you all soon!

Cat

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Scentsy Away My Animal Smells.

This is kinda animal related...kinda not. Basically I was watching a youtube video today and there was an item on there that really interested me. 

As people with animals will know, sometimes out of no fault of your own but your house or animal room if you have an animal room will smell of animals. Living in your own house you kind of just get use to the smell. Now personally I don't think the general smell of animal's is horrible, unless of course you've not cleaned out your guinea pigs and they smell of wee or if your cat has just taken a dump in the litter trey! but the normal smell of animal's I don't really think it a horrible smell. However, if you have guests coming round or your just more aware of the 'animal' house smell it's kind of hard to find something that will make your whole house smell nice without having to spray some odor thing which you then can't spray over your rodents, or lighting a candle you then have to keep an eye on in case it catches light. I know you can get those things that plug into a plug socket but lets face it they only really make that one room smell nice and they don't last very long.

So anyway the product I've discovered is called 'Scentsy'.

Now you can get loads of different 'warmers' which you can see some of on the right side of the picture and loads of different smells which you can see on the left. That's not even all of them! There's literally loads!

It works by placing the 'scentsy bars' in the dish on top of the warmers which is then heated up by electricity and melts the bars which releases the smell. Now apparently the smells are really strong and work there was throughout your home which I like the sound of. There's no naked flame and the bars last for ages too supposedly and also if you want to change smells you can because it melts so you melt it down and then pour it back into the molds they came in, which I think is a really good idea! 

You do have to plug them in to electricity and its probably not a good idea to put them on the floor because a cat might light it or stick there nose in it or something so you would have to find an appropriate place to put it near a plug, but even still, I really like them personally. I'm going to get one, try it out and then post a review on what I actually think of the product. Even if it doesn't smell throughout the house or it doesn't live up to expectations then I wont mind to much as I think the little 'warmers' are really cool and decorative anyway! 

Here's a link for the main website: 

http://scentsy.com/products/home-decor-fragrance/candle-wax-warmers

They have loads of other products too not just the wax warmers, if you click on find a consultant you can put in your address and find our nearer one.

I'm going to go through the person who was recommended on youtube called 'Laura' and here is her link:

https://waxworks.scentsy.co.uk/

So once it has arrived I will test it out and post up a product review! 

If you have any questions just leave a comment!

Cat

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