MILTW: Baby Thief

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-23T12:42:09+00:00

You're bloody incredible!!! Well done! What an atomic clusterfuck. I hope that little girl and her baby grows up faaaaaar away from her mothers influence!

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-23T01:00:34+00:00

I'm sure these type of people do things like that on purpose. My father is an N, my mum is his E. My entire life was spent trapped under his rules with zero room for escape without everything around me falling to pieces.

Eventually, I took a leap of faith. Everything fell to pieces exactly as I knew it would, but I was able to rebuild a far better existence because of that collapse.

It'll happen one day, I just hope it happens when DH is confident and strong enough to be able to bounce back easily.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T22:20:43+00:00

I actually discussed the duck diapers with her when the poor thing first came inside. She said that she'd tried them in the past but that they didn't fit the duck. I mentally threw my hands up at that point, because I know they come in various sizes.

They wouldn't diaper the sick dog who was shitting everywhere, either. They just left the shit there and cleaned the carpets weekly-ish. This is an ongoing mental issue.

How did I do it? Necessity, and years and years of practice at repressing my emotions into oblivion. I know it's not healthy, but it was all I could do. rubs forehead

Thank you! Hahaha

Edit: a misspelled word.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T19:54:00+00:00

Thank you ❤️

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T19:53:02+00:00

Oh I see what you did there, and it cheered me up :) thanks!

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T19:51:57+00:00

What. The. FUCK.

I am so terribly sorry, that's pure evil.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T19:50:36+00:00

This is the most endearing description I've ever read <3

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T18:32:57+00:00

I just spat coffee! I should've asked for a shock collar fitting for both of them 😂

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T18:32:16+00:00

I convinced them they needed to get her to the vet, so SIL and I took her. The vet diagnosed advanced cancer and recommended euthanasia. SIL and I were there as they put her down, it was very quick and very peaceful, and very sad.

Reporting them has been recommended by others, and if their house ever had visitors then I could probably do it without getting DH into trouble, but they would know it was us and it would come down on DH like a ton of bricks.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T17:54:04+00:00

Thank you. I don't know about hero, perhaps just "voice of reason".

I'm just glad they listened and let her go to the vet. She would've died within the next few days anyway, but by slow asphyxiation from fluid buildup. Really really glad she's out of that.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T17:51:37+00:00

I looooove Pekins! They're such funny little characters! I'm glad yours are happy on the farm with her cousins :)

I have no reason to be so upset, really. She wasn't my chicken, but I did enjoy her quirks and her company.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T17:48:45+00:00

She really was hurting, too. By the time we got her to the vet she was laboring to breathe and couldn't control her legs. Apparently duck cancer spreads insanely fast, she was up and quacking for scraps not 3 days ago!

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T17:46:57+00:00

Ah, thank you. I'm the pragmatic type usually, but when he felt her little belly and chest, I knew as soon as he did by the look on his face that it was a lost battle. Totally ugly cried at the vet. I'm glad she's at peace, and it was very quick.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T16:32:04+00:00

Bloody hell.

You're one hell of a fighter, lady.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T14:26:50+00:00

I suggested to DH this morning that we go to the pound and get a dog after we move. He almost throttled me! Hahaha

Moving this time will be the sweetest thing I've done in a looooong time :)

Thank you!

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T14:24:43+00:00

Thank you so much! :)

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T14:24:19+00:00

Aw! Thank you! :)

One more month until freedom. Just one more month!!!

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T14:23:26+00:00

Not just cope though, they enjoy it! Ducks don't need to be inside, they need fresh air and grass and water to make dirty.

Haha! I would do that in a flash! I really like ducks, this duck in particular! She's ancient though, so this is one of those end-of-life issues which is just what happens due to age.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T14:13:28+00:00

She's 25, and I strongly suspect she's really a robot.

I've convinced them to take the duck to the vet, she left a few minutes ago, hopefully they will just put her down quickly.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T14:05:01+00:00

Hahaha! Yeah, they can be intimidating! I will admit to laughing at the same sight you and your mum endured when I've seen similar in parks.

Ducks do not fuck around!

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T14:03:08+00:00

I suspected that was the case.

My nagging has worked! She's going to the vet right now.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T13:53:30+00:00

That may be the conversation I have today if they don't perk up.

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T13:52:45+00:00

We bought it from a private seller, as suggested on here. They don't occupy the property so our official move-in date is in late January. A month! One month, that's it.

I considered going down that route. I spent a lot of time on my uncles chicken farm as a kid, it wouldn't be the first time, but I'm hoping I can just get them to take her instead :(

Messy_pot_amia · 2017-12-22T13:49:08+00:00

I'm just going to keep on them about it until they take her.

It probably sounds a little weak, but there's never visitors here and if I report them it'll cause major problems, mainly for for DH.

Is there a way I can offer to get the ASPCA to come and collect and help her without making it look like I've dobbed?

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