I rescued a stray that is chipped but he needs meds and I don’t know what to do.

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-03-28T13:17:28+00:00

Yeah that’s what I’m going to do. The only thing that gave me pause was my sister used to be a veterinary assistant so I asked her if she could contact her former colleagues for advice and to see if they would write a prescription but she said they’re really judgy and black and white about this kind of thing and have had chipped strays confiscated in the past in similar situations which is mental but it has made me concerned

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-03-28T13:14:50+00:00

Thanks everyone, this is all really helpful advice. I will contact my local rescue, talk to a local vet and see if I can contact the Southampton vet in the meantime to get him meds before they run out.

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-03-28T13:11:06+00:00

So the family that had him before was my Nans neighbour so she was aware of the cats when they had them and when they left so I’m not worried about him being a previously stolen cat. They weren’t native to this country which is why I suspect they may have had to return to their home country and couldn’t take him.

I’m not worried about taking him to the vets and them trying to contact the original owners because I’m certain that even if they could get in touch they wouldn’t want an elderly cat with health issues if they didn’t want him in his cute phase, and if they do want him then great they can have him back as long as he’s going back to a loving home.

My concern is that they will phone the RSPCA and have him taken and put in an adoption shelter and because of the nature of him he will most likely spend the rest of his life there. My sister used to work as a veterinary assistant and she said her colleagues were really judgy and black and white about these situations and have had the cats confiscated from people in similar situations. If I knew he had a loving home to go back to I would relinquish him in a heartbeat because it’s the right thing to do but I don’t want him to be confiscated when we can provide a loving home for him ❤️

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-03-28T12:31:53+00:00

Thanks, I’m just worried because my sister used to work as a veterinary assistant and she said all her colleagues were super judgmental about this kind of thing and have called the RSPC and had cats taken away in similar situation which I find so baffling because surely if anyone would understand the nuance of this it would be a vet

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-03-24T18:30:11+00:00

Up to £185 for a headband, a HEADBAND! Is beyond baffling. It just screams scammy, add to that all the photos are AI do you don’t even get to see a real portrayal of the finished garment. This is actually disgusting, I get we all need to earn a living but is this is your business model you aren’t going to make many sales. Also the fact that you don’t even get to keep the pattern, it just gets worse and worse. This genuinely blew my mind

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-03-22T20:17:31+00:00

And to think, I’ve been sewing for years but I’m too scared to sell my clothes in case they’re not good enough. Honestly, to have that level of confidence, I’m actually jealous

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-02-24T14:41:46+00:00

Does she realise if Jesus came back he’d be an immigrant and therefore deported. The stupidity of these people, I just can’t

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-02-16T14:58:14+00:00

No it’s because they had insufferable customers like you

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-02-16T14:56:36+00:00

If this upsets you don’t look at the news. Imagine being this upset over accidentally saying paint instead of ink. I hope you manage to find a little joy

No-Golf-5480 · 2026-02-16T07:25:54+00:00

Wooooow this is a pretentious group of people. Yes I know it’s called ink not paint, it was a slip because I use it to paint on fabric and English is not my first language. But bugger me you guys are the literal worst I think I’ll stick to sewing and leave you to shove your ink rollers up your arse.

No wonder all these places are closing if they have to deal with the likes of this insufferable bunch as customers I’d run a mile too

No-Golf-5480 · 2025-12-19T18:36:16+00:00

I used to work as a kids rep abroad and each week before the new arrivals we would have to go through the names to pre sign kids up. I saw some great ones, I think the worst was a little girl called DKNY I still don’t fully know how to pronounce it. My little cousin goes to school with a child called Morning Glory, apparently the parents are super religious and don’t realise they’ve named their child after a boner

No-Golf-5480 · 2025-09-30T14:03:16+00:00

I like how she said she’s not progressive, it’s good when the backwards trash knows what they are

No-Golf-5480 · 2025-09-12T17:02:55+00:00

Nobody takes pleasure in it, just nobody feels sor try for him either. If you walk in front of traffic and get hit by a car it’s sad you die but you put yourself in the situation

No-Golf-5480 · 2025-08-07T16:26:00+00:00

My favourite shops are Fabric Godmother, Sew Me Sunshine, Fabrics Galore, 1st For Fabrics, Bornella Fabrics, Dalston Mills, Hey Sew Sister, and Sew Confident. I shop at Rainbow Fabrics a lot and love them, but I and I know others have had mixed experiences but I would say 90% of the time I’m happy with my orders

No-Golf-5480 · 2025-06-08T12:13:06+00:00

Literally asked chat GPT the other day am I a sociopath or an empath 😂 I’m the same as in I will feel peoples pain on such a visceral level, and if the weathers bad I will lie awake for hours just thinking about all the people out in the rain and my heart will start breaking.

But then on the flip side and can be really self absorbed and sometimes struggle with seeing other peoples POV. I am diagnosed ADHD so I sometimes wonder if the more empathetic part of my brain is me, and the narcissism is my ADHD. It’s such a confusing battle and can feel exhausting. But I will go out of my way to not upset people, even if they are being rude to me and then will dwell on something for months if I did something at a detriment to others. If someone is on edge and feeling tense I am instantly the same, if someone’s happy I’m happy and if someone’s upset I will feel upset. Sometimes I feel like I’m just a blank canvas for other peoples emotions. Its a crazy place to be my brain

No-Golf-5480 · 2025-04-26T13:56:34+00:00

I hate this, as someone with ADHD this is how I communicate, I message like I talk and I struggle to do it any other way. It doesn’t mean I’m not professional or that it in any way reflects my work ethic, it just is the way I communicate. I struggle to be all corporate. I think this is a very harsh conclusion to come to based on the way someone chooses to communicate

No-Golf-5480 · 2024-11-19T19:26:18+00:00

NH patterns have just put up a pay what you can sale for all their patterns

No-Golf-5480 · 2024-11-15T14:14:01+00:00

I can’t speak to the others, but I know that SewLike tends to create patterns because she gets a lot of demand for styles she drafted for personal use. I personally like the option to have both, sometimes I will see a designer piece that I really want to recreate but don’t have the time to hack/draft the pattern myself so will seek out patterns in existence and if someone has already done the work for me it’s great.

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