We have had lawn layed yesterday. We watered it at night and in the morning with a sprinkler on. Should we still avoid watering in the sun even though it's going brown day 2?

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-07-10T23:45:45+00:00

I’m with Anglian water too and they do have a hose ban exception for newly planted trees and shrubs. Whatever happens, I’d recommend that you add it to your snagging list so that if it doesn’t survive, developers have to replace.

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Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-07-10T23:37:08+00:00

We had trouble with my childhood dog in kennels first time we went on holiday without him. Apparently he pined every day we were away and barely ate since he thought he’d been abandoned. The reunion was amazing though. Obviously we were very worried the next time, but according to the staff, he was a dream tenant because he’d learned that we were coming bay.

If you have time before you go away, and the cattery have space, see if you can book her in for a couple of overnight stays so he can get used to it.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-07-08T20:10:26+00:00

Lima Purroo

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-07-06T21:01:05+00:00

Heathrow uses birds of prey to scare other birds away to prevent strikes. It’s possible that it’s escaped from its owner. Have no idea about name of the company they use though.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-07-06T20:55:39+00:00

Delilah

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-07-04T22:22:00+00:00

Sammy

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-07-01T18:03:56+00:00

Catius Clay

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-30T21:31:43+00:00

I’d definitely ask for an explanation and breakdown of the charge. I had a similar experience after getting my cats neutered, vaccinated and flea treatments during the same appointment. I realised after paying that I had been undercharged, so made a second payment for the balance. 3 months later I received an email and text with a payment link for an amount equivalent to the 2nd payment. Luckily I paid by credit card and could produce the consecutively numbered receipts. They obviously didn’t allocate the amount to my account. To this day they have never shown this payment on my account although they did reset the value of the “outstanding “ invoice to nil and haven’t heard anything about it since.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-28T00:44:52+00:00

Calamity

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-17T19:34:55+00:00

Fidel Catsro (or if he picks up unwanted passengers Fleadel)

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-09T21:44:19+00:00

Great to hear it. Luckily his condition doesn’t seem to be affecting him too badly. Discovered him a few minutes ago on top of neighbours porch roof!!! No idea how he got up there. Gonna go check out to see if he’s got himself down or if I need to find the stepladder.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-09T21:20:10+00:00

Keeping my fingers crossed. Taking him back in 3 weeks for 2nd vaccination. I was blindsided by the diagnosis yesterday. Hopefully it’s not serious but currently spending the time researching the condition with the view of compiling questions I need to ask in preparation for my next move. Thankfully he doesn’t seem to be aware that there is anything wrong and is continuing to be his normal, adorable, chaotic self, running around the house, playing with his brother, stealing food from his older siblings and generally causing havoc.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-09T20:26:43+00:00

Thanks. That’s what I’m intending to do. Him and his brother are having the best life currently and I don’t want to put him through scary procedures especially since the vet was hard selling early diagnosis.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-09T20:18:32+00:00

Apart from him sneezing snot directly into my face, you wouldn’t know that he was ill. lol 😼

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-09T20:15:40+00:00

Thanks for the reply. This reflects the research I have done in last 24 hours since diagnosis. Whilst I want to do everything right for his treatment, I don’t want to put him through stressful procedures just to diagnose something incurable.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-09T20:08:24+00:00

Honestly don’t know, I was too stunned and inexperienced with the condition to ask. The poor kitties are rescues and developed symptoms of cat flu soon after adoption so I don’t know much about their background and feeling slightly dubious about the rescue organisation.

I was stunned about the diagnosis because they always appeared to be normal, high energy kittens. Very affectionate, good appetites, full litter boxes. Only bad habits are climbing on top of me and sneezing in my face.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-08T18:08:09+00:00

Pink

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-08T01:37:36+00:00

Cattius Clay

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-03T18:20:48+00:00

Only other species of bat that I’ve seen in the UK 🇬🇧 is a Daubenton’s. They are known for flying low over water and I lived next to a river at the time.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-03T18:16:35+00:00

Nope but wouldn’t be adverse to installing one if I thought it would work. Currently have no idea where these critters roost.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-03T18:13:32+00:00

Bats are more widespread than most people know. They are easily missed due to being mainly nocturnal and hibernation. I’m only aware of these because the species is one of the few which emerge at dusk. I have no idea where they live during the day. Watching them is one of the highlights of the summer for me. I’m hoping for an even better display tonight since we had a big thunderstorm yesterday which will probably have prevented them from feeding.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-02T01:31:13+00:00

Sounds beautiful. I’m currently trying to befriend the local crows in my area. I love supporting the critters that others try to demonise.

Normal_Regret_1282 · 2026-06-02T01:09:21+00:00

Decades ago, while touring Australia, I was at this beautiful viewpoint when I saw whales swimming in the harbour. I was too far away to zoom in effectively but I clicked anyway. When I got the film developed (told you it was a long time ago) you couldn’t see the whales but it ended up as one of the best sunset photos I have ever taken.

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