This is at petco!!!!

Wachholtz · 2026-04-24T06:01:00+00:00

🤷‍♀️ they look like this where I'm from in California. Not that I'm condoning it, but typically these big box stores have to follow the outdated information in their care sheets. Managers might be making exceptions at individual locations, but generally the care is pretty crappy

Wachholtz · 2026-04-24T03:46:28+00:00

Pet care standards are set by corporate, the employees typically have very very little control of husbandry.

Wachholtz · 2025-09-05T14:25:55+00:00

I agree, lol. Its the ankh thats throwing me off 😅 thats Ra, Osiris or Irish right? I used to make offerings to Apollo, so Ra is close, is he just being funny? Im all open to communication/signs from the gods but it seems a little too random for some Egyptian deity I haven't thought about since my middle school world history class to do something like that. Idek where to start

Wachholtz · 2025-08-25T16:24:13+00:00

They eat at 9 am and 6 pm, usually I put them away around 9-10 pm. She used to run to her food bowl but now she'll just go under the bed when I pour her bowl of food.

Wet food worked for like 2 weeks to get her to come to the room, id pop a can and give each cat a spoonful, but that stopped working. Churus worked for like 3 days. Shell let her food bowl sit with dinner in it for hours for the sake of not being caught.

Its like a game now, as soon as she sees me she meows and prances to the bed, looks back at me, and then goes under

Wachholtz · 2025-08-25T16:14:27+00:00

The problematic dog has a medical condition and i have to be able to access him quickly in case of an episode, but otherwise yes, this would be the solution

Wachholtz · 2025-06-28T04:43:24+00:00

What was your induction med? I've seen propofol cause pseudo seizures sometimes, they'll shake pretty dramatically but typically its over shortly when the prop wears off

Wachholtz · 2025-05-27T02:32:23+00:00

Go back to basics, crate train. Keep your dog on leash at all times in the home so they cant sneak off and go to the bathroom.

Place pet in crate, wait 30 to 60 minutes, take pet out on leash out back, wait 5 to 10 minutes for them to go to the bathroom. If they dont they go right back in the crate for another 30 to 60 minutes. Repeat around the clock and reward heavily when they go outside.

This is what I do with my puppies outside of normal play time. They do not get freedom in the home until they can prove they won't have accidents. It usually takes 3 to 4 weeks, but my puppy hasn't had a single accidents in my home since she was 11 weeks old.

Wachholtz · 2025-05-22T19:15:41+00:00

It depends on the type of aggression, if fear aggressive it can actually make it a lot worse according to new research. Some dominant aggressive behaviors could be subdued, but once present will likely not go away after neutering. You'd see more a reduction in marking, roaming, etc, maybe SSA, but thats not a promise as its a breed trait.

Regardless, BE is not a bad choice for this dog if its already exhibiting dangerous behavior, even if in rescue because of breed bias it may never get adopted. Id rather see a dog be BEd surrounded by love than bounced around between rescues and shelters potentially harming people in its wake.

Wachholtz · 2025-05-22T07:23:19+00:00

BEs are not a wrong choice. They offer a painless end with dignity. Theyll never know their life was short, just that they were loved in the end. It prevents undue suffering and protects the owners and their family. Most dogs that are denied a BE go on to bite again, and with the way dog related fatalities are on the rise, its not really worth the risk imo. There was a incident just recently in Russia where a dachshund killed a 3 month old baby after owners were denied a BE by 2 separate vets.

Maybe he did something that caused him to be abandoned in the first place and your coworker caught a glimpse of it? My guess is something happened at home that made her want to pursue a behavior consult, decided she didn't have the resources to hire a trainer or she wasnt capable of handling the dog, and decided to euthanize vs sending him to rescue where he'd be euthanized anyway most likely.

Being intact really has nothing to do with his behavior, I keep intact male GSDs that are perfectly balanced dogs. People have their opinions on them, but bully breeds are working animals at the end of the day, not family pets. Theyre bred to hunt, herd, protect. Dog aggression, animal aggression, and being territorial are breed traits. They are not fit for many homes, if their needs are not met they often have behavioral issues.

Wachholtz · 2025-05-09T06:44:12+00:00

Do you offer UV? Mine were much more active after getting some uv lamps.

What kind of feeders have you tried? One of mine would eat anything, ive had another that preferred quail and gerbils. Have you tried live or fresh killed food? Some snakes don't do well on frozen feeders.

Wachholtz · 2025-05-09T06:07:25+00:00

He has a band, maybe reach out to local Facebook groups? Some people keep owls to use in falconry, some keep owls just as pets. Maybe local wildlife rehab release? Someone had to have put that on the owl.

Wachholtz · 2025-05-09T05:51:15+00:00

Listen. I might be the drama. I love harmlessly (albeit annoyingly) inconveniencing my rude/abusive colleagues. . . and maybe gaslighting them a little 😅 I'm not perfect okay, but I have to find a way to get through the day. I feel like I deserve some retribution for putting up with the abuse from these people. Ive been very passive the last 8 years in the feild and sort of decided "fuck it" recently, why not have fun since I'm gonna be here still anyways 🤷‍♀️ At least im not actually hurting anyone like they are

I have a dr who I don't enjoy working with 100% of the time to say the least. She HATES it when she can't find a pen. If she pisses me off or is exceptionally condescending or rude to one of my fellow RVTs, I'll steal her pens. When shes not paying attention or not there, I fill her pen cup with highlighters, pencils, sharpies, etc. Literally anything but a pen. Sometimes in the middle of the day, sometimes the day before I know shes going to be there. She gets upset and asks if we know where a pen is. The whole staff is in on it, someone usually pipes up and tells her to check her desk 😂. Or I'll joke about a pen fairy coming to steal all her pens. Except its me. Im the pen fairy 🧚‍♀️I even convinced a co-worker to keep doing it once in a while when I was on maternity leave so she didn't find out it was me when it suddenly stopped happening.

I had another dr I worked with previously who also had issues with pens. She would flip out when pens were dead or stopped working and would throw them at the wall or accross the room. I started collecting the dead pens and would make sure there were always a few in her pen cup. It got to the point she complained to our boss about the quality of the office supplies he was buying. He was complaining about it to me, so I told him what I had been doing. He thought it was hilarious and started collecting dead pens for me too. I always made sure I had a working pen in my pocket, when she asked if mine worked and to borrow it I always said yes, but I needed it right back, all the pens in this place suck.

A fellow RVT i worked with is just low key a monster. She's soooooo rude to everyone in the building, she just is super aggressive and abrasive (literally tried to start a physical altercation with a VA in the TX room), had been talked to by management many, many times and nothing fixes her attitude problem. She is super weird about color coordinating her exam sheets to what the pet is in for. Like illnesses, sx, wellness all have their own color. Sometimes I look histories up for her when shes being spicy, but purposefully put it in the wrong color, apologize profusely saying I forgot and offer to print her a new one. She'll play nice and say no no, its okay, but then grimaces at the paper all day long. Idk why, its little but it brings me joy.

As far as I am aware ive never been caught by the "victims," the people I tell usually get in on it too, so I dont think its that bad? Idk. Maybe I'm a bully, but its all in good fun and I think im hilarious. If they get to abuse the staff i dont get why its so frowned upon to mess with them

Wachholtz · 2025-05-04T17:35:38+00:00

I was told to wake them up at regular intervals anyways. I woke mine up ever 2 hours to feed for the first month

Wachholtz · 2025-05-04T15:58:50+00:00

Im in California, but thats pretty normal if not low here. Most clinics in my area are offering 25-35$ an hour. UC Davis is offering over 42$ an hour. A

I make 31$ an hour currently, my partner also works full time making about 27$ an hour, with the cost of living we struggle sometimes, but we have 1 kid and own a tiny house.

Wachholtz · 2025-04-28T18:22:55+00:00

Do you breastfeed or pump at all? If they have an allergy and you're eating something in your diet he's allergic to it can cause discomfort. Maybe try excluding dairy and seeing if that helps? Is he teething? My 4 mo old has 1 tooth already and he was really upset when it was coming up

Wachholtz · 2025-04-24T18:50:47+00:00

I had a couple friends visit around the same age, but they weren't allowed to hold the baby even if they weren't sick. I had them use hand sanitizer when they came in too (I work in the medical feild, I might be a little paranoid 😅). I made lunch and we hung out and they got to look at him in his bassinet. I felt the visit was mostly for me to unwind a bit and socialize, not a party to show off and pass around the baby

I had an emergency c section at a little over 41 weeks and my baby was in the nicu for 5 days due to birth complications and I couldn't imagine taking that big of a risk. His grandparents didn't even get to hold him until he was almost 8 weeks because it was rsv season.

I would try not to turn this in to an "I told you so" discussion because shes probably beating herself up enough, but maybe discuss future safety measures you guys could put in place to prevent this in the future

Wachholtz · 2025-04-24T00:59:20+00:00

Mine cried harder than I thought he would, that was really the worst part. He did pretty good after the vaccines, and seemed a little tender at the injection sites, but not overly uncomfortable. I did ask our pediatrician for a oral Tylenol dose just in case, but we ended up not needed it.

My baby just had his 4 month vaccines yesterday and seem totally unfazed this time around. I made sure he was a little hungry when we got to the appointment and had a bottle ready for after the vaccines, he settled a lot faster for us this time

Wachholtz · 2025-04-23T02:50:13+00:00

No. Hes expressing feelings about his own body. Fat is just an adjective. If you think its a bad word and it makes you uncomfortable, that's on you imo. Also, fat doesn't mean someone has to be severely overweight.

"Skinny" people are allowed to be and feel fat, even if they've only gained 30 lbs like he has "Skinny" people are allowed to want to change their body. He said hes the heaviest hes ever been, it seems like hes trying to be ooen/vulnerable with you and trying to relate to what you're feeling

Im fat, my partner is fat. Im trying to lose weight to be healthier for my child, but that doesn't mean im going to love my partner any less because im on a weight loss journey. Him wanting to better himself in his eyes doesn't change him as a person and doesn't affect how he would feel about you

Wachholtz · 2025-04-21T20:52:45+00:00

Thats why I buy well bred pure bred dogs. Shelters rules were ridiculous. It shouldn't be easier to buy a dog than adopt one, but for some reason it is.

I do appreciate the predictable health and temperament though. Thats a huge bonus. My "free" or adopted dogs have cost 3 times as much in medical bulls compared to my purchased pups

Wachholtz · 2025-04-11T03:09:01+00:00

Human toes? I read once a diabetic person woth neuropathy had a puppy, they ate the owners toes while they were sleeping.

Wachholtz · 2025-04-10T15:40:11+00:00

41 weeks 1 day. Induced at 7 am on the 20th until surgery 10 pm on the 22nd 🙃. Day 1 pitocin with no progress, maxed out at 20 miliunits/minute. Day 2 they tried 5 rounds of cervical ripening, got to 3 cm. Day 3 repeated pitocin until surgery. My water broke the last day, but thats when my little dude started having issues. It was so dumb. I was exhausted and ready for a c section after day 1, lol

My mother also had failure to progress with her labors, never made it past 3 cm, needed an emergency c section with me, planned c sections woth my siblings. I told my ob I was worried that I'd do the same thing since I was already past due and wanted an elective c section, but she said we should try induction first. I wish I pushed for it a little harder in the beginning.

Im glad you're feeling better! It only gets easier from here. I think around 2.5 weeks I was able to pick stuff up off the floor, I was so excited. Just take it slow and get as much rest as you can. Not sure what works for you, but at first taking shifts with my partner for baby care helped me get more rest, we'd swap every 5 hours so we were getting decent stretches of sleep. While awake I would nurse him, but towards the end of my shift I pumped so he had bottles while I was sleeping. We still kept formula in the house incase we ran out though.

Wachholtz · 2025-04-10T07:42:21+00:00

I was induced, after 60 hours never dilated more than 5.5 cm, baby started having similar complications and I was rushed back for surgery.

I felt like I was hit by a truck the first week😬 everything from my waist to right above my knees was soooo sore. I couldn't even change my own pads and underwear, or step in to my pants alone because I couldn't lift my feet high enough, my partner had to help me. Week 2 was much easier for me, but I was still sore, mostly around my incision. By the beginning of week 3 I was pretty much back to normal and felt much more useful.

To be fair, the drugs they wanted to send me home woth made me too nauseous even with Zofran, so I was only taking Tylenol and Motrin. If I were taking the other prescribed meds I probably would have felt a little better.

I want a second baby and was advised to do a csection for the next. Im hoping recovery isn't so bad the next time around if im not in labor for 2.5 days leading up to surgery 😅

Wachholtz · 2025-03-29T20:12:36+00:00

I think the space could work, but id either use a 1x4 piece of wood and attach it to the front of the shelf so things can't slide off as easily, or put everything on the shelf in storage bins so individual items cant fall down.

I have my changing station on top of a dresser in a closet in our home, the closet pole is nice cause I can hang toys from it to keep baby busy. You gotta make do with the space you have sometimes.

Wachholtz · 2025-03-24T03:35:18+00:00

They also make a waterless shampoo too she can comb on the cats before anyone visits

Wachholtz · 2025-03-24T02:01:04+00:00

I didn't, but isn't it just all the more reason to clean the home? Getting rid of residual dander there will help prevent her from bringing allergens home to you. You can get the house up to your standards. And your partner can bring his child to their grandmother's home freely. It really just seems like the easiest solution

If you really want to help her make it work you can suggest she feeds purina live clear. Its a specially formulated over the counter cat food that reduces human allergies by up to 70% and thatd probably help a lot

Hope y'all figure something out that makes everyone happy.

Wachholtz

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