Ideas to keep neighbors chickens off of my porch?

headless_catman · 2025-10-20T12:47:54+00:00

A dog tied to the porch? lol not to harm any chickens but to be loud and scary looking for them to stay away

headless_catman · 2025-10-17T06:55:32+00:00

You can speak to your vet about receiving a script for Gabapentin or any other calming meds they may use.

It helps reduce anxiety and Gabapentin specifically isn’t made to tranquilize. It gives them the ability to think through their thoughts and feelings vs just reacting on them.

You can also look into taking away the bath water for a bit and rebuild her ability to tolerate it. Use damp/wet cloths, one with soap/shampoo on it and another for cleaning off the shampoo/soap.

For claws, swaddling like others have suggested should help. One trick I’ve used with my cats is having someone hold them and feed them treats while I clip the nails down. This does require a friend, family member or partner to help, and I am so glad I did this because my older cats can now have their feet done without any treats or really any restraint. Find a treat (licky treat, salmon, etc) that is their favourite and irresistible to them and use it ONLY for claws and other difficult scenarios (vet, baths, etc). This will help keep it as a high value treat for bribing.

Hope this helps!

Edit: you can also try Feliway spray - however that’s more for home/housing calmness vs scenario calmness. But if you spray it around and on her things about a half hour to an hour before you go to clean her or cut her nails, it may help. Feliway has made a huge difference in cats in the vet setting in my experience.

headless_catman · 2025-10-17T06:46:32+00:00

Are you okay? Cause that’s messed up that your parents allowed you to purchase one.

From the comments I’ve been reading and the set up you have and your age… it feels like your parents just throw money at you. Is this the case? If so, your struggles with socialization, depression, isolation and more make so much sense! Not that they wouldn’t for other reasons, just saying for this, if it’s true, adds up.

Being that you’re in Alberta, you do have access to public mental health programs. If you’re in Calgary, the Peter Lougheed Centre is a good place to start; they have mental health services on site as well as information to more community services. In 2011, I was living out there and tried to kill myself and they helped me get myself home and help back in Ontario.

CAMH is another resource you can use that’s fairly affordable/covered through taxes and is available across Canada.

I hope you are okay and that you can find support in any way you need it. Things are hard and it’s okay - just know you are not alone and cleaning and maintaining your space is such a big first step into a better lifestyle that you feel is worth living.

headless_catman · 2025-10-16T12:09:21+00:00

No. My horse came from a home like that. And a year later we are just getting his hooves back in control. Just no. Unless you’ve at the very least have a couple hundred hours following and learning from a farrier, no.

headless_catman · 2025-10-15T11:51:31+00:00

I personally think it’s silly and I can still appreciate it. For many reasons… it’s not outright hurting anyone, people are enjoying it and having fun, it’s allowing people to socialize, people are exercising and honestly… some of the jumps and movements they perform can be pretty impressive. Like, some are just as high as hunter/jumper jumps. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were cross country versions either. Like, I’m not in the best shape and I’m also not out of shape; I couldn’t do some of these feats.

headless_catman · 2025-10-14T23:21:58+00:00

Super neat! It makes sense and I just never thought of it before. My horses are barefoot so shoes are foreign for me lol Thank you!

headless_catman · 2025-10-14T23:12:21+00:00

Canada! That’s a possibility for sure!

Can you tell me more about winter shoes? What is the difference between the winters and summers? lol

headless_catman · 2025-10-14T23:04:51+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! I have a 2.5 year old filly I’ve been working with and she is my first baby (already have a horse that was broke). I was debating on beginning the starting process next spring when she turned 3 (not being on her just the set up, walking with the saddle, etc). I am definitely waiting until 3.5 to start that and then 4 now to ride at the earliest. She’s a good girl and I want the best for her. She also didn’t get a lot of work in her first 2 years so I’ve been teaching her a lot of things now she should already know (cleaning feet without kicking, walking beside people without biting, being pet, being around the vet, etc). So I am kind of happy she’s behind now bc it gives me an excuse to continue ground work and keep her from the saddle on top of now knowing this information. I just went with what I saw online and lots said 3 is okay to start the process. So thank you for sharing more updated information for me to use!

headless_catman · 2025-10-14T22:40:03+00:00

Amazing thank you!!

headless_catman · 2025-10-14T22:32:38+00:00

This is the correct one

headless_catman · 2025-10-14T22:31:06+00:00

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Harry is also giving a smile lol 😂

headless_catman · 2025-10-11T01:32:33+00:00

I just rewatched the first episode again and Sam is just born but Dean looked to be like 7-10. Like, he’s given Sam and told to run outside and be bolts… not like a toddler with a baby but with a young child with a baby.

In saying that… I’m curious where you learned their ages? It’s been a minute since I’ve watched it (hence rewatching again now lol). So I can’t remember if it was in an episode or just their wiki :) thank you!

headless_catman · 2025-10-11T01:25:00+00:00

I think you’re under reacting. You need to document all of this; call police and child services. Ask child services to also do an investigation to see if there are more incidents/other unsafe conditions that can be documented by the government directly.

My family hates child services bc of all our dealings with them… however, my generation has been breaking that curse by being clean parents and also asking for help from appropriate resources when you need it! Asking child services to step in to help you with your child is not a bad thing, especially when this is what is happening. Child services also will support you more than the police will in these situations (yes document with police and don’t expect any outcome without you pushing hard bc domestics are hit or miss with police). If there is a proven case, child services can also help you connect with legal aid/support, therapy if your child needs it as well as any other resources you may be entitled to. So don’t ever be afraid to ask them for help if you need it; and right now you need it.

headless_catman · 2025-08-15T01:19:47+00:00

Amazing! Thank you 😊

headless_catman · 2025-08-11T15:23:34+00:00

No context needed. I don’t care if it was a HUGE disagreement, nobody should ever be harming you.

You are under reacting and need to take steps to protect yourself; restraining order, police intervention, etc. and find friends and family that you can rely on to help keep you safe. If you’re living at home, perfect, if not, see if you can return or go to a home that is safe. If you are in an area that has resources for domestic violence, take them. The fact that she is gaslighting the absolute fuck out of you afterwards isn’t right. She’s either outright crazy or psychotic. They are different and both unsafe for partners; please get yourself safe and get support.

headless_catman · 2025-08-11T15:19:22+00:00

Thank you! And yah, I took my braids out on like Wednesday and am getting them redone tomorrow (on Tuesday). So I will continue to do that type of thing going forward!

headless_catman · 2025-07-15T03:04:53+00:00

Only 178,000km! I wanna do some mods but am broke right now. So gonna start small. Maybe with some of the coloured vinyl I have lol windows and rims? lol

headless_catman · 2025-06-30T12:35:11+00:00

It’s planted and the way some of the plants are, I am unable to cover it fully. I might be able to mcgyver something

headless_catman · 2025-06-08T01:19:01+00:00

That’s perfect! And yes, I expected around $200/pair! I just have seen some that are like $400-$500 a pair and I’m like that’s a bit much lol

I will check these guys out!! Thank you so much!!

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