Okay, Brenda...

[Mik]

That image is priceless, George. It should be your avatar..

[George K]

@Mik said in Okay, Brenda...:

That image is priceless, George. It should be your avatar..

I don't know that guy any more. And he looks a lot friendlier than I am my current one.

Edit to add:

Just last week, I was talking to Mrs. George. In almost 46 years of being together, we've NEVER not had animals in our home.

[Catseye3]

@George-K In almost 46 years of being together, we've NEVER not had animals in our home.
^^^^^^^

Way, way cool.

[George K]

@Catseye3

Pets we've had...

Cats

• Sadie
• Oscar
• Chervil
• Bee
• Boris
• Maggie

Dogs:

• Oscar
• Oliver
• May

Reptiles

• Jack
• Al

Horses

• Charlie
• Simon
• Gulliver

Birds

• Max
• Peanuts
• Sidney

Guinea Pigs

• Too many to mention

Many fish and aquatic frogs too...

[Catseye3]

How's m'man Sidney, speaking of Sidney?

[George K]

@Catseye3 he's good.

Gonna be 25 years old this June. He has become my bird. He's very aggressive towards Mrs. George, but lets me do anything I want with him (baths, etc), despite the fact that Mrs. George is the one who feeds him.

He spends about an hour a day sitting on my lap/shoulder/desk/hand, etc.

[George K]

I should add.

Animals and pets make your life so much fuller. Not all of them are loving (the fish) and not all of them are lovable (yeah, May, I never liked you, but I wept when we euthanized you). But all of them make you a better person because you care for them. Doesn't matter, reptiles, amphibians, rodents, horses, cats and dogs. You're a better human because you make their lives better.

[Catseye3]

[brenda]

@George-K
Jurgi was a wild frog from the yard that never was a house pet. I suspect he died a couple years ago.

The ones that died recently were Tryker, Peg, and Jacques Froggeau.

[George K]

@brenda

"Tryker"?

What's the story behind that name?

[brenda]

@Horace
Baking is an enjoyable task, but not what I think of as a hobby.

Speaking of baking, I wore out my double ovens. Really.

While cleaning the top oven. I noticed an unusual spot on the lower back wall. It was a hole! I touched the metal near it, and my finger went completely through it. Then I saw a rusted hole in the lower right corner of the oven floor. It was all rusted through, too.

There's no repair for metal that weak in an oven that gets used at temperatures up to 500°. The bottom oven was better, but overall, the unit had so many problems it just needed to be replaced.

We can't complain. It lasted over 25 years, and it got a real workout every week. We're waiting for the trim pieces to finish the installation of the new ovens, and the old set is in the back of my truck, waiting to be taken to the waste recovery place.

[brenda]

@George-K
Tryker had an oddly bent leg, much like Biker. Biker's name was due to her leg looking like a kickstand for a bicycle. So Biker's sib became Tryker.

Turns out Tryker was also a female, so they were sisters. Biker also died a year or more ago from the same type of bloating problem. Makes sense now from the necropsy report.

[George K]

@brenda said in Okay, Brenda...:

@Horace
Baking is an enjoyable task, but not what I think of as a hobby.

I feel the same way about cooking. I can read and follow a recipe, but I have not a whit of creativity. I'm a lot better at it than Mrs. George (and she agrees) because I can follow instructions and time things appropriately (she can't do that). The joy of experimentation is easily outweighed by the reliability of doing something you've done before - and you fall into a rut.

If I could get the enjoyment of meals that I make from another source, at a reasonable or equivalent cost (and something the management would eat), I'd do it in a heartbeat.

In the meantime, I'll be happy to listen to an audiobook while I make dinner, 4-5 nights a week.

The other 2-3?

That's pizza, burgers, Chinese, etc.

[George K]

@brenda you did a necropsy on a frog?

Good for you.

We did one on Jack (the iguana).

We also knew that he had a bowel obstruction, so ... surgery.

[brenda]

@George-K Yes, after we'd lost Tryker, I really needed to know what was causing this. It was not responding to meds for bacterial or parasitic issues. It seemed there must another underlying factor, and I suspected kidney disease. I needed to know whether there was anything to do for the others.

The second frog. Peg, died before the necropsy report was complete. It took close to two weeks to get the report by email. My gosh, it was so thorough. I can't believe how many tests were done. It let me know there was really nothing I could have done to save them, which I suppose gives me some comfort.

[brenda]

BTW, imagine how challenging it is to give tiny tree frogs antibiotics. Oh golly, they clamp their little mouths.

[jon-nyc]

Are you guys leaving it to me to ask George where this lizard pooped?!?

[brenda]

@jon-nyc said in Okay, Brenda...:

Are you guys leaving it to me to ask George where this lizard pooped?!?

Yes.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Okay, Brenda...:

Are you guys leaving it to me to ask George where this lizard pooped?!?

Yes.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K Well???