General Chat

.....hedgehogs and sloworms - my excuse for a slightly 'untidy' and overgrown garden :-D

Oh - and shelter for my cats in hot weather or rain :-D :-D

Well good that you have seen one, last time i saw one in the garden was two years ago but we did find droppings last year so fingers crossed will be one about this year .
I watched a programme last night it was very interesting and good to see that there are people trying to get the population of hedgehogs back up.

I hadn't noticed signs for a while.
Daughter, S in L and grand daughter stayed over the weekend.
I went into the garden for a cigarette.
Coming in - it was dark - I accidently knocked (with my foot) something off the step between the side path and back garden. I thought it was a rat, and was waiting for it to run.
Looked closer - it was a hedgehog! :-D
I felt really guilty, but left it, not wanting to traumatise it any more.
Half an hour later, it had gone.

I've not seen any signs of hedgehogs in the garden yet this year but do have water in the garden in case but the birds are in most of the time.

Same here, Nottsgirl - with the water.
I'm also putting bowls of water in the garden for the hedgehogs.

My Cat is not eating much too and just sleeps under the hedge at the bottom of the garden all day where it's nice and cool (wish I could get under there too!) I think he's been sleeping there at night too as he's not used his bed for the last 4 night's. I do however make sure that when he does come up to the house he has lots of water to drink

It makes you wonder, doesn't it :-(
Do these people bother feeling the heat of the pavement?

My cats are suffering.
The long haired one is just one long itch (no, it's not fleas, it's the heat/humidity).
They're not eating, and I've resorted to giving them a litter tray indoors for their 'business'.
One will use it.
The other won't.
Rather than use the cat flap to go in and out, he likes me to open the door, then stands there looking around, before rushing out and running under a shrub!

and dont put a walked dog straight into a car in this heat,,,,,,,,,,,!!!

I pulled a dog with heatstroke into the garden to stop him from dying by soaking him through to bring his body temperature down.
This afternoon, a woman was walking along crying, carrying her dog who had collapsed and could barely breathe. Gave her a lift back to hers and helped her soak the dog through and bring her out of heatstroke.

FFS STOP WALKING YOUR DOGS ON PATHS IN THIS HEAT!!!
A dog walking on a pavement that is hot is likely to collapse and can die within just 10 minutes when lack of oxygen causes brain damage and death.
Leave it till later!!

Just an example from another site.