Vet Bill ---- holy..!

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We spent $5000, collectively, on the Thong Eater when he was about 1 1/2 yrs old. I will never do that again.

Is that the critter's nickname as well as proclivity?

[monster]

Originally Posted by monster

Did you get these signs mixed up or am I just missing a joke here?

> = more than
< = less than, right?



I just went out for exercise and breakfast, I think they scrambled my brain rather than the eggs....

well I'm doubting myself here, but I remember in maths way back when..... they taught us to imagine it as a crocodile's jaw, and the croc is greedy and always eats the larger thing. So 34<57 and 900>5. Right? Someone tell me I'm not going nuts here.....

[Pie]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We spent $5000, collectively, on the Thong Eater when he was about 1 1/2 yrs old. I will never do that again.

My parents' dog almost had to have surgically removed: staples. A whole bar of them. (This was years ago.) Thankfully, she ...excreted them, with nary a problem.

Most common surgically removed items:
1. Socks
2. Underwear
3. Pantyhose
4. Rocks
5. Balls
6. Chew toys
7. Corncobs
8. Bones
9. Hair ties / ribbons
10. Sticks
Source: Veterinary Pet Insurance

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[TheMercenary]

Yea, ours was for one surgery and subsequent treatment, as well as the litney of tests that lead up to figuring out what the problem was. Uggg. He is still around. 7 years old now.

[Nirvana]

I am not a veterinarian and I do not play one on TV but in the future if I can help you save some money with a natural remedy please PM me. I use veterinarians for emergencies like dying otherwise I would be twice as poor!

Fleas are species specific, yes that's right there are cat fleas and dog fleas. Although cat fleas can get on dogs they prefer cats and visa versa. Unless you are killing all the flea eggs on the dogs, cats and in your house and in your yard you will get fleas every year. A cheap fix for your yard is one part bleach to 2 parts water, in a sprayer. Do this twice 3 weeks apart in the spring. In your house if you do not have any toddlers use Ovitrol. $21 a bottle that shit works! Use topical flea killers every month on the critters. They are cheaper online then at your vets. I have not had fleas in 15 years, on my dogs and I do not use any topicals. Roaming cats are what bring the fleas to your house. Once you have killed them on your property you are less likely to have fleas. Just some unasked for advice I can shove if you don't want it. =)

[glatt]

What does pouring bleach on the yard do to your plants?

[Nirvana]

Should not do anything in that dilution, and as long as you are spraying the bleach water solution not "pouring straight bleach, but I am sure there are sensitive flora that you can just avoid spraying.

[Stormieweather]

Reminder to self:

PM Nirvana regarding Gizmo's skin/itching issue.

One flea, Brianna? That totally stinks! How can you possibly avoid having that happen again? Particularly when the other pets go outside??.

[TheMercenary]

Other than being strongly acidic I am certain it will kill anything you pour it on in full strength. I have heard that if you add vineger to it it will increase the disinfectant properties so you may be able to kill fungi or other problems in your yard or on your plants when properly diluted. I would suggest looking it up before you took my advice. (on just about anything I say)

[Nirvana]

an addendum to the bleach spraying, cats are very sensitive to bleach so make sure that when you spray it is a sunny day and it has about three hours to dry before you let the cats out.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by monster

well I'm doubting myself here, but I remember in maths way back when..... they taught us to imagine it as a crocodile's jaw, and the croc is greedy and always eats the larger thing. So 34<57 and 900>5. Right? Someone tell me I'm not going nuts here.....

Now THAT'S the sort of maths teaching that I can remember.

I had a lovely maths teacher to start with - Mr Burr. He helped me with algebra/ equations by drawing it out as bags of sand and treating it like a mystery that needed to be solved. I was 14. Then again, he was involved in all the school plays and I always got on well with the teachers who were too.

Then I failed my Maths O Level (not Mr Burr's fault!) and was passed to Mr Woodsmith. He hated me. He was my Head of Year in the 3rd year and suggested I would be better off at another school. Luckily, all the arts-based teachers disagreed with him (inc the Senior Master and Mistress who I was in A Midsummer Night's Dream with and the Head, who knew I was the school's best chance at 1500m in District sports).

Old Woody Woodsmith wasn't about shortcuts, aide memoires or even generally being helpful. He was there to lick the slackers into shape, to maintain the school's maths pass record. Lord alone knows how I managed. All I can suggest is that given it was the new system (GCSE) the education boards were advised to give us the benefit of the doubt. I didn't even make it to the last page of the exam paper.

Anyway.
All that aside.
Crocodile eats the largest number.
Wait.
What if there is only one number?
How do I remember which way the crocodile is facing when there is no other number? Surely he's always be facing < to eat it up? I am not being facetious - I am genuinely looking for a way to remember something that makes no sense to me.

[Pie]

The '>' or '<' is a comparison. It can only be used in the context of two numbers. If I say,

. . . "The cost of the plan will be > 600M Euros"

I am really comparing
. . . "the cost of the plan" (a symbolic number)
with
. . . "600M Euros" (an actual number)

The croc will eat the larger number, therefore "the cost of the plan" is the larger of the two.

On the other hand, if it was
. . . "The cost of the plan will be < 600M Euros"

then "the cost of the plan" would be the smaller of the two.

[Sundae]

By Jove, I think I've got it!

SO. I am sending a package overseas.
I'm probably lying a bit anyway.

I say, I am sending goods >$15.
The crocodile is eating the real cost.
But I am filling out a form of complaint about how the package was handled, and I claim the contents were <$15... No, wait, that's wrong isn't it. Because the crocodile is eating the $15 again.

Bugger.
Anyone want to start a crocodile thread?
I'm going to bed.

[Stormieweather]

'Tis simple. Whatever item is on the BIGGER side of the symbol (< or >)is the GREATER item.

So $10 > $9 = true. $10 is greater than $9.

If I say that I'll bet your vet bill was < $200, then $200 would be the higher/greater/bigger item, making your vet bill less than that.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Stormieweather

Reminder to self:

PM Nirvana regarding Gizmo's skin/itching issue.

One flea, Brianna? That totally stinks! How can you possibly avoid having that happen again? Particularly when the other pets go outside??.

yeah, I'll PM 'vana first, too!

nobody else looks like they have fleas and they aren't scratching - and I certainly don't see any fleas around the house or in cushions, etc. Poor Carly, though. She really suffers with them - gets all allergic. But, honestly, an oral AND topical AND ear RX??? Isn't that massive overkill?? I don't know anything about animal medicine but it just seems like a hell of a lot of Rx. And it's difficult to talk her into taking it - esp. the ear medicine. She puts her ears back and all but shuts them!