PET PARADE
Where would we be without our fine feathered and furr y friends? We help you to make the best of your pet with a spot of animal whispering and all the best in pet news
We love our pets, but there is no doubt they can be absolute chancers at times. A recent social media thread included these gems from exasperated owners:
Found out last night our cat goes to the kebab shop down the road ever y day and they give him lamb mince. There’s a picture of him on the wall.
After our dog died, an elderly neighbour I’d never even met came to our house looking for him. Apparently, he spent large por tions of the workday with her and she cooked him a daily steak.
Our cat visits an elderly couple and gets a roast dinner and sleeps with them. We only found out when we got a Christmas card which was a photo of him wearing Christmas decorations, in their house. I thought he’d been kidnapped and it was a ransom note.
My girlfriend has a dog named
Biscuit who fake-limps whenever company is over for attention.
My friend’s cat gets on the local buses which ever yone thinks is cute except her owner, who has to go miles to pick her up from wherever she’s got to now.
Dogs and cats dominated that par ticular discussion but of course, all types of pets get up to mischief. If you own one of the estimated million rabbits in UK households, you might notice that the spring and summer months see an increase in hormonal behaviour. Social, sexual and aggressive behaviour may happen even in neutered rabbits, as the process does not completely remove all testosterone in males or oestrogen in females, although it will be milder. For great advice on this and much more visit the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund site at www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk or call their helpline on 0191 9339 000.