tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post4449716359976528478..comments2023-11-05T12:22:53.660+00:00Comments on Gledwood Vol 2 (Main blog): Mighty Mites? Might Not Be...Gledwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-62304557273897125062008-03-20T08:13:00.000+00:002008-03-20T08:13:00.000+00:00You can't always see mites. Some rodent mites are...You can't always see mites. Some rodent mites are so small you would need a good deal of magnification to see it, and some bird mites, too. D. Gallinae, the chicken mite, is generally too small to see and can infest rodents. If you can, you should take it to the vet and see what the vet says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-54562400972266016642008-03-06T21:33:00.000+00:002008-03-06T21:33:00.000+00:00Sometimes it's a psychological thing and the hamst...Sometimes it's a psychological thing and the hamsters are not itching but they are grooming. Do you see the hamsters licking their paws first?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-8929786754661919492008-02-15T15:21:00.000+00:002008-02-15T15:21:00.000+00:00Welshcakes: HAPPY BIRTHDAY... surely that's not su...<STRONG>Welshcakes:</STRONG> HAPPY BIRTHDAY... surely that's not such a bad number? 35 is the only one that really got me...<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Anon:</STRONG> Collecting toilet rolls? Whacha mean? No! Toilet rolls are robo-burrows! They love 'em!<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Patti:</STRONG> What do you mean happy VD? I've never had herpes ~~~ touch wood! ~~~ or gororrhoea! ~~~ or syphillis! ~~~ or HIV ~~~ or anything else!<BR/><BR/>What on earth is happy VD?<BR/><BR/>PLEASE EXPLAIN!!!! ;->...<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Vincent:</STRONG> They've always had toilet tubes. Without them they would be bereft. No "burrows" to hide in (stick "the pink noses" out of...)... no I'm pretty sure it is NOT an allergy (which causes fur loss and much redness) or anything worse than mild mites/fungus infestation as NO fur loss and only the kind of skin pinkening you would expect from scratching anyhow... thanks for the concern though if you do find out anything more PLEASE TELL ME I need to know as this is such a mystery...<BR/><BR/>;->...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-43930036443191038312008-02-15T15:15:00.000+00:002008-02-15T15:15:00.000+00:00Janice: the robopowderingplan? Should work a treat...<STRONG>Janice:</STRONG> the robopowderingplan? Should work a treat!!<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Patti:</STRONG> Not sure WHAT's happening mites wise now... if nothing does I'm getting that antimite/antifungal powder and doing that u-bend thing. I just don't wanna do it for the sake of it tho... know what I mean they are very tiny tubbies who don't appreciate organophosphate pesticides rubbing into their furry furs... ;->...<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Aintnever:</STRONG> I didn't even realize anything was wrong until they ALL started itching... now that famous "tea box" is removed and their Itchiness has slightly decreased. I don't wanna treat for the sake of it, but wanna get rid of whatever irritants may be bothering them...<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Ve:</STRONG> Kraftwerk "recluses"..? Yeah I've heard that one too ;->...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-23584315443194726312008-02-15T15:10:00.000+00:002008-02-15T15:10:00.000+00:00Anon: REALLY~?!? Does he sulk that very much just ...<STRONG>Anon:</STRONG> REALLY~?!? Does he sulk that very much just from being sprayed? Oooer!! I had better use the powdery U~bend technique then!!<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Debs:</STRONG> I get your point but you really don't need to worry about robos' eyes bc they're desert critters and so have massive eyelashes and are used to dealing with excessive dust/sandstorms etc... they come from the outer reaches of the Gobi desert... see what I mean? When burrowing they automatically close eyes... also imagine if they're BEHIND the one burrowing, back-kicking dirt in the face? They are expert at not getting it in the eyes~~ seriously!<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Ruth:</STRONG> What d'you mean your "ELDERLY BRAIN" you are still OK if not a spring chicken then a summer one. OKAY??! ...<BR/><BR/>... hmmm as for the hammies. Powdering them... yes half the fun WILL be "tempting" them through the tubes... hence the bum-poking chopstick idea!! ;->...<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Bimbimbie:</STRONG> the hammy in the photo looks like a Campbells Russian. Unfortunately these are far less wriggly. Robos are designed like a mini Metro or hatchback car... legs positioned like the four wheels and body weight equally proportioned. Excepting Itchy their bodies are equally weighted by all fours which makes them VERY effective wrigglers. They don't NEED to bite they can wriggle free from almost ANYBODY's hold! ;->...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-37402212339281549202008-02-14T23:31:00.000+00:002008-02-14T23:31:00.000+00:00Gled, have you ever considered that the toiletroll...Gled, have you ever considered that the toiletrolls may be the source of the itching? Certain toiletpapers have funny chemicals (perhaps in the glue) on them or a lot of paper-dust.<BR/><BR/>When did you start noticing the scratching? Howlong have they had the toiletrolls? Did you change TeePee brand?<BR/><BR/>Just a thought...Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827754747352106291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-67143653083361775172008-02-14T18:38:00.000+00:002008-02-14T18:38:00.000+00:00Hi Gleds it's Thursday - Happy VD! Where are you!?...Hi Gleds it's Thursday - Happy VD! Where are you!?Monogram Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201245389134780751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-28212611699936315612008-02-14T07:08:00.000+00:002008-02-14T07:08:00.000+00:00Oh Dear I'm afraid something has happened to Gledw...Oh Dear I'm afraid something has happened to Gledwood and/or Robos!?! Or are you collecting toilet rolls ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-60712889885688787572008-02-14T00:28:00.001+00:002008-02-14T00:28:00.001+00:00Bloody hell, I am 58 today and I REMEMBER "Right s...Bloody hell, I am 58 today and I REMEMBER "Right said Fred" and Daz ads!<BR/><BR/>Poor Robies - agree with you re powder not spray. <BR/><BR/>Thinking of you and them, Gleds. You are such a kind man.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-1552160886828866002008-02-14T00:28:00.000+00:002008-02-14T00:28:00.000+00:00Bloody hell, I am 58 today and I REMEMBER "Right s...Bloody hell, I am 58 today and I REMEMBER "Right said Fred" and Daz ads!<BR/><BR/>Poor Robies - agree with you re powder not spray. <BR/><BR/>Thinking of you and them, Gleds. You are such a kind man.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-46600567586890033632008-02-13T20:45:00.000+00:002008-02-13T20:45:00.000+00:00I've heard that Kraftwerk are officially "recluses...I've heard that Kraftwerk are officially "recluses". Look it up on Wikipedia. They haven't granted interview and even their studio cannot have mail sent to it.Ed & Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730956006290504616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-66289269302082859752008-02-13T19:59:00.000+00:002008-02-13T19:59:00.000+00:00I agree, I feel itchy. I think this sounds like a...I agree, I feel itchy. I think this sounds like a good remedy, and you've given it much good thought. Good luck. If it were my fuzzy baby pet, I would be flipping out!Tatyanna (and Dorian too)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07646542379329722446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-89711985821939715662008-02-13T16:23:00.000+00:002008-02-13T16:23:00.000+00:00Hi Gled, it's Wednesday a.m. here in the states an...Hi Gled, it's Wednesday a.m. here in the states and i'm just checking for a new post. Hope you got the mite thing sorted out.Monogram Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201245389134780751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-88581363820990950842008-02-13T08:13:00.000+00:002008-02-13T08:13:00.000+00:00Hi Gled,That sounds like the plan, and wont hurt t...Hi Gled,<BR/><BR/>That sounds like the plan, and wont hurt to try.<BR/><BR/>Janice~Janice Seagraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576031935823587485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-39113238016014108532008-02-13T08:12:00.000+00:002008-02-13T08:12:00.000+00:00Good luck with the powder - cats are hard enough t...Good luck with the powder - cats are hard enough to keep from wriggling, but you have got it all worked out with your very own powder machine *!*<BR/><BR/>That hammie in your photo looks very obliging - sort of saying place powder here! lol <BR/><BR/>...yes I never noticed, that fungi does look like that mouse ear you mentioned .... I posted more about those cicadas too with photos. Some live in the ground for years*!*Bimbimbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427788003822538655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-47906134974793823772008-02-13T08:06:00.000+00:002008-02-13T08:06:00.000+00:00Hi Gleds. Sorry I'm not around much now and thanks...Hi Gleds. Sorry I'm not around much now and thanks for all your visits to my blog. My poor elderly brain doesn't assimilate things very quickly which means my course work takes me hours and hours...in fact days! Hope your solution for 'powdering' the Hammys works ok. Sounds a good idea in principal...bet you'll have fun tempting them through the tubes!<BR/>Take care, stay well<BR/>RxRUTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11389012059140660415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-36340906656687313172008-02-13T04:13:00.000+00:002008-02-13T04:13:00.000+00:00I love that whites ad...used to love that song and...I love that whites ad...used to love that song and brings back memories!<BR/><BR/>I think that sounds like a great idea (powdering them in the tube...but what about their eyes? Maybe you could pinch the end of the tube and just plop them in rear first, without putting their little faces in. You know, "backing" them in or plopping them in rear first with only enough tube to cover up to their necks (do they have necks?). Just a thought.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808620628947160505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-55529631088750662842008-02-12T22:39:00.000+00:002008-02-12T22:39:00.000+00:00YES I agree that is the best way! Jack our Lorikee...YES I agree that is the best way! Jack our Lorikeet won't talk to us for a day if we spray him ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-8185039465811905312008-02-12T20:30:00.000+00:002008-02-12T20:30:00.000+00:00Akelamalu: many thanks. Logic tells me that a furf...<STRONG>Akelamalu:</STRONG> many thanks. Logic tells me that a furfull of medicinal white powder should definitely get them wee beasties off of their coats... <BR/><BR/><STRONG>TutTut:</STRONG> rub the powder into skin afterwards? well I was hoping their effort of burrowing through that powdery u-bend would get the treatment right into their fur... if not I shall have to get heavy duty gloves (that don't smell of me), pick 'em up one at a time and rub fur against grain to get it properly worked in... if they don't quite realize it's me doing that - then hopefully they shouldn't resent ME too heavily for the heavy intrusion on their coaty-comforts... <BR/><BR/><STRONG>Patti:</STRONG> possibly have tried them. on lab animals. who are not pets. and they don't CARE what those animals think of being so horrifically sprayed by a device that to a robosized critter is a screaming in the ear saying "run run run! run for the cloudy hills!!"<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Preposterous:</STRONG> well if I get my way with the treatments they should be premium little swines all over again...<BR/><BR/>;->...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-49772984677660091252008-02-12T20:22:00.000+00:002008-02-12T20:22:00.000+00:00PS Alexgrrl II: Judy Blume? Name rings several bel...<STRONG>PS Alexgrrl II:</STRONG> Judy Blume? Name rings several bells but not sure I ever ploughed thru one of hers... did she write FREAKY FRIDAY? Or am I gettin' seriously xxed wires..?<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Whitenoise:</STRONG> her album: you mean Back to Black? Try her 1st one... it's just as fantabulous, BELIEVE... lots of Uncle Remus types playing sax in her vids (straying on Barrack Obama territory if you ask me... (socalled "black credentials" when actually Winehouse, as the name implies is JEWISH)... but hey! That's the modern/postmodern/postpostmodern planet we live on...<BR/><BR/>Yeah those pointynose policedogs we call Alsatians. Aparently Alsatians derivate from Alsace-Lorraine in France. But instead of babbling away in French at home, the locals of that region just growl, bark, whistle, and scrach at doors when crisp packets rustle or the sound of cans opening pricks up their pointy ears..<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Lonegrey...:</STRONG> yeah they ought to... of course I picked up all the roboleaflets with my new purchase on the day ... to read on way home, flattering self i had made utterly sublime micro-social-hamster purchse... also I have a book called The Dwarf Hamster that goes into their sociology/health etc... plus my internet brouses but NOTHING has been totally fulfillingly revealing... so I dunno :-<...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-19010776138371218852008-02-12T20:11:00.000+00:002008-02-12T20:11:00.000+00:00Crystalchick: Hmmm: I shall have to find a mites/f...<STRONG>Crystalchick:</STRONG> Hmmm: I shall have to find a mites/fungal powder; double check it IS suitable for small animals... & if so get 'em burrowing through with the threat of a chopstick prodding their behinds... <BR/><BR/><STRONG>Dabich:</STRONG> thanks... only 1/2 reasonable-sounding idea I could come up with ...<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Alexgrrl:</STRONG> glad you know Hinton isn't she the best? Not all that girlie teen romance peer pressure rubbish but bigtime issues... exellent stuff. Do you recall that character called M&M (from The Rumble Fish, I do believe) who had an acid-freakout and was never the same again... my heart goes out to M&M... SE Hinton has a real talent going on ;->...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-27721243599992940102008-02-12T19:37:00.000+00:002008-02-12T19:37:00.000+00:00Awww the poor little things!Awww the poor little things!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-32900677969634649262008-02-12T19:03:00.000+00:002008-02-12T19:03:00.000+00:00Yes I definitely say go with a powder - not a spra...Yes I definitely say go with a powder - not a spray. Who the hell comes up with these ideas? They obviously have never tried them to fruition LOLMonogram Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201245389134780751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-41129876294647848962008-02-12T17:54:00.000+00:002008-02-12T17:54:00.000+00:00Will you be able to rub it into their skin afterwa...Will you be able to rub it into their skin afterward? I know the flea powder for my cats seems to require that step.tut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092261346236962635.post-15982639354632184532008-02-12T15:29:00.000+00:002008-02-12T15:29:00.000+00:00Sounds like a good way to delouse the hammies - ho...Sounds like a good way to delouse the hammies - hope it works. :)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.com