I Feel Like A Horrible Pig Owner

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Hiya, I've had family turn up unexpectedly, so I'll get back to you tomorrow, just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you, or you'd upset me. I love my family but sometimes it's quite nice when they go home. Lol
 
Just wanted to post an update on Calvin. He's been really withdrawn since Hobbes' death, spending most of his time hiding under the ramp in his cage. Today though I went out and bought him a new hidey and new toys and some fruits and vegetables (including some strawberries, which are new to him), and the new stuff seems to have drawn him out some. He's actually started moving about his cage some now. Nothing like new stuff to lift one's spirits, I guess.
Also, I contacted the rescue, and they don't have any openings right now, so I'll have him a bit longer. He's on the waiting list though.
 
Hi there, I've kicked them out to go to a boot sale, so I can finally let my dogs out of there cages, 2 of my visitors are allergic to dogs so the poor dogs have been shut out.
I saw some lovely puppies yesterday but hubby said no, he's probably right I have a lot of animals. Lol
However I did come home with a hamster, I have never seen them that small.
Do you know when the rescue can take Calvin. It's awful, having made the decision, to have to wait.
I have been reading up on autism, like you say it is a broad spectrum. Can it be kept under control with tablets & diet. I take 23 tablets a day, I rattle. lol
I see you can take Lithum. That's one of the tablets, I take them, after a year they very kindly told me they are damaging my kidneys Lol
How old are the children you teach. Over here we have nurserys which I think is possibly equivalent to the children you teach. Then primary school, Juinor, then secondary school. I came away with now no qualifications. What about you? When do you think you are going to propose to you girlfriend. Will you go to her or her to you.
It will be lovely to have someone who will understand you & her you. I wish you all the best in your relationship. Both of my kids did the same dated on line.
Right I'm away to do some housework, yuk.
Oh by the way if Calvin keeps pining or stops eating, you are going to tell the rescue that he has stopped eating etc & he really needs to go into the rescue straight away.
Take care
 
Squeakz said:
@Tiamolly123 Autism has a very wide spectrum and no two autistic people are the same. It effects each one slightly differently and yes it is lifelong and has no medication....usually just therapy.

It's also a myth that 2 autistic people will get along because they have that in common. My house has 2 members in it on around the same level of the spectrum, they are both similar in some things yet different in others. Most of the time the older will retreat to somewhere quiet to escape everything and if the younger follows to antagonize then they set off each others triggers in a cascade effect that erupts in to utter chaos.
When they are not setting one another off then yes they get along quite peacefully.

Even something as simple as lights being too bright in a room can be distressing to some autistic people. A lot of people see the word autism and assume everyone is on the same end of the scale, the end where the person is almost non functional a large % of the time. As I said the scale is huge and depending where someone falls on it most can live average productive lives.
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Thanks for that post explaining Autism, you must pull your hair out for 2 to have the condition. It is very difficult for me to understand, but I get the gist of it. Both of my children had personalitiy disorders & suffered badly, I tried to understand what there condition was, unfortunately I failed. One committed suicide in 2000 & the other in 2003, I've come to accept it now, but If i find anyone depressed I try to help.
Anyway that's gone, one of my friends toddler had cerebral palsy & that was hard. Oh well I have to find a photo of tatty for Lee. She must of had a bad day that's why she jumped. lol it's normally the hamsters that jump. Thanks for explaining about autism.
 
Tiamolly123 said:
Hi there, I've kicked them out to go to a boot sale, so I can finally let my dogs out of there cages, 2 of my visitors are allergic to dogs so the poor dogs have been shut out.
I saw some lovely puppies yesterday but hubby said no, he's probably right I have a lot of animals. Lol
However I did come home with a hamster, I have never seen them that small.
Do you know when the rescue can take Calvin. It's awful, having made the decision, to have to wait.
I have been reading up on autism, like you say it is a broad spectrum. Can it be kept under control with tablets & diet. I take 23 tablets a day, I rattle. lol
I see you can take Lithum. That's one of the tablets, I take them, after a year they very kindly told me they are damaging my kidneys Lol
How old are the children you teach. Over here we have nurserys which I think is possibly equivalent to the children you teach. Then primary school, Juinor, then secondary school. I came away with now no qualifications. What about you? When do you think you are going to propose to you girlfriend. Will you go to her or her to you.
It will be lovely to have someone who will understand you & her you. I wish you all the best in your relationship. Both of my kids did the same dated on line.
Right I'm away to do some housework, yuk.
Oh by the way if Calvin keeps pining or stops eating, you are going to tell the rescue that he has stopped eating etc & he really needs to go into the rescue straight away.
Take care
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Oh? Is it a dwarf hamster? That's what Honey is, a Chinese dwarf hamster. She's super tiny. What'd you name your hamster?
I'm not sure when they'll be able to take him, but that's allright. I'm not feeling as bad as I was right after Hobbes' death. I'm allright with taking care of him for a bit longer.
There might be tablets I could take for my autism or something, but I don't really see a need to...Oh goodness, on the subject of rattling though...I have another condition I take these little microtab things for. They're super tiny, and I have to take like 5 capfuls of them a day. Imagine that! 5 capfuls! I definitely rattle! xD
My kids are 18-24 months...though due to our center being too full to move kids up, some of them are actually a few months over 2.
I'm going to propose to her this summer...like maybe June or July...We need to hear back on whether she got this internship she applied for first, so we can know how her schedule's gonna work out. I think she's going to come to me first, because I want to go to her in August, so we can go to a convention together.
Thankfully Calvin has been eating. His appetite was very small for the first couple days after Hobbes died, but it's picking back up again.
 
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