We are a multiple-pet household, and always have been. Our pets are family. We do our very best to make sure that they are happy and healthy. Today I am sharing my favorite photos of our fur-babies (and some non-fur animals). We still can’t get outside very much yet with our doggos due to the cold, but every week brings us closer to a thaw with warm, sunny weather. We all know that there are dangers we need to watch out for outside – things like ticks, heartworms, toadstools and mushrooms that can be a danger to our pets, but have you heard of some of these little-known dangers to pets that lurk right in our own homes?
This is a lovely post! As a former Emergency Vet Hospital employee, Thank You for mentioning things that can cause serious health issues in pets. As a current self-employed landscaper, thank you for mentioning Easter pets (specifically bunnies) and those enticing lilies. Personally, I won’t have them in my own yard and to date have had no requests to install them in someone else’s yard. Great topic and informative post.
For a very long time I have really enjoyed reading things you write about.
Hi Kim, thank you so very much! I write about things that are dear to my heart, and my animals are a big part! I am glad to hear that you are not getting requests for lilies in yards. I have a lily in my yard, but we do not have outdoor cats, nor do we have the type of yard where neighbor’s cats would be in our yard. However, if there was a chance that my cats would be near them (or anyone’s), I would rip them out! (Each year, I have actually started to thin and replace with things I prefer anyway). I had no idea about the lilies until a friend lost her cat to a bouquet of flowers. She had no idea it could happpen, and was so broken hearted!
Yesterday we had a warmish day, so I took little Pip for a walk at the park. It drove me nuts – so many spit out pieces of gum everywhere on the trail, which was silly because there are many trash receptacles.
Thank you for reading, and for commenting. Have a great spring! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
Thank you for all the good information. We have a dog and cat and they are a great part of our family.
Hi Christine, you are so welcome. These are such commonplace items that could cause major heartbreak! Give your dog and cat a pat from me! Thanks for “stopping by”! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
Thank you for the helpful information about our pets…Alot Of things I didn’t know. Your animals are beautiful…
Happy Spring!!! It can’t arrive soon enough.
Hi Julie, thank you. I was surprised when I had learned some of these facts, and I have had animals for years, as well. I agree…spring can’t come soon enough. It is snowing as we speak, and my fur-babies are all snuggling on the couch. Think spring!!! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
Great information – thanks!
Hi Janice, you are very welcome! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
Very informative. We love our rescue kitty. Her antics bring so much joy! Will definitely be more aware of flower bouquets!
Hi Maureen, aren’t rescues the BEST? Our pups and kitties are rescues and they love us with their whole hearts (and we love them, right back)! Give your sweet kitty a hello pat from me! Thank you for reading and commenting! Farmirl Hugs, Nicole
That was very insightful, thanks for all the tips. Your pets are all so cute!
Hi Denise, thank you so much! Have a great start to spring! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
This blog is fun to read. I also learned a lot about things that can harm different animals. Chickens were cute running to get their treats! I did not know they were so intelligent.
Thanks for mentioning my sweet “Fluff”. Love,
Mother
Hi Mama, thank you for sharing your adorable photo of Fluff on his birthday. Love you! – Nicole
Thanks not only for the valuable information, but also for the pictures of your pets, especially Pip and the kitties!
Hi Teresa, thank you! They keep us laughing with all of their adorable antics. Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
Thanks. Never knew these things.
Hi Lori, thank you! I was pretty surprised by them, and felt it important to pass the info on. Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
I look forward to your stories they are always informative and fun! I live in CT so can relate to your weather and gardening stories. I never knew how poisonous lilies were to cats and will make sure at Easter not to give one to family/friends who have a cat. Thank you for the valuable information. Enjoyed the pictures of your fur babies…still not sure about the snake 🙂
Hi Donna! Thank you so much! Really neat to hear from a fellow Connecticut Farmgirl! I am glad you enjoy the blog…means a lot to me. Can you believe our weather lately? Next week looks better. We are almost there to spring! Thanks again for reading and commenting. No worries on the snake – I still am skittish when I see one in the yard, lol! I hope you will “visit” me again here! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
Thanks Nicole for all the information and pictures of your pets. My daughter works with dog and cat adoptions and she mentions how important it is to plan and be prepared to care for these precious pets.
My family has had pets over the years. A bunny, cats, hamsters, fancy mice, turtle, and a squirrel. I am also a grandma to a corgi and terrier.
I always enjoy your article and pictures.
Take care and spring is right around the corner.
Debbie
Hi Deb! Thank you for reading and commenting! Your home sounds like ours with a great love of animals! Loved hearing about the many pets you have had – wow! A squirrel! I bet that was fun. I love to watch the squirrels in our yard. They crack us up. We have a black squirrel that lives in our woods we have named “Smoke Puff”. He has hung around our place for a couple of years now. We watched him hide from a hawk the other day – so smart! He sat perfectly still, flush against a shadow of a tree. The hawk never found him, thankfully! Take care and have a happy start to spring! Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole
Hi Nicole, Love animals and never too late to learn new facts. Never knew about the poison in lilies or the Xylitol in peanut butter. Thank you for such important information. I put peanut butter in my Kong toy and Sarah loves it. Will now give her my peanut butter that our healthfood store grinds from peanuts. More expensive, but worth it!! Love, Love, Love all your animals. I’m the relocated New Englander from Kansas that so enjoys your posts. Have had a horse, chickens, ducks, and pet sat donkeys and parrots. Now, since I live alone and am getting old – lol I’m 72, I just have a golden retriever/lab rescue dog, a calico cat rescue and a kitten rescued from a country ditch. They are all wonderful animals and as you say keep us entertained with their antics. Thanks for your writing and please Keep up your colorful, informative and so..oo interesting posts!
Hi Pamela, it is always so nice to hear from you! Love that you have rescues, too. One of mine was “ditched”, too, but now lives a very posh life here! I always feel like rescues “know” they were rescued, and love us back so much! Thanks for writing in…pats to your fur-babies from me and Farmgirl Hugs to you, Nicole