Jennifer McM

That is so true, remember going to see a boat when we knew next to nothing about boats, the boat smelled like the owner had just been warming up a tin of baked beans. Now I'd be wary about the toilet system ?

Lovely, catch you later, it's always nice to put faces to names

That's really kind of you, and to be perfectly honest you were in the back of our minds if we got desperate, but it's worked out fine in the end. Thank you very much for your kind offer! That's really interesting about 'Vets at Home' that's worth remembering! When Rusty was really bad about a year ago, we moored in Wigrams Marina and hired a car to take him to 'Vets at Home' in Leamington, but by the time we got there Rusty's symptoms were on the mend. We'd treated him by feeding Rusty with boiled rice and chicken breasts which worked. We never followed through with his symptoms, hindsight's a wonderful thing. Cheers

It does look like it's going that way. The vet was hinting that we'd be able to manage his problem. Good that Woody's (love that name) problem is now being managed, we've got our fingers crossed for the same

Shhhhh don't mention the 'C' word!

He's gender fluid! Meaning he's been done Ahhhh you got me.... this is one of the ponderings that blights our lives

Our Rusty (no not that one, it's the very hairy one I'm talking about) has been having an intermittent tummy upset. It's been becoming more frequent, despite being careful about what food he has. He's been really good, we've not had any accidents in the boat, though he has been in distress, padding up and down the boat. The last bout was when we were iced up on Tixel Wide, having to get off the boat every half hour or so throughout the night. We thought it time to seek help. The reason for the post is to recommend the Rivermeet Vets, it's a short walk from the bottom of Lock 5 on the Atherstone flight. We had an appointment with a brilliant lady vet there (Jordan). She wanted to conduct investigations to rule out anything nasty. She planned to see us today at Riversmeet Vets (their other facility) near Tamworth for ultrasound and blood tests. But to get there we needed transport. We discovered 'Animals At Home ', it's a specialist taxi service (amongst other services) for pets. The service is nationwide (franchised), and the driver that took Rusty and my OH to the vets was brilliant. He even waited with my OH in the reception as they'd arrived half an hour too early (thanks to light road traffic because of half term). Cost of the pet's taxi £60 for two journeys. Well worth it we thought, and it's reassuring knowing this company can get us out of a possible horrible situation anywhere on the canal system. We can always phone 999 in an emergency if we get into trouble, we can't do that for Rusty. Pleased to report the Vet didn't find anything horrible, just a couple of non-worrying strange points, like a large spleen and a high red cell count. We're hanging around for a while for blood test results re pancreatic anomalies. Other good points, the vet knows we're on a boat and said that wouldn't be a problem, if Rusty has to have regular medication, the vet can provide a prescription, to be picked up from the nearest vet to where we're moored.