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Update: Pasha had his dental yesterday - they filed as much as they reasonably could, but advised against tooth removal due to stress on jaw etc. He was reasonably perky late last night - although he hasn't started eating on his own again yet (other than a couple of dried Plantain leaves -...

He's booked in for dental work tomorrow - we'll talk options with the vet inthe morning, but we'll most probbaly just go with burring teeth, either sedated or anaesthetised (we'll talk about that with them too). Thanks for the advice - I'll look into the options on the teeth and Harcourt...

Thanks for the info guys. Will do a bit of reading into this. Not sure about the conscious dental work - Pasha can be a handful. He's a full house rabbit, not used to being held and he struggles quite a bit when held (which we restrict to syringe feeding and nail clipping) - he is happy to be...

Spoke to the nurse on the phone, but trying to go in to see the vet tomorrow with a bit of research done. Their preference for the moment is to burr the teeth (if in fact that is what is wrong) - and they suggested that tooth removal is likely to be traumatic for Pasha - requiring quite a bit...

Hi, Pasha, our 7 year old ND has been having a history of dental issues. He went off his food back in July / August 2012, and we had dental work to burr spurs on his molars that were catching his cheek. Since then he had his teeth done again in November - and now he isn't eating again. We...

Hope you don't mind me making a few suggestions / comments. They are meant only as 'things you might want to think about' - feel free to ignore them completely. I really like 44 + 46. On those shots, the horse stands out against the background and help reinforce the horse as the subject. On...

Yalta has made the squeaking noises for years, although they have been getting progressively worse. The vets have done a thorough investigation at the time and could find no signs of infection. her's was more nasal, and opinion seemed to be that it was in the main due to her ND nose form and...

She's on an even keel, although still poorly and seems slightly better in herself. We've been feeding her via syringe every couple of hours, along with Lactulose dosage, and water. She is pooping a bit better, but far from ideal. She still won't really take any food herself, and only water...

Got up early this morning to a few poops, albeit very tiny ones. She is still very subdued, but had at least got up and wondered around in the night dropping poops as she went. We're syringe feeding her every few hours with mushed pellets which she is taking (with a bit of a struggle). We'll...

Thanks Jane, just back from vets again. Saw a different vet today, she gave Yalta small dose of painkiller (enough for 24 hours), although she didn't want to give any Metaclopromide at the moment. She actually suggested it to begin with (we hadn't mentioned the suggestions you made at that...

The more I think of this, the more I think the vet is probably right in his diagnosis of a lump rather than a blocakge - it just feels 'right' given her history of stasis problems and us getting used to the way she reacts to them, this is different. When she has had stasis / bloat problems...

Not sure, he had advised that an anasthetic would be needed (not sure what sort of body positions would be required - and whether sedation only would permit this). She will take fluids orally at present via syringe (we have also been using pineapple juice for the enzymes in an attempt to...

Yalta is very poorly - she is 9 years old and is suffering discomfort and her pooing / eating has slowed right down (tiny poops, and eating only intermittantly). She was at the vets yesterday and, in his view, has either a large tumour in her lower abdomen region, or a fairly large build up /...

My plums are on the kitchen window cill as they are still a little hard and need to ripen. Martin

I would doubt that most murders are premeditated - I don't know, but I suspect that most are spur-of-the-moment incidents. I don't think murder is a particularly 'logical' crime - that is I don't think they tend to be planned out in advance (obviously there are cases where that applies - just...

Probably the best post on here :) thanks for putting it better than I could. Martin

All convictions in this country are on the basis of being 'beyond all reasonable doubt'. Rightly or wrongly, it is supposed to be watertight in only convicting the guilty. How would you go about introducing a standard above that ? and why should it only apply to the death penalty ? I honestly...

I think there is a danger that the argument for the death penalty is being polarised through pretty black and white arguments. It is being presented in some arguments here as either: A) lock them up in a cushy prison cell with play-stations and soft talk them in an attempt to rehabilitate...

Blimey - much discussion after I went to bed last night. You keep bringing this up - but it's not relevant to having a death penalty. War, or killing in self defence is just that, self defence. If I were threatened in that situation, I would defend myself, family etc 100%. That is totally...

But guns only provide the means, if the death penalty does work as a deterrent, then the means of murder is irrelevant, the threat of execution should still work. My 2 main contentions against the death penalty are that it is immoral, and that it doesn't work as a deterrent. Martin