basslord1124
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I gotta figure out how to do that
Which part? Adding links to your signature?
I gotta figure out how to do that
Yea all that light blue text under your postsWhich part? Adding links to your signature?
Well I wouldn't have figured that on my own, thank you sir.Ah....at the top of the forum, click your Name, and then click Signature. Once there, just click the Link button. View attachment 143080
Copy and paste the URL/web address to whatever it is you wanting to link to in the URL box. And type in the name you want to give the link in the Text field (this is what will display on the screen).
Well I wouldn't have figured that on my own, thank you sir.
Have you checked out my FT-22 build thread yet?
How often do you get to fly? Seems like you build more then you fly, plus life taking a lot of attention, keeps you grounded. You could be flying and crashing some of the models you do have more to thin out the herd so you have an excuse to build new models, no?Hey no prob...glad it helped. I see you have added stuff to it. That's awesome!
Nope haven't checked out the FT-22 build thread yet. New build threads are a bad idea for me. Causes me to dig my hole deeper lol.
How often do you get to fly? Seems like you build more then you fly, plus life taking a lot of attention, keeps you grounded. You could be flying and crashing some of the models you do have more to thin out the herd so you have an excuse to build new models, no?
So, I feel as if I've been lurking a little more recently and not posting near as much over this past week or so...and it looks like I'm a little behind in this thread too. I had thought of making this its own thread but figured that this is my diary thread so I will post it here even it's not FT related, but still personal. I feel as if I've made some good friendships here and don't mind to open to you all about life, problems, etc. outside of foamboard airplanes.
So our house has been hit hard this season with flea infestation. In past years we have managed it ok but it seems this year has been the worst. The continued hot dry weather hasn't helped matters either. Well certain parts of the house (we have a 3 level house (basement, main level, upstairs) would be worse than others....like the basement was the worst for example. BUT when we started noticing a few flea bites on our baby girl it was time to really get serious about clearing out these annoying pests. I still have yet to find out their purpose on this planet. Our 3 cats unfortunately were hit too...a brother and sister both around 10-11 years old and big gray male gray close to the same age. The gray cat would get it the worst due to his extremely thick coat.
So anyways, after the baby getting bit, we have been temporarily staying at the in-laws house until we could get the flea problem under control. Trying to keep the fleas away from the baby, we had to leave the cats at our flea infested house until we got it cleaned up. We asked around for recommendations on flea control on our cats. Seresto brand flea collars came up from a trusted source. I think most flea collars don't do crap for taking care of fleas but these collars were $40-$50 a pop and had a lot of high recommendations. I figure at that price and with the things they were promising (kills them in so many hours, etc), I'd give it a try. Had it not been for the high recommendations I would've just went with a topical solution like Frontline, Advantage, etc. So I took out some money early from my work's Christmas savings club to pay for the collars. I'm the only one with an income right now while my wife goes to school. So, our plan was use the collars for a little bit and then flea bomb the whole house to almost fully get rid of them.
Since our house is close to my work, I'd check on things at the house on my work days. Well after a few days of the cats having the collars on, I noticed the female cat (sister) was extremely lethargic. This really concerned me. So I removed her collar and set her up close to some food and water. This was on a Friday. Came back a few days later and she was dead. At this point, I had still managed to leave the boys collars on as I didn't notice any of the same symptoms out of them. The following week, I was also noticing that the gray cat still had fleas on him that I could see. So, it seemed like the collars weren't doing their job. My mom pitched in to help us and she paid for a professional flea treatment for our home. We had that done a little over a week after the female cat died. I had the other 2 cats in carriers outside while we let flea treatment do its thing and air out. After that, I get the boys back inside and get them situated. Noticed the brother was acting lethargic like his sister. I remove his collar AND the collar from the gray cat. I had also managed to pick up some Revolution topical for the boys instead. I did the same thing with the brother and set up some food/water near him and figured to let him rest and then the following day I would apply the Revolution. Next day, the brother was dead. I applied Revolution to the gray cat at that point. And really the gray cat hadn't been acting himself either for a few days, so I was fearing for him too. I thought after I applied the Revolution he might turn around within a day or so. Nope, next day he had died. So all 3 of our cats...gone.
We had got an extra collar for the in-laws cat b/c he had picked up fleas too. Shortly after putting his collar on, we started noticed horrible burn marks around his neck and acting a little funny. So they quickly removed it, and got him on a topical flea treatment. The past day or so, we've started noticing improvement in him.
So....I'm pretty much thinking that our 3 cats died as a result of a combination of the fleas and the collars. We have recently noticed reviews where folks say that the Seresto dog collars are fine, but the cat collars could be too strong for some cats. I kinda think the collars may have been too strong for our cats and/or the cats just didn't respond well to them. I know this was our first major pest infestation as a married couple and we tried to handle it the best we could with what resources we had. Aside from reviews, I have even seen some youtube videos of people's cats responding the same way to these flea collars. I will say after this, I am going to stay away from all flea collars. There was even talk that some out there were making counterfeits of these collars. I did check the authenticity of 1 of our collars and it checked out to be a legit collar.
So anyways, as you can see, it's been a pretty tough week and a half.
OMG! That's horrible!! 😮😞
All 3? I'm so sorry. It could have been a combination of factors... Spotted Fever? Or just an overwhelming amount of bites in general - combined with that awful Collar!! 😠
I'm generally not a litigious Person... But I would seek Some kind of restitution for the loss of ALL 3 Pets!! That's obviously not random.
I'm glad your Wife and Baby girl are OK! But that's STILL a high price to pay...
As you know, we went through similar with Bed Bugs. My very first experience with the awful critters! So bad apparently that 3 of our Doctors REFUSED to see us until we cleared them! 😠😠😠 One was the Pain Clinic, so we were OFF our narcotics, Cold Turkey!!! 😖😲 That was Hell....
Well, we got rid of them. Had to sell stuff, and now I'm left with NOTHING for Planes! 😢
Pest infestations pop up in several conversations...
But until you actually have one, you'll never know how much it hurts.
The only good news on our end was that our Cat, a Maine Coon, with his triple layer fur, was impervious to Bed Bugs!
FLEAS would have been a whole other story...
I'm sorry for your loss.
That is sad, sorry for your lose. Hopefully everything is on the upswing now.