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Lets get to the knickers

First published Feb 2023

Bunty Pumphrey

Sep 12, 20253 min read

Am I a Feline Uber?

First published Feb 2023

Bunty Pumphrey

5 days ago4 min read

The Princess and the Pee?

First published Feb 2023

Bunty Pumphrey

Jan 182 min read

Ready for the second pair of knickers?

First published Feb 2023

Bunty Pumphrey

Jan 42 min read

Animal myths, the truth, the whole truth and some surprising truths!

Professor Edward Coleman in his garden This blog was first published in late 2020. I’m hoping to move home soon, but it’s been a long...

Bunty Pumphrey

Jan 22 min read

Faking it

Faking appointments to cope with work pressures should not be punished

Bunty Pumphrey

Jan 15 min read

The unexpected Christmas patient

As I write this, thousands of turkeys are being hatched ready for Christmas, yet many more are already in freezers awaiting purchase – or, for the super-organised, already purchased and in their freezer at home. The un-defrosted huge festive turkey trope is a standard one for sitcoms and jokes, but what actually happens if it gets to Christmas morning and you realise your turkey isn’t ready for your consumption? Well, I’d like to share with you what happened to one such poor

Bunty Pumphrey

Dec 21, 20253 min read

Boxes of Christmas past

Jane muses on boxes of various types What’s on my mind is the annual chocolate box disappointment. Yes, the economic situation as demonstrated by Quality Street et al. The size of the “family” sized chocolate boxes popular at Christmas has diminished over the years. There has been a reduction in the amount of chocolate included and in the types of chocolates included. The Guardian discusses fewer of the favourite versions (not you strawberry cream) are being included. But it’

Bunty Pumphrey

Dec 14, 20252 min read

Festive chocolate etiquette

The festive season is always a whirl of extra out-of-hours shifts and complicated rotas, but I want to get on to some more serious matters for December – ones that might mean you need to start planning for next Christmas right now. Yes, I’m talking about Christmas chocolate etiquette roulette. You can choose your friends? So, you can choose your friends, but not your family – and, for most of us, NOT your work colleagues either. We might get a fleeting glimpse of an interview

Bunty Pumphrey

Dec 7, 20253 min read

Working over Christmas

Check out my attempt at a veterinary Christmas carol via Dickens and Rhea! Well, Christmas 2024 is coming. If bluetongue and bird flu don’t get us, I imagine it will be another busy Christmas for everyone in practice. Over the years I have heard several veterinary Christmas carols, with the lyrics changed to reflect the joys of our workplace. I’ve always had a fondness for the festive joy of Ringworm merrily on high , an ode to the stray kittens that can crop up heading into

Bunty Pumphrey

Nov 30, 20252 min read

Feeling flush?

Can you put cat poo or litter down the toilet? This question has been on my mind for a while now – for a few different reasons. One, the environment and water quality and secondly cat behaviour. How, where and when cats toilet is a source of much stress and anxiety for everyone. I was remembering the heyday of Litter Secret – a silicone granule cat litter that was such a miracle it soaked up urine and you hardly ever had to change it. You just scooped out the poop and, accor

Bunty Pumphrey

Nov 23, 20253 min read

The nemesis... Henry Hoover

This blog was first published in early 2024. Kitten power! As a currently dogless person, I had a great start to 2024 while dog sitting the most beautiful boy, Bentley. We hung out and liked the same things (short walks, pubs, naps, snuggles) – in fact we discovered that a short walk to the pub, then home for snuggles and a nap was our mutual idea of perfection. We spent a few weeks perfecting our napping positions on the sofa, and I saw in 2024 tucked up in bed – only to be

Bunty Pumphrey

Nov 2, 20253 min read