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[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Cat TMIPoor kitty is bunged up and her tummy hurts... waiting on the vet to call back. I have Microlax that could get her going but want to be sure it's safe to do at home first.

I've already given her some Osmolax and might see if she'll let me start mixing pumpkin baby food into her wet food again.

I'm tossing up between getting a heated throw or an electric blanket because I keep constantly boiling the kettle for hot water bottles. (Don't like turning on the heater because it's expensive to heat the whole room and the energy escapes without good insulation, also I can overheat easily when it does warm up.)

While I'm on the site I'm also checking out the cheap skincare at Kmart, since out of laziness I've basically been washing my face with bar soap/just plain water in the shower and using a bit of thin unscented lotion after. Not much outside of that except sunscreen so it's getting a bit dry and congested.

There's a sensitive unscented moisturiser that could be a cheaper alternative to the Cerave lotion. There's also a foaming cleanser that I'm still deciding about. It could be more drying than the Cerave gentle cleanser but might remove sunscreen better... I did buy a small tube of sorbolene to see if that would clean it off but I remembered that sorbolene can leave my skin red and stinging.

[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago

5 mins of 1500w kettle = 60 minutes of a 50w heated throw.

Electric blankets are super cheap to run.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

I have super sensitive skin and the clearasil wash is one my doctor recommended. I also use savlon to reduce inflammation and a mild lanolin as moisturiser.