• melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Cuddly pet… she likes to share the hot water bottle but I worry about her getting burned. (I need mine super hot and often have it unwrapped.) I have two, one just bought but the older one is well due for replacement so may buy her her own hottie with a fluffy faux fur bunny cover.

    As it gets colder I’ll plug her heated bed in too. Just a little bit worried about whether the heating pad insert is still safe to use. It’s a cheap Kmart job I’ve had for about four years and the wire traveling in may be a weak point for any bending or twisting that has occurred. Perhaps if I supervise use for safety I could slip in another brand of heating pad. I need to tease out/smooth the padding that lumped up during washes too. It’s given good service though - bought for $40 during lockdown and through cold weather she’s lived in it. Perhaps if it gets really bad I could unpick a small seam and restuff it.

    I thought of those microwavable discs sold at pet shops but they’re like $80 and I’d have to remember/keep pulling it out from under her to reheat it. I have a wheat bag but similar annoyance with not holding heat for as long

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      6 months ago

      Those microwavable discs are great at holding heat, but Miss Meow showed no interest in lying on it. I think too hard and not flat enough. Even with some padding on top she ignored it in favour of sitting on top of the computer.

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        6 months ago

        what about a heat pack? like those oat filled things you get from chemist warehouse? Or a heated blanket set to low?