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We noticed him missing this morning, but my son said he noticed the cage was open yesterday but didn't say anything. We live in a 3 bed house in the uk, there is no access to the chimney as it is blocked off and we have looked under kitchen units, and settee's etc. I know they tend to go somewhere dark and warm but we are out of ideas. Has anyone got any brainwaves about where else we could look. Please Help! Thanks

Kibi, or kibby. Not sure how it is spelt just heard iton the telly. It's a girls name. I have looked on all the baby names websites but I can't find it listed anywhere. I would love to find the meaning.

This is my fourth child, so I am pretty used to pregnancy. However I have never felt this exhausted before. I have my partner at home full time so it's not because I'm running around afer the other three kids. I don't work. It doesn't seem to matter if I sleep well or not, from the moment I wake up in the morning I feel like a zombie! All I can think about is getting some more sleep. Some days i manage to have a nap in the afternoon and that helps for a bit but, after a couple of hours I'm back to feeling exhausted again. I'm only 6 weeks and I don't know how I'm going to cope if this continues. I don't suffer from morning sickness as such, although I do feel queesy most of the time, but I am eating regularly to try and keep my energy levels up. What else can I do? I read somewhere that if you are carrying twins you wil experience more severe symptoms, so I wondered if that could be why. I don't know if I am having twins or not but I thought it would be a possible explanation.

I have just found out that I am pregnant again and, I don't fancy tandem feeding so I now ant to stop feeding my toddler. He has two feeds a day, morning and evening, but he also will come to me sometimes for comfort if he hurts himself. He doesn't have any comfort blanket or dummy so I don't know what he will use for comfort. He probably would take a dummy if offered but he is the only child we have had that doesn't have one and I don't want to start now! Any tips, anything you found really helped, many thanks x

I would very much like to train as a doula but I have three kids and I am worried about how much I can earn as it is normally on a self employed basis. What if i don't get much work for a while, what will we survive on? My husband doesn't work, he can't earn because he has no skills and is dyslexic. Any advice/ tips would be appreciated. I would especially like to hear from doula's in the UK. THANKS

My 6 yr old and 4 yr old insist on messing about in the bathroom. They go in there in the night or very early in the morning and pour shampoo down the sink, play with the toilet roll, steal our toothbrushes etc. We have removed as many items as possible from the bathroom and issued various punishments, ie no pocket money, no going round friends, no bikes,etc. The behaviour stops for a couple of weeks but then it starts all over again! We are at the end of our tethers. So we decided to give them a shock, after a couple of warnings we took every single toy they own away and put them in the shed! We have told them if they behave for a week they will get one bag back, another week, another bag and so on. Do you think we are being too harsh? What do we do if this doesn't work! We have a younger boy too (14mths) who watches everthing they do and we are worried he will copy their bad behaviour also, and we will have three kids wrecking our house! It feels like we are just going under here!!

We already have two cali king snakes, a red tail boa and most recently a royal python. We are absolutely in love with snakes but now we are running out of ideas as to what to get next but also would like to buy direct from a breeder instead of going to the reptile shops all the time. So if you are a breeder in the ESSEX area we would like to hear from you. What do you breed, how long have you been breeding and what have you got for sale at the moment. Thanks

should I be worried? we have been married for nearly nine years and recently he has wanted to have anal sex, he has always loved my bum but this concerns me, cause it's not natural. I should add that he once had sex with a bloke many moons ago (about 25 yrs ago) when he was on drugs and stuff.

I already have a three week old red tail boa and want to get a brazilian rainbow boa. they will be in a big four foot viv until they get to about 1 year or so. My friend has three different snakes aquied at different times and they live happily together. She says that boas should be ok together. I don't want to do the wrong thing, and would appreciate some advice from any experienced snake owners/ breeders. Also if there are any breeders out there in the essex area I would be interested to talk to you as I am always on the lookout for more snakes. THANKS

We have tried frontline spray, but my cat wouldn't stay still enough to put it on thouroughly. Tried carpet powders and sprays but nothing seems to be very effective. We are getting desperate now! My cat is due to have kittens in a few days and we don't want them to get fleas too so we need to get them dealt with! Has anyone found a particular product to be really effective and easy to use also, one of my cats is such a struggler, it's a nightmare just getting a worming tablet down her! any ideas for getting rid of them from the carpets also??

I have a baby ruby eyed lavender cali king snake, and a normal corn who is 4 years old now, how long do they live for on average? Does it vary from king to corn to boa. The reason I mentioned boa because that will be our next snake in a few weeks hopefully.

Do you have one for sale or know anyone who has. we have looked in auto trader etc to no avail. We need one that is about 10-12 years old, up 2.0l, preferably diesel, manual, 7 SEATS. Can pay up to £1500. We have seen them for these sort of prices but they are usually too far away or have got a 2.8l engine! PLEASE HELP!Our car currently has 11 months mot and is due for car tax next month so we would like to sell it now but obviously need a car to replace it with. We live in Southend on sea, Essex.

We have always had a difficult relationship, but now sometimes all I can think is how can I get away from this boy! I suffer from depression but have never taken anything for it because I am normally either breastfeeding or pregnant and there's naff all they can give you. I have heard that you can have more problems bonding with a child when you have had a difficult birth and I definately had a difficult birth with him! My other three births have been pretty normal. I don't feel this way about my other children and I feel really guilty. I want to look at him and remember why we wanted him and how much he means to me but I don't know how to get those feelings back.PLEASE HELP! I don't think I am a bad mother but he brings out the worst in me. Any advice would be very much appreciated. THANKS

I previously posted this question but put renault by accident...der. Anyway we are a family of five now and we are planning to become six and after considering our options have decided this is the car that would be best for us, as we really don't like people carriers. Engine size up to 2.0l, petrol or diesel. we live in southend in essex. please only reply if the car you have in mind is oin good condition with at least six months mot, oh and preferrably not older than ten years. I have seen them on ebay and have noticed that some of them have the seven seats and some don't. thanks

I am only three days late so maybe I am just not producing enough hormone yet but at what point do I give up? I would like to hear from any health proffesionals out there who could tell me how long from conception does the egg implant and if it takes a while would that mean that hcg levels could be still low for the first few days. I should mention that on the four occasions that I have been pregnant I have always done home tests and only ever had faint lines. One of the tests I have done in the last few days had a faint second line but it was after the ten minutes they tell you to wait. I would appreciate peoples opinions on whether I should carry on with the tests for a few more days and also story's from anyone who has had a number of negative results for the first few days after a missed peiod and then finally a positive. Thanks

i have been told that due to eec regulations you are not allowed to have booster seats in rear facing car seats, which bench seats are. so can I do it or not. what does the law say and what can they do if I go ahead and have it done regardless?