I took my Chihuahua out to do his business and discovered a bird on the back of my plastic lawn chair. I walked up to him, talking to him and he never moved. I called the dog over to see, I went in and got my camera, still never moved. I took 12 pictures, some very close up with Macro and he never moved. I went and got my husband and he never moved. I thought he was dead and was going to put him in a plastic bag but decided to leave him for my daughter to see when she came in from work. She was due in shortly. After downloading my pictures I went back out to check on him and he was gone. Thank you for the explanation.

Arosegirl, a bit late in answering, just logged on and your post...caught-my-eye...(No pun intended?)... I mentioned this...home remedy?...in a post on another forum some time ago. Several years ago, I woke up with my eyes hurting and lashes almost stuck together...rushed to the mirror and saw (Yuck!) white pus...so much of it I could literally push it out...gross...I was always healthy, so didn't know what was happening...No doctor to see on a Sunday...I called a drugstore and explained to a pharmacist about my eyes...He told me it was an infection...asked if I had any baby shampoo...I did, Johnson&Johnson...He said that it didn't really matter what brand...He said to mix one teaspoon of baby shampoo in a half a cup of barely warm water,hold eye open and gently splash the liquid in the eyes. He said that baby shampoo contained the same ingredients that a doctor uses to wash-out infected eyes. I had a glass with a small opening (similiar to a shot glass)...it "cupped" my eye...tilted my head back and poured it in...I've never been able to use eye drops because I could not stand the thought of anything touching my eyes...but, if you're in misery... There was some relief right away...a few hours later, I repeated the rinse. It released so much 'infection'...by the next day, it seemed cleared-up. I didn't see a doctor. Later, when my daughter got trash in her eyes from her job, and it irritated her eyes, I mixed up the baby shampoo and water...and she got relief right away. We have two outside cats...one got in a squabble with a stray cat and his eyes got infected...I poured the same mixture in/over his eyes and it cleared that up. Diluted, baby shampoo cannot hurt you, as far as I know. Nope, husbands don't ask the so-called-experts...they expect the wife to know everything..ha

I have problems with my cats, they get green eye and when I try fixing them it turns grey. Not sure what you can do about fixing it though.

I wonder if it is possible to cross Hoyas with other species? I'd like to cross one with a Venus Flytrap or a Tropical Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes). An Epiphyllum/Orchid Cactus would be an interesting cross, too. They're epiphytes, just like Hoyas. Brad AKA Moonwolf