Norman The Familiar

22/10/2026

‼️⭐ IMPORTANT MEDICAL UPDATE:

As some of you may know, my husband has been having medical issues this week. On Saturday, he developed hiccups. On Sunday, when they hadn't gone away, I made him go to the walk in centre. They sent him to the AMU ward to have his heart tested, as this can be a sign of a cardiac event. Luckily, those tests came back fine. They gave him meds to rule out indigestion and told us to come back if it was not gone within three days. 😔

We had moments where we really thought they had passed. Yesterday was a really good day. He had them, but they were not nearly as bad, with very long breaks between them. However, today they came back, and it's the worst they have been. He was struggling to catch his breath, and it was causing him a lot of pain, so we went back.

As the unit was full, they sent us down to A&E to wait for a bed, but A&E did not want to leave him waiting, so they saw him as normal. They could not give us any diagnosis but did help work out the best time to come up so that he didn't have to wait in a waiting room while being so miserable. They also brought in another doctor for a consult, who brought him back to the resuscitation room for some procedures to try to at least alleviate the symptoms so that he could hopefully get sleep. (The resuscitation room was picked in case these events made him faint or entirely pass out; they were already in a place to handle it.)

⭐*****NOW IS THE TIME TO STOP READING IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH******⭐

They tried two procedures on him, starting with the less invasive one first. The first was that they took a catheter and put it down his nose, into his throat, to stimulate the nerves of his gag reflex. This did not work at all, so they did the second. The next attempt was spraying a cold spray down his throat. Saline solution, essentially. This gives the sensation of drowning, causing the patient to gasp for air. Both of these tests were an attempt to stimulate the nerve of the diaphragm to see if resetting it would alleviate his symptoms.

While the second procedure did technically work, they kept him for half an hour to monitor him afterwards, but about 10 minutes after they let us go home, the hiccups were back.

All of this to say: Tomorrow I may be a bit harder to reach. And I may need to take a couple of days away while we are dealing with this, as I have no idea what they will say tomorrow.

If I do not respond quickly tomorrow, I promise I am not ignoring you. I don't dislike you. I am just knee deep in my husband's health issues.

I am so worried and so confused, and I truly wish there was something I could do to help him. I hate seeing him like this. 😔

21/10/2026

🎃🦇 This cutie is available!

12x12x20 Enclosure Bundle: £36 including shipping

🌿 Comes with moss & substrate
⭐ Decor Only Available

PM if interested 📬

21/10/2026

⭐ Update on hubby:

We were going to take him back up to hospital, but then last night he had no hiccups. This morning he woke up and had exactly two. So instead, we called to ensure we were making the right call. They want him to wait to see if they have stopped, but if they come back like they were, we are to not wait and should go back straight away.

I am hoping they are fully gone, this has been a really hard 4 days. But for now it's back to normal.

I am finishing up the very last mystery box, starting an order for ledges, and working on some enclosures I've had in mind.

Fingers crossed they stay gone now.🤞

Cute picture of Maeve having lunch with me today for attention 🥰🥰🥰

20/10/2026

❄️🎄 In preparation for these, I am working on a rough idea of how many supplies I need. As such, I will be keeping orders open for 72 hours, after that, they will be closed so that I can get started!

⭐ Please see the original post for prices, and just DM me with the size and theme that you want! 📬

If you would like to sign up but need time to pay, we can work something out. I just simply need to have a number so that I can orrder supplies while making sure that I don't order too many! 💜🖤🫶

⭐ I have made a decision!

My Halloween mystery boxes were a very last minute decision, and while I managed to get all 13 done in less than two weeks, I would like to be better prepared this time. 😅

I am going to go ahead and open up orders for Christmas/Winter mystery boxes! 🎅🦌 This will allow me to know how many I need to prepare for, get supplies, and hopefully start making them a bit ahead of time so that you guys can enjoy them for as long as possible before the season passes.

You will have two options:

🎄 Christmas Theme
❄️ Winter Theme

Each box will come with:

Resin Background
4 Resin Ledges
1 Hide

🌟 Large Mystery Box (Suitable for Adult Enclosures): £15 + £5pp
🌟 Small Mystery Box (Suitable for Juvenile Enclosures): £10 + £3.75

Please PM me if you would like one! 📬 🫶

20/10/2026

Our sweet little Maeve would like to show you her new outfit. Isn't she so pretty? 😍😍😍

We suspect this is her final outfit, and if so, we couldn't be more excited that she kept the orange. But I still need to verify. She spends most of her time in her hide or on her cork bark, so she's being a little secretive.

19/10/2026

‼️⭐ Just a quick update from us:

Hubby is having some medical issues at the moment. We spent all day yesterday in hospital while they ran tests.

This is going to sound very odd, but on Saturday at about 3:30 PM, he developed hiccups. When we left for Fear Scream Park, he still had them, but we just thought it was an exaggerated case. When he still had them on the way home, I started to get concerned. When he still had them yesterday at lunchtime, I told him we were going down to the walk in centre, whether he liked it or not.

They immediately sent him up to hospital. Apparently, this can be a sign of a cardiac event. They ran some tests, but they came back all fine. They even brought in a consultant because they were so puzzled. At the moment, we are doing meds they gave to try to rule out indigestion. If that doesn't help in the next couple of days, he's to go back to have his stomach and brain scanned.

He's now 47 hours with these hiccups. We've had hardly any sleep for two days.

At the moment, everything that I planned to send out tomorrow is still due to go out, but I wanted to make a public post just in case there is an event that prevents me from doing so.

We will keep you all updated as we have updates, and if there are any delays, I apologize in advance. 💜🫶

18/10/2026

Not spider or animal related, but we had an amazing time at FEAR Avon Valley Scream Park last night. We can't recommend it enough. If you are near Bristol, or don't mind the travel (like us), it's a must see! 🤩

This is our second year in a row, and it has completely changed hubby's perception of Halloween 🎃. I also highly recommend getting fast track passes as it allows you to have a much more relaxed experience.

I put together a little video, and while I am nowhere near a professional editor, it is an amazing spectacle that I needed to share. They have their own in depth lore and storyline. You can tell the passion behind everything they do.

Tomorrow I plan to post my favourite performance because I feel like it's a perfect display of how much effort truly goes into what you see here. I was in awe this year, and left just as in awe this year.

17/10/2026

EVERYONE STAY CALM! IT'S HAPPENING! 🥹😍 (It's really me who needs to stay calm 😂🤣)

Padme gave us a gift this morning 🥹

We noticed her webbing on and off over the last couple of days, so this is not a surprise.

We are soooo excited! Little Sithlings! 🥰🥳

15/10/2026

⭐ I have made a decision!

My Halloween mystery boxes were a very last minute decision, and while I managed to get all 13 done in less than two weeks, I would like to be better prepared this time. 😅

I am going to go ahead and open up orders for Christmas/Winter mystery boxes! 🎅🦌 This will allow me to know how many I need to prepare for, get supplies, and hopefully start making them a bit ahead of time so that you guys can enjoy them for as long as possible before the season passes.

You will have two options:

🎄 Christmas Theme
❄️ Winter Theme

Each box will come with:

Resin Background
4 Resin Ledges
1 Hide

🌟 Large Mystery Box (Suitable for Adult Enclosures): £15 + £5pp
🌟 Small Mystery Box (Suitable for Juvenile Enclosures): £10 + £3.75

Please PM me if you would like one! 📬 🫶

15/10/2026

Now that I am wrapping up the last of the mystery box orders (the last one should be poured tomorrow!) I just want to give a big thank you to everyone who put their trust in me! 💜🖤🫶 We ended up with 8 large boxes and 5 small ones, and a couple of lessons learned. 😅 But it's things like this that are the perfect excuse to practice and get better!

I heard a few requests for Christmas boxes, so I had a couple of questions for you guys who were hoping for them:

1. What would you like to see in the boxes? Are you hoping for heavy Christmas theme, or just wintery type items?

2. When would you like to see them offered? If I list them in Novemeber if gives plenty of time for them to be made before December, but it might also feel more special if you receive them around closer to Christmas time?

Please let me know what you guys would like to see. I have had a blast making these!