Cat thread

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Who is Freddie in the jar?

Mercury...

[Sky]

Bart drinks out of a ceramic dog bowl, has since he was a kitten which leads to some funny drinking postures.

So much for the automatic feeder, not looking good. I normally feed him a mix of large and small kibble. I started that a couple years ago and kind of forgot why. Now I remember. He scarfs the tiny kibble whole, eventually gagging himself and spitting it back up.

He kept waking me up in the morning and I'm all "dude, you have food, right there!" Then when I actually got up I found the piles of stomach juice and whole kibble. Gave him some of the kibble mix and he was fine. The feeder won't work with multiple kibble sizes.

Here's the kicker. Don't buy from the super feeder company. They refuse to issue a refund for any used unit. Their solution? Before you buy their unit, SEND THEM THE KIBBLE. This was buried on their shitty 1997 website which of course everyone should be required to read before they buy the thing. Bonus point for calling the page war.html.

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Due to suspected exploitation of our past generous feeder return policy by some individuals without valid claims, we no longer accept ANY returns for refund if any Super Feeder and/or accessories ARE NOT IN THEIR ORIGINAL NEW-IN-THE-BOX CONDITION." If you believe that the feeder will not work out for you when received, do not use it if you wish to return it for a refund of the feeder price.  If you are not sure that your food will work, ask us or send us a sample, and we will be more than happy to test it for you before you buy.  We are always ready to assist you with any issues you may have, but we must know about them first.  Other than a possible unfortunate and rare malfunction, we know without a doubt that our product works exactly as disclosed, as well proven by thousands of past customers for the past 16 years. If your Super Feeder® has been purchased from a source other than directly from us, you should contact the seller for return/refund policy. If purchased it directly from us or from our Amazon store, you may only be refunded not to include shipping and handling and also subject to limitations listed herein. You MUST contact us for a possible return authorization number (RMA) and state reason for return and our inability to resolve your issues relating to the feeder. For a full refund of the feeder price, product must be returned to us in its original packaging and new/unused condition (without damage or missing parts) within 30 days of purchase. Any damaged items, if applicable, will also be assessed and deducted from the product price for refund. Absolutely no refund for any item received by us past 30 days from date of purchase. Used or not, we will of course repair/replace items under disclosed warranty terms as deemed necessary. If returned to us contrary to conditions listed herein and without our prior permission, the items will be returned to you.  With prior authorization, return to: Super-Feed Enterprise, 896 Tulip Grove Road, Hermitage TN 37076 (write authorization number on corner of shipping box)

[Pennilenko]

I believe it is Mercury.

[Engels]

My cats so don't care about my new phone.



(no, the poster in the back is not misaligned, its some weird fish eye effect of the photo)

[Signe]

Sand Cats!

[Paelos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sh4tu5Xfhw

Sand Kitten video!

[Signe]

They're so cute it makes me very nearly almost go all misty eyed.  I want to live in a cat house!!!

[Lantyssa]

So do most of the guys on the board!

[DevilsAdvocate25]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sh4tu5Xfhw

Sand Kitten video!

That video led me to this one which answers the question, Do big cats like catnip?

[Signe]

That was awesome.  Sent to my sister who grows the strongest catnip ever.  My cats, especially Lister, go INSANE for it!  She'll love this!

[Signe]

My lovely Lister, making sure the recycle bags don't escape.    Miss him so much.

[Sjofn]

Lizzie has a stone in her bladder, and it has made her even more psycho than usual at the vet's office (here at home she just tries to pee every two seconds). She's hopped up on pain medication right now, and gets to have surgery on Monday, whee. 

[Signe]

That's what was wrong with Lister sort of.  It's a bit easier for female cats, thankfully, but with fat male cats?  Epic Penis Fail.  $6K later he's great although he has to eat special food forever and he has no more penis. 

[Signe]

So spot on.

[Merusk]

Decided to stick these here instead of the picture a day thread.  A coworker asked for pictures of family pets for a project he's working on, so here's the ones I nabbed for him.    (Hm.. didn't realize I had watermark on, need to redo these.)

Sunshine (Age 8):


Perseus (Age 3):


Cosmic Creeper (7 Months):

[Ingmar]

Lizzie got the Cone of Shame after her bladder stone removal:

[kildorn]

You mean that's not just amplifying her hearing?

[Sjofn]

It's amplifying Jack's freaking out, if nothing else. Although she's finally stopped harrassing him by slowly following him around while he hops away from her, hissing.

For context, Jack has never hissed at Lizzie before.

[rk47]

[Signe]

They're beautiful, Merusk.  Srsly.   

Magenta wouldn't even look at Lister when he was wearing his cone of shame.  It was as if he didn't exist.  In fact, she completely stopped noticing him after he came home from the hospital.  I had to seclude him for most of the day anyway, but after it was all over, she STILL ignored him for a few weeks.  She's really easy to piss off.  Does Lizzie have to eat special food forever now?  I use the Royal Canine S/O wet food.  It must be nice because even finicky Magenta has tried to steal it. 

[apocrypha]

Nice pics Merusk, really like the first one.

[Signe]

I know!  Doesn't it have the most noble face and I love that flash of lightning down it's nose.

[apocrypha]

I like the silver ball round it's neck too (may be a bell?). Get a slight Escher vibe from it :)

[Signe]

[Merusk]

Nice pics Merusk, really like the first one.

Thanks! That one I put the most work in actually composing it when I snapped it.  The other two weren't being cooperative and standing still like she was so I had to be quick and take what I could get. (Hence the blur in Perseus' ear, it was twitching.)   I notice I didn't quote crop the right side correctly, though as there's a sliver of wall visible.  Damnit.

And yes, that's a bell on the neck.  They all have them because the younger two will stalk the older mercilessly without them and she's got mental problems.  Nervous kitty who doesn't like to be social.

[tgr]

[Ingmar]

They're beautiful, Merusk.  Srsly.   

Magenta wouldn't even look at Lister when he was wearing his cone of shame.  It was as if he didn't exist.  In fact, she completely stopped noticing him after he came home from the hospital.  I had to seclude him for most of the day anyway, but after it was all over, she STILL ignored him for a few weeks.  She's really easy to piss off.  Does Lizzie have to eat special food forever now?  I use the Royal Canine S/O wet food.  It must be nice because even finicky Magenta has tried to steal it. 

We don't know about the food yet - they sent the stone off to analysis to figure out which type it is, I guess that will determine if we need special food, or to just not give her the same kind we've been using.

I got about 2 hours of sleep last night trying to make sure she stayed in the dang collar. She managed to get out of it 4 times already. 

[Signe]

Lister had three incidents and if you don't catch it within a day or so, it can go really bad for them.   I'm a worrier so I caught the symptoms really fast.  I finally worked out how to keep the cone on for at least a while but unless it was firm enough he'd find a way out. I really worried and lost lots of sleep over it because it's so important that they don't fiddle with their bits until it's healed.  I also can't keep him in regular collars at all.  He hates them and as soon as I put it on, he wanders off and comes back five mins later without it.  Magenta loves her collars.  Most of them are magenta coloured.  :)  But she also has pink velvet ones, crystals, spikes, skulls... you name it.  I spoil them. 

[rattran]

When Random had his cone I mounted it on a collar, then attached that to a harness. Kept it on quite well for the week needed.

[Signe]

Rattran, you should go in to business as a Cat Consultant.  You'd clean up.

[rattran]

The problem is that cats rarely have any money.

[Ingmar]

That actually occurred to me but unfortunately one of her harness straps runs right over the incision which I think would probably be bad. Attaching it to her regular collar somehow is a good idea, though, maybe I can rig something up there.

[Merusk]

The cone the vet gave us had a set of tabs on it that you'd just put the collar or (as they did) a bandage through to tie-off.  The ones you buy in stores don't have this nice feature, though.  Maybe check back with the vet?

[Paelos]

Cat cones make them look like Victorian and thus even more pissed.

[Sjofn]

I got a plastic cone from the vet to try and see if she'll have a harder time getting out of it. I put the soft one on her one last time with the warning that if it came off again, she'd be getting a REAL cone of shame next. She has obviously taken these words to heart, because she hasn't pulled it off again. The fact she's been napping since the ultimatum is a coincidence, I am sure.