Cat thread

[proudft]

Maybe for YOUR cat it would be neat.  For ours, I don't need a camera.  I can get the same effect as a camera on him by pressing my face into the couch all day.

[Korachia]

Have you tried to cattleprod the little fluffy thing? Atleast you will know if has died or not.

[Ingmar]

ha ha "little"

[Sjofn]

Jack's camera would just be a series of close-ups of Lizzie's chest, before suddenly racing down the hallway.

[rattran]

Oscar is home now, and resting comfortably. They couldn't find anything really wrong, so he's on some antibiotics and hope at this point. So it's not cancer, diabeetus, thyroid, kidney or pancreas failure.

He's just pissed that he's got to stay in a big-ass cage until the anti-diarrhea meds work. And he's still not eating or drinking much. But he's doing well for a 13 year old.

[Sky]

Our library cat is in the hospital. She's 14 and has had a tough life, things aren't looking good. Like losing my own cat, because she kind of was my cat when I lived in the ghetto and couldn't have pets.

[Engels]

Blech. Gonna avoid the usual platitudes and just say I'm sorry.

[Brogarn]

Oscar is home now, and resting comfortably. They couldn't find anything really wrong, so he's on some antibiotics and hope at this point. So it's not cancer, diabeetus, thyroid, kidney or pancreas failure.

Well, ruling out all the big ones is a good thing at least. Hate to not know what's going on, though.

That sucks, Sky. I went through losing my cat a few months ago and I'm still not over it. You spend so much time with the lil bastards and they're there for so many events in your life, just hanging out and happy to see you. It's rough.

[Sjofn]

Library cat is very pretty, I'm sorry to hear she's not doing well. I also hope Oscar is okay!

Jack the Rebound Kitten is going to get tutored on Friday. I hope he forgives us. 

[Engels]

tutored?

[Sky]

Bookend is back and better, though she's still a grouchy old cat :) Couple days with an IV and aggressive anti-biotics.

Yay!

[rattran]

Oscar is muddling along, a big kidney cyst, acute pancreatitis, and his teeth are all loose. He stopped eating, so he's got this horrible looking food tube implanted in his side of his neck (no pictures thankfully) which seems to not bother him at all. So feedings and meds every 2 hours means I'm off work taking care of him, but hopefully he'll improve.

Good news on Bookend at least. grats!

[Engels]

Gah, that sucks rattran. We had to give our old tomcat IV hydration twice a day and that just utterly blew. I can't imagine having to do something every 2 hours, no matter how cooperative Oscar is.

[Ingmar]

tutored?

I don't know why she said tutored either, he's getting fixed.

[Sky]

 

I'll never look at the tutors in the library the same again.

[Engels]

tutored?

I don't know why she said tutored either, he's getting fixed.

I was about to say...tutoring a cat? Ya, good luck with that.

[Lantyssa]

Maybe she meant Tudored.  Orf wif 'is 'ead!

[proudft]

I am ashamed of you people.

[Sjofn]

Thank you, proudft. 

[Sjofn]

So Jack is home from his neutering adventure and seems hardly worse for wear. He was STARVING LIKE CRAZY SO HUNGRY WHY IS THERE NO FOOD IN MY BOOOOOOOWL YOOOOOOOWL when he got home but he wasn't supposed to eat anything until about ten minutes ago. The food was gone instantly, Lizzie got about three mouthfuls before the rest disappeared. So I guess he's feeling alright!

[tgr]

In for a hurtin'

[Chimpy]

At first I thought the cat was petting him and saying "nice doggie."

[Samwise]

My mom's cat plays that same game with her Newfoundland.   

[Ingmar]

I want a Newfie so bad, but they're about 400 pounds over the weight limit on our lease. And probably about 400 gallons of drool/year above Sjofn's tolerance.

[Mosesandstick]

[Sjofn]

In for a hurtin'

That one last tap over the line made me laugh. It's also totally something Jack does to Lizzie.

And yes, I wuvvums Newfies but the drool really puts me off when I think about dealing with it all the time for 14 years.

[Cyrrex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEmoeKwm8A&NR=1

How do you make those handy youtube links anyway?

[Lantyssa]

Oh gods.  The kitten growing up with the teddy bear is SO cute.

[tgr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gyR0ZIdoMM

[rattran]

Oscar has put back on a little weight, and is looking/behaving closer to normal. Still not eating enough, so the horrible looking feeding tube stays in for now, and potentially a couple months  His pancreas seems to have calmed down, now just need all the rest of his organs to heal, then deal with his teeth, and the kidney cyst.

So, things are better, but he's not well yet.

[NiX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gyR0ZIdoMM

Holy hell that got me good. I was expecting something to come through the window and hit the bowl. Then.. it happened.

[Sky]

Oh gods.  The kitten growing up with the teddy bear is SO cute.

You don't want to know what Bart does with his stuffed puppy from when he was kitten. Actually, I think I've mentioned it in this thread already. I should take pictures, since he's a cat it wouldn't be kitty porn.

Glad to hear Oscar's moving in a good direction. Bart's opposite issues are also moving positively, he's learning how to actually eat canned food now and demanding it since we moved away from grazing to scheduled feedings. Made vacation pretty  , trying to sleep in. He's trimming down and has his shape coming back pretty well, he wasn't obese but he was losing definition, so hopefully this new diet will keep him healthy for years to come. It's fucking expensive, though, the can claims he's to eat 4 of those mini cans a day, at a buck a pop.

[Pennilenko]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gyR0ZIdoMM

Music makes it better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLDSE7RHvno&feature=related

[tgr]

Music makes it better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLDSE7RHvno&feature=related

That was awesome.

[tgr]