Cat thread

[tgr]

[tgr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkycjbqMpeU

[Furiously]

I just had to put my cat of 10 years down today. He had colon cancer.

I didn't think it was going to be so hard.

[Lantyssa]

It never, ever gets easy.  I'm sorry.

[tgr]

It never does, indeed. I think the best thing is probably to get a new one after you've mourned a week or two. At least that helped me tremendously.

[Hawkbit]

   She's right.  It never gets easy.  Sorry.

[Sjofn]

Sorry about your cat, it's a hard choice to make.

[Engels]

It never does, indeed. I think the best thing is probably to get a new one after you've mourned a week or two. At least that helped me tremendously.

This is true. And don't think this is being 'unloyal' to your old friend. Its a new cat, which will occupy a different place in your heart.

[Furiously]

Sorry about your cat, it's a hard choice to make.

In this case it wasn't. Colon cancer. Looks like he didn't quite have all the shots the pound said he did when we got him. Feline Leukemia isn't pretty.

[rattran]

That's rough, they worm their way deep into your heart over the years. You have my condolences.

It's been rough here this week, Oscar is doing much, much better, but Festus fell behind/into the dining room radiator Sunday night, got stuck and broke his leg. September is a rough month for cats it seems.

[apocrypha]

Sorry to hear that Furiously :(

[Gets]

[Paelos]

Double chin cat looks pissed at his coat.

[Nebu]

Sorry to hear it Furiously.  Losing a pet after a decade isn't easy.  Ever.

[tgr]

A lighter post:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6keHRUnKMtI

[tgr]

Cat hypnosis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs2JOLckIy4

[Sky]

Bart is in the newegg box filled with brown paper that the gpu just came in. I can almost hear "SMINE" from here.

He's been in there most of the day.

[Furiously]

Guybrush loves Newegg. The peanuts end up everywhere if you don't immediately dispose of them. Boxes are ok, but the Styrofoam packing materials... catgasm!

[Sjofn]

Jack prefers bags. If it is a bag, he will go out of his way to stick his head in it.

Both cats have that weird cat obsession with knocking things off tables/desks. There is a pile of change under Ingmar's nightstand that Lizzie has placed there. One fucking penny at a time. Scooch scooch scooch <plop>.

[Sky]

Styrofoam packing materials...

Yay for the brown paper packing material. As I was telling the fiancee the story of Bart's two campings of ye box, he walked over, dove in and fell asleep. Like he understood and wanted to demonstrate.

[Brogarn]

New guy's growing up. In these pictures, he's reminding me that time reading the paper is time not spent paying attention to him.

[Bunk]

With all these pictures of people, it almost seems appropriate to dig out the member picture archive and update it. Except for Ironwood, he's not allowed to confuse us by not looking like Zod.

[rattran]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzCE83vHQt4

[rk47]

The cat's pointing at Diabetic Shoes ad. Surely he cares about you.

[Sky]

[Mrbloodworth]

My kitty is in the vet. He needs three teeth pulled. 

This is a reminder for everyone else, check your pets teeth. I wish I had before it came to this.   

[Engels]

You're right, Bloodworth, folks should check their cat's teeth from time to time. My kitty lost 4 of hers at once, and she did alright with some softer food, but I did kick myself for not checking more often.

[Mrbloodworth]

You're right, Bloodworth, folks should check their cat's teeth from time to time. My kitty lost 4 of hers at once, and she did alright with some softer food, but I did kick myself for not checking more often.

What kind of care or consideration did you do after her surgery? (I do have a meeting with the doc in a few hours, but advice is always good)

[Hawkbit]

My vet checks each year and from Nov-March offers discounted teeth cleaning because they have downtime during the cold months (less pet issues overall from being inside more).

[tgr]

You're right, Bloodworth, folks should check their cat's teeth from time to time. My kitty lost 4 of hers at once, and she did alright with some softer food, but I did kick myself for not checking more often.

Chances are she would've lost those anyways. I wouldn't be surprised if what your cat had was FORL, in which case once it's begun all you can do is have them pulled anyways.

[Engels]

Bloodworth, it was approximately 15 years ago, so I don't remember exactly what I did post surgery. I imagine I let her eat watered down soft food, or something like that, but really, best ask the vet.

tgr, not sure if she had that FORL or not. I know that I never personally checked her teeth and only took her to the vet when she needed shots, so it may have been plain ole tooth decay (she was 16 years old at the time). She lived to be 21 with just the few teeth remaining, happy cat till a tumor hit her. I put her down within a few weeks of knowing it was terminal.

[Mrbloodworth]

My vet checks each year and from Nov-March offers discounted teeth cleaning because they have downtime during the cold months (less pet issues overall from being inside more).

So does mine, so fair warning on that.  

Anyway, the doc set me right on what to do now. I did ask how none of them recommended a cleaning before it got this bad, as it was noted by them in his record (has tartar) the previous year, and she kinda went blank and said she would bring it up in the next meeting.

[tgr]

tgr, not sure if she had that FORL or not. I know that I never personally checked her teeth and only took her to the vet when she needed shots, so it may have been plain ole tooth decay (she was 16 years old at the time). She lived to be 21 with just the few teeth remaining, happy cat till a tumor hit her. I put her down within a few weeks of knowing it was terminal.

I just know that one of my cats were diagnosed with FORL at the age of 8, it wasn't readily visible to me at the time. So it could very well be, but it's irrelevant now.

The main thing is that cats that are 4+ years should probably get their teeth checked, since that's apparently when it manifests itself, and once it's manifested itself you might as well get them pulled and be done with it since it's only going to be painful for the cat.

[Ingmar]

Keep in mind that some cats have to be anaesthetized in order to have their teeth cleaned, and that can be dangerous itself, so there's a bit of risk management you'll have to do around that decision.

[rattran]

Some cats just have bad teeth. I've yet to meet a purebred Abyssinian with good choppers. Brushing between cleanings can help as well. Oscar along with all his other problems needs to have most of his teeth pulled, but 12 years of brushing has made the deterioration progress very slow.