Cat thread

[Azazel]

Good to hear that he's home safe and hasn't had a personality change from the ordeal.



I'm also going to look into that food you mentioned while Leonard is still young. We've got his dry food on a mix of Hills Kitten, some other Vet-recommended Kitten brand, and a Purina Kitten formula.

[Sand]

This is the brand we feed our cat and dog. See link below.

The cat formula is supposed to be specially formulated to help with a cats urinary health.

http://www.holisticselect.com/product.aspx?pet=cat&cat=1&pid=27

[Engels]

Good to hear that he's home safe and hasn't had a personality change from the ordeal.



I'm also going to look into that food you mentioned while Leonard is still young. We've got his dry food on a mix of Hills Kitten, some other Vet-recommended Kitten brand, and a Purina Kitten formula.

Thanks for the well wishes. I talked to the vet about why not more food is magnesium free if its so 'common'. She said that only the prescription food is really low enough to make a difference in cats that have this condition, and that the condition is not -that- common, so although its 'ok' for a normal cat to eat, its best if cats that aren't presenting with this eat regular food. The only thing one should do is have the vet check the urine of your cat periodically for crystal deposit.

[Sand]

Thanks for the well wishes. I talked to the vet about why not more food is magnesium free if its so 'common'. She said that only the prescription food is really low enough to make a difference in cats that have this condition, and that the condition is not -that- common, so although its 'ok' for a normal cat to eat, its best if cats that aren't presenting with this eat regular food. The only thing one should do is have the vet check the urine of your cat periodically for crystal deposit.

Wait what?
She said the crystals are caused by Magnesium?

Awesome. So then why is the food we are feeding our cat specifically advertising "Guaranteed Magnesium with added Cranberries and Yucca Schidigera Extract"?
 

[Lantyssa]

Magnesium is an essential element.  Some cats just have trouble getting rid of it, so they need a low-Mg diet.  It's like humans and Iron.  Some have a deficiency, some have too much.

[Engels]

Also,  according to the vet, its the equivalent of 'low ash' catfood. The ash, lord knows why its there in the first place, is where the magnesium is.

All I can say is that our first cat, lived from 1975 to 1996, on mostly a diet of horse meat based canned catfood. All our sciency cat food cannot remedy the fact that we're into cutting corners by processing food into pellets and paste.

[Ingmar]

The ash is probably there to provide magnesium.

[Sand]

Magnesium is an essential element.  Some cats just have trouble getting rid of it, so they need a low-Mg diet.  It's like humans and Iron.  Some have a deficiency, some have too much.

Oh. Okay. Well shit they ought to tell people that.

[Mrbloodworth]

Cat "Burglar" on Feline Stealing Frenzy

[Hawkbit]

That's funny.  There were footballs in there - I'm trying to wrap my head around a cat carrying a football across a few yards.

[tgr]

I can count on Luna to find any and all socks that I have, and drag them all into my living room...

[Engels]

Don't take my cigarette!

[Paelos]

Don't take my cigarette!

Can I have it?
NO, GO TO HELL!
You can't eat that it's bad for you.
BITCH I WILL CUT YOU!

 

[Lantyssa]

That's one hell of a nic-fit.

[rattran]

GF's tuxedo cat has tri-colored eyes. Doesn't seem to interfere with vision or hearing, but he is batshit crazy.

[Sky]

That looks really cool...but he does have a look to him. Probably a demon eye.

[Chimpy]

Also looks like he is missing his entire lower jaw.

[rattran]

White chin, white neck. He's not the easiest cat to get a picture of. Everything scares him, the camera, the flash, the noise, imaginary elves, everything.

His lower lip is also dead white in the picture, which generally means he's about to snap and go postal on something. If his lip is pink, he's safe to pet/pick up/walk past.

[Sky]

he's about to snap and go postal on something me.

[Minvaren]

One of my cats has recently figured out how to open cabinet doors.  I came home the other day to think I'd been broken into...   

[Mazakiel]

One of my cats does that, it can get a bit annoying at times.  And he always does it, it seems to be part of his patrol around the house to check some cabinets daily. 

[Ingmar]

Our cabinet opener recently learned how to open doors as well - we have lever-style doorknobs in our apartment, and he's long enough to just reach up and pull down on them. This is really annoying, he recently combined these two tricks to let himself into the bathroom, open the cabinet under the sink, and spread q-tips throughout the apartment, I'm still finding them in strange places.

[rattran]

All my cabinets have child-resistant latches, which are all cat proof now that the smart one is gone. I've done the 'q-tips everywhere' thing, not a lot of fun.

[Sand]

Our cabinet opener recently learned how to open doors as well - we have lever-style doorknobs in our apartment, and he's long enough to just reach up and pull down on them. This is really annoying, he recently combined these two tricks to let himself into the bathroom, open the cabinet under the sink, and spread q-tips throughout the apartment, I'm still finding them in strange places.

That is cute and awesome!

[Sjofn]

It's not as cute when you're in the bathroom trying to pee in peace and suddenly Jack is all HEY ARE YOU HAVING A PARTY IN THERE and lets himself in. And Lizzie is also always right there, letting him do all the dirty work and reaping the benefits.

Even if you lock the door you have to listen to the RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE until you finally come back out.

[Rasix]

A cat opening doors loses its charm when it wakes up your son at 5 am.

[Ingmar]

A cat opening doors loses its charm when it wakes up your son at 5 am.

Or when said cat can only open doors that push away from him, so he lets himself into a room, then shuts the door, trapping himself. At 3 am. And starts squawking to be let out.

[Paelos]

There's never been a cat who was on the right side of a door.

[Lantyssa]

That needs to be someone's signature.

[tgr]

My cats seem to be fine with the side of the door they're at as long as the door's open or openable. The instant it's closed, however, they go apeshit. It's hilarious.

[Azazel]

Leonard likes to follow us around, and sleep with us on the bed when we go to sleep. He also likes to play. At 3am. So I started to boot him out of the bedroom and shut the door. Now he's learned that by hurling his now-roughly-5kg body at the door over and over, he can brute force it open.

I stuck a boot at the end of the door, which stops him barging it open. Instead we simply have the subtle rhythmic drumming smashing sound of him trying to break the door down at 3am. 

[Sjofn]

The 3am playfests should theoretically slowly cease to happen after a while. Jack now calmly waits until 5am or so to start dropping toys on my head in the hopes I will throw them for him.

[Sand]

Our cat does this. I sleep through it, my wife though isnt so lucky. Lern2sleep better? 

[Hawkbit]

Just got back from the yearly checkups/shots on all three cats.  Two are perfect, but tub-of-lard needs a teeth cleaning, badly.  She touched his gum and it exploded with blood.  Near-guarantee on at least one extraction; the tooth looks broken and likely has an abscess with infection above it.  Not, I repeat, not going to be cheap.   

[rattran]

Oscar had a whole slew of extractions (sadly, before learning the pancreatitis was back), should only be a couple hundred for sedation/cleaning/extractions.