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Dormouse
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![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) Theophania.
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Taliesin
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Yes, peaceful prowling, Bethcat. My ol' Calico has been gone for more than 2 years now, which doesn't seem possible.
I dropped in to share my disgusting dog's behaviour... (they're so not cats) we decided on nature's bounty for today's dinner (pudding) and picked blackberries and apples from the garden.
So far, so froody. Picked endlessly thru blackberries, wondering why I bothered. Cut up apples with 13 year old son, found large maggot. Discussed maggot, what will it be, what was the process etc. Put it carefully, with its apple, at the bottom of the tree so it can continue its process... 10 minutes later my wretched dog has eaten it. Apple, maggot and all. Looks at me all puzzled, like I should have said it wasn't for him, or something. oh.... yuk.
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Graven Image
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My 12 years old cat is behaving badly. The set up is each evening I give her a treat, and put her in a small room between house and garage, close the door and say good-night. During the day the door is kept open for her to come and go to her litter box. ( indoor cat) All was well until 2 weeks ago. She is urinating in her bed!!!!!!!!!! When I take bedding up during the day she uses her litter pan. Her bed is a padded mat with layers of soft toweling on the top. I clean her litter pan each morning and wash her bedding once a week. Of course now I am doing it each day. She seems healthy and happy during the day, vet gave her a clean bill of health. Any ideas? She lays in her bed after she has used it for her litter pan. I am at wits end. ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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If the clean bill of health from the vet is from before this started happening, I'd take her back.
If the vet says she's fine then I'd try a bunch of things:
-- Clean the litter pan twice a day, or make that one time just before closing her in at night.
-- Put down a second pan with a different kind of litter in it -- sometimes cats decide they don't like what they've been fine with for years. Look for the softest litter you can find for the second pan, as she might have decided her bed just feels better to stand on when she pees.
-- Move the litter pan closer to the bedding, if at all possible -- she might have decided the pan is just too far away at night.
-- Get new bedding. She's peed on the existing bed a bunch of times, and even if you can't smell the pee after cleaning it, she might smell it. Plus this has gone on long enough for her to have established a habit.
Basically, she's changed her behavior, and so you'll need to change the environment to get her to change back.
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LutheranChik
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We recently adopted two cats this summer. One of our friends, an old high school friend of DP's whom she's kept in contact with via Facebook and occasional visits, called us this summer and asked us if we would take them because her fiance' didn't like cats and other prospective in-law family members were allergic to them. She was very upset -- the kitties are 9 years old and very closely bonded, making their adoptability difficult, and she couldn't imagine just dropping them off at the local pound -- after our own beloved cat died this spring we'd vowed never to get another, but after talking about it we told her that of course we'd take in her cats.
Dash and Pumpkin are nice kitties; it took them a week to emerge from their hiding place under a spare-bedroom chair, but now they're fairly comfortable wandering around the house and being in the same room with us. (Dash is actually sitting next to me right now.) They despise our dog, and whack her (in an non-playful way) whenever she approaches them even in an obviously friendly/appeasing manner, but at least they can tolerate being in the same room with her for short periods of time.
Here's the problem: Because our dog tends to be DP's dog and monopolizes DP's time/space in the house, the cats associate DP with the dog -- even if the dog is asleep or in another room -- and are reluctant to approach DP or let her pet them. In the meantime, the cats have become very comfortable cuddling next to me, playing with me and treating me as their go-to human. DP is very sad that the kitties avoid her.
For those of you in multiple-pet households, any ideas for helping DP make friends with the cats, or vice versa? I know from our own past experience that pets tend to play favorites with human family members and vice versa, but these cats' total resistance to making friends with DP seems a little extreme.
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Earwig
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LC, never underestimate cupboard love. Does DP feed the kitties? If not, or if you share the role, ask DP to be the sole source of food for a couple of months. They should start to think of her as the great provider, the uber-mommy-cat.
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The5thMary
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I don;t know where to post this... hope this is okay... one of my ex-girlfriend's cats just died on our living room floor.The poor cat was only two years old but she was always in bad respiratory health--and my ex-gf's chain smoking certainly didn't help matters... anyway, my current wife and I prayed that God would take little Lucy because it was obvious she couldn't breathe anymore--her tongue was turning black... and God answered our prayers within thirty minutes, the little cat was breathing her last. I called my ex-girlfriend to tell her the news and she said she was going to kill herself, that she shouldn't have spent money on pot and pills and taken Lucy to the vet more often...
Oh, hell... our little cat is dead!
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ElaineC
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for Lucy, now chasing heavenly mice
for you and all those who grieve for her.
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The5thMary
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quote:
Originally posted by ElaineC:
for Lucy, now chasing heavenly mice
for you and all those who grieve for her.
Thank you! It really means a lot to me...
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RuthW
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Originally posted by Earwig:
LC, never underestimate cupboard love. Does DP feed the kitties? If not, or if you share the role, ask DP to be the sole source of food for a couple of months. They should start to think of her as the great provider, the uber-mommy-cat.
And maybe LC takes the dog for a good long walk every day for the first week or so of this while DP feeds the cats?
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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I know those of you who come onto this thread probably have all the cats you need, and if you want more you will go to a refuge near home, but I did promise to publicise Spanish Stray Cats who are in need of homes for their cats.
See this link to my blog: Cats Need You!
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Dormouse, I'm too far away to help but I'm sending up prayers
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Kyzyl
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My 5 yo Goldie adoptee Tango encountered the Mississippi River this weekend. It was enlightening to me as well. His predecessor, Pyrite, would get out of the car and immediately start sniffing the vicinity and only then follow me to the water. Not the Tangmeister. I opened the car door, he took one look, and BAM, right into the river!! We came back home with sand in our shoes/paws, him smelling like the river (and getting to "play" in the hose at home, yea!!), and both of us tired and happy.
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churchgeek
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I went away for just shy of 2 weeks, and since I returned ~2 weeks ago, my cat is begging for food but won't eat it. She'll nibble, but that's it. It doesn't matter if I give her the dry food or the canned.
While I was away, the woman who was looking in on her reported she was eating all the food that she left for her each time (she came every other day, and found the bowl empty), even when she filled the bowl.
I can't afford to take her to the vet - even if something's seriously wrong with her, I can't afford it right now. Other than the strange begging-but-not-eating thing, she seems normal, happy, and healthy. She's as active as ever, she cuddles and purrs, she's grooming, her coat looks good...
The only thing is she's also been vomiting a little. That's something she's always done from time to time all her life. Lately, it's been just liquid - no food in it. Maybe just because she's not eating enough?
She still does her typical licking anything and eating any fuzz she finds on the blanket or floor (no strings - I am very careful to keep strings out of her reach, knowing the dangers they pose).
Any ideas?
Oh, she does eat catnip when I give it to her, with all the enjoyment that goes along with it.
She's 13.
ETA: She was diabetic for just over a year, just over a year ago. But we reversed it through diet change (I feed her Wellness Core - normally the canned, but I bought dry for when I was away) and insulin. She's gained some of the weight back that she'd lost, but doesn't have the same diabetes symptom she had before: scaly, itchy skin and "mowing" her fur off.
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Tree Bee
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It's possible she has a fur ball waiting to come up. Can she go outside and eat grass to encourage vomiting?
Otherwise, I would try her on a different type of cat food.
Odd that she ate while you were away but not now. Is this some sort of power game?
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Taliesin
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Sounds like a blockage. If she gets thinner, you'll know. Good luck.
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churchgeek
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OK, which one of you prayed for my cat? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) She seems to be eating today.
What was unusual about all of this is that in the past, she hardly ate anything at all whenever I was away. I was shocked to hear she was gulping down all her food!
Her litter box has been fairly normal, except less volume, shall we say.
I've decided to keep keeping an eye on her. It was probably just one of those things.
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luvanddaisies
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Our furry family member, our eleven year old cat (more like giant kitten, but hey), Billy, had an operation on Wednesday to take out some more lumps (likely cancerous, being as how they're in a similar site to the ones he had removed in February). He was fine and all himself and happy enough before the operation, but obviously rather disgrubtled for the rest of that day!
Anyway, we took him back to the vet for a followup this morning, and she thought he had a bit of an infection in the wound, so he's had it cleaned and has had a long-lasting antibiotic injection - all of which is fine... but he's also been given a lampshade collar to wear whenever he's not supervised. This is not a pleasing thing for him. He and I had a bit of a battle to get it onto him this morning, then he popped it off. I put it back on and he left it(ish) for a bit, then I took it off so he could get into his litter tray (it's the lidded type. We've taken the lid off now). I popped it back onto him so I could go and have lunch and less than ten minutes late he'd removed it again.
Aagh. Any suggestions? The vet when we called said that some cats are just able to escape from them whatever you do, but they said to try to persist. I don't want to hurt him by putting it on (while he hisses, spits, thrashes about, bites me, and shreds me) if he's going to carry on taking it off after a few minutes, that seems a bit pointless.
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Little Miss Methodist
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My cat Purdey injured her leg within a couple of months of getting her and had to wear the lampshade collar. The vet gave us a lampshade that was a bit too small so she managed to unpick her stitches! Back to the vet, where she was sutured up again and i got a stern lecture about being irresponsible! That night wearing a new larger cone, she used the edge of the cone by rubbing it up and down the wound to unpick her stitches! Back to the vet where I refused to see the patronising one and instead saw someone helpful band sympathetic who decided that with strong enough antibiotics she didn't need stitches. She kept the wound clean herself and we put some aloe Vera gel on it and it all healed up perfectly. She has a small bald patch but that is it.
Not helpful for your situation, but a bit of solidarity - lampshade collars suck for cats and humans and you have my sympathy.
I acquired a new cat, Milo, on Saturday to keep Purdey company following the death of my other cat Muffin very suddenly at the beginning of July. Hes very nice, affectionate and purry, but he's huge and incredibly strong. He got a bit wound up last night when I tried to put him back in "his" room for the night and bit me hard on the wrist. I have deep puncture wounds on both sides of my wrist and it is bruised and swollen. I'm now a bit wary of him, which is sad. I'm trying to remember that he is in a new environment and is scared too. I'm going to be very very careful about how to introduce him to Purdey because she is tiny and he could seriously hurt her if he repeats what he did to me last night!
I just want the both to get along nicely and for it to be easier than this!
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luvanddaisies
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Thanks.
Billy won in the affair of the lampshade - it wasn't worth the stress it was causing him for the amount of time he kept it on. We took him to the vet for a check today, as it's a week after his last appointment, and he's ok and healing nicely. The antibiotic injection they gave him last week is still working, and he'll go back to have another check next week.
Billy's not very huge, more long than broad, and he's not prone to serious biting, really - although that said, if he goes for it he can do (and has done) damage like it sounds like your new little furry guy did. If I'm going to be doing something that might provoke serious disgruntlement (like holding him at the vet, or putting him somewhere he's not got on his schedule to visit) I tend to wear a big squishy hoodie - it has the twofold benefit of being soft for him to burrow into if he get frightened, and also if I pop my hands inside the sleeve like a schoolkid it offers a surprising amount of protection from even sharp and angry teeth. Might be worth a try when you're putting Milo into his room?
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St Everild
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Cat bites need to be taken very seriously as they can cause a very nasty infection in a wound.
You really ought to go to the doctor and get some antibiotics for it.
I know from experience...
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Taliesin
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Do I hate bonfire night? Oh yes. And this year there have been two additional nights allocated, apparently, so that's an awful lot of large frightened dog distributing large frightened poos in the house. Tonight I thought they had stopped, and sent her in the garden, only for them to start again And her come racing back in like I set her up on purpose...
Hellish firework rant... grrrrrr
Edit for predictive text gaff.
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Huia
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quote:
Originally posted by Taliesin:
Do I hate bonfire night? Oh yes..
Me too. Fireworks seem to have got louder this year and they have banned skyrockets, which means more to spend on bangers. Georgie has been skulking under a chair and I close all the windows and curtains.
I never thought I would be tempted to sign a petition to Parliament asking for them to be outlawed, but I'm seriously considering it.
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Taliesin
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Saving this thread from demonic vacuum.
A visit to the vet yesterday cost £80... infected claw. That's 40 for the consult.... tho I'd made the diagnosis myself.. 20 for the antibiotics and 20 for painkillers.
On the plus side, dog loves the vet and enjoys seeing her very much.
Would soaking it in salt water had a similar result, I wonder?
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Taliesin:
Would soaking it in salt water had a similar result, I wonder?
Probably - but you would have worried and what price peace of mind?
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Boogie
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I had an awful scare yesterday evening.
Tatze was eating her tea and started choking. She couldn't breathe. I was slapping her back, she was in a bad way.
I slapped harder and eventually the piece of kibble shot out. Then she retched.
I wondered what I would have done if she'd stopped breathing altogether - could you do the Heimlich maneuver on a dog?
Once all was normal again I gave Tatze some Manuka honey and an ice cube - then Googled.
Here is a good article.
She always hoovers her food up, I usually give her a few pieces then the rest in a Wobble Kong. ALL will be going in the kong in future!
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So glad Tatze is o.k. -- she's beautiful!
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Poor Tatze - glad you were able to put her right.
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Welease Woderwick
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Labs are famous for their rather, erm, rapid eating habits and their ability to eat and eat until they make themselves ill. My Collie/German Shepherd cross would be excited at getting his food then would eat half and wander off and then finish it later - and he got LOADS of exercise.
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Welease Woderwick
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Mithoo, our very affectionate young male was found dead this morning, probably murdered overnight by local male bully cat - it's what cats do but we'll still miss him.
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So sorry to hear that. As much as you know "it's what cats do", that doesn't make it any less awful.
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Mithoo, our very affectionate young male was found dead this morning, probably murdered overnight by local male bully cat - it's what cats do but we'll still miss him.
Poor puss ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Mithoo, our very affectionate young male was found dead this morning, probably murdered overnight by local male bully cat - it's what cats do but we'll still miss him.
How sad, even if it is what cat's do.
My fluffy feline is becoming more and more eccentric as he gets deeper into old age (he is at least 17 yrs old) - one of his quirks at the moment is that he forgets to come indoors but sits outside on the bench by the front door shouting even when I invite him in, and he's recently taken to falling/rolling off the bed into a corner that he finds tricky to get out of (or simply forgets to). He's been given some Eccentric Cat powders, which make him more perky but no less eccentric. If previous winters are anything to go by he'll probably live for a few more years, but his behaviour is disconcerting. He still appreciates a lap though, so some things haven't changed.
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Poor Mithoo. I was so looking forward to meeting the only cat you ever named.
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Sorry to hear about Mithoo, WW. RIP.
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Tatze is now in season - which is a great relief as we have holidays booked and no-one to look after her who doesn't have entire males.
She's being a very good girl, but I am missing our walks terribly! Roll on the 18th December. It seems a long time away.
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The kids on our road come over quite often, they don't get much positive interaction with adults and three in one house, who spend time with them and listen seems a bit of a novelty. They come from two homes, one who has cats and we helped get them neutered and the other has had two dogs in the two years we've been here and has now got a puppy. The previous dogs have been put down, apparently for biting, and the new puppy is apparently not eating solid food and is being bottle fed.
Apart from making them promise to get me if the puppy gets sick, is there anything else to do? They are a very low income family and I haven't had much interaction with their parents.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by daisydaisy:
My fluffy feline is becoming more and more eccentric as he gets deeper into old age (he is at least 17 yrs old) - one of his quirks at the moment is that he forgets to come indoors but sits outside on the bench by the front door shouting even when I invite him in, and he's recently taken to falling/rolling off the bed into a corner that he finds tricky to get out of (or simply forgets to). He's been given some Eccentric Cat powders, which make him more perky but no less eccentric. If previous winters are anything to go by he'll probably live for a few more years, but his behaviour is disconcerting. He still appreciates a lap though, so some things haven't changed.
Our cat, who much resembles daisydaisy's in the inappropriate vocalisation/age/confusion stakes, has decided she can tell the difference between Sainsbury's own catfood from a box and the exact same mix from a bag. Reminds you of Alice Cooper, who could tell the difference between beer from a large or beer from a small can! (other than by the quantity, one assumes) ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Anyway, since we had to buy a box, she is eating about twice as much per day and looks shinier/more rounded/better altogether. I used to keep the food in a sealed jar once opened, as well, so it shouldn't have gone (noticeably) (more) rancid...
Mrs S., marvelling at how awkward cats can be ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Taliesin
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Dog ate my kid's chocolate. not just chocolate he was given, but special, named chocolate he bought for others... luckily for dog it wasn't dark chocolate, but mostly white... still a bit worried he's going to be sick... most sad is that boy hates dog.
This is after the 'urinating on uniform' incident of last week, and 'pooing on bedroom carpet' incident of previously and general 'usurping position of preferred dog' that's been going on since we gave new dog a home 18 months ago.
I don't suppose anyone has bridge repair advice available, but I just thought I'd ask. code:
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John D. Ward
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Originally posted by daisydaisy:
My fluffy feline is becoming more and more eccentric as he gets deeper into old age (he is at least 17 yrs old) - one of his quirks at the moment is that he forgets to come indoors but sits outside on the bench by the front door shouting even when I invite him in, and he's recently taken to falling/rolling off the bed into a corner that he finds tricky to get out of (or simply forgets to).
Looking at his symptoms as you describe them, is his sight failing?
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Ethne Alba
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Our cat is slepping more and more now. She's getting on a bit now, on OldCats dried food, fresh meat if at All possible and now unwilling to jump in through windows.
This Christmas she soent most of the time curled up on chairs (in spite of three tinies in the house) and only ventured out Strictly when neccesary, returning immediatly.
She's taken to insisting on cuddles and occasionally taking herself off for half a day at a time to a dark quiet place.
Am concerned.
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Goodbye and farewell, Safadin. You leave a large hole in our hearts.
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I'm so sorry for your loss,Darllenwr.
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What JJ said; although I've never been a pet-owner I always feel sad when I hear of someone losing a furry friend.
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Darllenwr
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Thank you, JJ & Piglet.
He was only ever a scrap of a thing (half the size, quite literally, of our other Abyssinian) but the last three months reduced him to a walking skeleton. The Vet told us back in September that he had chronic renal failure and that he was on borrowed time. Problem is, you always imagine that you have borrowed more time than you have ...
At our last visit to the Vet (for our other cat, Amber) the Vet asked how Safadin was getting on and questioned whether hyper-thyroidism might be a factor. As we were scheduled to take Amber in for a return visit, we took Saf along as well.
One has to look on the bright side, I guess. If we hadn't taken him in yesterday, not knowing the prognosis, we would have had to take him in very soon anyway, knowing only too well that he wouldn't be coming home. Not too sure which is worse ...
Moves are afoot to find an Abyssinian kitten.
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Darllenwr
It's so hard to lose a member of the family. A kitten won't ever replace her, but will keep you all busy for sure.
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Thank you, JJ & Piglet.
Moves are afoot to find an Abyssinian kitten.
Amazing timing - we contacted the breeder who had fostered Saf when his original owner died - one of her cats has just had a litter of 3 sorrel kittens, 2 of which were booked, so we've expressed interest in the third. Lydia, the breeder, doesn't know whether they are male or female yet, she says they look like little hamsters at the moment!
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Hope it works out for you, St. G. & D.
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Originally posted by daisydaisy:
My fluffy feline is becoming more and more eccentric as he gets deeper into old age (he is at least 17 yrs old) - one of his quirks at the moment is that he forgets to come indoors but sits outside on the bench by the front door shouting even when I invite him in, and he's recently taken to falling/rolling off the bed into a corner that he finds tricky to get out of (or simply forgets to).
Looking at his symptoms as you describe them, is his sight failing?
Certainly a possibility. However the amazing powder the v.e.t gave him seems to have perked him up - he usually comes in without me needing to fetch him. He has a bit more oomph.
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Having perked up, said cat yesterday developed a lump on his backbone (possibly due to a cat fight) which is really bothering him now. Weekends get in the way at times like this, with the v.e.t. closed and I've got wall-to-wall church commitments which mean a trip to the emergency v.e.t. in the next town is going to be challenging (and rather costly). Will have to fit it in though- poor thing is not at all well.
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