@Manbird: Our 18 year old (?) rescue Rag Doll cat experienced a urinary tract infection about a month ago that caused her a lot of pain. Anti-biotics and pain killers took care of it.
Thank you. We got lucky and it cleared up on it's own - she's back to being her usual cute pain in the butt.
@Manbird: Our 18 year old (?) rescue Rag Doll cat experienced a urinary tract infection about a month ago that caused her a lot of pain. Anti-biotics and pain killers took care of it.
One of our cats starting acting strange - sick like - you can always tell right? - and then started howling and moaning in what I guessed was pain so I tried calling all the vets but of course they are all closed for the long weekend. Then she puked and now she seems much better so I really hope that took care of it. (Because once I had to try and comfort my dying kitty that I had for 16 years who had been ill and was going to go to sleep the next next monday but she couldn't wait and I obviously could help her there myself so I had to hear that horrible sound for 36 hours until I could get her into the vet first thing Monday.) I really hope this kitty feels better and it's nothing serious because everything is closed until Tuesday. So please Mia be OK.
It helps me to remember they have wild hearts. We try to bring them into a safe human world but can only do so much and they probably wouldn't have it any other way.
One of our cats starting acting strange - sick like - you can always tell right? - and then started howling and moaning in what I guessed was pain so I tried calling all the vets but of course they are all closed for the long weekend. Then she puked and now she seems much better so I really hope that took care of it. (Because once I had to try and comfort my dying kitty that I had for 16 years who had been ill and was going to go to sleep the next next monday but she couldn't wait and I obviously could help her there myself so I had to hear that horrible sound for 36 hours until I could get her into the vet first thing Monday.) I really hope this kitty feels better and it's nothing serious because everything is closed until Tuesday. So please Mia be OK.
OMG you haven't lived until a little kitten uses your earlobe as a pacifier.... Our poor Franklin Pyewacket Bailey B. must have lost his mommy when he wasn't fully weaned yet. But, now he has 4 earlobes to choose from!
One of ours — Framboise — used to suck on one of my sweaters in addition to needing kneading the sweater or my lap, and like a kitten she would knead her mother's belly. Framboise was likely taken by coyotes in April last year.
Oh no! How did she get outside?
Our cats are all outdoor cats. They adore going outside.
We knew the risks. Within a short time of moving here I was guessing/concluding that as much as 1/3 of the diet of the local coyotes consisted of domestic cats. That assessment was made according to patent pending scat reading methods.
The cats kill birds and mice. Humans over-feed cats. Coyotes kill and eat cats. Such is the nature of suburban and small town ecological systems.
My only wish is that women would stop feeding feral cats. Feral cats are killing machines.
Yea that is how I play it too. I try to apply the Star Trek prime directive of non interference. I know of a lot of governments that could stand to do the same.
OMG you haven't lived until a little kitten uses your earlobe as a pacifier.... Our poor Franklin Pyewacket Bailey B. must have lost his mommy when he wasn't fully weaned yet. But, now he has 4 earlobes to choose from!
One of ours â Framboise â used to suck on one of my sweaters in addition to needing kneading the sweater or my lap, and like a kitten she would knead her mother's belly. Framboise was likely taken by coyotes in April last year.
Oh no! How did she get outside?
Our cats are all outdoor cats. They adore going outside.
We knew the risks. Within a short time of moving here I was guessing/concluding that as much as 1/3 of the diet of the local coyotes consisted of domestic cats. That assessment was made according to patent pending scat reading methods.
The cats kill birds and mice. Humans over-feed cats. Coyotes kill and eat cats. Such is the nature of suburban and small town ecological systems.
My only wish is that women would stop feeding feral cats. Feral cats are killing machines.
OMG you haven't lived until a little kitten uses your earlobe as a pacifier.... Our poor Franklin Pyewacket Bailey B. must have lost his mommy when he wasn't fully weaned yet. But, now he has 4 earlobes to choose from!
One of ours â Framboise â used to suck on one of my sweaters in addition to needing kneading the sweater or my lap, and like a kitten she would knead her mother's belly. Framboise was likely taken by coyotes in April last year.
OMG you haven't lived until a little kitten uses your earlobe as a pacifier.... Our poor Franklin Pyewacket Bailey B. must have lost his mommy when he wasn't fully weaned yet. But, now he has 4 earlobes to choose from!
One of ours â Framboise â used to suck on one of my sweaters in addition to needing kneading the sweater or my lap, like a kitten she would knead her mother's belly. Framboise was likely taken by coyotes in April last year.
OMG you haven't lived until a little kitten uses your earlobe as a pacifier.... Our poor Franklin Pyewacket Bailey B. must have lost his mommy when he wasn't fully weaned yet. But, now he has 4 earlobes to choose from!
He was really a terrible cat. Any time something changed (new cat, new kid, the weather) he'd shit on my side of the bed or on anything he thought needed to be shit on. Peed on my head twice at least. Once he got his collar hung up and Justine reached down to help him and he sunk his teeth into her thumb up to the gumline. Cost $5000 and a week of 3x daily IV antibiotics to keep her thumb. But he was sweet to the kids. We had him declawed because our pediatrician was really upset that we had a kitten and a young preemie baby... but even without claws he'd bring in birds and rabbits (usually alive) and squirrel parts.
Total jerk. And boy, did I cry today.
Wow. That puts other cantankerous cats into perspective doesn't it?
I feel your pain. A few years back, we put down a large but overly aggressive male rescue cat that first bit my wife's hand â it swelled up like a balloon â and then swiped at my face cutting it open and narrowly missing my eye. A river of blood did floweth.
We decided that if living in a rural area we would have kept Unbi and adjusted our behaviour. There were small children in the neighbourhood. We paid a vet to put the cat down. Still makes me sad.
Location: 543 miles west of Paradis,1491 miles eas Gender:
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Jan 8, 2020 - 6:43pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
westslope wrote:
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
..... Thanks for taking care of my babies, jerk. Dinger 2002–2019
Cute ginger tabby. Why did you call him jerk?
He was really a terrible cat. Any time something changed (new cat, new kid, the weather) he'd shit on my side of the bed or on anything he thought needed to be shit on. Peed on my head twice at least. Once he got his collar hung up and Justine reached down to help him and he sunk his teeth into her thumb up to the gumline. Cost $5000 and a week of 3x daily IV antibiotics to keep her thumb. But he was sweet to the kids. We had him declawed because our pediatrician was really upset that we had a kitten and a young preemie baby... but even without claws he'd bring in birds and rabbits (usually alive) and squirrel parts.
But, now he has 4 earlobes to choose from!
