Pet(s): Photos & Discussion

[supposebly]

2 hours ago, bilgistic said:

Here are my beautiful girls this morning, waiting for me to get up and feed them. Little Girl's the goblin in the background. Little Mama always has resting cat face.

They are so beautiful!

[Nicmar]

On 11/12/2020 at 2:29 PM, icemiser69 said:

You know I love my cat when I am willing to pan through cat poop to make sure the shoelace he chewed up and swallowed made it all the way through.

BTW, my cat that looks similar to yours chewed through my head set cord about an hour ago.  It has been six years and I still can't get him to stop chewing swallowing and damaging just about everything that he can fit in his pie hole.  I am convinced that the reason he chews everything is because of anxiety or boredom.  I suppose it is possible he wasn't weened properly.

Luckily the other cat (tuxedo) doesn't chew up anything.  When he sits on my lap he won't get off.  He would stay there for hours if I let him.

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your cat is like my year old Chihuahua, I can't get her to stop chewing on furniture my shoes, even the work work on the wall. I got her  at 8 weeks old

 

On 11/30/2020 at 7:58 PM, theredhead77 said:

It was so nice of kitty to box them up for you, too!

Orange kitties are the best kitties (I have two orange boys).

I love  orange kitties. My Marmalade died about 5 years ago

 

[bilgistic]

I'm waiting for my girls to get out of their vet appointment. The vet's Covid protocols dictate that I can't be in the exam room with them.😔 The vet tech who did the intake is their foster mom's daughter! I met her when I met my girls at her and her mother's house and when they dropped off the girls to be with me forever.❤️

 

[Bastet]

9 minutes ago, bilgistic said:

I'm waiting for my girls to get out of their vet appointment. The vet's Covid protocols dictate that I can't be in the exam room with them.😔

Here you can't even go in the building at all; clinic staff come out to the car to get them.  Riley was sick this summer, in a mystery diagnosis situation, so over a couple of months we had several visits each to her primary vet and a specialist, and it was hard not being able to be in there with her since she's so scared in foreign situations.

(Knock on wood, she's doing very well, and doesn't need another check-up until after the first of the year.)

I hope you and the girls are back home for cuddles soon - is the ride home at least a little better than the ride there, since they know they're going home?

[bilgistic]

I couldn't go in the building. I don't know why I said exam room. The tech came out to get the girls and then came back out to do the intake.

They were very quiet on the way home. They both did very well and have gained weight like I have. They're eating the same amount of food (unlike me🐷), so I guess that's just them getting a little older (four and five). They're 9.2 and 9.5 pounds now, which is fine.

They (still) need their teeth cleaned. Argh. When I win the lottery...

[bosawks]

New fuzzy pillow or Alli’s butt?

You be the judge.....

[ABay]

Those are not mutually exclusive options.

[SuprSuprElevated]

[bosawks]

Looks like someone wants to be a mod.... 

[Nicmar]

On 12/5/2020 at 7:25 AM, bosawks said:

New fuzzy pillow or Alli’s butt?

You be the judge.....

What a beautiful face!

[bosawks]

2 hours ago, Nicmar said:

What a beautiful face!

On behalf of Harper we say thank you!

[SuprSuprElevated]

[Moose135]

Jake said he would prefer it if the "Pet my dog" slice was larger...

[magicdog]

On 12/2/2020 at 8:44 AM, bilgistic said:

Little Girl's allergies are flaring. She has a sore on her chin. She's recently had some little flares that have resolved themselves. I tapered her off the steroid RX quite a while back.

I recommend this for wounds or rashes - whether you're human or not.  It's awesome!!  Another user left a review mentioning she used it on her cat - and the cat did NOT lick it off!  

[bmasters9]

Something unusual has been happening when I go to feed my cats of a morning-- here lately, when I go to feed the cats, Harry and Wilma are right there, Johnny-on-the-spot, and are ready for me to feed them. Sally, on the other hand, is not there; it baffles me why she isn't, because later in the morning, she'll come up wanting to be fed, when she wasn't there to be fed earlier.

[Jaded]

20 hours ago, bmasters9 said:

Something unusual has been happening when I go to feed my cats of a morning-- here lately, when I go to feed the cats, Harry and Wilma are right there, Johnny-on-the-spot, and are ready for me to feed them. Sally, on the other hand, is not there; it baffles me why she isn't, because later in the morning, she'll come up wanting to be fed, when she wasn't there to be fed earlier.

Maybe she prefers eating alone, is on her own schedule or isn't comfortable eating with the other two. Cats have their own quirks some of which are cute while others are annoying.

[bmasters9]

4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Maybe she prefers eating alone, is on her own schedule or isn't comfortable eating with the other two. Cats have their own quirks some of which are cute while others are annoying.

That's probably it-- cats are a mystery to us a lot of times, but I think you hit the nail on the head.

[SuprSuprElevated]

On 12/12/2020 at 7:22 AM, bmasters9 said:

Something unusual has been happening when I go to feed my cats of a morning-- here lately, when I go to feed the cats, Harry and Wilma are right there, Johnny-on-the-spot, and are ready for me to feed them. Sally, on the other hand, is not there; it baffles me why she isn't, because later in the morning, she'll come up wanting to be fed, when she wasn't there to be fed earlier.

This has been happening more with my two girls as well.  They're both 14+ yrs old, and I've been attributing it to age, and maybe just being less hungry on some days.  

Edited December 13, 2020 by SuprSuprElevated

[EighteenTwelve]

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Cats have their own quirks some of which are cute

Speaking of which...everybody, meet Quirk.  Congenitally cross-eyed, had to have her tail amputated when it got run over, and makes little squeaky noises like a dying smoke detector.  I adopted her on Friday; the picture is from her foster home, because she's been living in the very back of a very deep closet. 

[Annber03]

Oh, the bit about her tail :(. Poor little thing. 

She's adorable and looks like a total sweetie :). I'm glad she's found a new home with you. 

[MargeGunderson]

Oh, she looks so cuddly! Congratulations to you both!

[bilgistic]

What a sweetheart! Welcome home!

[Gramto6]

So sweet! Glad she found a forever home.

[supposebly]

So adorable! Wishing her the courage to come out of the closet soon.

[SuprSuprElevated]

Truth bomb

[Mindthinkr]

@EighteenTwelve You now have the purrfect isolation partner as soon as she realizes that she doesn’t need to isolate from you. 

[Bastet]

Congratulations on the adoption of Quirk, @EighteenTwelve; I'm sure Snip would be pleased to know another cat is going to benefit from your loving care.  I look forward to hearing about her progress as she comes out of the closet (so to speak - not that there's anything wrong with that! 🙂 ).

@SuprSuprElevated, that comic is spot on.  Maddie was the hairball queen (fiber helped a lot, but she still horked up quite a few in her time), and every.single.time. she did so on the floor of the study, which is the only carpeted room in the house.

Riley defies the rule, though; the few times she regurgitates her food, she always deposits it behind the toilet in "her" bathroom (the half bath in which her litter box is located).  It's a little difficult to reach, but otherwise easy to clean up, and it just amuses me that she goes to her box to vomit, but sits in the box and pukes over the side, and always behind the toilet -- it's as if she thinks, "Hmm, when you hurl, you do it in one of these cold porcelain things, but I can't lift the lids, and I do all my other gross stuff in the box next to this one, so I guess I should split the difference and back here is where I throw up?"

[SuprSuprElevated]

8 hours ago, Bastet said:

Congratulations on the adoption of Quirk, @EighteenTwelve; I'm sure Snip would be pleased to know another cat is going to benefit from your loving care.  I look forward to hearing about her progress as she comes out of the closet (so to speak - not that there's anything wrong with that! 🙂 ).

@SuprSuprElevated, that comic is spot on.  Maddie was the hairball queen (fiber helped a lot, but she still horked up quite a few in her time), and every.single.time. she did so on the floor of the study, which is the only carpeted room in the house.

Riley defies the rule, though; the few times she regurgitates her food, she always deposits it behind the toilet in "her" bathroom (the half bath in which her litter box is located).  It's a little difficult to reach, but otherwise easy to clean up, and it just amuses me that she goes to her box to vomit, but sits in the box and pukes over the side, and always behind the toilet -- it's as if she thinks, "Hmm, when you hurl, you do it in one of these cold porcelain things, but I can't lift the lids, and I do all my other gross stuff in the box next to this one, so I guess I should split the difference and back here is where I throw up?"

My 14+ yr old kitties are yakking up hairballs on demand lately.  They are too special for hairball formula food, rejecting every.single.one. I've tried, they run from the bowl if I try to sneak the hairball drops into their food.  I've had them on fiber powder for over a year now, for other reasons, and that has seemingly has no affect either.  I made the mistake of buying a UV flashlight thingy a while back, that detects "organic matter" on things, and my carpeted floors look like they've been carpet bombed.  I don't think there's a 6" square where there isn't evidence of "organic matter".  I've given up, and just plan on putting down the hard floor I've wanted for 10 years anyway.  Best excuse I have to spend the money.  I have a tiled kitchen and mudroom (where their bowls are), but nooooo, must.yak.on.carpet.

Edited December 14, 2020 by SuprSuprElevated

[MargeGunderson]

The older my cats got the more they seemed to yak on the regular. My two young ones have yaked once since I brought them in March, and had the good manners to do it on the hardwood. I feel so lucky!

[SuprSuprElevated]

3 hours ago, MargeGunderson said:

The older my cats got the more they seemed to yak on the regular. My two young ones have yaked once since I brought them in March, and had the good manners to do it on the hardwood. I feel so lucky!

That's not lucky, you are The Chosen One!

[supposebly]

I have no carpets for that very reason.

However, my cats are 5 and 2 years 9 months and I get one hairball every 2-3 months between the two of them.

The last two did land on the doormat. I have a cotton yoga mat in my bedroom. Not yet.

[MargeGunderson]

@EighteenTwelve, how is Quirk doing?

[EighteenTwelve]

She’s willing to hang out on the perch in the window as long as I don’t try to touch her. She and Lily are both interested in the idea (or at least the aroma) of another cat, but not ready to meet yet.

[Writing Wrongs]

So lately my mom's dog has been acting weirder than usual. She will get up in the bed and just stare at the closet, keeping completely still. My mom sent me a pic last night and then 30 minutes later another one and Mylie was in the same position. And now tonight.

Maybe she sees a ghost.

[ABay]

Portal to another dimension?

[Bastet]

She must hear something; does she only do that at night?  And is it quiet in the room when she does (no TV on, etc.)?  If so, she might very well be hearing something in the walls.  When I first moved into my house, when it was really quiet late at night I could hear a faint sound that I eventually realized was termites eating my window pane!

Edited December 15, 2020 by Bastet

[SuprSuprElevated]

1 hour ago, Writing Wrongs said:

So lately my mom's dog has been acting weirder than usual. She will get up in the bed and just stare at the closet, keeping completely still. My mom sent me a pic last night and then 30 minutes later another one and Mylie was in the same position. And now tonight.

Maybe she sees a ghost.

Icky thought, but maybe your mom has a critter or two scritching in the walls.

[Writing Wrongs]

I thought maybe a mouse, but she says no.

2 hours ago, Bastet said:

She must hear something; does she only do that at night?  And is it quiet in the room when she does (no TV on, etc.)?  If so, she might very well be hearing something in the walls.  When I first moved into my house, when it was really quiet late at night I could hear a faint sound that I eventually realized was termites eating my window pane!

Actually, she has the tv quite loud because she can't hear.

[bilgistic]

I fell asleep when trying to post this last night. The Instagram link won't imbed for some reason, so here are some stills from one of my favorite accounts, bodegacatsofinstagram. That earnest little face!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIy2_dfpMIH/?igshid=hnk9f2wwsp06

Edited December 15, 2020 by bilgistic

[bmasters9]

Neglected to say it, but all three cats are 2 years old apiece-- also, Sally seems to have caught on; the last few mornings, she's up at the house ready for me to come out, with Harry and Wilma out at the building like normal (I don't know how I fixed the problem, though, but it's fixed).

[Nicmar]

On 12/13/2020 at 3:31 PM, EighteenTwelve said:

Speaking of which...everybody, meet Quirk.  Congenitally cross-eyed, had to have her tail amputated when it got run over, and makes little squeaky noises like a dying smoke detector.  I adopted her on Friday; the picture is from her foster home, because she's been living in the very back of a very deep closet. 

Cute and I love her cross eyed look.

[Moose135]

On 12/14/2020 at 8:48 PM, Writing Wrongs said:

So lately my mom's dog has been acting weirder than usual. She will get up in the bed and just stare at the closet, keeping completely still.

[Brookside]

On 12/14/2020 at 8:44 PM, Writing Wrongs said:

I thought maybe a mouse, but she says no.

Actually, she has the tv quite loud because she can't hear.

"She" being the dog or your mum?

[bosawks]

Dogs in coats!

[FlyingEgret]

Bella actually enjoys going out when it's a nice soft snow.  This storm is not that so she is perfectly content to stay in and watch all the dogs have their fun...

[bosawks]

34 minutes ago, FlyingEgret said:

Bella actually enjoys going out when it's a nice soft snow.  This storm is not that so she is perfectly content to stay in and watch all the dogs have their fun...

Get her a coat 😁

[EighteenTwelve]

Lily and Quirk finally met today.  Lily's been driving me crazy wanting to climb over the gate since Tuesday, and this morning Quirk wanted out, so I took the gate down. There's been some strong language, but nobody's attacking anybody, and they've discovered the idea of existing in the same room and ignoring each other.  That's progress.

[bilgistic]

"Strong language" made me laugh!

There are a few neighborhood cats here in our complex. The other night, a couple of them were on our back porch howling at each other, inches from each other's face. It would've been funny had it not freaked my cats out and been so annoying. We banged on the back door and they eventually ran off a little ways only to resume their war of words in the backyard.

[smittykins]

We also have a couple of cats who run free in my complex, despite the manager saying they were going to crack down on it(at my previous complex, I had to sign a separate pet agreement which stipulated—among other things—that all animals had to be on a leash/in a carrier when outside).  One has even climbed my window screens to exchange strong language with Shadow.

[magicdog]

On 12/14/2020 at 5:48 PM, Writing Wrongs said:

So lately my mom's dog has been acting weirder than usual. She will get up in the bed and just stare at the closet, keeping completely still. My mom sent me a pic last night and then 30 minutes later another one and Mylie was in the same position.

My Magic used to do that whenever she spotted something we couldn't see or hear.  She caught a vinegaroon underneath the couch.  Of course she was an AHT so they track and pounce on little things that move.  You should check the area for some sort of infestation.  It could be rodents.