Pet(s): Photos & Discussion

[JTMacc99]

Luna got up close with my daughter’s phone...

 

[MargeGunderson]

31 minutes ago, JTMacc99 said:

Luna got up close with my daughter’s phone...

 

Glad that’s not a butt dial!

[SuprSuprElevated]

On 5/30/2021 at 10:06 PM, Scarlett45 said:

This weekend has been rough for Cosmo- you know you’re a dog mom when you’re annoyed that the firecrackers are ruining your dog’s time in the park. 

 

I’m trying to wait until the very last second to take him out because he hasn’t wanted to go this entire afternoon/this evening. 

At the risk of sounding like a "get off my lawn!" ol' fuddy duddy, I really, truly wish that fireworks were limited to official events, done by professionals.  To clarify, I felt the same way when I was not in my 7th decade on this marble.  All the decades, I've felt this way.

Think of all the digits, limbs, and ER visits that could be saved.  Then think about all the animals that could be spared from the terror of it all.

Yep.  Celebrating like an adult.  ~sigh~

 

 

[Mindthinkr]

BB spent 2 hours at the vet today. She was very thorough. She had trouble viewing his right eye to the optic nerve because his lens was so cloudy. He has the beginnings of cataracts and glaucoma. They did blood work, but she said his values were excellent for his age. (18 in October). He’s lost 1.5 lbs (now 18.5 lbs) since January (he’s been on a diet and he’s down from his original 24) and she could find no exact reason for the eye discoloration and his pupils not being the same size. His BP was WNL, and she really really took her time and gave him a good going over. They even checked him for fleas 😹 (none). I was given eye drops to give him twice a day and some glucosamine chondroitin treats for his arthritis. Two samples to see which he prefers. He does need one molar removed, but she wants to give him time to see if his eye gets better before embarking on that. I guess his issue is aging, but I’m to keep a watch to see if anything changes (discharge, itching, closing it or the third eyelid not retracting). She really liked him as he was super cooperative; even when she had to stick him twice for blood. Although the testing isn’t cheap the office visit was $52 for 2 hours of her time. I’d say that part was a bargain and may she have good karma for how well she treated us. PS I wouldn’t eat the second helping of treats she gave him. 

[Scarlett45]

5 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

BB spent 2 hours at the vet today. She was very thorough. She had trouble viewing his right eye to the optic nerve because his lens was so cloudy. He has the beginnings of cataracts and glaucoma. They did blood work, but she said his values were excellent for his age. (18 in October). He’s lost 1.5 lbs (now 18.5 lbs) since January (he’s been on a diet and he’s down from his original 24) and she could find no exact reason for the eye discoloration and his pupils not being the same size. His BP was WNL, and she really really took her time and gave him a good going over. They even checked him for fleas 😹 (none). I was given eye drops to give him twice a day and some glucosamine chondroitin treats for his arthritis. Two samples to see which he prefers. He does need one molar removed, but she wants to give him time to see if his eye gets better before embarking on that. I guess his issue is aging, but I’m to keep a watch to see if anything changes (discharge, itching, closing it or the third eyelid not retracting). She really liked him as he was super cooperative; even when she had to stick him twice for blood. Although the testing isn’t cheap the office visit was $52 for 2 hours of her time. I’d say that part was a bargain and may she have good karma for how well she treated us. PS I wouldn’t eat the second helping of treats she gave him. 

BB is a trooper!!! Awwww. 

Cosmo is ready for summer!!

[Scarlett45]

I have another dog question- I think the firecrackers have ruined Cosmo's enjoyment of our neighborhood park. He LOVED walking in the park, and walking around the golf course was a nice long walk for the both of us, but in the last two weeks, there are so many FIRECRACKERS he has gone sprinting in terror. It's been I think 10days since I could get him in there. This afternoon I tried bribing him with jerky treats, but nope didnt work would NOT go near the park. 

Any ideas on how I can help him get used to it again? He is fine otherwise.

[SuprSuprElevated]

1 hour ago, Scarlett45 said:

Any ideas on how I can help him get used to it again?

Wish I did.  Probably just take some time.  Like probably until the month of August when the fireworks asshats have finished blowing up their wallets.  If you can solve human assholery, you will conquer the world.

[Scarlett45]

28 minutes ago, SuprSuprElevated said:

Wish I did.  Probably just take some time.  Like probably until the month of August when the fireworks asshats have finished blowing up their wallets.  If you can solve human assholery, you will conquer the world.

Ok thanks. Poor baby man. 

[EighteenTwelve]

Quirk flung one of her toys halfway across the living room and hit Lily with it, entirely by accident. Lily didn’t mind that so much, but she objected when Quirk crashed into her at roughly 40 mph, chasing the toy. Lily spent the next ten minutes ambushing and chasing Quirk around. Age and deceit can still teach youth and enthusiasm a lesson once in a while. Silly beasts.

[bosawks]

Guess who’s tired after the first summer camping trip?

Edited June 6, 2021 by bosawks

[ABay]

A few of us here have had cats given radioactive iodine. How do you keep the cat from tracking the super special litter around the house?

[Scarlett45]

On 6/4/2021 at 7:29 PM, icemiser69 said:

How does Cosmo deal with thunderstorms?  Is he okay with those loud noises or is he like me and hides under the bed?

We haven’t had a thunderstorm yet since he’s been with me, but if it’s windy he hides under the dining table. 
 

I think he’s too big to hide under the bed. 

[meep.meep]

On 6/6/2021 at 2:54 PM, ABay said:

A few of us here have had cats given radioactive iodine. How do you keep the cat from tracking the super special litter around the house?

You keep them in a room by themselves.  The vet should have told you that.  It's not fun.

[Gramto6]

First kitten to appear from under the front deck. I hope there aren't any more...  

[ABay]

@meep.meep, that is what they say but I also know that not everyone follows the directions to isolate their cat. I'm hoping the treatment is never necessary but I like to get a head start on fretting.

[theredhead77]

1 hour ago, Gramto6 said:

First kitten to appear from under the front deck. I hope there aren't any more...  

Awww the baby! There are probably more. Contact your local TNR facility ASAP. They're young enough that they can be probably become acclimated to hoomans and adopted.

[Mindthinkr]

On 6/6/2021 at 5:54 PM, ABay said:

A few of us here have had cats given radioactive iodine. How do you keep the cat from tracking the super special litter around the house?

As per my vets recommendation I used the World’s Best litter brand. It clumps and they can be disposed of in the toilet (as per vet). It didn’t get tracked around, but I used some puppy pee pads size extra large under the litter try and it would keep it from being tracked through the house. My kitties don’t cuddle so I just kept away from her mouth and used gloves to clean the litter. 

[Gramto6]

32 minutes ago, theredhead77 said:

Awww the baby! There are probably more. Contact your local TNR facility ASAP. They're young enough that they can be probably become acclimated to hoomans and adopted.

Four so far... my neighbor is sure mama is her daughter's lost cat. She says DD and GD will come and get some of them. I hope so. The weekend will probably be the best time...

[theredhead77]

Let us know if you need help finding TnR and rescue organizations in your area. Time is of the essence. 

[Bastet]

2 hours ago, ABay said:

that is what they say but I also know that not everyone follows the directions to isolate their cat.

I wasn't told to isolate my cat, like shut him in his own room, just not to spend too much time right up close with him.  I noped out on that by Day Two.  The poor guy slept on the hallway floor outside the closed bedroom door the first night.  No way I was doing that to him again, when he wasn't going to increase my lifetime cumulative radiation exposure all that much (per state regulation, he had to be down to only a certain level - they measured how much he peed out - left in his system before he could be released in the first place).

That was all from the thyroid specialist who did the treatment; my primary vet, when she had it done on her own cat, did the same as me and went right back to cuddling by day two.  (I laughed when I "confessed" and she told me she did the same, and her thought process of Eh, even at a much higher level of exposure its effect would be on fertility, and I'm not having kids anyway.  Same, sister!)

As for the litter, I didn't worry about that, as he didn't track much.

[Gramto6]

Today's cuteness:

 

[theredhead77]

1 hour ago, Gramto6 said:

Today's cuteness:

 

What's the plan to get them into homes? Or at the very least spayed and neutered. It won't be long until they can have babies.

 

In stray cat news, there are at least 3 in my complex. I'm working with my neighbors to find an organization to trap and release or foster but first we need the HOA to announce the plan so if these kitties have homes their owners bring them inside.

[Gramto6]

2 hours ago, theredhead77 said:

What's the plan to get them into homes? Or at the very least spayed and neutered. It won't be long until they can have babies.

 

Their mama appears to be the missing cat of one of my neighbor's daughters. They want to collect them which makes me very happy. Hopefully it will happen this will happen by this weekend...

 

 

[Quof]

Query.  I haven't had a cat in years, but adopted an adult cat 6 weeks ago.  At the shelter, I commented that they seemed pretty happy to be rid of her. "Oh, no, she's just an asshole with other cats. She's fine with humans."  Turns out, she seems to be an asshole in general, but it's kind of cool.  The shelter had no recommendations about food, so I just grabbed a big bag of "middle of the road" food in a quick trip to the supermarket.   She ate it happily.  I then bought a couple of bags of different, more expensive brands.   She seems to hate them both, and it's been a couple of days since the original food ran out. I might have a minute to get to the store tonight to buy the OG, but it will be inconvenient. She's not crazy enough to starve herself, is she?  If she is truly hungry, she will eat the other food until I get the stuff she likes, right?  Second query, when she arrived I gave her an old fuzzy blanket. She quickly made it her bed, loved it.  This week she hates it, is reluctant to even touch it if I put her toys in the middle.  I have washed it a few times already, so it's not that it smells or feels different. Any thoughts?

Or can all of this behaviour be summed up in "She's an asshole"? 

[theredhead77]

Cats are fickle but that's not asshole behavior. If you washed the blanket after she was snuggling on it, it does smell different to her. Just leave it alone and hopefully she'll love it again.

Cats also need a stable diet. Changing the food, unless it's for allergy reasons, isn't a great idea can can cause stomach issues. I'd suggest getting the food she likes and donating the other food (if it's not open) or returning it, if you can.

[Quof]

1. Happy to continue feeding her cheaper food.

2. She has loved the blanket since it has been washed, can’t figure out why the sudden change. I even put her treats on it and she will lean over to eat them while avoiding touching the blanket. whatevs. 

[JTMacc99]

I agree 100% with this:

38 minutes ago, theredhead77 said:

Cats are fickle

Heh.  

As for the blanket, it probably picked up a smell that she doesn't like. Cats have a sense of smell equal to if not better than dogs, and it doesn't take much for them to literally and/or figuratively turn their nose up at something. 

[Mindthinkr]

@Quof Did you use a dryer sheet? Or even your dryer may have some residual smell from use of a prior one. That might be too foreign of a smell and why the kitty is no longer interested in the blanket. You are still in the adjustment period. Give it some time and it should all work out. Glad you figured out the food issue quickly. It is probably what the cat was used to. 

[MargeGunderson]

Cats are indeed fickle. I think it’s to keep their human servants on their toes. Last week’s favorite napping spot? Won’t go near it for months. The special dental treats that they begged for every day for the last month? No longer edible. Such is the life of a cat owner. But in return, I get this

(This is Parker’s new mini throne. She has a slightly different but much larger version in the living room, but she is convinced that they are the same size and behaves accordingly. She rolls off of it a lot.)

Edited June 9, 2021 by MargeGunderson

[Scarlett45]

14 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

Today's cuteness:

 

so cute! I am an "adult cat only" type of gal but I think kittens are absolutely precious.

[SoMuchTV]

1 hour ago, MargeGunderson said:

Cats are indeed fickle. I think it’s to keep their human servants on their toes. Last week’s favorite napping spot? Won’t go near it for months. The special dental treats that they begged for every day for the last month? No longer edible. Such is the life of a cat owner. But in return, I get this

(This is Parker’s new mini throne. She has a slightly different but much larger version in the living room, but she is convinced that they are the same size and behaves accordingly. She rolls off of it a lot.)

I love those "mix & match" kitties!  It's like someone took their favorite leftover bits from all the other cats and combined them to make a new one.

[CoderLady]

10 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

@Quof Did you use a dryer sheet? Or even your dryer may have some residual smell from use of a prior one. That might be too foreign of a smell and why the kitty is no longer interested in the blanket. You are still in the adjustment period. Give it some time and it should all work out. Glad you figured out the food issue quickly. It is probably what the cat was used to. 

Dryer sheet or could be the "fragrance" in the detergent is the culprit. Cats like or dislike smells we humans don't appreciate or are even able to detect. I had one cat go nuts for the left armpit of a particular t-shirt but never the right pit, and no matter how many times I washed that shirt whenever I wore it he would dive head-first into it and try to roll around. All 17lbs of him. 

[ginger90]

😁

[smittykins]

23 hours ago, MargeGunderson said:

Cats are indeed fickle. I think it’s to keep their human servants on their toes. Last week’s favorite napping spot? Won’t go near it for months. The special dental treats that they begged for every day for the last month? No longer edible. Such is the life of a cat owner.

Their favorite flavor of wet food that Mom bought on sale online?  They’re tired of it.

(Not that that’s ever happened to me, of course…)

[JTMacc99]

1 hour ago, smittykins said:

Their favorite flavor of wet food that Mom bought on sale online?  They’re tired of it.

(Not that that’s ever happened to me, of course…)

Heh.  Worst offenders in my house are the teenage children and breakfast cereal. Every time I buy one box of something, they eat it in 24 hours. Then I buy 4 when it's on sale, and they wouldn't touch it with a ten foot stick.

 

I try to never give Luna the same flavor of wet food more than once every 4 days, and as of today, she hasn't ever completely bailed on a specific type.  She has a very strong preference for bird flavors, and if it says something like Liver or Hearts on it, that's her absolute favorite.  

[Moose135]

It's been a stressful day for my office assistant...

[theredhead77]

Making sure that footstool stays balanced is hard work!

Edited June 10, 2021 by theredhead77

[Scarlett45]

A backyard visitor (a feral cat that lives in my neighborhood). 
 

Cosmo and the cat were unphased by each other. 

[SuprSuprElevated]

On 6/13/2021 at 6:13 PM, icemiser69 said:

He just sat there and stared at me for hours, because I gave him dry food instead of wet food, in his normal wet food time slot.

Sounds exactly like...

...every cat that ever existed.  

[Mindthinkr]

[Scarlett45]

Blake says hi. 

[MargeGunderson]

Blake looks very commanding!

[KnoxForPres]

I posted quite a while ago a beautiful horse ran solo I’m happy to announce a beautiful white horse has joined the game.  They’re living amongst each other like friends.   Signed- a person who actually has an innate fear of horses but struggled more than necessary with Brown Beauty living alone 

[Suzn]

16 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

Blake says hi. 

I love his blaze!

[Gramto6]

Yesterday's cuteness. Bird got the window...they like cat chow too!!

 

 

I need to learn how to crop my photos!

Edited June 18, 2021 by Gramto6
typo

[Scarlett45]

On 6/17/2021 at 7:26 PM, Gramto6 said:

Yesterday's cuteness. Bird got the window...they like cat chow too!!

 

 

I need to learn how to crop my photos!

They got bigger!

 

I hurt my back really badly gardening last weekend. I’ve never hurt my back before and by golly sweet baby Jesus this has been torture. Cosmo still loves me though our walks have been pitiful the last week. This morning I made it 3 blocks before I needed to turn around. I’m back in bed. 
 

But here’s a photo from a morning this week where I had to sit on my backyard swing before I could make it back up the stairs. The swing does help with the back (yes I know my backyard needs work, no one sees the back so I spend more time beautifying the front). 

[smittykins]

Hope you feel better soon, @Scarlett45.

So I finally bit the bullet and bought a water fountain for Shadow(Catit Senses 2.0 Flower Fountain).  So far, so good; it was easy to set up, relatively quiet(I’m using it without the flower to start with), and she seems to like it:

 

[Scarlett45]

30 minutes ago, smittykins said:

Hope you feel better soon, @Scarlett45.

So I finally bit the bullet and bought a water fountain for Shadow(Catit Senses 2.0 Flower Fountain).  So far, so good; it was easy to set up, relatively quiet(I’m using it without the flower to start with), and she seems to like it:

 

I love a water fountain for my cats. Makes things so much easier. 

[supposebly]

2 hours ago, smittykins said:

So I finally bit the bullet and bought a water fountain for Shadow(Catit Senses 2.0 Flower Fountain).  So far, so good; it was easy to set up, relatively quiet(I’m using it without the flower to start with), and she seems to like it:

I have the same. It works well as long as you clean it once a week and replace the filter once a month. I had to replace one after 2 years with two cats in the house. The pump was making too much noise in the end.

I'm still dreaming about this one but they don't deliver to Canada (yet). No plastic and no filters to replace.

https://miaustore.com/us/

 

 

[isalicat]

Advice needed! My geriatic tom cat, Louis, had developed some big fur mats on his back because he was no longer able to reach there to clean himself. I tried brushing with various cat brushes to no good result, and finally bought a gadget that was specifically designed to remove fur mats without harming the cat's (or dog's) skin. It works on little mats but in the process of using it I discovered that Louis would let me cut off the mats, working carefully with some very sharp nail scissors so now they are gone. The skin and remaining fur look healthy (no infection or anything else I can see) but I do want to keep that area clean and mat free for him now. Any suggestions on what I should use? Plain warm water and a washcloth or something else? Thanks in advance! (by the way, he is 19 now and completely freaked out by anything related to cat carriers/vet visits so I was definitely avoiding the take him to the vet and having him sedated while they shaved him solution....and I did! YAY)