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Post by Blunashun on Mar 14, 2019 21:03:42 GMT
He's at the vet right now. I'm drinking & will need a ride to pick him up this afternoon.
He spent the night outside & ate very well this morning. Both good signs. Then he peed on the bathroom floor. Bad sign.
I would surely miss this little guy. Sleet might be beside herself if Sly suddenly disappeared. She was only a few weeks old when they were introduced.
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Post by Blunashun on Mar 16, 2019 5:56:26 GMT
This cat drinks out of muddy puddles, but won't drink water with ground up antibiotics. Go figure.
He was outside all day. That was worrying. Animals like to be alone when they're dying. Poor little Glory took to sleeping under a table in the bedroom or in the closet. The last night here she tried sleeping next to me. She would fidget & get up to be petted. She needed reinforcement. Finally she jumped down & went into the closet.
Sly came in at 9:55 PM & is currently on the couch with Sleet & myself. The bill came to $698.00. If anything happens to him, I'm going to want his medical records. I got the vet who tortured Glory to dismiss a $2,500 debt. I can be like a serial killer with Tourette's Syndrome when properly riled.
"Never mind the money! We'll take care of it."
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Post by jrgreene6 on Mar 16, 2019 17:34:32 GMT
This cat drinks out of muddy puddles, but won't drink water with ground up antibiotics. Go figure. He was outside all day. That was worrying. Animals like to be alone when they're dying. Poor little Glory took to sleeping under a table in the bedroom or in the closet. The last night here she tried sleeping next to me. She would fidget & get up to be petted. She needed reinforcement. Finally she jumped down & went into the closet. Sly came in at 9:55 PM & is currently on the couch with Sleet & myself. The bill came to $698.00. If anything happens to him, I'm going to want his medical records. I got the vet who tortured Glory to dismiss a $2,500 debt. I can be like a serial killer with Tourette's Syndrome when properly riled. "Never mind the money! We'll take care of it." When our first Siamese Murphy had her stroke, she bolted and wouldn’t come out from underneath the couch. She finally had to use the litter box, but was so debilitated and weak she only made it about halfway down our steps before falling and rolling the rest of the way down - VERY heartbreaking. She managed to do her business and return to her spot under the couch. I slept on the floor all night with her but knew she wasn’t much longer for this world. We took her to the vet the next day and he advised of her stroke and recommended euthanasia. It’s odd that they allow us to do this to our animals, who mean as much to a lot of us as our fellow man. But when it comes to human suffering, like my grandmother who had Lou Gerhig’s Disease, lost all of her abilities and dignity and pretty much cried in pain for her last several months, we cannot do the same. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Mar 16, 2019 18:41:48 GMT
This cat drinks out of muddy puddles, but won't drink water with ground up antibiotics. Go figure. He was outside all day. That was worrying. Animals like to be alone when they're dying. Poor little Glory took to sleeping under a table in the bedroom or in the closet. The last night here she tried sleeping next to me. She would fidget & get up to be petted. She needed reinforcement. Finally she jumped down & went into the closet. Sly came in at 9:55 PM & is currently on the couch with Sleet & myself. The bill came to $698.00. If anything happens to him, I'm going to want his medical records. I got the vet who tortured Glory to dismiss a $2,500 debt. I can be like a serial killer with Tourette's Syndrome when properly riled. "Never mind the money! We'll take care of it." When our first Siamese Murphy had her stroke, she bolted and wouldn’t come out from underneath the couch. She finally had to use the litter box, but was so debilitated and weak she only made it about halfway down our steps before falling and rolling the rest of the way down - VERY heartbreaking. She managed to do her business and return to her spot under the couch. I slept on the floor all night with her but knew she wasn’t much longer for this world. We took her to the vet the next day and he advised of her stroke and recommended euthanasia. It’s odd that they allow us to do this to our animals, who mean as much to a lot of us as our fellow man. But when it comes to human suffering, like my grandmother who had Lou Gerhig’s Disease, lost all of her abilities and dignity and pretty much cried in pain for her last several months, we cannot do the same. GO DODGERS!!! A lot of good points & I feel for you sleeping on the floor with your cat. My biggest regret was not having the strength to hold Glory's paw when they euthanized her. I was just too weak. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Mar 16, 2019 20:03:57 GMT
My wife and I both were with Murph when the vet put her down - it was brutal. After Axl had his stroke and lost control of his bowels, leaving multiple brown puddles all over our great room, we moved him out to our enclosed deck.
We made him comfortable with lots of old blankets and pillows and it was late spring, so he wasn’t cold and he loved being out there. I said my goodbyes to him that next morning as I had a business trip I couldn’t cancel.
I pretty much knew he wasn’t going to make it until I returned a few days later and my wife had to go through that one solo. But I still wept like a baby that night in my hotel room.
My sister and I were never allowed to have pets growing up as my grandfather (who we lived with) was not an animal fan. I never thought of myself as a “cat guy”, but the little buggers really grew on me and I miss and think about those first two every day.
Our current Bengals are less social than their predecessors, especially Harper, the youngest. She spends 22 out of 24 hours in our bed. I know at some point during the night she’ll end up between my legs and that’s about as much interaction I can expect.
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Post by Blunashun on May 22, 2019 21:05:50 GMT
Does this seem pricey? It'll cost $351.00 to cremate Sly when the time comes. $251.00 if I don't need to be present. Why the difference? Do they think I'll get upset if they burn Sly with a dozen other cats? I just don't want his carcass rotting while I work out the logistics. I already bought my personal cremation package. They can put my remains in an ash tray for all I care. I would be DEAD after all.
$100.00 to watch Sylvester fry? This isn't a rock concert. What do they really do with our pets if we aren't watching?
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Post by jrgreene6 on May 22, 2019 22:10:21 GMT
Does this seem pricey? It'll cost $351.00 to cremate Sly when the time comes. $251.00 if I don't need to be present. Why the difference? Do they think I'll get upset if they burn Sly with a dozen other cats? I just don't want his carcass rotting while I work out the logistics. I already bought my personal cremation package. They can put my remains in an ash tray for all I care. I would be DEAD after all. [bb do with our pets if we aren't watching? That does seem a bit pricy, but then again, you are in SoCal as opposed to the Midwest. Our last cremation was around $125 - $150 if I remember right. My dog was a bit more (@ $200) even 15 years ago, but she was a pretty good sized girl at around 90 pounds and she was really large for a female Samoyed according to our vet. Miss her every day, just like the cats. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Jul 25, 2019 2:05:04 GMT
Turns out the scrawny little cat was a female after all. She had kittens. The neighbors kept two. One looks like mini-Sly. They're very friendly & apparently live in the neighbor's front yard. Kinda dangerous considering the sickos out there. These cats will answer when you call them.
I've been feeding them & that's a good thing because they were skinny as hell.
Sleet & the mother cat get along now. Sleet doesn't like the kittens though. There's a bit of the bully in Sleet.
Sly made it to 15. I keep him outside now because of the incontinence. It's been hot here anyway. He's fine out there. No one bothers him.
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Post by Blunashun on Aug 28, 2019 6:28:26 GMT
That mother cat died. A friend said he saw her in the street & there were no signs of trauma. A neighbor said she was acting odd beforehand. Like maybe she had been drinking coolant under a car. The kittens come running out from under cars when I feed them in the morning. So that kinda makes sense.
They're filling out nicely & I spoke to the girl who takes care of them. She's maybe 19 & is black with sandy blond hair. I've seen her mother. Her father must be white. I said I was very sorry about her loss. I've been feeding your cats. You've seen mine. The mother cat stopped eating about a week before dying. She would watch her children eat. That coolant story sounds very realistic.
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Post by jrgreene6 on Aug 10, 2020 23:25:44 GMT
Our eldest, Izzy (named after smoking hot Dr. Isabel Stephens played by Katherine Heigl on the first several seasons of Grey’s Anatomy) began showing signs of something bothering her last a Friday.
Very standoffish, even to my wife who she spends most of her waking and a good deal of her sleeping time laying on. Wouldn’t even go down to the basement for her daily treats on Saturday.
Spent most of the day laying in one or two corners of our bedroom, but found her laying between the wife’s legs in bed early Sunday morning.
Thought all was good & maybe she just had a bug until a few hours later when the wife got up and found a number of spots of diarrhea and immediately woke me up.
I could only think the worst as our Axl had these same issues right before we had to put him down. He had had a stroke and had lost control all over the house. Izzy had only left a couple of spots.
She seemed okay with being relegated to the basement so we left her down there overnight with a blanket and her own little water dish (the food & litter boxes are always down there).
Wife called the vet this morning and they were fully booked all day but advised we should continue to monitor her and if there were any major changes to her anal area to call them back & they’d try to work her in.
All seemed well midday - she had cleaned most off the pooh off herself and seemed a bit more herself. But later in the day, her area had gotten VERY red and raw and we made a trip late afternoon to the vet.
Turned out she had an abscess in her colon that got infected from some type of a bite, possibly spider or wasp, which we have plenty of in our area.
He had to shave her all down and gave her four different shots and we now have to watch her pretty closely and spray the area to keep it clean of feces for the next few days. Doc said it should start healing with the antibiotics and other shots and she should be fine.
She’s only 11, so this was a big relief. It looks worse than it is according to the vet. We have her all set up for a mini-vacation in the basement with her favourite blanket and toys.
She looks like she’s miserable and her meowing sounds like she’s crying, but hopefully by the weekend she’ll be back to her old self.
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Post by Blunashun on Aug 10, 2020 23:52:45 GMT
Good luck with that. Hope she gets better real soon.
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Post by jrgreene6 on Aug 11, 2020 0:40:44 GMT
Good luck with that. Hope she gets better real soon. Thanks, nono. Our other cat is really confused. She knows she’s still around but doesn’t seem to understand why she’s not available for her play and amusement. We’re monitoring her on the hour. I get the night shift, since I’m normally up until close to dawn anyway. Speaking of night shift . . . GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Aug 14, 2020 20:43:22 GMT
Izzy’s sabbatical and basement confinement has ended and she’s now sleeping comfortably on the couch as I post this. Her rear area is still very red and tender, but she does appear to be recovering as well as can be expected.
He appetite seems to be returning and the wife advised the litter boxes have been returning to normal usage, so that’s a good sign that both of our kitties are getting back to normal.
I know I’ll feel a lot better once her backside heals further and her fur returns, but it’s good to have her back up with the humans and hear her silly meows as opposed to those that sounded more like cries all week.
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Post by Blunashun on Aug 16, 2020 14:29:26 GMT
It's hot in here & Sly has been spending time outside. That's a relief. He had become a shut-in.
He's lost weight & fur. Before he went out he had moved from my desk to the back of the couch. Better him than Sleet. Sleet claws furniture just to aggravate me. She knows I won't hit her. She found out I WILL throw her.
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Post by Blunashun on Aug 28, 2020 19:36:40 GMT
Sly was resting on a wall behind my home this morning.
"Come here boy. I have some salmon for you."
He wouldn't move. Oh no. Did it happen? I had to climb up on the wall & go get him. He's still alive. Just barely though.
Was looking at a chart. He's a domestic longhair. They're supposed to live 12-14 years. He's 16. It's been a great ride, little feller. I have no idea how Sleet is going to react. She loves her big brother.
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