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I like how you call her chill directly underneath a picture of her gnawing your arm. Edit: What an awful first post! I will put pictures of my ~*first foster*~ in here tomorrow morning, how about that? P.S. I'm getting my first foster tomorrow, I am so nervous but excited.
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Mar 15, 2017 01:10
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I really like Milly she has just a great face and great everything 
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Mar 15, 2017 03:13
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luloo123 posted:This is absolutely progress. Try doing it a few times per day, skittering away less or putting it farther away from her incrementally. You're essentially training her to trust you. And keep in mind that she's eating while you're there (even if you're asleep), which is a hell of a lot better than when you got her. You're doing great. One of my cats took months to come out of hiding and half a year before she'd let me pet her. Dangly cat toys scared her for a long time but I had a lot of early success with a laser pointer. It's the least threatening toy possible and you can easily cast it across the room so the cat can run around and play without having to get closer to you than they're comfortable with. This is just about all I saw of her for the first couple of months:  And this is her hanging out with my other cat a few months later: 
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Mar 15, 2017 03:37
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Tendai posted:I really like Milly she has just a great face and great everything Me too, she's good people and really just wants play, pets or to sleep on me all the time. Have some bonus squeaks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr1F9dhe_wQ
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Mar 15, 2017 04:04
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Boogalo posted:Milly has been here 6 months now but I'll always spam pictures on demand. I would accuse you of stealing my catte, but Milly is a short hair, while Momma Cat (or Sugar Sprinkles if you ask my niece what her name is) is a medium hair.
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Mar 15, 2017 09:47
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taiyoko posted:I would accuse you of stealing my catte, but Milly is a short hair, while Momma Cat (or Sugar Sprinkles if you ask my niece what her name is) is a medium hair. Pics or it didn't happen. 
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Mar 15, 2017 10:57
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Tiny Deer posted:I like how you call her chill directly underneath a picture of her gnawing your arm. Well, to be fair, "chillest tortie ever" is relative. Foster hissed at me again when I put her food down. I kinda gave her attitude about it ("oh you'll hiss at me but you never say no to the food") and left her alone. I think I need to spend more time in the room when she eats. I've been warming up her wet food to make it more tempting, and she usually chows down even when I'm in there. Maybe that'll help cement the connection of "person = food source." Organza Quiz posted:One of my cats took months to come out of hiding and half a year before she'd let me pet her. Dangly cat toys scared her for a long time but I had a lot of early success with a laser pointer. It's the least threatening toy possible and you can easily cast it across the room so the cat can run around and play without having to get closer to you than they're comfortable with.
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Mar 15, 2017 16:06
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Yeah it really can take forever, don't worry. My parents got a pair of cats from an awful home, and they hid under a radiator for weeks and weeks. Everyone was worried they were just totally broken from having had a such a tough life. They didn't like any food that was supposed to tempt them, they didn't like humans, they didn't like anything. Today, one of them sleeps on my dad's chest every night, and the other one will just follow you around howling until you sit down so he can climb up on you and love you. Not every cat is going to have such a dramatic turnaround, but you really won't know what's possible for a long time.
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Mar 16, 2017 01:08
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Tiny Deer posted:I like how you call her chill directly underneath a picture of her gnawing your arm. Maggie Fletcher posted:Well, to be fair, "chillest tortie ever" is relative. She got the best behaved tortie ever award at the vet and meets me at the door every day after work, whines until I go upstairs to change and demands I lay down on the bed for a few minutes so she can lay down and drool on me. This leads to inadvertent afternoon naps. When playing she nibbles and bunny kicks with no claws and lets me bury my face in her belly fluff without clawing my ears off. Highly recommended will adopt again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEbe3BlSWo4 My lap or right in front of the keyboard are her usual spots.    http://i.imgur.com/UBrzKZ3.gifv
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Mar 16, 2017 03:35
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How the hell are everyone's resue torties chill af while making adorable squeaks and meows, while mine is the literal spawn of satan who only deems me worthy of attention when its food or water time and yowls constantly like she just sat on a sandspur? 
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Mar 16, 2017 03:47
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Anne Whateley posted:Not every cat is going to have such a dramatic turnaround, but you really won't know what's possible for a long time. Yeah, my skittish grey streak took a while, but her brother was a different story. He was super friendly at the shelter, forgot who I was when they delivered them to me, hid for a few weeks, then got over it and makes an utter fool of his big fluffy self for pets. Same bad home, much different progress speeds.
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 This picture is blurry because it's the only one I was able to grab between him headbutting my hand for petting and meowing like a rusty hinge. This is Val, and he just finished a bunch of surgery to fix his face. I think he turned out quite handsome.  He has cat dandruff, should I expect that to go away with better food? I've got him on Wellness Core canned and Orijin dry.
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It might, but don't be surprised if it doesn't. A lot of dandruff is actually caused by seborrheic dermatitis, which some current theories in medicine argue is caused by an abnormal immune response to a type of yeast that's part of the normal skin flora. My cat Freya had dandruff for years despite being fed the same high-quality food as the other cats in my house. We had to brush her all the time or she'd look really gross. Now she's on a long-term steroid for IBS and one of the side effects of the reduced immune response caused by the steroid is her dandruff cleared up.
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Mar 16, 2017 12:21
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Norris has had mild to moderate dandruff for years despite eating only The Good Stuff.
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Mar 16, 2017 13:32
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Bah, I'll just wipe him down for his glamour shots then. I have a feeling I won't have a cat this good for very long.
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Mar 16, 2017 14:39
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First: It's amazing to me how this thread has just become an awesome resource and support system. I love so much that everyone jumps in to be helpful! You're all great and this little goofy corner of the internet makes me feel all tickly inside. Thanks for keeping it up! Got a little update from the foster room. Not all of it's great news but we're still hopeful! Video update here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNInH-ZEq6g tl;dr Blood work came back, and the poor girls seem to be showing signs of kidney failure. We've changed their diet to support them and are gonna be putting them on meds. The prognosis isn't horrible, cats get on OK with kidney failure for some time and they're not canceling Pie's dental surgery which is a good sign that they're optimistic about their chances of living good kitty lives. Pie seems to hardly ever be able to keep herself upright when she's near me. She loooooves belly rubs.  Peaches is a good catte too:  A follow up to this: Marchegiana posted:It might, but don't be surprised if it doesn't. A lot of dandruff is actually caused by seborrheic dermatitis, which some current theories in medicine argue is caused by an abnormal immune response to a type of yeast that's part of the normal skin flora. My cat Freya had dandruff for years despite being fed the same high-quality food as the other cats in my house. We had to brush her all the time or she'd look really gross. Now she's on a long-term steroid for IBS and one of the side effects of the reduced immune response caused by the steroid is her dandruff cleared up. Dandruff has been a consistent struggle with Pie. A daily coating in Coconut Oil seems to help a fair bit. You can also supplement their food with fish oil or even coconut oil to promote less itchy/dry skin. And a quick hello from out permacats:  Monty doesn't seem to think that taking my bag and going to work is all that important.  And Butters on guard duty while mom takes a nap.
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Mar 16, 2017 20:28
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I can't believe there aren't tons of people interested in getting two cats who are friends when it's so often a total mystery whether cats will tolerate or hate each other.
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Mar 16, 2017 20:44
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Jack Gladney posted:I can't believe there aren't tons of people interested in getting two cats who are friends when it's so often a total mystery whether cats will tolerate or hate each other. That has always confused me too. It's not actually harder to take care of two cats over one and it's only a little more expensive. Plus, double the snuggles.
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Chili posted:First: It's amazing to me how this thread has just become an awesome resource and support system. I love so much that everyone jumps in to be helpful! You're all great and this little goofy corner of the internet makes me feel all tickly inside. Thanks for keeping it up! Renal food can be a godsend. When my girl was diagnosed, the vet said the right diet could give her 5 high-quality years. And she loved the food. She ultimately died about 2 years later, but it wasn't from kidney failure--her kidneys stayed at Stage II the entire time. Keep up the great work!
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Kwyndig posted:That has always confused me too. It's not actually harder to take care of two cats over one and it's only a little more expensive. Plus, double the snuggles. As the cat thread so eloquently put it: cats are assholes, get two
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Mar 16, 2017 21:16
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butterscotch big
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Maggie Fletcher posted:Renal food can be a godsend. When my girl was diagnosed, the vet said the right diet could give her 5 high-quality years. And she loved the food. She ultimately died about 2 years later, but it wasn't from kidney failure--her kidneys stayed at Stage II the entire time. Keep up the great work! Hey you've reminded me of something, there's a non-terrible brand out, Dave's, that makes cat (and dog!) food that fits some of the parameters that prescription foods pretend they're the only ones doing. Low protein and phosphorus (kidney issues), and low magnesium and phosphorus (urinary). It uses brown rice and alfalfa as opposed to corn, and just eliminated carrageenan, a controversial thickener made with seaweed, as an ingredient. A 5.5 oz, 24 case of the "urinary" formula goes for $33.99 on Chewy's right now - though I'll always say check locally first. I in no way mean to encourage people to toss what their vet has said aside for a post some random chick made on an internet forum, but I do think it's wise for your wallet (and the sake of your pets, there are some questionable/undesirable ingredients in prescription foods, and a lot of bullshit that goes with it) to explore other options. After all, if the prescription foods tout that they have less x and y, and more z, then it's valid to explore options that fit x, y, and z that don't beggar you and might end up working better. For example I have a cat with renal issues, and balked pretty hard at feeding prescription due to the research I've done on the companies and ingredients and the simple fact that my dude hated it. Like, just despised it and was severely underweight. I found out a few things that fit the bill better by being more palatable and affordable and he's sooo much better, like begging for dinner and running around like an rear end in a top hat again better. Again, I will stress, I am not a veterinarian. But I have spoken to my vet about my choices and she is 100% supportive. Also I realize that a simple post about a brand I just found out about and might be helpful turned into a tirade. Sorry, dudes! Keep up the good work!
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dismas posted:butterscotch big yeah yeah yeah
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How do I idiot proof my house from my brain damaged kitty? He had some issues when he was born including not breathing for a few scary moments but he pulled through and he's strong boy now but he's SUPER dumb, the brain damage doesn't affect his motor functions but he's just not bright at all, it took a long time for him to learn that the litterbox isn't for patting and he still makes a gigantic mess when he eats wet food(he takes it out of the scary can with his paw), I tend to keep him in a play room when I'm not home and there's nothing in there he can hurt himself with yet he still finds new and exciting ways to hurt himself, today he has the corners of his mouth slightly swollen and he's missing a patch of hair near his whiskers(oddly enough no blood, he's just missing hair there.) So either he's going off on adventures or I don't know. 
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Mar 17, 2017 22:31
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Alteisen posted:How do I idiot proof my house from my brain damaged kitty? dont feed them out of the can get a dish they cant flip, back paw scratching maybe? make sure you have toys with feedback keeps em more engaged and less likely to start trying to climb walls or parkour
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Mar 17, 2017 23:47
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Yeah it's possible the cat just can't get his head/mouth comfortably into the can. If their whiskers get compressed against something they can assume that there's high risk of getting stuck in some kind of hilarious Winnie-the-Pooh situation. Also it might not be brain damage. Some cats are just kind of stupid. If he's getting into poo poo during the day he might just need more amusement
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So I need some advice for my diabetic fluffy boy. He was diagnosed last year in August and has been on insulin since then (2.5 unites of vetsulin a day). He's lost a LOT of weight since then, went down from about 13.5 pounds to 10, so the vet recommended we put him on a better wet food diet, with good calories-from-carbs food. He's really liked it, but the problem is, he is always howling and bugging me for more. And since the other two also want some, I can't tell if he's genuinely super hungry or he just wants more of the delicious smelling new wet food. I don't want to overfeed him, and the dry food the other cats like is still there if he really is hungry (I feed Leo separately now in another room for his wet food, but the other two are free fed so rather than changing their habits as well I just leave it out like normal for them), and I don't want to get him into bad habits, but the constant complaining is driving me nuts. He's never done this before. Is this just going to take time for him to adjust to as he gains a bit of weight back or will I just have to live with him being complainy about food now that I've found one he really really likes? Old wet food we've tried before they'd just lick the juices off and be done with it, but all three go nuts for this stuff (Friskies classic pate). Safari Disco Lion fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Mar 18, 2017 |
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Safari Disco Lion posted:So I need some advice for my diabetic fluffy boy. He was diagnosed last year in August and has been on insulin since then (2.5 unites of vetsulin a day). He's lost a LOT of weight since then, went down from about 13.5 pounds to 10, so the vet recommended we put him on a better wet food diet, with good calories-from-carbs food. He's really liked it, but the problem is, he is always howling and bugging me for more. And since the other two also want some, I can't tell if he's genuinely super hungry or he just wants more of the delicious smelling new wet food. yeah this is you training. monitor weight (obvs) and adjust to fit but dont change your schedule unless you would love an eternally yelling for food at 2 am cat.
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Jack Gladney posted:Yeah it's possible the cat just can't get his head/mouth comfortably into the can. If their whiskers get compressed against something they can assume that there's high risk of getting stuck in some kind of hilarious Winnie-the-Pooh situation. No its damage, when the momma cat cat him I had to rush her to the vet when I noticed something was wrong, I have never broken so many speed laws in my life but gently caress it lives where at stake, they couldn't quite tell how long he'd been out not if he'd pull through but thankfully he did.  The derp himself.
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Alteisen posted:No its damage, when the momma cat cat him I had to rush her to the vet when I noticed something was wrong, I have never broken so many speed laws in my life but gently caress it lives where at stake, they couldn't quite tell how long he'd been out not if he'd pull through but thankfully he did. Yeah I would just try dumping that can out onto a plate. Or maybe a big heavy dog bowl that he can't overturn.
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Alteisen posted:How do I idiot proof my house from my brain damaged kitty? My cat is also hella dumb and likes to pull food out of her bowl with her paw (and dip her paw into her water rather than drink it sometimes) and I deal with it by feeding her in a broad bowl on a plastic mat to eliminate mess, and also owning another cat who comes and hoovers up all the food debris when the first cat is done.
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Alteisen posted:No its damage, when the momma cat cat him I had to rush her to the vet when I noticed something was wrong, I have never broken so many speed laws in my life but gently caress it lives where at stake, they couldn't quite tell how long he'd been out not if he'd pull through but thankfully he did. It has never occurred to me to trust any of my cats with a can, I always just put it in a neat little pile on a plate for them while singing. Pretty cute for an apparent dumbass.
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Some cats are just messy. I think the trick is to clean up after them and love them anyway, faults and all.Seat Safety Switch posted:It has never occurred to me to trust any of my cats with a can, I always just put it in a neat little pile on a plate for them while singing. Yeah do this (singing included).
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I always tell my cats what they're having for dinner, including the stupid product name. "Oh boys, tonight we're having Weruva's Tuna and Beef Baby-Cakes*! You're gonna love it!" *actual name of actual food
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Currently when I peek at my foster, she stares at me with more curiosity than dread, and the other day when I slid the food dish under her hiding place, she briefly stopped staring at me to glance over at the food. She didn't wait till I was gone to start eating. It's been three weeks and I'm calling it progress!
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Maggie Fletcher posted:Currently when I peek at my foster, she stares at me with more curiosity than dread, and the other day when I slid the food dish under her hiding place, she briefly stopped staring at me to glance over at the food. She didn't wait till I was gone to start eating. That counts! Letting you see her eat and be slightly vulnerable is a big step for a cat. You're no longer definitely planning to eat her, only probably planning to eat her.
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Tiny Deer posted:That counts! Letting you see her eat and be slightly vulnerable is a big step for a cat. You're no longer definitely planning to eat her, only probably planning to eat her. Well to be fair, I stuck the food in her hiding place and walked away, but she ate while I was still in the room. Progress! Over the last couple days I've been dangling a feather toy a few feet away from her when I peek at her. She'll definitely take her eyes off me long enough to catch a few glimpses. I'm wearing you down, kitty!
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