~ The Kitty Thread!! ~ Take 2!

eeriepadave

dankind said:

eeriepadave said:

dankind said:

eeriepadave said:

eeriepadave said:

Kali is losing a lot of weight.  I took her in for her yearly check-up in April and the vet was concerned with her weight.  She was at 7 1/2 pounds when she weighed her.  I was pretty shocked cause I thought she was about 12 pounds or so.  She was always bigger than Willow.  You can see where her hips would be (back legs) are kinda caved in.  She eats, drinks and goes to the bathroom normally.  So i told her i would keep an eye on her weight.  She stayed the same for about a month or two.  Then within the past week I noticed it alot and decided to weigh her.  She was under 7 pounds now.  I made an appointment for her on Monday night.  Hoping it's not too bad and manageable.

she has diabetes

Damn, Dave. While it’s not as benign a diagnosis as hyperthyroidism, it’s still manageable, and Kali will likely still have lots of good times ahead. 

Molly sends her love. 

thanks, yeah it's manageable.  just two shots of insulin a day. 

Have you had to give her shots before? Molly doesn’t even notice. I feel like it’s harder for us than it is for them. 

first time I had to give them for any cat.  I go back on Thursday so the vet can show me how to do it and all. 

Not a good year for my cat(s) :sad:

PJ_Soul

eeriepadave said:

dankind said:

eeriepadave said:

eeriepadave said:

Kali is losing a lot of weight.  I took her in for her yearly check-up in April and the vet was concerned with her weight.  She was at 7 1/2 pounds when she weighed her.  I was pretty shocked cause I thought she was about 12 pounds or so.  She was always bigger than Willow.  You can see where her hips would be (back legs) are kinda caved in.  She eats, drinks and goes to the bathroom normally.  So i told her i would keep an eye on her weight.  She stayed the same for about a month or two.  Then within the past week I noticed it alot and decided to weigh her.  She was under 7 pounds now.  I made an appointment for her on Monday night.  Hoping it's not too bad and manageable.

she has diabetes

Damn, Dave. While it’s not as benign a diagnosis as hyperthyroidism, it’s still manageable, and Kali will likely still have lots of good times ahead. 

Molly sends her love. 

thanks, yeah it's manageable.  just two shots of insulin a day. 

I don't know how much that costs, but at least a shot is easier than shoving pills down her throat twice day, so this might actually be better than hyperthyroidism TBH! Here's a tip: you are not obligated to purchase prescription meds from your vet. Pet meds are often WAY more expensive than human meds, even when they're the exact same medication, which is likely the case with insulin. And the vet can't actually force you to buy them from him or her. You can ask them to just write a script for it (some vets may get mad about this, but fuck 'em), and any pharmacy will fill it for you, often for a fraction of the price. That's what I did for my cat's hyperthyroid pills and the human pharmacy was literally half the cost of what the vet was charging. Of course, maybe insulin at the pharmacy is actually way more expensive than is at the vets, especially in the USA, I don't know. Just mentioning so you can compare the prices.

eeriepadave

PJ_Soul said:

eeriepadave said:

dankind said:

eeriepadave said:

eeriepadave said:

Kali is losing a lot of weight.  I took her in for her yearly check-up in April and the vet was concerned with her weight.  She was at 7 1/2 pounds when she weighed her.  I was pretty shocked cause I thought she was about 12 pounds or so.  She was always bigger than Willow.  You can see where her hips would be (back legs) are kinda caved in.  She eats, drinks and goes to the bathroom normally.  So i told her i would keep an eye on her weight.  She stayed the same for about a month or two.  Then within the past week I noticed it alot and decided to weigh her.  She was under 7 pounds now.  I made an appointment for her on Monday night.  Hoping it's not too bad and manageable.

she has diabetes

Damn, Dave. While it’s not as benign a diagnosis as hyperthyroidism, it’s still manageable, and Kali will likely still have lots of good times ahead. 

Molly sends her love. 

thanks, yeah it's manageable.  just two shots of insulin a day. 

I don't know how much that costs, but at least a shot is easier than shoving pills down her throat twice day, so this might actually be better than hyperthyroidism TBH! Here's a tip: you are not obligated to purchase prescription meds from your vet. Pet meds are often WAY more expensive than human meds, even when they're the exact same medication, which is likely the case with insulin. And the vet can't actually force you to buy them from him or her. You can ask them to just write a script for it (some vets may get mad about this, but fuck 'em), and any pharmacy will fill it for you, often for a fraction of the price. That's what I did for my cat's hyperthyroid pills and the human pharmacy was literally half the cost of what the vet was charging. Of course, maybe insulin at the pharmacy is actually way more expensive than is at the vets, especially in the USA, I don't know. Just mentioning so you can compare the prices.

that's what i hear.  i might do that depending on how much and all.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Diabetes.

Damn.

I didn't even know that was within the realm of possibilities for a cat. I'm pretty stupid though.

brianlux

Annie's latest food cravings include ripe apricots (no skins), regular peas steamed then cooled to room temp and snow peas sauteed in olive oil and cooled to room temp. 

eeriepadave

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Diabetes.

Damn.

I didn't even know that was within the realm of possibilities for a cat. I'm pretty stupid though.

yeah they can.  I didn't know either until I was telling people she was losing weight and some said she might have diabetes.  Few friends said their cats have/had it so I guess it';s not too uncommon.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

These two are really digging each other:

It's tough to tell where one starts and where one ends sometimes. Mika (the older one) likes to be intertwined with the kitten, but it's the kitten that seeks Mika for sleep.

eeriepadave

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

These two are really digging each other:

It's tough to tell where one starts and where one ends sometimes. Mika (the older one) likes to be intertwined with the kitten, but it's the kitten that seeks Mika for sleep.

awww so cute.

Here's Kali last week after going to the vet and taking blood out of her.  Kinda weird they take it near the neck and shave that area.  Also in the other pic you can tell where her hind legs are she's kinda skinny (about 7 pounds).  Hopefully the insulin works and she gets better.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Eerie...

Poor cat.

Can you tell she's affected by any of this psychologically? What's her disposition like?

giventofly69

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

These two are really digging each other:

It's tough to tell where one starts and where one ends sometimes. Mika (the older one) likes to be intertwined with the kitten, but it's the kitten that seeks Mika for sleep.

Super cute!  

Here is Juni relaxing this afternoon

giventofly69

Hope Kali gets better soon.

eeriepadave

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Eerie...

Poor cat.

Can you tell she's affected by any of this psychologically? What's her disposition like?

she doesn't seem to be bothered by it.  Her mannerisms and all haven't changed.  Although from what I heard/read cats usually don't display pain and try to hide it.

giventofly69 said:

Hope Kali gets better soon.

thanks

dankind

The moment before the attack on the dumb dog. 

dankind

That’s right. You’re my bitch. 

brianlux

dankind said:

The moment before the attack on the dumb dog. 

LOL.  Cats always win those battles!

My wife's business partner has a black dog, Abbey, and our Annie is a black cat.  We figured since Annie is so sociable around people she would get along with Abbey too, so N. brought Abbey over for a visit.  As soon as Abbey walked in the door there were two balls of black fur spinning in vicious circles with lots of yelping and yowling and meowing and hissing and little tufts of black fur flying everywhere.  And who was losing those bits of black fur?  Yup, the dog.  Poor Abbey! 

dankind

Rose doesn’t even start anything. Her mere existence is enough cause for a Molly beatdown. 

Molly jumped up on the bed, saw there was a Rose on it, and then handily put Rose in her place—all to my cheers of “get her, Molly!”

dankind

Just had to say goodbye to my little Molly.

I’m beyond devastated. 

Good night, sweet girl. 

tempo_n_groove

dankind said:

Just had to say goodbye to my little Molly.

I’m beyond devastated. 

Good night, sweet girl. 

This is awful.

I'm sorry to hear that Dan.  

eeriepadave

dankind said:

Just had to say goodbye to my little Molly.

I’m beyond devastated. 

Good night, sweet girl. 

sorry dan!    know what it's like
May i ask what happened?

Thirty Bills Unpaid

dankind said:

Just had to say goodbye to my little Molly.

I’m beyond devastated. 

Good night, sweet girl. 

Shitty.

Sorry, man.