~ The Kitty Thread!! ~ Take 2!
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GlowGirl said:I had a little scare with my 16 year old cat this week. For the last month or so off and on he has been coughing. It looks like when they are trying to hack up a hairball but nothing comes up. That is what I thought it was. He had his routine checkup and bloodwork a few days ago and I mentioned it to the vet. She said it sounded like coughing and at his age recommended a chest X-ray. Of course my mind goes to lung cancer. Anyway, after worrying about that for two days I got the results today. He has mild asthma. Since his coughing is only sporadic (he hasn’t coughed in four days that I have seen). The vet said we can just monitor it and if it gets worse we can do a kitty inhaler. She said his lungs sound clear so he is not in any distress. Also, his blood work came back stellar for his age. Big sigh of relief!We had to give Alice an inhaler twice a day for the last few years of her life. It was a pain in the ass at first, but got easier over time.0
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Merkin Baller said:GlowGirl said:I had a little scare with my 16 year old cat this week. For the last month or so off and on he has been coughing. It looks like when they are trying to hack up a hairball but nothing comes up. That is what I thought it was. He had his routine checkup and bloodwork a few days ago and I mentioned it to the vet. She said it sounded like coughing and at his age recommended a chest X-ray. Of course my mind goes to lung cancer. Anyway, after worrying about that for two days I got the results today. He has mild asthma. Since his coughing is only sporadic (he hasn’t coughed in four days that I have seen). The vet said we can just monitor it and if it gets worse we can do a kitty inhaler. She said his lungs sound clear so he is not in any distress. Also, his blood work came back stellar for his age. Big sigh of relief!We had to give Alice an inhaler twice a day for the last few years of her life. It was a pain in the ass at first, but got easier over time.0
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We've got a cat that is emotionally attached to my youngest daughter. He's 10...she's 21 so she has cuddled him since she was 11.
Problem is that she is gone a lot. She might stay at her boyfriend's house for a few days and the cat just loses his mind. He sits outside her door and cries because he's convinced she's in there. This had turned into him marking things in the house and it's driving us crazy. Anything new that comes in the house is a target. If an Amazon box sits by the door too long he'll mark it. He marked my goddamn Led Zeppelin box sets.
I love him but he's driving us crazy. We tried prozac but we can only give him a topical which we have to rub inside his ear because giving him pills is too traumatic. A local pharmacy said they could mix the prozac with chicken flavored shit but he hated that too. I tasted it....it was bitter as hell.
I don't think the prozac is working. When we first started it he seemed to gain some weight so I thought it was working but his misery (and ours) continues.
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I knew kia could be a good lap kitty (she was on there for like 30 minutes or so 😺
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9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
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10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
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Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
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eeriepadave said:I knew kia could be a good lap kitty (she was on there for like 30 minutes or so 😺0
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GlowGirl said:eeriepadave said:I knew kia could be a good lap kitty (she was on there for like 30 minutes or so 😺
actually she's on y lap now. However Kyra is a better "lap cat". She is constantly on there, especially if i'm chillin' on the sofa. She stays there forever.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PATres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA0 -
eeriepadave said:GlowGirl said:eeriepadave said:I knew kia could be a good lap kitty (she was on there for like 30 minutes or so 😺
actually she's on y lap now. However Kyra is a better "lap cat". She is constantly on there, especially if i'm chillin' on the sofa. She stays there forever.
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Gern Blansten said:We've got a cat that is emotionally attached to my youngest daughter. He's 10...she's 21 so she has cuddled him since she was 11.
Problem is that she is gone a lot. She might stay at her boyfriend's house for a few days and the cat just loses his mind. He sits outside her door and cries because he's convinced she's in there. This had turned into him marking things in the house and it's driving us crazy. Anything new that comes in the house is a target. If an Amazon box sits by the door too long he'll mark it. He marked my goddamn Led Zeppelin box sets.
I love him but he's driving us crazy. We tried prozac but we can only give him a topical which we have to rub inside his ear because giving him pills is too traumatic. A local pharmacy said they could mix the prozac with chicken flavored shit but he hated that too. I tasted it....it was bitter as hell.
I don't think the prozac is working. When we first started it he seemed to gain some weight so I thought it was working but his misery (and ours) continues.
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josevolution said:Gern Blansten said:We've got a cat that is emotionally attached to my youngest daughter. He's 10...she's 21 so she has cuddled him since she was 11.
Problem is that she is gone a lot. She might stay at her boyfriend's house for a few days and the cat just loses his mind. He sits outside her door and cries because he's convinced she's in there. This had turned into him marking things in the house and it's driving us crazy. Anything new that comes in the house is a target. If an Amazon box sits by the door too long he'll mark it. He marked my goddamn Led Zeppelin box sets.
I love him but he's driving us crazy. We tried prozac but we can only give him a topical which we have to rub inside his ear because giving him pills is too traumatic. A local pharmacy said they could mix the prozac with chicken flavored shit but he hated that too. I tasted it....it was bitter as hell.
I don't think the prozac is working. When we first started it he seemed to gain some weight so I thought it was working but his misery (and ours) continues.
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Similar situation: my Chains has had a tough couple of months... in addition to us bringing the new little psycho into the house, my wife has had to spend a lot of nights away this last month helping her parents navigate some tough health care situations... She's definitely Chains' preferred human and despite my extra efforts to engage & play & give her attention, I still have a pretty sad cat on my hands. Luckily the mrs. came home today and should be home at least through the end of next week.
No bother to the little psycho however, she's doing just fine.0 -
From this angle her paws look huge.0
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Since you asked about them in the other thread @glowgirl - it’s a one step forward two steps backward type scenario over here.
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Merkin Baller said:Since you asked about them in the other thread @glowgirl - it’s a one step forward two steps backward type scenario over here.0
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This is probably the closest they’ve slept near each other.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
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10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PATres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA0 -
Well this is a first, I have two cats on my lap (and I’m shocked it’s these two) . They are pretty much butt to butt against each other 😛
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PATres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA0 -
eeriepadave said:Well this is a first, I have two cats on my lap (and I’m shocked it’s these two) . They are pretty much butt to butt against each other 😛0
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GlowGirl said:eeriepadave said:Well this is a first, I have two cats on my lap (and I’m shocked it’s these two) . They are pretty much butt to butt against each other 😛
Kyra is always on my lap, she's a great lap kitty. Kia's coming around to sit on my lap, she does it every so often. Willow, my first cat, wasn't much of a lap cat. I think she only sat on my lap like 5 times or so. Kali was half and half. She would get on my lap everyday, but only to "knead". Sometimes she would get off when she was done and other times she would stay there for awhile, but You couldn't move to much cause she would get off if i made a sudden movement.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PATres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA0 -
These moments of relaxing together are few & far between, but we’re making progress.0
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Merkin Baller said:These moments of relaxing together are few & far between, but we’re making progress.
awwwww!
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PATres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA0 -
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"0 -
Merkin Baller said:These moments of relaxing together are few & far between, but we’re making progress.
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