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Nov 28, 2015 19:04
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Any luck so far with Buttscotch's diet? When I volunteered at an animal shelter so many of the cats the shelter got were morbidly obese and suffering severe health problems as a result. Here's hoping fluffball can get down to a healthy weight soon.
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Nov 28, 2015 19:29
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Are we still posting photos of senior animals? This is Basi, the second oldest panda (as far as we know), celebrating her 35th birthday in Fujian, south china. 
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Nov 28, 2015 19:41
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Cythereal posted:Any luck so far with Buttscotch's diet? When I volunteered at an animal shelter so many of the cats the shelter got were morbidly obese and suffering severe health problems as a result. Here's hoping fluffball can get down to a healthy weight soon. So far, yes! It's going to be very slow going, however. What we've been taught is that if a cat loses more than about a pound a month, it can be very detrimental to their health. We got Butterscotch at 28 pounds, and after a month, when we took him for his check up, he was down to 27. So we're pretty much nailing it.
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Nov 28, 2015 19:48
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Chili posted:So far, yes! And what's the target weight? 16, 17 lbs? Do you normally foster for that long?
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Nov 28, 2015 19:53
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Last image is broken. 
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Nov 28, 2015 19:55
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kalstrams posted:Last image is broken. Odd. Here we are:  Overminty posted:And what's the target weight? 16, 17 lbs? Do you normally foster for that long? Well, the healthy weight for him is somewhere around there, yeah. Maybe even around 15. But, he'll be cleared for adoption at 20. The other good news that we learned is that we're still able to foster kittens even while we have Butterscotch! What this means is that we'll get an opportunity to see how crazy it is to foster needy kittens while we tend to all of the other animals in our house. That'll probably give us all the data we need to make a decision about keeping Bscotch or not.
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Nov 28, 2015 20:29
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Chili posted:
I live in montgomery county and might be interested in seeing a fat cat, and maybe some other cats. 
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Nov 28, 2015 20:39
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Chili posted:If any of you guys would like a chance to hang out with Butterscotch and are anywhere near the Baltimore Maryland area, we'll probably be doing something in the coming months.
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Nov 28, 2015 20:39
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Chili posted:Odd. Here we are: 
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Nov 28, 2015 20:46
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Chili posted:So far, yes! Had no idea it took so long for cats to lose weight properly. Good luck to you and Butterscotch, and it sounds like we'll be enjoying pictures of that fat cat for some time yet!
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Nov 28, 2015 21:06
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Fashionable Jorts posted:Had no idea it took so long for cats to lose weight properly. Good luck to you and Butterscotch, and it sounds like we'll be enjoying pictures of that fat cat for some time yet! A pound for us is like, ten for them. 30 is realllllly bad for a cats weight like 300 is really bad for a human. A pound a month is good for Butterscotch. Here's hoping his skin'll bounce back as well.
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Nov 28, 2015 21:31
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posting some pics of my old cats; first two images of my oldest cat Mr Tibbs/Tibby/Tibbs(all three are valid names for him), have had him since 98, and as he was 2 or 3 when we got him, he's pretty drat old by cat standards, he used to be a bit of a paper eating jerk(appropriate for a former street cat), but by the mid-2000's he calmed down quite a bit, and is now a giant sweetheart(I'll admit when he does pass I'm going to need you guys like crazy, cause this'll probably break me rather fiercely)   next a pic of my other cat Rocky, we've had him since about 2000, he was about 6 months then, so he's also pretty old, used to be the biggest scaredey-cat around, he's gotten better over time though, he loves to lick people's arms(especially if it's a hairy one), is very loud in the morning(especially to my mom so she'll get him pets and scritches), is made of longness and floof, and as we recently discovered if allowed outside at night will hunt down rats and bring them inside as murder presents(although twice they turned out to be alive), so now we don't allow the cats outside at night  as a bonus have a couple pics from last Christmas my mom took of our two dogs Lily(the bigger one), and Abby(the smaller white one);  
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Nov 28, 2015 23:10
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Nov 29, 2015 00:31
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Butterscotch's long-lost sibling, Fluffernutter. Merlin, 18, absolutely refused to look at me with his perma-dilated green eyes once I readied the camera. 
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Nov 29, 2015 00:40
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I wanna put my face in that floof
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Nov 29, 2015 01:41
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Mewfasa.
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Nov 29, 2015 02:51
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Majestic bird standing on a rock: Picture taken in Big Bend National Park
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Nov 29, 2015 03:16
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My dog Coco passed away in October. She was 13 years old, and the happiest, floppiest pitbull-lab mix you've ever seen. I had that dog since I was in high school, and she meant the world to me. I'm still heart broken she's gone and I hate speaking about her in the past tense. Our last day together:  I posted here saying I would never get another dog as long as I lived because losing her was too loving sad. But I've been a dog owner for 13 years - I would still wake up and end up with extra time every morning because there was no friend to walk or feed. I'd feel guilty staying out late even though there was no one waiting at home. It was so lonely! So anyway, a coworker of mine volunteers at a county shelter. She called me to let me know they had 90 dogs surrendered this week, and many were in their final days of adoption before the long road. She told me about a few of them who were sweet, trained, and older, but no one wanted pit bulls. So anyway, here's Chalupa.  She's coming home with me next Thursday. She already knows how to sit, shake, "settle down", and take treats nicely. She's 2 years old approximately, and has had at least one litter. She is 75 pounds but medium sized! She's a wiggly tank. I'm in love again 
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Nov 29, 2015 03:33
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Mocking Bird posted:So anyway, here's Chalupa. Wanna hug datte dogge.
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Nov 29, 2015 03:38
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Mocking Bird posted:So anyway, here's Chalupa. I bet her entire butt wriggles when she's happy
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Nov 29, 2015 03:40
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Bit late to the senior animals, but my family's cat Looney was about 16 when this was taken: He died earlier this year at the age of 18. That's a good, long life for a cat.
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Nov 29, 2015 03:49
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Writer Cath posted:I bet her entire butt wriggles when she's happy Oh yes!!!  She's still in that photo because I asked her to sit, but her tail was still a happy blur.When we took her out to play and acquaint ourselves, she immediately brought me a tennis ball and then rolled over on her back to let me rub her belly. She also takes treats like a dainty lady. Sold! It was reduced adoption fee day too, so this little lady is coming to me spayed and microchipped and vaccinated for $10 whole dollars 
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Nov 29, 2015 03:51
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pookel posted:Can someone help me out here, because search is terrible (and I tried it, too). Recently I read a post on either this thread or a pet thread in which someone took their big doofy dog to the dog park and ran into about half a dozen other big doofy dogs, and they posted a bunch of pictures of all these Great Danes (plus a St. Bernard and a Neapolitan Mastiff and I think a Great Pyrenees) romping around together. I cannot find this post anywhere and I really want to show it to my boyfriend (who owns a big doofy elderly St. Bernard). It might be an older post, I've been reading old threads. If anyone knows where it is I'd appreciate it. I think I found what you're looking for. RurouNNy posted:While I was at the dog park today with my own dog, there was an invasion of giant beasties These are from the horse-dog thread in PI. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3408341
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Nov 29, 2015 04:13
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- I have even more, I was trying to take it easy!)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyqdq-FnPccABC Australia posted:Tiger befriends goat instead of eating it; activists urge zoo to break up unlikely pair
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Nov 29, 2015 04:25
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The moment a cat realizes he doesn't like spinach. https://vine.co/v/eMDOQ7bBUKv
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Nov 29, 2015 05:19
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Cythereal posted:Bit late to the senior animals, but my family's cat Looney was about 16 when this was taken: Had to have my mother's cat put down a couple of months ago, liver failure. She was 28. Apparently that's some sort of record. Incredible cat, was still acting like a kitten from time to time right up until about a week before she died, though she spent most of her latter years sleeping. She had my mother's other cat completely cowed even though he outweighed her by a couple of kilos. Echoing what many have said already: this thread helps you get through some tough spots. Thanks everyone.
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Nov 29, 2015 06:46
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nockturne posted:Had to have my mother's cat put down a couple of months ago, liver failure. She was 28. Apparently that's some sort of record. Incredible cat, was still acting like a kitten from time to time right up until about a week before she died, though she spent most of her latter years sleeping. She had my mother's other cat completely cowed even though he outweighed her by a couple of kilos. Quite so. Looney was old and having health problems, so when the vet said that fixing what was wrong with him would be expensive, not leave him with a good quality of life during the recovery, and probably only buy a few months before something else would go wrong my family decided he'd had a good life. He always had that slightly alarmed look on his face. Dumb as a sack of potatoes, but he was rarely found not perched on the arm or back of a chair someone was sitting in.
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Nov 29, 2015 07:19
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 My Aunt's cat Jinx, I think she's about 18 in that picture, passed away only last year at 22 or so. She lived with two German shepherds, one of whom was over 120 pounds, and they knew she was boss. Even when she got too arthritic to leave the couch, if the dogs got rowdy Jinx would just lift her paw and they would either settle down or take the fight to the other room.
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Nov 29, 2015 09:28
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All these old cattes I'm sure I've posted my childhood cat Stormy in here at least once. He was a present from my mom's best friend when I was 2, and we had him for 21 years. He loved to sleep on the back of my computer chair; sometimes he'd slide to one side and fall off completely, sometimes he'd slide the other and suddenly I'd have a feline boa until he woke up. E: yep, I've shown him before.  He tried to look like a no-nonsense tomcat but he was a huge sweetheart he'd push his forehead against you and just stand there with his head against you for as long as you'd put up with it.
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Nov 29, 2015 11:51
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Mocking Bird posted:My dog Coco passed away in October. She was 13 years old, and the happiest, floppiest pitbull-lab mix you've ever seen. I had that dog since I was in high school, and she meant the world to me. I'm still heart broken she's gone and I hate speaking about her in the past tense. Good for you. Speaking from (multiple) experience, getting a new dog after that horrible period of loss is one of the best feelings in the world. It's really incredible to see both how similar and unique they can be.
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Nov 29, 2015 12:42
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Mocking Bird posted:My dog Coco passed away in October. She was 13 years old, and the happiest, floppiest pitbull-lab mix you've ever seen. I had that dog since I was in high school, and she meant the world to me. I'm still heart broken she's gone and I hate speaking about her in the past tense. My best friend I rescued in college is getting older every day, and every day I dread the inevitable. She probably literally saved my life by helping me grow up and keeping me company during some lonely times. Your post is inspiring, and I feel for your sadness, but also thank you for giving me hope. 
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Nov 29, 2015 16:06
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Cat vs horde of puppies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRyN7muczX4
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Nov 29, 2015 16:51
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a kitten posted:It'll be ok, buddy I just ended a three-year relationship, and he just walked out the door. I was holding it together, but this was what got me. Can you guys just please keep laying on the cute? i'm going to need it through the move-out process. Vicodiva posted:My cat passed peacefully in her sleep sometime early this morning. Scootie was normally very picky about where she wanted her skritches... like NEVER get near the belly. But in the past couple of weeks, she'd been rolling over for belly skritches. Her belly was so soft and skritchable. She was 15 and lively/under foot until the very end. Here is a pick with her buddy, my sisters Shiba: I've posted her before, but here is Mona:   She's 16 and feisty, and particular about scritches, just like Scootie, and I think she's going to miss my boyfriend more than I will. I'm very sorry to hear about Scootie, but it sounds like she had a really happy life. How is her buddy doing? Maggie Fletcher has a new favorite as of 17:45 on Nov 29, 2015 |
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Nov 29, 2015 17:39
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 Here's my cat, Lucy from the last time I visited my parents. I miss her so much and hate that she's like 120 miles away but she wouldn't do well with moving down here with me. At least seeing all the super old and beautiful cats makes me feel a bit better that she might be around for quite a bit longer.
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Nov 29, 2015 18:16
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Fat Loser posted:I think I found what you're looking for. Yessss! Thank you.
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Nov 29, 2015 18:17
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Casu Marzu posted:
I can just feel her fur being drawn to your black pants like some inevitable magnetic force
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Nov 29, 2015 18:21
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Casu Marzu posted:
 Here's my own Lucy. She passed almost two years ago at about 15- We had her for 11 years, and she was a street cat so we weren't quite sure how old she was. I was over 100 miles away at university so I couldn't come back, especially with how fast she went, but I could tell when I was there that she was close to the end. I hope you don't have to say goodbye for a long time, and that you're there for it when it comes.
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Nov 29, 2015 18:40
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Kavak posted:
Oh gosh she was a pretty cat. I'm sorry you weren't able to be there when she passed. It feels silly to actually type it out, but that's a big fear of mine that I won't be able to make it home if/when she does die.
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Nov 29, 2015 18:48
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Wow your dog looks alot like mine!  A while back somebody posted an exact copy of my dog in the PYF dog thread and I forgot to remember their username.
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