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Chili posted:
404 slug not found Still gonna meet that cat one day.
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Sep 11, 2021 18:10
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Chili posted:
Woops, here's some more regal shots and other what have yous      Just a day's worth of fluff.  Sluggerscotch
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Sep 11, 2021 18:52
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Butters is fantastic and I'm so glad he's doing well  Also congrats on the second baby!
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Sep 11, 2021 18:55
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Butterscotch posts are the best.
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Sep 11, 2021 19:07
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Congrats on #2 Chili!
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Sep 11, 2021 19:30
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My friend's tinycat rescue is going well. Adult cat is still aloof, but their dog continues to perform the mama role.
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Resurrecting this dead thread to ask a question about animal rescue admin. I adopted a cat I was fostering last year from a rescue run entirely by volunteers. Just before Christmas, he needed a dose of antibiotics for a kidney infection (which has now cleared up). The pet insurance company has contacted the rescue for his clinical history from his check-up when he first went into the rescue, and his pre-adoption appointment. The rescue has kicked it back to me. They don't know which vet he saw, or who took him to those appointments (it wasn't me). If they ever made a note of what happened at those vet appointments, they certainly didn't give that information to me. This is about to be relevant because when my vet was examining him for the kidney infection, he found another issue that ought to have been picked up and treated a long time ago. Is it normal for volunteer-run rescues to have zero information on the animals in their care? Do they routinely delete any information the moment that the cats are adopted? This isn't the first issue (previously, the rescue forgot to schedule a follow-up appointment which meant the cat ran out of medication, and an adoption had to be pushed back because they'd forgotten to get the cat microchipped). The rescue seems either borderline dangerously disorganised, or their vets are terrible, but I'm still reasonably new to fostering and maybe my expectations were wrong.
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Jan 8, 2022 16:00
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Gorgar posted:Butterscotch posts are the best. Agreed. Certainly what I need right now.
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Jan 11, 2022 17:29
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Does taking in or taking care of strays fit with this thread, or is there another one somewhere?
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Jan 11, 2022 18:11
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Gorgar posted:Does taking in or taking care of strays fit with this thread, or is there another one somewhere? This thread is fine.
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Jan 11, 2022 18:20
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Yeah strays are just very, very outdoor cats.
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Jan 11, 2022 19:23
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Lady Demelza posted:Resurrecting this dead thread to ask a question about animal rescue admin. Probably just disorganised being a volunteer org. The place we fostered through was pretty organised and tended to keep good records, but for at least one foster, for whatever reason we ended up with the hard copy of her medical records, and at one point thought we had lost them. And the vets are generally as good as they can persuade to do work on the cheap or pro bono, which can mean pretty variable. At some point you may just have to be straight with the pet insurance about the records likely not existing, and about not being sure whether those appointments ever happened. In a way, it's not much different than if you'd picked up a stray.
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Jan 11, 2022 21:38
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spookygonk posted:Agreed. Certainly what I need right now. Heard loud and clear. Except a buttery update tonight or tomorrow.
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Jan 12, 2022 00:14
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Currently fostering these ornch brothers! Their home shelter is having a ringworm outbreak so they're bunking with me for at least the next two weeks.
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Jan 12, 2022 01:44
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I’m a big fan of the dainty foot move from the one guy.
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Jan 12, 2022 04:28
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So. Butterscotch was supposed to be dead two years ago. He isn't.  He's very much alive and is showing no interest in death whatsoever. He's in perfect health and spends most of his time doing what you'd expect:    Though with the arrival of mini chili two, lap real estate has yet again become more hotly contested.  But, he's persistent!     Still knows how to ask for what he wants:  And occasionally, he'll exert himself: 
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Jan 12, 2022 06:20
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 This cat is the absolute best part of the whole dang forums. May he butter on for years and years more.
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Jan 12, 2022 08:31
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I love the Butterscotch. Long may he reign
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Jan 12, 2022 17:19
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I'm glad he's so happy and healthy with you. Good job, both of you
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Jan 12, 2022 17:24
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poronty posted:
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I know that it's been a long and rough road caring for Butterscotch. That cat will never know how lucky they are, but we will.
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(congrats on the arrival of babb #2, chili!)
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b u t t e r p o s t s I am so glad to see him thriving and flipping the middle finger to the vet. Thank you for being an amazing dad - cat and human (also congratulations on baby #2!) I lost my orange buddy Graham in November; he was quite ill and while at the vet to get imaging and treatment, he threw a clot and died. His buddy Martin is an only cat now and he is VERY lonely. I think I'm ready to find a new cat friend.
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Jan 15, 2022 18:59
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Working on a TNR project over the last few days with 22 cats and counting. You should TNR it's very fun. 
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One of our ferals passed away. This really sucks. He was a monster but had so much love and compassion for his mates. Our family is really sad and I don't know to process this. Here's my post. We are now seven and man it really hurts.
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Booger Presley posted:One of our ferals passed away. This really sucks. He was a monster but had so much love and compassion for his mates. Our family is really sad and I don't know to process this. Here's my post. We are now seven and man it really hurts. 
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Apr 9, 2022 11:20
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Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Look at my caaaats! Orange cats! 5 orange kitties. Picked em up today.
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Apr 13, 2022 09:32
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Orange family 
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Apr 13, 2022 12:35
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I wish to look more upon said cats.
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Apr 13, 2022 13:36
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Comrade Cakewalk posted:Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Cats! Look at my caaaats! A butterscotch bunch appears! Please post The Butterscotch.
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Apr 13, 2022 16:46
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Ofecks posted:Please post The Butterscotch.
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You guys don't even know. This cat has put me through such hell over the past month. Everything is fine, and I'll have pictures later, but jfc this cat.
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Apr 13, 2022 17:17
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 Happy mama!
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Also, because I'm a lunatic, I have fosters in my bathroom too! Yeeeee! It's the Fungus Girls! Ringleader is Princess Peach.  First Deputy of Mischief, Princess Toadstool.  And then there's Domino. She's the shyest, so no Princess title yet. They all have ringworm, so they need to get over that before they go to the no kill cat shelter. Can't wait to have my bathroom back, I need to finish the cabinets...
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Chili posted:You guys don't even know. This cat has put me through such hell over the past month. There is a special place in the pantheon of pet owners for you. 
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Comrade Cakewalk posted:Also, because I'm a lunatic, I have fosters in my bathroom too! I love everything about this cat
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Comrade Cakewalk posted:Also, because I'm a lunatic, I have fosters in my bathroom too! I usually do one or two RW litters or cats a year because it's a pain in the rear end but those guys are super cute. Hopefully you don't have a jailbreak lol
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Alrighty, so forgive the delay on this but I wanted to make sure things were stable before I posted. A few weeks ago I went to give Butters his dinner and his meds and he didn't come sprinting at me so I got worried. Couldn't find him anywhere in the house. A door was left open and he had gotten out. This had happened once before and I found him hiding under a lip in the house. No such luck. What followed was a horrible few days and nights of me wandering around without any sleep, shaking cat food in a tin and trying, fruitlessly, to find Butterscotch. It was a totally lovely way to spend a few days, lemme tell you. After day 3, I kinda gave up hope. No food, no meds, and it was pouring like crazy. I emotionally said goodbye to Butterscotch. So sure enough, the next morning I get a message on facebook (which I made an account for just because of this horrible cat getting lost) from my next-door neighbor that Butterscotch is meowing and scratching at her backdoor. I sprinted over and he looked at me with the guiltiest god drat expression I've ever seen. He so very clearly was just ready to live with this new person instead of coming back home and facing my disappointment. Anyhow, it had been storming the night before and somehow his coat was immaculate, he had lost a couple of pounds, and looked utterly perfect after grooming. Took him to the vet and the vet was blown away by how healthy this cat (who was supposed to be about a year ago by now due to congestive heart failure) seemed to be. So that's Butterscotch. I have a four-year-old, a four-month-old and 14-year-old cat. He is absolutely the biggest pain in the rear end out of the three. But at least he's a looker.  This was me 2 minutes after I recovered him.  That pile of fur is from just one side of him.  Well check at the vet   
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Luckiest cat in the world.
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