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hello catte thread! i have been remiss in not posting pictures of cattes since joining sa, so i'm fixing that! first, the dearly departed  i got her when she was this big  she grew up into a beautiful cow cat with one of those huge flaps of belly skin that look so funny when the cat runs. my bad pictures do not do her coat or belly flap justice. she wasn't a floof but her fur was incredibly soft and luxurious. she was one of those two-layer cats, but the outer layer was as fine as most cat's inner layers and then the inner layer was like dense, super high quality goosedown    this was her last day, about 1.5 yrs ago. she was almost 15 years old. it was very hard to take her to the vet, but i had to -- inoperable bladder cancer.  she loved me, didn't trust other humans easily, and passionately hated all other cattes. she would growl and hiss at me if i came home smelling of other cattes -- and her greeting was always to sniff me so she knew if i'd been two-timing her. i miss her. a couple weeks ago i got a new catte! this is kiki, being afraid of coming out of cover in scary new environment:  kiki was hiding from all humans (she's very skittish) and starving in my apartment parking lot. when my neighbor caught sight of kiki hiding in the water heater closet of one of the buildings, she decided to try to rescue her. she fed kiki for months and slowly gained her trust. it worked, eventually! neighbor already has two cats and couldn't keep kiki herself, and convinced me to take kiki. this is working out to be a Good Choice kiki likes squeezing into tight places  and having couch pillows piled up on her (will stay in there for hours)  still dubious about everything but getting more comfortable   vet thinks the ear was cut by a catch and release program to mark her as having been spayed. if so the person who did it was a damned butcher   she has a protruding canine tooth on one side of her mouth, but lost the other one some time in the past  she really likes being a lap kitty  and will headbutt the hell out of everything in sight once she gets a good purr going (thanks to the snaggletooth she accidentally fangs you while doing this)  i was worried that this catte would be semi feral based on how difficult it was to even get close to her while she was outdoors, but it turns out she's just scared. she's completely domesticated and aside from being scared of new everything, she's content to be indoors (has not made a single move to try to get outside). she doesn't get violent even when cornered and scared, and stops being scared if you put her on your lap and pet her (she loving loves being petted). she's still not fully comfortable but the other day i found her sleeping on top of the couch instead of in a hidey hole 
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ps deathslushie adopt the catte
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Gus Hobbleton posted:those ears are HUGE kitten ears are great
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Sep 20, 2014 21:53
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Kiki status update Sometimes this  but usually this  This is a scared cat. She is making progress, it's just slow. Not cowering nearly as much as in the first week (I've had her for 3 weeks now), and she usually lets me pick her up instead of running away (especially now that the stupid human has figured out she doesn't like to be touched near her hind legs while she's feeling uneasy) she does this at first when I pick her up, i think it helps her feel hidden even when being handled  after a bit of ear-scritching she calms down, takes her head out, and the purrs and headbutts start. i don't get to pet her as long tho since she is getting more confident about leaving as soon as she feels slightly overstimulated wanna see this cat start strutting around with tail held high, any advice re: how to help scared rescued kitty feel safe is welcome
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Sep 28, 2014 03:01
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MikeJF posted:Well they keep going to the litterbox over and over and eventually you spy on them doing nothing. also if you use clumping litter look for a change from large clumps to lots of little bitty ones. also watch for changes in urination habits in general (going outside the box when catte normally would use the box). both happened with my old cat who got bladder cancer, which causes symptoms very similar to uti ps thx mike for kiki advice a couple pages ago. had a covered bed already but she won't go into it, going to try the pheromone spray and will use it on the bed so hopefully she'll venture in and realize it's a nice hiding spot
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Sep 30, 2014 08:52
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kiki has discovered that covered cat bed is a good place to cat in
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Oct 3, 2014 04:12
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mod sassinator posted:how many years after buying covered cat bed did it take for this discovery to be made? 0.03846153846 years she was rescued 5 wks ago. she mostly hides behind those vertical blinds to the right of the bed in that picture, i got the bed because i thought she ought to have a nice fully enclosed hidey hole that was a bit more comfortable. it's taken 2 wks for her to warm up to entering the bed. despite having the pictured contented sleep she still prefers to hang out behind the blinds v  vshe's beginning to move around a lot more, though she still bolts for the blinds whenever i startle her by moving around myself
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Oct 3, 2014 10:01
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  why yes you silly human it is perfectly ordinary to hang out here
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did someone say black and orange? a pair of neighborhood home-invading shitheads who often travel in a pack  not a trap  black kitty mostly likes rubbing up against objects & ankles  orange kitty is SUPERFRIENDLYCAT and demands pets at all times  SPOOKY  i gave them some   daytime black kitty solo encounter  this is a trap  nighttime orange kitty solo encounter, he is athletic enough to jump over the fence around my patio (black kitty's too fat for that)  shortly after that pic orange kitty decided to climb up the post and trap his self on upstairs neighbor's balcony, he does that every so often because he is kinda dumb (but SUPERFRIENDLY)
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Oct 17, 2014 23:54
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BONGHITZ posted:so you just have a crew of cats that occupies your place every so often? p much (e: i don't let them very far in now that i have adopted the one that was starving in the parking lot, since she doesn't seem to get along with other cattes very well. the two in these pics sometimes have collars and are deffo getting fed) Happy Noodle Boy posted:where do i apply for this live in apartment complex with many cattes Farecoal posted:clean ur carpet that's not carpet silly that's concrete just outside my door BobHoward fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Oct 18, 2014 |
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Oct 18, 2014 00:13
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yeah this is the kind of carpet where you can make a dark mark by swiping one way and erase it by swiping the other, like if you rlly wanted to you could etch-a-sketch a picture in it looks nice and single tone immediately after a vacuuming but the very first footprint fucks it up
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Oct 18, 2014 00:29
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wesley snypes posted:
shameful non pentagram cat summoning circle
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Oct 20, 2014 00:15
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DrNewton posted:16 year old cat has cancer. It's getting worse by the day. Cattes dying sucks. i lost my 14 year old catte to cancer in 2013. my sympathies to the catte and you, it sucks a great deal. be strong and give him/her all the loves
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Oct 29, 2014 02:55
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i'm sure this is a meme picture but  somebody ded
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Oct 29, 2014 02:57
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:settle down, i got keys today. gotta paint some stuff and then start moving in the forum will not settle down we demand swsp cattes yesterday get a bloody time machine already jesus christ also ahem pez snickers AHEM
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refurb owns i say this because i think refurb may murder me in my sleep if i do not post that refurb owns
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kiki status: 2 months post rescue. first vet weigh in was 7.0 pounds, a few days ago i weighed her at about 7.5 on the bathroom scale, and she doesn't look so emaciated or feel so bony any more.  kiki has discovered that under the bed is a great place to hide where the large ape butler cannot bother her. she now spends most of the day there. however, in the evenings she usually comes out and loafs up on top of the couch. this is permission for the ape to sit down and apply pets, which usually leads to leg snuggles. last night ape butler experienced cat walking on top of him are self while trying to go to sleep      also have some bonus mr. chang he is a pro crosseyed catte    
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:maybe? i'm not gonna deal with a cat while I'm trying to get moved and settled, and it's midterms for the next couple weeks and i'm about dead from the combined stress of exams and moving while working 50+ hours a week. oh fine i'll call off the torch-and-pitchfork mob
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Oct 30, 2014 09:24
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cattes who dont get freaked out by going under the sheets are the best cattes who will savagely attack your menacing hand monster through the sheets are even better
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ladyweapon posted:Tallulah has a posse
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Farecoal posted:
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Nov 6, 2014 18:35
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pro photobomb there nermal
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Nov 17, 2014 08:38
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Shifty Pony posted:also Funhilde how do you do sewing stuff with cats around? mom has to fend off her catte while quilting, he thinks the thread is a toy and the fabric she's sewing into the quilt also the quilt is a toy and her fingers
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:the three that were easy to catch are letting me pick them up by the scruff of the neck and pet the mercilessly in my lap. yer doin' good work, eide van hagar if you haven't seen it, this flatbush cats bideo has lots of ideas for socializing a scared feral kitten. sounds like she is well on the way, but might be useful to isolate her from the others for a while so you can do 1-on-1 work with her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcD8DrJKejQ
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:success, all four dumpster kittens have been converted to sofa kittens: 
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:Behind the sofa cat pile: that is a pro cat pile
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Fashionably Great posted:Widget pisses in the tub occasionally and that's how I found out she had a bladder stone from the drops of bloody piss piggybackin' on this post with a friendly PSA to all: changes in your cat's urination and/or defecation habits are often a sign of health issues, including potentially fatal conditions. if you see such a change, and you're able to afford, get them to a vet as soon as possible for a checkup (i found this out the hard way when my first catte died of bladder cancer. the earliest symptom it would've been possible for me to notice, had i known it might be serious, was that she began peeing outside the box much more than normal. when it's painful to urinate, sometimes their little kitty brains decide "maybe it's the box, i'll find somewhere else". it doesn't work of course but the association with the box can be strong so they'll keep trying to get away from the place they know it definitely hurts to pee.)
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graph posted:tomās left this plane a year ago. i havent pet a cat in over a year condolences and commiserations i lost my beautiful little girl kiki to kidney failure a bit over a year ago  i only got to butler kiki about 6 years. that picture is from shortly before my neighbor caught her and gave her to me. she was an older adult with no home who needed help and seemed ready to accept it. once she got over her fear of people she was the sweetest cat i've ever known. you know how we say cats are assholes? she was the exception i'll always miss her mid-august this year i wasn't really feeling like looking yet, but a pair of kittens turned up in the same outdor cat feeding spot as kiki. they were a bit too old to be adopted through a shelter, but the volunteer who trapped them for TNR thought they might be socializable with some work, and i caved to pressure and took them in. spoiler: she was right how it started him Alfred  her Abby  how it's going  they assholes, i can't leave toilet paper rolls outside of cabinets any more lol (alfred was easy to socialize, abby is a much harder case. she went to a foster mom before i took her, is still skittish, but makes slow steady progress. neither one wants anything to do with people who aren't me, hopefully that'll improve with time) anyways, even if you're not feeling quite ready, Ofecks posted:
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i don't have photo evidence but today alfred discovered how to jump up on the kitchen counter and then to the top of the fridge where the canister of cat treats lives, which he proceeded to knock off the fridge (at least i think it was alfred, could be abby but she's usually a bit more cautious) fortunately it was a plastic canister so nothing broke, gotta figure out how to keep them off the counters though
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Endless Mike posted:i keep the cat treats in a cabinet above the fridge so far alfred and abby have not discovered the terrible secret of cabinet doors
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Golden-i posted:Furb's on new food the last two weeks or so. She's eating more, barfing less, and pooping normal cat poops. Also, she has a lot more energy my god refurb's eyes are so much
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KidDynamite posted:
prednisolone for ibd made a huge difference in quality of life for my old catte Kiki, she went from vomiting all the time to almost not at all hope it helps Sancho too!
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gently caress SNEEP posted:you must face the door guard if you wish to enter the bathroom i don't see a door guard i see a mighty hunter posing on its vanquished prey, the devilish floor mat (alfred loves wrestling with, kicking the poo poo out of, and burrowing under my bathroom floormat. also runs up and jumps on it to skid around a bit. it's his favorite cat toy)
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abby & alfred update  
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Bandire posted:Or they just flat goddamn refuse to eat it. I ended up donating probably $75 worth of kidney support food to a shelter because Bandit refused to eat it. He's a picky rear end in a top hat, but he's still hanging in there a year after diagnosis eating regular food. eat the food Bandit also drink the water (if you aren't already administering subcutaneous fluid injections to help his kidneys, be ready for your vet to recommend it at some point, and don't be afraid of it - once i figured proper technique out, it was actually easier to give Kiki her daily fluids than her oral meds. will vary by cat personality of course.)
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been going through post history and catface was amazing so are you radio, not every catte has a butler who makes handmade catnip toys. you gave her the best life a catte could hope for rest in peace catface
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