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    • silverfox
      silverfox last edited by

      We just had a super random I-am-emailing-the-HOA-tomorrow-to-see-when-they-will-inspect-the-roofs-for-damage hail storm. It freaked the crap out of our resident cats (Calypso and Kiva followed me downstairs to watch from the bottom step as my husband and I stared at the dime sized hail while Lyra hid.) and their fear made me go check on the fosters.

      Apparently the nook in our cat tree holds one mommy and four babies. Which is sad, because it meant one baby couldn't get in and went and cowered all alone in the tunnel.

      They came out when I sat down all all begged for reassurance. I think Mama sighed with relief her babies were no longer smothering her.

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      • Aria
        Aria last edited by

        We've had the harness for a few days now, including a trip to the groomer.

        While doggo does not seem overly thrilled at this strange contraption with eighty-seven adjustable straps and buckles, he does seem to thoroughly appreciate the help on the stairs and the hand up when he's trying to get off a mushy surface but his back legs are "stucked and can't get up, Mom!"

        So I present the Help 'Em Harness, in case you, too, would like to convert your elderly dog into an easily transported suitcase with a vaguely confused look on its face.

        I recommend this video overview for peak "WTF is happening?!?" dog expression.

        https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
        There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello

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        • JinShei
          JinShei @Aria last edited by

          @aria we had a similar device after poppy our boxer burst a disc in her spine one day. We had to teach her to walk again after surgery.

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          • silverfox
            silverfox last edited by

            My uncle gave me some of his cheaper lightsabers because he brought pretty expensive new ones.

            This is what ended up happening.

            https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRXxLQxC/

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            • SuperiorHuron
              SuperiorHuron last edited by SuperiorHuron

              Manipulated into a new furbaby today

              We are all more than our worst moments.

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              • Ganymede
                Ganymede Admin @SuperiorHuron last edited by

                @superiorhuron

                Dawww!!!

                Yeah, kittens are the best manipulators.

                β€œIt is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                • silverfox
                  silverfox @SuperiorHuron last edited by

                  @superiorhuron
                  Awww!

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                  • Atomic
                    Atomic last edited by

                    Looks like my boy has bad hind legs. I'm finding out how bad, but right now he has good and bad days. I did get some steps for when he can't jump into bed. He's got a rough hip and the vet says his knees both subluxate. 😞

                    I have been giving him daily dusequin(or whatever it's called), and we tried some syringe-given antiinflammatories. Getting old sucks.

                    Doesn't stop him from using a hunting blind, though. No ankles are safe:
                    IKEAblind (2).jpg

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                    • Too Old For This
                      Too Old For This last edited by Too Old For This

                      I'm going to be scheduling an appointment for my old man. His last vet refused to accept that he had either broken or dislocated something near his wrist, and for the last couple months I've watched the poor guy limp around with a giant knot just above his paw. It affect his ability to retract the claws on that paw and His Heftiness can't enjoy stepping weight onto it. Got a good vet for him now, and some good pet insurance to help cover the costs... now its time to get him properly taken care of so he can stop limping about.

                      Edit to add photo

                      George Paw (2).jpg

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                      • silverfox
                        silverfox last edited by silverfox

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                        Calypso brings me so much joy I can not describe it. Her trust in us is complete. I know my elder cats love us and are happy to live in our home, but it isn't like what Calypso feels. It is so pure.

                        I'm going to cling to these moments as long as she will give them.

                        ***sad content***

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                        This was brought into clear focus this week, because the shelter I work with lost one of their resident cats (a cat that just can't be adopted out, this one because he would be a sweet baby, and then savage someone at random) this weekend, and it happened without any warning. One day Simba was the lord of their back room, hunting any mice stupid enough to sneak in from the overgrown lot next door, and being his sweet/savage self. The next day he was struggling to breathe and they took him to an emergency vet. He was diagnosed with leukemia and was told the best thing they could do is help him over the rainbow bridge before he suffered more. They had him for eight years, and suddenly he is just... gone.

                        The timing of his illness was either just sad or blessed.

                        Because he was so unpredictable they kept Simba in their isolation room, which is actually this huge room they use for storage (food, beds, cleaning supplies, etc) Since he was the only one back there he had free reign of the room. Only a handful of people were allowed back there who knew how to react properly when he took it into his head to attack.

                        This room was... ill organized. Since only a handful of people were allowed back there it ended up just a complete mess. They are right next to an overgrown lot too, so mice would sneak in and nibble at the cat food if a bag got ripped. Simba helped there by acting as a mouser and protecting the food supply from the mice.

                        Well, this last Saturday they'd decided enough was enough. They closed the shelter and 20+ people showed up to clean it out. Simba had to go into a cage for the day, but that was okay. We took EVERYTHING out - including the shelving and gave it a deep clean. We even scrubbed the foor. Then we went though everything Marie Kondo style. Any food they didn't feed their cats that had been donated was set out to be picked up by a pet pantry. Any expired food was picked up by an organization that feeds ferals. Old supplies were tossed. New shelving was finally installed. It looked like a totally different room. We could see from the front door to the back door! They put in six large cages for cats in need of isolation care for longer than just a week or two. (Big 4'x3' kennels).

                        That night they let Simba back into his new domain. In the renovations he had gotten a new bed, and a new climbing tower just for him also.

                        Not 24 hours later he was gone.

                        Either it is sad because he never got to enjoy his newly cleaned home

                        Or

                        It is blessed because Simba had been sick for a while but knew it was okay to show it now that his services as mouser weren't needed anymore (aka, there were no more broken bags of food, the floor had been disinfected to remove any scent trails, all remaining food was up and out of reach...) and he could go home knowing the shelters isolation room would stay safe.

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                          GreenFlashlight last edited by

                          Jesus, you two (or you four, I guess). You have had a rough go of it. I'm so sorry.

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                          • silverfox
                            silverfox last edited by silverfox

                            I have six kittens laying on me, though two are less laying and more reenacting WWE fights.

                            Life is good.

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                            • Ganymede
                              Ganymede Admin @silverfox last edited by

                              @silverfox

                              Too cute

                              β€œIt is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                              • silverfox
                                silverfox last edited by

                                We got new fosters today.

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                                My husband is already smitten. The orange and white he declared to be Sir Charles Purrington . The others are Sugar (tabby/white) and Cecilia (Tabby)

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                                  Pyrephox @silverfox last edited by

                                  @silverfox Your fosters never fail to give me joy. Thank you for sharing them!

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                                  • Too Old For This
                                    Too Old For This @silverfox last edited by

                                    @silverfox I want Sir Charles, too!

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                                    • silverfox
                                      silverfox @Too Old For This last edited by

                                      @too-old-for-this

                                      He is the most chonky amazing boy! He didn't have a single second of fear for the new place. He went straight to playing. When you touch him he purrs louder than my adult cats!

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                                      • Too Old For This
                                        Too Old For This @silverfox last edited by

                                        @silverfox I want him MORE now!!! He sounds amazing!

                                        ...and I may have a weakness for ginger kitties.

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                                          Macha last edited by

                                          @silverfox Thank you for always sharing. I love kittens, but.. allergies. πŸ˜›

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                                          • Ganymede
                                            Ganymede Admin @silverfox last edited by

                                            @silverfox

                                            Like, fuck you and all that cuteness, I am jelly.

                                            β€œIt is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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