Critters!

Ganymede · Jun 3, 2021, 12:58 PM

EDIT: Goatee cat should be named Pubert Addams.

Inspector Mew-seau.

Too Old For This · Jun 3, 2021, 3:21 PM

The gray and white one should be Miss Mewple.

Aria · Jun 7, 2021, 6:07 PM

My dog is almost 11 years old. For his breed, the average lifespan is about 10-12.

And thought the vet said he was in remarkably good health for a dog his age and his size just two weeks ago, his back legs gave out on our stairs today. He went sliding backwards - fortunately just three steps - and hit the landing before I could stop it.

He's not hurt, I don't think, except for being even more sore. He's going to vet tomorrow tomorrow to refill his pain pills, now that we're pretty sure the ones that he had previously been on were the source of the coughing that brought him in for a checkup that last time. Will be having X-rays to confirm both.

So follow up from else-thread because I know how the internet works and I'm not just going to be like " a bad thing is probably happening to my dog" and leave y'all hanging. I, too, am the person who watches the horribly gruesome and violent scene in the movie and is like, "But is the dog okay?!?"

Tibs went to the vet again. And fell, again, getting out of the car. At home. Afterwards. Because of course that's when he would fall. (Yes, we have a special system to help him in and out. It usually works, but even that doesn't do much if his legs just cave under him. Yes, we have a helper-harness. No, he won't let us use it to help him because it smashes up against his boy bits when we slip it under him and he understandably Does Not Want.)

He had a little bit of a limp that seems to have resolved within a few minutes and @insomniac7809, being the fucking champ that he is, then carried our old man up the steps like a confused, furry sack of potatoes. He doesn't like being scooped, so he gets hoisted from the middle and just kind of goes limp and dangles. All eighty-five pounds of him. If not for the necessity of it being so super sad, it's also fucking hilarious to watch.

X-rays come back next week to rule out a) any injuries and b) any heart or lung conditions that might've caused the coughing. In the meantime, he's off the old pain meds that probably gave him an ulcer. Dog ibuprofen can do liver damage, which he'd been tested and cleared for, but it can also upset tummy linings due to increased acidic activity. He probably got an esophageal ulcer from it, hence the coughing and the coughs smelling like metal. He is on new pain meds that should significantly improve the issues with his legs and get him back to a point where he can go on short walkies for muscle tone and that will keep him steadier on stairs.

Barring bad x-ray news, World's Best Doggo should be okay for awhile more. And is currently napping on his $100 orthopedic mattress, letting loose a barrage of farts because I gave him bacon for being good at the vet's. Napping and farting from special treats = Tibs living his best life.

(Pro Tip: If you smell something metallic on your pet? It's not metal. That coppery smell is blood and you can't find out why they smell like blood, you need to take them to vet ASAP.)

GreenFlashlight · Jun 7, 2021, 8:51 PM

@aria Thanks so much for letting us know how Tibspupper is doing, Aria. How're you?

Aria · Jun 7, 2021, 8:58 PM

@greenflashlight said in Critters!:

@aria Thanks so much for letting us know how Tibspupper is doing, Aria. How're you?

Enjoying watching him sleep, like I'm some kind of stalker.

Also, have a cute picture for tax on my blathering.

GreenFlashlight · Jun 7, 2021, 10:12 PM

@aria Hims says "hewwo, i notice you has a face, i would like to look at it because i loves it"

Aria · Jun 7, 2021, 10:41 PM

@greenflashlight That face is the reason my goal job is "stay-at-home dog mom", which unfortunately doesn't pay very well. Or at all. We're kind of obsessed with each other.

Misadventure · Jun 8, 2021, 2:27 AM

@aria Time with someone you love is the best pay.

silverfox · Jun 8, 2021, 1:24 PM

I don't have enough lap for all the kittens who want lap.

Names:

Hermes is on the left, Castor, Rhea, Persephone, and Pollux is in my arms.

Not pictured, Daedalus (having recovered from his virus how is eating me out of house and home), and Leonidas, who is trying to lap but there is no ROOM.