Anybody's fluffies having a rough time with the fireworks? It was like artillery shelling out the back garden at tea time, but all my lot were just "Meh, where's our dinner?" so I guess that's a good thing.
Likely not as he will just lick it off and it could well be toxic.
Salt water, Mogden ? Or butter? Isn't butter good for burns? Mind you, he really will lick that off.
He is fine in himself. I think maybe he's got something poked into his pad which had caused a cyst or, like I said, a warm firework has blistered it. I've managed to make it bleed this morning trying to have a look at it. Trying to turn his paw over so I have a look and pulled the wound :rollseyes:. It all looks clean, fresh and will continue with some saline attention but the minute it goes an odd colour or whiffs a bit he will be off to the vet. He's my bengal type, not one of my ragdolls, which makes me think it's an injury rather than a disease IYSWIM. Of course being my cat and me having odd medical complaints myself, he'll probably have PCP!Mogden - it is a bit worrying, because cats do not normally get blisters on their feet, their pads are really tough. Is he alright in himself? If it's no better tomorrow I'd book him in to get it looked at before the vet shuts for the weekend, just in case it's a staph infection starting up and needs treatment, as I know that is something that can cause blistering like appearance on a foot that has had a cut and picked up a small infection. Also there is a feline autoimmune condition that causes spontaneous blistering on the feet and swelling of the pads (Plasma Cell Pododermatitis, it sounds frightening, but I believe it's a manageable condition - is he a Ragdoll btw? Just wondered because it is something they seem prone to).
He is fine in himself. I think maybe he's got something poked into his pad which had caused a cyst or, like I said, a warm firework has blistered it. I've managed to make it bleed this morning trying to have a look at it. Trying to turn his paw over so I have a look and pulled the wound :rollseyes:. It all looks clean, fresh and will continue with some saline attention but the minute it goes an odd colour or whiffs a bit he will be off to the vet. He's my bengal type, not one of my ragdolls, which makes me think it's an injury rather than a disease IYSWIM. Of course being my cat and me having odd medical complaints myself, he'll probably have PCP!
Yeah shit kitty mother I was chasing Sachin with a dampened tissue yesterday to clean his mucky nose off before we went to the vets and then I bribed him with the thought of treats to get him into his travel box. It really is about as close as you come to human children without having them.Cool, that doesn't sound too bad, sounds like it's just an isolated injury then if it was just one paw pad affected. Keep a close eye in case it gets worse or infected, and stop prodding it about and making it bleed
Yeah shit kitty mother I was chasing Sachin with a dampened tissue yesterday to clean his mucky nose off before we went to the vets and then I bribed him with the thought of treats to get him into his travel box. It really is about as close as you come to human children without having them.
He's the easiest to house cos he'll do almost anything for chicken or treats and I've formed a Pavlovian response to the treats bag being shaken, and that response is for all of them so aside from my cat squeak, I've got a recall device If I had to say which would be the worst to take to the vets right now it would be either of the girls. All 4 boys are fairly accommodating and I leave their travel box out now and again so they don't get terrified on sight of it but the girls are flighty and fussy about being picked up. And yes, wrestling stubborn cats is akin to carrying drunk people in that it doesn't matter what size they are, suddenly they are remarkably heavy and super strong.You managed to get Sachin into the carrier with treats? My Radar loves the carrier and even sleeps in it, but the one who has had to have all the vet visits recently because of his tumour and surgery and post-surgery checkups (Jakey) hates it - the last time I had to get him in the carrier it was fairly intense and I am still not quite sure how I managed it without help. I am generally good with animals, and firm with the cats when I need to be, but he is just SO bloody strong, like a miniature lion or something. Very sweet and gentle boy though unless I am trying to get him in the carrier.
He's the easiest to house cos he'll do almost anything for chicken or treats and I've formed a Pavlovian response to the treats bag being shaken, and that response is for all of them so aside from my cat squeak, I've got a recall device If I had to say which would be the worst to take to the vets right now it would be either of the girls. All 4 boys are fairly accommodating and I leave their travel box out now and again so they don't get terrified on sight of it but the girls are flighty and fussy about being picked up. And yes, wrestling stubborn cats is akin to carrying drunk people in that it doesn't matter what size they are, suddenly they are remarkably heavy and super strong.
That box should say What a purrformance!Cat in a box!
I did this for Celia Hammond in Lewisham in the summer, and yes it is the best fun. I couldn't take them out of their pens so had to do distance stroking but hey. kittens!No doubt Urban has been alerted to this in some other thread already but ... how about this for a job vacancy?
Newcastle cat rescue centre looking for volunteers to cuddle kittens
Want to move to Tyneside NOW!
I have lots of experience ....
More seriously .... this featured on BBC Breakfast today also, and there's a proper point to it (see link above), small kittens really need to be stroked and loved at particular stages in their development.
Apparantly some of the centre's older, semi-feral cats also need care and cuddles ....
Whoa, such a big fluffy boy now! I must say, your kitties have the most penetrating stare. I think it must be quite impossible to deny them anything they want!Cat in a box!
trashy that fluffcat looks more like a lynx everytime I see him/her! only missing the little beardy bit.
Hope everyone's felines were fine last night. Loancat went all slo-mo and slinky and cowering in fear but being kept on a lap all evening chilled him out a bit.
Thanking all my lucky stars that none of my furries seem bothered by the fireworks. Next door neighbour said her collie was beside herself, poor thing.
The dog trainer said you can "prepare" animals for bonfire night a couple weeks before by going up to them when they're eating or doing something quite relaxing and clapping, then reassuring them. Next time, bang a couple pot lids together and then again, reassure them. He said it's the suddenness of the noise that distresses them. Even in busy, noisy households, the sound tends to build gradually, not come out of thin air. I hadn't really thought about it that way. Has anyone tried something like that?
Sofa last night, with near artillery shelling all around . . .
I don't think he's the ringleader. Bubba K is the leader of the gang (former runt of litter grows up to be big bruiser).
Look what he's done to my shelf!
No doubt Urban has been alerted to this in some other thread already but ... how about this for a job vacancy?
Newcastle cat rescue centre looking for volunteers to cuddle kittens
Want to move to Tyneside NOW!
I have lots of experience ....
More seriously .... this featured on BBC Breakfast today also, and there's a proper point to it (see link above), small kittens really need to be stroked and loved at particular stages in their development.
Apparantly some of the centre's older, semi-feral cats also need care and cuddles ....
my son spent some time kitten 'cuddling' at a local rescue over the summer. there wasn't much cuddling involved. there was however, licking, clambering, climbing, mewling, falling over and jumping on his head.