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Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
No, Jerry is the mouse!
The cat is Thomas.
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
Sounds like ear mites.Just got back from a few days away and there is something wrong with Ken's ear :/ He's holding it funny and shaking his head lot, and won't let me investigate. He also has a sad look on his face, though that could be reproach for the holiday. Vet appointment this afternoon. I've now taken him five times for non vaccination reasons and his brother hasn't been at all
A fiver's worth of ear drops should sort it out.
polly
Well-Known Member
Apparently not, sadly. The vet said it could be a middle ear infection or some kind of polyp which is quite common in younger cats. He's had antibiotics so just waiting to see if they help. Not very much improvement so far :/
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
Sorry to hear that.
Mine kept shaking his head and scratching his ear. It was horrid to watch as he just didn't stop.
A little bit of ear mite powder was instantly effective.
philosophical
Well-Known Member
This lovely creature was on door duty at the Horniman Museum cafeteria today.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I very much hope that it's not polyps, my Radar had them both ears and went through a horrible time with the surgery and recovery.
Ear infection much easier to treat!
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
New Amazon delivery driver. Happy to be paid in moths!
polly
Well-Known Member
Sorry to hear that, poor Radar.
Rebecca Riot
Well-Known Member
Polyps are nasty as they can cause recurring ear infections but if it isn't too far down in the ear canal the vet may be able to cauterise it.
polly
Well-Known Member
He said they're easily treated, they just yank them out! I'm hoping it's not anyway, just got to wait and see.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
If they can do that sort of removal, then good, that's a much easier procedure.
Radar's surgery was more complicated and invasive and he got a lot of complications poor mite.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Oh, I used to love that place but now the small one is a teenager and not interested in butterflies any more.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Daughter and I saw a station panther today. No photos sadly as we had a train to catch.
Happy Tree
maagilises metsas
My Tabbers had a little growth in her ear when a kitten. I waited for it to get smaller but it grew. Took her to the vet and they cut it out and examined. Turned out to be a small benign tumour. They said it wouldn't spread or have any other complications.
Now she's 9 years old and you can see how they cut it well so it would still look fairly normal in shape.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I possibly unwisely had a first (and second) attempt at letting Carrie out in the garden today. The rescue said 4-6 weeks. Other places say 2-3.
It's been 2 weeks, but it just feels like we're wasting the summer sitting indoors with everything shut. She's so settled I couldn't imagine her not coming back and if anything thought she'd be more nervous than desperate to escape.
First attempt was just a brief one and went ok - she didn't go far and came back when called with crunching of treat bag.
Second attempt was more nerve-wracking as the first thing she did was jump over the wall into next door's garden and have a standoff with a fox. But anyway, again it went ok. She came back a few times before exploring again and in the end we decided enough was enough and went in.
Part of me worries that maybe she's a little runaway, but also I don't want to stress her out. Her fur was still standing on end when she came to sit on me this evening.
It's been 2 weeks, but it just feels like we're wasting the summer sitting indoors with everything shut. She's so settled I couldn't imagine her not coming back and if anything thought she'd be more nervous than desperate to escape.
First attempt was just a brief one and went ok - she didn't go far and came back when called with crunching of treat bag.
Second attempt was more nerve-wracking as the first thing she did was jump over the wall into next door's garden and have a standoff with a fox. But anyway, again it went ok. She came back a few times before exploring again and in the end we decided enough was enough and went in.
Part of me worries that maybe she's a little runaway, but also I don't want to stress her out. Her fur was still standing on end when she came to sit on me this evening.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I've ordered a microchip cat flap so when I've put it in she'll be free to come and go as she pleases. Unless I set a curfew which you can do.
I went for a minimally programmable one rather than a WiFi one which sends you a notification when the cat goes in or out. That's too much knowledge for me. This one has an LED display where you can see if the cat is in or out.
One of my friends not only has the WiFi one but GPS collars for her cats. I cannot see this being reassuring.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
it goes 'meow' on your mobile phone.
one of my colleagues at a previous job had that.
i think cat spend a lot of time going in and out just to annoy him...
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Just... why? How can it possibly benefit you to know when you're miles away in the middle of something else???
Rebecca Riot
Well-Known Member
The trackers you can put on a collar are still very clunky and I don't think I'd be happy about one of my cats wearing one.
You'd think they would have found a way of making them a bit smaller by now, or even incorporate them in a microchip.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I haven't actually tried putting the collar I bought on her yet. Today was a bit of an impulse.
Rebecca Riot
Well-Known Member
Only one of my cats wears a collar with an ID tag because he's a terrible roamer, although he's not quite so bad now he's 15 and feeling his age.
A few years ago I found out by chance that he was visiting a cat loving ex-rock star who has a mansion house about 2 miles across the fields to me!
Happy Tree
maagilises metsas
When I moved into this flat I had the brilliant idea of putting cat flaps on my bedroom door, the toilet door and the music room door. So they could go anywhere they wanted. I bought 3 cat flaps in the excitement of "woo I'm going to get my cats soon". They are still in the boxes after 8 years because when I got the kitties I realised I can just leave the toilet and bedroom doors open and having them rummage around in the music room whenever they like was a bad idea.
Anyone want some cat flaps?
Anyone want some cat flaps?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
cat that lived with my (long time ago) partner never kept a collar on for more than a few hours. we gave up fairly rapidly.
he might have been content with a studded leather collar (he was the sort of cat who would pick fights with dogs) but we never tried that...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Yes to the first, you'd think they'd have managed to engineer them a bit smaller!
No to the second, a GPS tracker requires a power source/battery to transmit a signal and is not possible (or probably healthy) in an implant.
(I am having very amusing thoughts about the difficulty of plugging your cat in to charge though
)
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
(I am having very amusing thoughts about the difficulty of plugging your cat in to charge though
Rebecca Riot
Well-Known Member
Point taken!Yes to the first, you'd think they'd have managed to engineer them a bit smaller!
No to the second, a GPS tracker requires a power source/battery to transmit a signal and is not possible (or probably healthy) in an implant.
(I am having very amusing thoughts about the difficulty of plugging your cat in to charge though
Remember when the covid vaccine first came out and the anti-vaxxers were saying that the government were putting a microchip in the vaccine so they could track us wherever we went! If only that were possible it would make life a lot easier for us cat owners!
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
My anti-vax housemate was very disapproving when I got Lilith microchipped for exactly that reason. I felt free to ignore him.
