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Molly was a good girl at the animal hospital today. She let them take blood this time. They also took a urine sample.
They said they will call me hopefully on Thursday. What is a bit worrying is that she's lost 1kg in weight since her last visit 5 weeks ago. :(:(
 
xsunnysuex said:
Molly was a good girl at the animal hospital today. She let them take blood this time. They also took a urine sample.
They said they will call me hopefully on Thursday. What is a bit worrying is that she's lost 1kg in weight since her last visit 5 weeks ago. :(:(
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Glad they got a sample from her - that's the hardest part over now.

She's lost weight and she's drinking a lot, how's her appetite? Is she eating more or less than usual? Does she seem to be asking for food more?
 
Radar once scraped his cheek up in his panic to get behind the bookcases to get away from the vacuum cleaner, he didn't have time to check whether his head would fit properly, he just forced his way through the gap at about 40mph...
 
Vintage Paw said:
how's her appetite? Is she eating more or less than usual? Does she seem to be asking for food more?
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Yes she does seem to be wanting more food. I was thinking hyperthyroidism. One of my old cats had that. The symptoms were very similar. But the vet felt her thyroid and said it didn't feel large. She said about kidneys.
Whatever it is I hope it's nothing serious. She seems very well in herself.
 
xsunnysuex said:
Yes she does seem to be wanting more food. I was thinking hyperthyroidism. One of my old cats had that. The symptoms were very similar. But the vet felt her thyroid and said it didn't feel large. She said about kidneys.
Whatever it is I hope it's nothing serious. She seems very well in herself.
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Am keeping everything crossed for you and your cat, it's horrible when something might be wrong xx
 
xsunnysuex said:
Molly was a good girl at the animal hospital today. She let them take blood this time. They also took a urine sample.
They said they will call me hopefully on Thursday. What is a bit worrying is that she's lost 1kg in weight since her last visit 5 weeks ago. :(:(
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Oh dear....
Hope Molly will be ok...
 
The poor dab had a thermometer up his bum today. He has gingivitis and squinty eyes. X-rays next week. Potential full teeth removal. Fingers crossed that's not the case.
 
stavros said:
With the warmer weather I put on some shorts when I got home. Once Missy had assumed her usual lap position, I was reminded why this wasn't a great idea, as she proceeded to lick my knees.
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Awwwww...lol...
I thought you were going to say that she caught you with her claws... by mistake obvs.
 
Mild excitement here yesterday as Mr K rescued a cat that was running around on the tracks at our local train station and rang me to come and collect it so he could continue to work. Rodney :D had a collar and tag with unreadable details, so I had to call a local rescue who eventually reunited him with his owner. He was brilliant - friendly and inquisitive and totally unfazed by, well, everything. Apparently he is well known for wandering and has been handed in to the nearby vets several times, yet the owner hadn't bothered to register his microchip details :facepalm:

Anyway, it was lovely to have a young and playful cat about the house again and now we're all very keen to get another little mog. The children were fascinated at the sight of a cat playing with ribbon and jumping up on surfaces, because they've never seen Beaker do any of those things.
 
Epona said:
The vet has a cat-only waiting area, some moron came in with their 2 dogs on a long lead and let them wander over and start investigating the cat carriers - they only stopped their dogs from doing it when I and several other cat owners told them to keep their dogs away. It's stressful enough for a cat to be in a strange location far from its territory without having dog faces suddenly looming up at the carrier door and nowhere to hide. The dogs were sweet, friendly little things, and I am sure just wanted to say hello, but it's still potentially very unsettling for the cats, most of whom are already really stressed (and in many cases sick or injured).

I am not sure Radar has ever seen a dog (what with him being an indoor cat), mind you he doesn't seem to know what fear is either and just looked a bit curious, but one of the other cats in the waiting room was clearly very stressed by it.
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Had to warn a dog owner to keep their pooch away from one of ours in the cage at the vet. He goes for foxes and loves hurting doggies.
 
May Kasahara said:
Mild excitement here yesterday as Mr K rescued a cat that was running around on the tracks at our local train station and rang me to come and collect it so he could continue to work. Rodney :D had a collar and tag with unreadable details, so I had to call a local rescue who eventually reunited him with his owner. He was brilliant - friendly and inquisitive and totally unfazed by, well, everything. Apparently he is well known for wandering and has been handed in to the nearby vets several times, yet the owner hadn't bothered to register his microchip details :facepalm:

Anyway, it was lovely to have a young and playful cat about the house again and now we're all very keen to get another little mog. The children were fascinated at the sight of a cat playing with ribbon and jumping up on surfaces, because they've never seen Beaker do any of those things.
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Is this the cat I saw mentioned on the wallington car rescue page on Facebook? Well done for rescuing it.
Dread to think what might have happened.
 
Poi E said:
Had to warn a dog owner to keep their pooch away from one of ours in the cage at the vet. He goes for foxes and loves hurting doggies.
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Aye, I don't think it's even necessarily carelessness or lack of consideration on the part of the person with the dog, it's possibly that they just don't have much to do with cats and don't understand them - and don't realise how stressed they are likely to be away from their usual territory, and that a greeting from a dog just being friendly could be really stressful in those circumstances.

But that's also why many mixed animal vet surgeries have clearly marked cat waiting areas with pheremone plugins and feliway sprayed towels to cover carriers, with no other species allowed in the vicinity - and people should respect that signage, places are set up that way for a good reason.
 
So, it's nearly 2 months since Radar had his surgery.

The wee horror is finally starting to look more normal as opposed to a refugee from some sort of research laboratory.

He's put on some weight - he's still a bit under where he should be and looks a little too skinny, but no longer looks and feels dangerously emaciated - his spine and hips aren't nearly as prominent, and he's starting to regain some muscle mass. He is still kind of bald in some places (the worst is on his shoulder where he had a transdermal opiate patch, but that is starting to see some fur regrowth now, although a bit patchy).

He's eating wet like a complete pig, I'm feeding him every time he wants food and sometimes when he doesn't ask for it :D I don't know why he seems unable to eat dry food still, when I offer him a small amount he looks really excited but pushes a nugget around the bowl, picks it up and drops it, then pushes it round a bit more. If this doesn't improve in time I may ask for the vet to investigate whether there are any lingering jaw issues as a surgical complication. He is enthusiastic about wet food though, eating sufficient amounts, and clearly a happy cat now :)

I went to give him a cuddle earlier, he's so sweet and loving. He's not once reacted badly towards me or Nate over everything he has been through - the stress, the hospital stays, the surgeries, the drugged up confusion at times (which btw cats do not seem to enjoy opiate pain relief, it makes them a little agitated and anxious), the repeated long journeys in a carrier, being held for tube feeding and having bandage changes.

He's the best cat ever, he sleeps right next to me, rubs his head on my cheek and goes to sleep in my arms. He also grabs my head with his claws when he wants to be let under the duvet, the little shit :D I got a little tearful while I was giving him a cuddle, just out of relief that I have my lovely little monster back. I know he won't live forever, but I'm so relieved that it wasn't his time on this occasion. I hope that none of us has to go through anything like that again.
 
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All my cats are wonderful though - I have a big lilac bugger sprawled on the desk purring his head off and slow-blinking at me right now, a small blue one who has spent a fairly substantial proportion of his life so far on my lap or in my arms and headbutting me in the face. I'm blessed with amazing creatures who let me know in a hundred ways every day that they are happy to spend their lives with me. It's mutual.
 
After a fair bit of worry, the furry fuckwit has his appetite back and is back to being unreasonably beautiful, incredibly affectionate and slightly dim. He hates it when little R cries and sits outside her door meowing sadly- now team Eritrea bring her out to reassure him, it's really funny- especially as they were all terrified of him when they first moved in.

Juliet now answers to crazy barrel cat and kunikuni cat- it is a breed of pig and apparently means small and round- which she is [emoji4] Suits her better than Juliet, which has always seemed a very elegant name for a very dumpy cat.
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donkyboy said:
Chloe has rekindled an obsession with the shower curtain. the diamond pattern seems to have an impact on her eyes. she is on and in the bath tub a lot just staring at the curtain and oftens sits there making adorable noises

She has punctured a couple of holes in it already

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Toby has a fascination for the shower curtain. Every time I'm brushing my teeth he hides under it. Then springs up and attacks me lol.
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