Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
They'll almost certainly end up with the rampant shits due to it having a higher carb content than what they are used to :/
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They'll almost certainly end up with the rampant shits due to it having a higher carb content than what they are used to :/
Fez909
toilet expert
Fuck that then...their shit's bad enough
High Voltage
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Feed DOG biscuits to a cat 
- good luck with that
- good luck with that
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Well - update on Radar:
He's doing REALLY well - he's back to normal (except will barely touch dry food, but he's eating wet enthusiastically!
I think he's nearly back at his target weight now, his spine and ribs are no longer sticking out - he feels normal healthy weight and size again, finally, after what in total (to get him back to where he was) has been a 4 month odyssey
Some history:
Late January: diagnosed with ear polyps - has been bleeding from ears and in distress
7th Feb: bilateral ventral bulla osteotomy surgery to remove them and remove tissue they were growing from
9th Feb: brought him home
10th Feb: he ate a little food
12th Feb: hadn't eaten for 2 days so back to the vet hospital for emergency admission: with the fast before surgery his weight had dropped to around 2.8kg (3.6kg usual weight), looked like a famine victim, and he was dehydrated, was put on IV support
17th Feb: Radar was discharged to my care with a plastic oesophagostomy tube fitted, from this point on I was syringing liquid feed into it to keep him alive while he recovered
17th Feb-1st March: Very little eaten of his own accord, the occasional few mouthfuls, the rest by tube feed
2nd March: Radar brought up a furball and with it the bottom end of his feeding tube - we rushed him to the vet hospital late at night but on the way he managed to lacerate his own mouth with his claws (because the end of the tube was gone - he'd bitten the end off - and the remaining portion was now dangling in the back of his mouth rather than seated in his oesophagus and he was scratching at his mouth), turned up with Radar covered in blood
4th March: Radar back home with about 30 stitches in his mouth and a new feeding tube inserted
5th March: The contrary little sod starts eating a little
7th March: The feeding tube has a kink in it, in the finger-trap suture holding it in place - not something we can deal with ourselves as the suture may need to be redone. Back up to the vet hospital. Weight up to 3.1kg
9th March: The tube has kinked again, this time went to local vet to get the suture sorted out, Radar has started to panic in his carrier in the taxi on long journeys. He is eating a little at this point though, maybe half a pouch of food a day.
13th March: Ate 2 pouches of wet food (so nearly a full amount for his weight + some gain)
19th March: Has been eating a weight maintenance amount of food for a week more or less, so feeding tube is removed
21st March: Hole in throat has healed up. Still bald from cheekbones to chest, a shaved bit on the shoulder where he had a transdermal opiate patch, and both front legs bald from where they were shaved for IV lines
30th March: Fur starting to grow back, a small amount of weight gain but not a lot
23rd May: Seems to be back to normal healthy weight (he's always been a little skinny mind you, but finally not being able to *see* his ribs despite his fur is fantastic!) Also his shaved patches have grown back in to the point where you wouldn't be able to see where he had been shaved unless you knew
2 surgeries, 3 hospital stays totalling 8 nights, £6.5k in bills, Radar back to full health and Petplan paying most of the bill - priceless
He's doing REALLY well - he's back to normal (except will barely touch dry food, but he's eating wet enthusiastically!
I think he's nearly back at his target weight now, his spine and ribs are no longer sticking out - he feels normal healthy weight and size again, finally, after what in total (to get him back to where he was) has been a 4 month odyssey
Some history:
Late January: diagnosed with ear polyps - has been bleeding from ears and in distress
7th Feb: bilateral ventral bulla osteotomy surgery to remove them and remove tissue they were growing from
9th Feb: brought him home
10th Feb: he ate a little food
12th Feb: hadn't eaten for 2 days so back to the vet hospital for emergency admission: with the fast before surgery his weight had dropped to around 2.8kg (3.6kg usual weight), looked like a famine victim, and he was dehydrated, was put on IV support
17th Feb: Radar was discharged to my care with a plastic oesophagostomy tube fitted, from this point on I was syringing liquid feed into it to keep him alive while he recovered
17th Feb-1st March: Very little eaten of his own accord, the occasional few mouthfuls, the rest by tube feed
2nd March: Radar brought up a furball and with it the bottom end of his feeding tube - we rushed him to the vet hospital late at night but on the way he managed to lacerate his own mouth with his claws (because the end of the tube was gone - he'd bitten the end off - and the remaining portion was now dangling in the back of his mouth rather than seated in his oesophagus and he was scratching at his mouth), turned up with Radar covered in blood
4th March: Radar back home with about 30 stitches in his mouth and a new feeding tube inserted
5th March: The contrary little sod starts eating a little
7th March: The feeding tube has a kink in it, in the finger-trap suture holding it in place - not something we can deal with ourselves as the suture may need to be redone. Back up to the vet hospital. Weight up to 3.1kg
9th March: The tube has kinked again, this time went to local vet to get the suture sorted out, Radar has started to panic in his carrier in the taxi on long journeys. He is eating a little at this point though, maybe half a pouch of food a day.
13th March: Ate 2 pouches of wet food (so nearly a full amount for his weight + some gain)
19th March: Has been eating a weight maintenance amount of food for a week more or less, so feeding tube is removed
21st March: Hole in throat has healed up. Still bald from cheekbones to chest, a shaved bit on the shoulder where he had a transdermal opiate patch, and both front legs bald from where they were shaved for IV lines
30th March: Fur starting to grow back, a small amount of weight gain but not a lot
23rd May: Seems to be back to normal healthy weight (he's always been a little skinny mind you, but finally not being able to *see* his ribs despite his fur is fantastic!) Also his shaved patches have grown back in to the point where you wouldn't be able to see where he had been shaved unless you knew
2 surgeries, 3 hospital stays totalling 8 nights, £6.5k in bills, Radar back to full health and Petplan paying most of the bill - priceless
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hegley
never odd or even
Having catflap woes . We moved house at the beginning of April and after keeping the cats in for a couple of weeks installed our old catflap. Cats happy, humans happy. But it turns out that the new neighbourhood has quite a big cat population, and our two, being the new kits on the block, are getting bullied. It's got to the stage now where a strange cat(s) is coming upstairs in the middle of the night and having full-on screaming fights with ours . So we've replaced the old catflap with a new microchip reading one. Trouble is one of our cats can't get used to the click as it reads his microchip and won't use it to come in - he's happy to go out of it but once he's out he's stuck there.
Has anyone else had this issue or has any words of wisdom on how to persuade him it's in his own best interests to use it? We've tried tempting him through with Dreamies etc. to no avail.
. We moved house at the beginning of April and after keeping the cats in for a couple of weeks installed our old catflap. Cats happy, humans happy. But it turns out that the new neighbourhood has quite a big cat population, and our two, being the new kits on the block, are getting bullied. It's got to the stage now where a strange cat(s) is coming upstairs in the middle of the night and having full-on screaming fights with ours . So we've replaced the old catflap with a new microchip reading one. Trouble is one of our cats can't get used to the click as it reads his microchip and won't use it to come in - he's happy to go out of it but once he's out he's stuck there. Has anyone else had this issue or has any words of wisdom on how to persuade him it's in his own best interests to use it? We've tried tempting him through with Dreamies etc. to no avail.
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
Having catflap woes
Has anyone else had this issue or has any words of wisdom on how to persuade him it's in his own best interests to use it? We've tried tempting him through with Dreamies etc. to no avail.
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Liked for the lovely cuddled up kittehs....
Not the bully cat
or cat flap problem....
Whagwan
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We can't have a chip flap as it is in a patio door so has to be low profile, have caught a couple in the house and we had to take Reba to the vet a few weeks back after a nasty bite on her tail. To deal with local bully cats I've taken to setting it to 'entry only' when I'm at work and leaving a loaded and pumped super soaker by the door.
Only caught one so far but after a harmless soaking with no escape I'm pretty sure we won't be seeing it again.
Only caught one so far but after a harmless soaking with no escape I'm pretty sure we won't be seeing it again.
donkyboy
Crazy Cat/Fox man
Having catflap woes
Has anyone else had this issue or has any words of wisdom on how to persuade him it's in his own best interests to use it? We've tried tempting him through with Dreamies etc. to no avail.
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really not a fan of chipped cat flaps. in an emergency they are useless if the cat tries to run in at speed as it wont be able to read the chip quick enough. one of my work colleagues cat died when it was chased by a dog. it came in at speed and hit the flap which didn't open as it was sprinting too fast. the cat died as a result. if they didnt have the stupid chip on it, the poor thing would still be alive.
hegley
never odd or even
that's terrible. The poor kitty. I don't really know what the alternative is for us at the moment. The kits are getting really distressed about the intruder(s) - they're becoming cautious just wandering about their own house.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Sonic was on the desk and my hand brushed his face while I was moving the mouse. There was some slow-blinking, he rubbed his head on my hand a little, then a loud purr started and he slow-blinked some more - and then he was climbing onto my lap, pressing his sweet little head against my face - lovely lovely cat
(He's also starting to look a little bit paler grey around his chops, he's 12 now, starting to look like an older cat)
(He's also starting to look a little bit paler grey around his chops, he's 12 now, starting to look like an older cat)
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I bumped into two of my regular furry acquaintances yesterday on the walk to work. One of them is always so chuffed to see me, complete with back-rolling in the dirt. The other, who I think might live with her, has always been a bit more aloof, but he's gradually warmed to me over the months. Anyway, yesterday, Ginge turned up as I'm stroking Pinkie (collar colour) and demands some attention for himself. One hand each isn't enough, so it descends into a roly-poly "fight", with them seeming to bite one another's throats as I walk off.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Spotted one of the colony that mine were rescued from just now. He/she is tiny, I want them all
Ginge came up to me on his own today and started hugging my leg. He was fucking soaking too, I think having rolled in the wet grass. Thankfully no one noticed the paw-print on my work trousers.
Fez909
toilet expert
The rain (I'm assuming) is driving the cats wild today. Never seen them so animated before. They usually get up, eat then sleep til afternoon, but they've been non stop all morning. Jinx has been attacking my shoes, which is annoying. He did look cute at one point when he looked like he was trying them on Was too fast to get a pic, but I did catch him on a break between mad dashes...
Was too fast to get a pic, but I did catch him on a break between mad dashes...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
The rain (I'm assuming) is driving the cats wild today. Never seen them so animated before. They usually get up, eat then sleep til afternoon, but they've been non stop all morning. Jinx has been attacking my shoes, which is annoying. He did look cute at one point when he looked like he was trying them on
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He's adorable!!! Has he ever stuck his head right into a shoe and kind of got stuck and staggered about requiring rescue? Radar has (oh Radar bless him).
Fez909
toilet expert
Yep! About 5 seconds before that photos was taken...it was that that made me get the camera out
Unfortunately they're too fast and never stay in the place you want them to when your camera's out, do they?
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Yep! About 5 seconds before that photos was taken...it was that that made me get the camera out
Unfortunately they're too fast and never stay in the place you want them to when your camera's out, do they?
Yeah it's a case of too busy running round trying to prevent damage to cat (mostly) and damage to other stuff (as a secondary thing), to be able to take photos...
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Jinx is seriously handsome!
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Baby Bel (Belinda)
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Blue
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
I love that paint job
