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LeytonCatLady
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Aladdin
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Ahem..
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She's willing to stay within about 5 metres of me, but no closer, which is a shame for both of us:
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Puddy_Tat
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Cat missing for 11 years reunited with owner after being spotted on Facebook
Ziggy went missing in 2011 at just one year old
LeytonCatLady
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Ah, my bad! Apologies for the repost.Ahem..
Your daily cat and kitten news
She's willing to stay within about 5 metres of me, but no closer, which is a shame for both of us:
She in a mood because in an earlier post you suggested she'd have said "please" and "thank you".
Aladdin
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and did you see this bit as well
what happened next -
Man ‘Ambushed’ By Kittens As He Stops On The Side Of The Road To Rescue One
Man unlocks ‘crazy cat lady’ achievement as a dozen kittens rush out of the woods after he stops on the side of the road to rescue one of them.www.boredpanda.com
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
That took me a while to work out were her head was!
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
Doing her otter skunk impression!
LeytonCatLady
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Breakfast cuddles with Lilith.
LeytonCatLady
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Get well soon Orson!
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Best of luck to him xx
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
You’ve got a wee star there right enough
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Lil’ Bob realising that Mrs SFM is packing to go away for a few days and is determined to stop her by sitting on the bag 
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Lil’ Bob realising that Mrs SFM is packing to go away for a few days and is determined to stop her by sitting on the bag
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Awwwww!!!
If I am going out and get my outdoor clothes and put them down in a pile to get changed into them (I don't wear outdoor clothes indoors because it gets really quite hot in here), Jakey will come and sit on my outdoor clothes and wail because he doesn't want me to go out!
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Vic is an odd bugger where this is concerned too. If we’re leaving the house to walk down the street and he sees outside, he cries pitifully and wails like a child until we return to the house, give him a biscuit, then we swiftly make our escape while he’s chowing down. It’s so at odds with his usual indifferent air and basso profundo growl if he comes in with a dead mouse. Even if we go out for a few hours and come back late at night, both he and Lil Bob will have gone into survival mode, won’t have left the house and have “rationed” the food left for them. Once they know we’re home, they seem to heave a collective sigh of relief and resume their usual outdoor cat business. You would think they’d realise that when we go out, we always come back again but no…
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Meep.
Tim just woke up from a nap with only one eye opening. I gently tried opening it and there was a white filmy bit covering the inner corner - which has now gone. Eye is now about 2/3rds open, but rimmed red and watering.
So we’re going to the vet. However it’s too late for the normal vet to fit him in, so they said to call the OOH vet. I called them and they don’t start their emergency service until 8pm.
I assume if it was really serious there wouldn’t be a dinner time gap in provision!
But poor baby. Tbf, he doesn’t seem unduly traumatised.
Tim just woke up from a nap with only one eye opening. I gently tried opening it and there was a white filmy bit covering the inner corner - which has now gone. Eye is now about 2/3rds open, but rimmed red and watering.
So we’re going to the vet. However it’s too late for the normal vet to fit him in, so they said to call the OOH vet. I called them and they don’t start their emergency service until 8pm.
I assume if it was really serious there wouldn’t be a dinner time gap in provision!
But poor baby. Tbf, he doesn’t seem unduly traumatised.
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Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
The "white filmy bit" sounds like the 3rd eyelid which is sometimes referred to as the nictating membrane.
It is a normal feature on cats. They literally have a whole other eyelid that we don't have, it comes across starting from near the nose and extends across the eye from the tear duct outwards towards the ears/cheeks side of the eyes and can cover the whole eye.
Normally when they are awake and active it is fully pulled back and you will never see it.
If they first wake or if they are asleep with eyelids a bit open it can still be covering the whole eye and if you haven't seen it before it can be "omg what"
If it covers or partly covers the surface of the eye when awake that can be a sign off ill health or dehydration and should be checked by a vet.
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Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
There are reasons why seeing the 3rd eyelid while awake (persisting beyond when they wake up) could be of serious concern - if in both eyes it can be a symptom of intestinal parasite infestation, or abdominal pain or serious dehydration caused by an infection or illness. If in just 1 eye it could be a symptom of trauma (bruising) to the nerve (which runs under the edge of the jaw, it is not unusual for kittens to get bruising here due to play either by themselves or with others).
Ear or eye infection or upper respiratory infection can also cause it.
It is also incredibly common when a kitten first wakes up and in that case should disappear within a few minutes.
Honestly it seems to me like your kitten had just woken up and was a bit bleary like most of us are
If you see symptoms of anything else then get it checked out.
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Tim has conjunctivitis. So, not too hard to treat, but the out of hours fee was eye-watering (pun acknowledged).
Still, this vet was much more impressed with Tim’s magnificent cuteness, so I almost didn’t care. The regular vet was quite sanguine.
Still, this vet was much more impressed with Tim’s magnificent cuteness, so I almost didn’t care. The regular vet was quite sanguine.
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spanglechick
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The former. She took his temperature etc and seemed satisfied that it wasn’t the herpesvirus.Is it regular conjunctivitis (got a one off infection in his eye), or feline herpesvirus (will be dormant in his system forever and keep recurring)?
Just asking so am able to give relevant advice in future.
Has he had all his jabs yet?
Second jabs in a couple of weeks.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
My Radar had all his jabs but still had feline herpesvirus probably from before he was vaccinated as a young kitten and had some flareups over the years, and that plus feline coronavirus did flare up when he was in his final stages with other health problems bless him.
A lot of these diseases are endemic in cat populations, and can be worth knowing what you're dealing with if it turns out he does have one of the dormant cat flus- but they are not a death sentence or anything if it turns out he does have them - just more "I know about that, it might crop up if he gets stressed" type thing.
A lot of these diseases are endemic in cat populations, and can be worth knowing what you're dealing with if it turns out he does have one of the dormant cat flus- but they are not a death sentence or anything if it turns out he does have them - just more "I know about that, it might crop up if he gets stressed" type thing.
