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seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Vic nicked my chair again
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Vet called me to say everything fine with his blood tests, still waiting on urinalysis results as it could be he has a UTI (CKD cats are prone to them) but otherwise all is fine.
£364
Well, yay for the result!
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
As N said, that's a good result. The money is secondary.
Could have done without the spend though!
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Honestly unless the urinalysis shows something sinister, I just think he's turned into a fussy bugger about his food and has gone off his renal dry (again), I'm going to start feeding him more wet but that's 4x more expensive 
At least he is relatively OK though, unlike our sodding bank balance
At least he is relatively OK though, unlike our sodding bank balance
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
And tbf we've been having quarterly checkups at £50 a pop for 18 months while I've been resisting having blood tests done quarterly too (we're not made of money!)
I love him dearly, was holding out on having blood tests (because quarterly is financially unsustainable) unless there was some observable change in his health, losing a lot of weight fits that criteria.
I love him dearly, was holding out on having blood tests (because quarterly is financially unsustainable) unless there was some observable change in his health, losing a lot of weight fits that criteria.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It's actually really good that the medication he's on has kept him going for 18 months after diagnosis of CKD and apparently his kidney function hasn't declined much - that's pretty fucking incredible really (I think the average life expectancy for a cat after CKD diagnosis is that treatment with the drug he is on could give 18-24 months, so if his renal function hasn't declined enough to be of note since he's been on it this long that's something to celebrate).
Sorry, babbling a bit.
Sorry, babbling a bit.
moose
like some cat from Japan
We put collars with bells on the lads today, to get them ready for going out and terrifying the birds. Didn't go well. Dobey didn't let me fasten his properly then ran round the house and managed to pull it so tight I'm surprised he's not dead, then he climbed up a window and slashed us to pieces when we tried to stop him hurting himself. Trafford was slightly better, but neither are speaking to us tonight.
Here's a picture from happier, pre-collar times. I feel now like Barbie did here.
Here's a picture from happier, pre-collar times. I feel now like Barbie did here.
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Loved for the beautiful photo and not the collar struggles! I hope they are preparing themselves to forgive you.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
We would remortgage the house for our boys. It’s completely rational as far as I’m concernedHonestly unless the urinalysis shows something sinister, I just think he's turned into a fussy bugger about his food and has gone off his renal dry (again), I'm going to start feeding him more wet but that's 4x more expensive
At least he is relatively OK though, unlike our sodding bank balance
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
We would remortgage the house for our boys. It’s completely rational as far as I’m concerned
Yep I know what you mean.
Also though aware that he is elderly and sometimes throwing money at it isn't always a solution, even if we were millionaires it's not going to make him live forever.
He seems very happy though, which is the main thing.
I've started giving him more wet food to try to get his weight up a bit, he's always preferred wet over dry.
It's more expensive though, so I'm putting OH on dry so we can afford wet for Jakey
Another lap occupation last night, for only the third time in a year since he moved in. However it only lasted about ten minutes, and I think he was the architect of its demise. He doesn't do the normal cat thing of settling in for a long session, but immediately starts rolling over on his back for tummy-tickles. Brilliant, for a bit, but I think he peaks the intensity too early, and so can't summon up the concentration to properly go to sleep on me.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It is wonderful to have a cat on your lap - my Jakey lives on my lap and it is lovely but it is also a bit inconvenient when I need to go to the loo or get up and do something - have to physically shift him off my lap (although he does respond a bit to "Offskie Mcoffskie" and a bit of a nudge) then he will sit in my seat until I come back and I have to pick him up and put him back on my lap again once I have sat down.
It's nice and warm, but I fear DVT because I spend long periods unable to move my legs.
So it has its ups and downs.
Oh I know all this, because previous cat was definitely a long-term squatter on my lap. She even had a routine, where she'd start off at one angle, and gradually rotate anti-clockwise as the hours passed and she adjusted herself.
I've not lost hope with current cat, as he may learn to pace himself as he gets older.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Honestly my Radar was an over excitable bitey wee shite, but we still loved him.
He did calm down a bit as he got older, although I was never completely certain that he wouldn't at any point surge up under the duvet when I was in bed and go for my ankles!
Didn't really do laps, but he liked to cuddle in bed, and was endlessly (and sometimes slightly painfully) entertaining!
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
I was thinking, maybe this this is where those rumours come from about big cats in the wild. They're giant domestic cats I reckon.
BassJunkie
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates.
Keith and Ringo a snooze. Keith is a scaredy cat.
So far Ringo has brought home a dead blackbird, a live mouse and a live pigeon. I don't know how he got that through the cat flap. I like this idea of a collar and a bell.
So far Ringo has brought home a dead blackbird, a live mouse and a live pigeon. I don't know how he got that through the cat flap. I like this idea of a collar and a bell.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
All your cats are helping me to get my 8 year old to do her 8 times table. I’m showing her a cat for every answer she writes! For extra cat points she’s chosen to do it in a box.
moose
like some cat from Japan
Well today I thought all was well - we were all friends again and the cats were wanting head scratches. However it took a turn for the worse. Dobey came downstairs with the collar stuck in his mouth, like a gag, and wouldn't let us help. A frenzied chase ensured (again!) and eventually we managed to free him by cutting it off. There was a tiny bit of blood on the collar and I hope he's not wrecked his teeth - now hiding in the cupboard. Have also removed Trafford's. The birds will have to use their eyes.
I forgot how difficult semi-feral cats are
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Trillian did have a collar with a bell for half her main “at risk” animal catching years. I’m not sure it made a difference, she’s just not very good at it. 
She went through a stage of bringing in docile little field mice and then just leaving them alive and cowering in a corner. I once saw a squirrel run into her and her not respond. 
She went through a stage of bringing in docile little field mice and then just leaving them alive and cowering in a corner. I once saw a squirrel run into her and her not respond. 
