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Cat in a box
- Thread starter bbinder
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Sadly we had to say goodbye to our old man, Mr. Grimples(23) on Monday. He had been losing weight no matter how much we fed him and on Sunday he had what we're pretty sure was a stroke.We absolutely didn't want his last moments to be a traumatic ride to an unknown emergency vet so we reached out to our at home vet and comforted him as well as we could. By the next morning he seemed to have recovered ~50% and kept getting better throughout the day. The vet couldn't come until Wednesday and we figured he should be ok until then . To complicate things I was just recovering from Covid the previous week(stupid music festival) so come Wednesday I test myself to make sure I'm clear and I'm not. 
We had to reschedule until Monday. He hung on until Monday with us doting over him and giving him special food but by the time the vet came it was pretty obvious to us he was tired and done fighting. He had lost his much younger buddy a little over a year ago and had been noticeably going downhill since.
I also feel it's worth noting that he was an obnoxious asshole to the humans and some of the other cats in the house. He shredded me and my wife on more than one occasion. We adopted him when he was ten as a companion to our 16 Y/O female and he absolutely tormented her to the point we had to permanently keep them separated until she passed. In his later years his favorite activities were screaming at us for food before we could even pour our first cup of coffee and scooting on the living room rug. He also absolutely loved to be picked up and snuggled and didn't seem to ever want you to stop. Goodnight Grimple, you sweet, insufferable bastard.
We had to reschedule until Monday. He hung on until Monday with us doting over him and giving him special food but by the time the vet came it was pretty obvious to us he was tired and done fighting. He had lost his much younger buddy a little over a year ago and had been noticeably going downhill since.I also feel it's worth noting that he was an obnoxious asshole to the humans and some of the other cats in the house. He shredded me and my wife on more than one occasion. We adopted him when he was ten as a companion to our 16 Y/O female and he absolutely tormented her to the point we had to permanently keep them separated until she passed. In his later years his favorite activities were screaming at us for food before we could even pour our first cup of coffee and scooting on the living room rug. He also absolutely loved to be picked up and snuggled and didn't seem to ever want you to stop. Goodnight Grimple, you sweet, insufferable bastard.
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Cats. So much more nuanced than the alternative.
IME, there are dog people and animal people. I hear dog people saying they hate cats but I seldom hear cat people say they hate dogs unless there was a traumatic experience involved.
Since I brought the mood down I figured I should bring it back up with another cat in a box.
Good news: Dassie's lump is *not* cancer from elsewhere. Worst case scenario is ruled out. I'll take it.
Not so good news: actual surgery is required to biopsy so she's under observation only for a month.
no observable changes in August
Not so good news: actual surgery is required to biopsy so she's under observation only for a month.
no observable changes in August
Obviously designed by someone who has never actually lived with cats. NFW I want my little demons running around and wrestling under me while I'm trying to sleep. It's also going to be a fur and vomit collector and give them a perfect place to hide when you're trying to give them meds or take them to the vet.
I have a "captains" bed(platform bed with drawers under it)that they can get under by the headboard. I've occasionally had to pull a couple of the drawers out to retrieve an uncooperative feline. I'm not setting up a space that requires complete disassembly of my bed if I need to do it again.
*grin* I ain't blaming ya.
Back when Dassie was small she'd literally crawl inside my old sleeper sofa - straight up the inside where the folded top part of the mattress goes - and spend the day cheerfully clawing away at that coarse black upholstery backing cloth. We had to warn visitors to play 'spot the cat bulge' before plopping themselves down.
EDIT: As I write, Pestilence is clawing her way past the Indian clubs and journal boxes to camp out in the 3" space available behind the turntable support
Back when Dassie was small she'd literally crawl inside my old sleeper sofa - straight up the inside where the folded top part of the mattress goes - and spend the day cheerfully clawing away at that coarse black upholstery backing cloth. We had to warn visitors to play 'spot the cat bulge' before plopping themselves down.
EDIT: As I write, Pestilence is clawing her way past the Indian clubs and journal boxes to camp out in the 3" space available behind the turntable support
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We have decided to embrace our crazy cat people status. Our cats are ridiculously spoiled. The house is completely set up for them including 2 built in litter box cubbies, a litter robot, a kitty lounge/parkour course through the living room and dining room, hammocks in most windows and every type of scratcher and toy you can imagine.
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Not really with any of our current bunch, they're all overfed and lazy. Our newest addition was a feral kitten(haven't been able to get a post worthy photo yet) so the jury is still out on her but my wife is the kitten whisperer and has managed to get her to lle belly up in her lap on numerous occasions so I'm not too concerned but death by fuzzy black kitten with extra thumbs is an obituary I would be proud of.
Cat in a bag
He loves paper bags and will hang out in there for hours
New fuzzy kitten
With working thumbs! 
He loves paper bags and will hang out in there for hours
New fuzzy kitten
With working thumbs!
Twofer. Damn nuggets.
