My cat just fell out the window...

When my mom's cat Phoebe was a kitten (and was my cat) she used to wake me up by licking my eyes and lightly patting them, or trying to eat my toes that stuck out of the end of the bed.
Soon I will have my own kittens again!

Higgs will lick your nose if she can get to it.

I reckon going to sleep wearing a Cyrano De Bergerac nose mask would ensure a peaceful nights sleep.

My old cat had a hole in the roof of her mouth after a car accident. It enabled her to mix snot with saliva and leave a dribble trail wherever she went. She'd purr herself into a frenzy when being petted and would then sneeze with excitement... covering you in snoliva. Loved that cat.

ah cats. wonderfully daft things.

/noofnoofnoofnoofnoof

does anyone else pretend to leave a room, and then spy on your cat just to see what they do when they think they're alone, i spent a great deal of my sunday doing it

oh yes

I wish I had a cat. Do they do anything different when they think people have left the room then? Like walk around on their hind legs?

I wish I had a cat. Do they do anything different when they think people have left the room then? Like walk around on their hind legs?

mine does the sunday times crossword. the quick one tho - not the cryptic one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLSgiDxAckg

Molly went back to the vet this morning for checks. A tiny part of the incision is slightly open so it's back to wearing the lampshade so she doesn't lick it. Very grumpy cat.

With regard to the lump it's not so good news. We haven't got tests back and while it was completely removed, for what it was and where it was (large and under her mammary gland) it's an 80% chance that it's a nasty tumour..

We are looking at the 20% side of the situation though.

:-)

Due to a boiler explosion in my building its been quite a day for my poor little cat, she experienced an evacuation, hail, a dog carrier, the subway, my studio, my shop and my girlfriends apartment where she has spent the last two hours making sure no one sleeps.

we still aren't allowed back in so she's going to kitty daycare tomorrow.

I learned a lot today about my cat, mostly she doesn't like hail, dog carriers, the subway, my studio, my shop or my girlfriends apartment.

how do I make her not hate me after this ordeal...

I learned a lot about NYC, Chinese landlords are not the best at maintaining their building, people give you really weird looks when your carrying a cat on the subway, there is kitty day care and every one at the Department of Housing is a total incompetent moron with out exception.

No offense, but you should have taken the cat to a friends place or straight to kitty daycare. I know it's difficult, but that would actually be hell for the average cat and stress = illness.

im surprised that the cat didn't sneak a pee somewhere in your GF's place. they usually do that to let you know they are pissed.

Molly went back to the vet this morning for checks. A tiny part of the incision is slightly open so it's back to wearing the lampshade so she doesn't lick it. Very grumpy cat.

With regard to the lump it's not so good news. We haven't got tests back and while it was completely removed, for what it was and where it was (large and under her mammary gland) it's an 80% chance that it's a nasty tumour..

We are looking at the 20% side of the situation though.

:-)

one of my cats had a tumour in her mammary glands. it was removed and was fine for about 4 years, then she got another one. by this time she was about 15 and getting a bit frail, so i opted to have her put to sleep rather than put her through more surgery.

fingers crossed that your cat's isn't nasty and she will have lots more years ahead of her.

Thanks Jemjah.. :-)

Felix and Whiskas... boo. It's like McDonalds for cats.

Buy Hills or equivalent, no wet food unless you have a male outdoors cat and even then, not much.

Cat trays are smelly from the urine, shite should be removed. Newspaper as a liner and the litter of your choice works better than most "clumping/absorbing/whatever" in my opinion.

ha! that's exactly the analogy i use - it's like feeding your kids mcdonalds. better to buy quality food that you need to feed less of, than bulked out rubbish.

since i changed the diet of my dad's cats (he used to buy whiskas type food, now they get hills or iams) the 2 fat ones have lost weight, and the 2 thinner ones have gained weight.

Thanks Jemjah.. :-)

i have to admit that i cried so much when i took her to the vet i couldn't even speak to say i wanted her to be put down. she is the mother/grandmother/greatgrandmother of all the cats we have had since i bought her when i was 14. had to have her son put down a few months later too as he had broken his leg years before but got a tumour where the break was. that was just as hard!!!!

I understand. I've been their before with my dog a few years back.. it's tough and I try not to think about it, especially as she's running around doing all the usual stupid lovable shit cats do like nothing is wrong right now. But what will be will be and there's not much we can do about it. Vet did say that it's a educated guess at the prognosis and he's diagnosed cats before and given them x months only to find that they go on for years..

since i changed the diet of my dad's cats (he used to buy whiskas type food, now they get hills or iams) the 2 fat ones have lost weight, and the 2 thinner ones have gained weight.

The vet told me not to feed my cat Iams.

Has anyone kept their cat (other pet) to the end rather than get the vet to kill them (I find the "put to sleep/down" expression very silly). I am seriously thinking of never choosing that option but make my cat as comfortable as possible until he is ready to die.

i think a vet is better qualified than you (or me) to make that call - cats have odd ways off showing distress/pain - cagey lil scrotes that they are.

I would think the vet gives you the option to make that call.

well yes, as i suppose they would - i don't think they particularly relish the thought of killing your beloved pet, but they are still the best informed and equipped to make that call and to make it as painless as possible tho it is ultimately your, the owners, choice - but i wouldnt want to prolong the unneccessary suffering of anything or anyone for the sake of it. when it's time, it's time.

any vets onboard?

Has anyone kept their cat (other pet) to the end rather than get the vet to kill them (I find the "put to sleep/down" expression very silly). I am seriously thinking of never choosing that option but make my cat as comfortable as possible until he is ready to die.

One of our cats (lives with my parents) has had liver problems for a couple of years now (she's 14). The vet suggested putting her to sleep just over 6 months ago but gave us the choice.

She is still clearly old but is as lively as she has ever been and is going strong. If she starts going down hill again, i would seriously consider putting her to sleep though.

^ this. I wouldn't want any animal to suffer pain or the indignity of a "natural" death.. I decided to have my dog put down as he just had no quality of life (couldn't go to the toilet, eat etc.). That said he did die of heart failure the night before he was due to go to the vet. He died as I hugged him... He pissed on my leg..
I believe vets have a pretty high suicide rate...

i think that by far the kindest thing that we can do as owners is have a pet put down if it starts to suffer. i think keeping an animal alive when it is clearly in pain is one of most selfish things we do as humans.