My cat just fell out the window...

This could be seen as a worrying pattern.

That's exactly what I was thinking...

The base-jumper.

Chris: Yes, take your cat to the vet!

Insurance is not a scam for any product/service if it's something that you cannot afford outright. Otherwise yes, you're better off (financially) playing the odds that the insurance companies play (although some people really rate that "peace of mind" thing).

did this, she has a kitty cold

Chris: Yes, take your cat to the vet!

Insurance is not a scam for any product/service if it's something that you cannot afford outright. Otherwise yes, you're better off (financially) playing the odds that the insurance companies play (although some people really rate that "peace of mind" thing).

what service are you getting, peace of mind? Its practically gambling. if they wernt taking more money than your paying in they wouldnt be in business would they? just take the money you'd usually pay for insurance and save it, likleyhood is even by paying for vet bills you'll have more than if insurance paid.

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*most burn all insurance companiesmost burn all insurance companies

what service are you getting, peace of mind? Its practically gambling. if they wernt taking more money than your paying in they wouldnt be in business would they? just take the money you'd usually pay for insurance and save it, likleyhood is even by paying for vet bills you'll have more than if insurance paid.

hardly, otherwise insurance wouldn't be necessary if everyone had the ability to pay, see?!

many people paying a small amount in makes a big pot for the few who need it, and the company takes the difference.

I believe rincewind was talking about pet insurance. he has a point: I have no idea how much such insurance would cost but, from my experience: the amount of money I've spent on vets is for sure smaller than what I would've paid an insurance company, every year, for the 10years my dog's been with me.

but thats just my experience with an healthy dog that doesn't jump off of stuff.

hardly, otherwise insurance wouldn't be necessary if everyone had the ability to pay, see?!

many people paying a small amount in makes a big pot for the few who need it, and the company takes the difference.

No, im talking about almost all insurance. You're saying insurance is for everyone to pay but only people who wouldnt be able to pay a large bill get the benefit? It makes no diference weather someone can afford to pay or not, misfortunes dont discriminate, everyones more likely to pay more than they get out.

However I do understand what you are saying, someone loses there house somehow its a big thing, which most people wouldnt be able to get back on there feet from, without many others helping. But the fact still is its a big gamble and that "difference" is pretty darn big. I read things all the time about insurance companies trying to get out of paying out in genuine circumstances.

I hope you don't have a car.

As this is the cat advice thread:

My girls cat wont stop throwing up, we even got it special food to prevent hair balls. I booked a vet appointmet, but is there any advice out there? its an adult russian blue.

Silly question since you're in NYC, does the cat often eat grass or any plants?

As this is the cat advice thread:

My girls cat wont stop throwing up, we even got it special food to prevent hair balls. I booked a vet appointmet, but is there any advice out there? its an adult russian blue.

If there's runny poo, too, at least in my case it turned out to be Giardiasis.

It isn't nice, but it's nothing that can't be handled. The biggest thing was to disinfect the flat to be sure you get the fuckers and it won't renew. (And of course, cats rarely like being fed medicine: antibiotics, anti-nausea stuff and lactic acid bacteria to counter the loss of intestinal fauna to antibiotics.)

We did that to two adult Sphynxes and their litter of five kittens. Had to be done, but it was hard work. We had to hydrate the kittens with sub-cutaneous injections of fluid.

Of course it could be a million other things, too. The vet will know.

Yep, could be loads of things, go to the vet, the more info you go with the better. They'll probably have to test for it, unless it's an obvious malt-related problem:

Does the cat eat any plants, food scraps, bits of paper/string, etc? (Difficult for you to know, but check the stools/vomit.)
Is the cat's belly a little inflated/hard? (Again difficult for you to compare to "normal", but keep an eye out for shape/hardness changes.)
Has their been any changes in the cat's temperament? (Quite, distressed, aggressive, mopey, etc.)
Does the cat get groomed when malting? (Malting often or regularly?)
Does the cat get fed different types of food regularly or have any regular changes in diet (without a slow introduction/mix)?
Did the change in diet help, when did the problem start, what may have been a trigger?
Does your house have lots of lilies, onions, or common cat poisons about the place?
How often/predictable is the vomiting?
Etc.

Bump. He did it again. I was sitting on the sofa and just saw this blur shoot past the window followed by a thud.

He's not limping this time so I think he might have his technique down.

We need a net or something.

Finding this extremely funny. Sorry.

Maybe he was leaping for a bird or something?

Found our cat snuggling up to a fox in the back garden. That's not right.

My cat is dead. 16 months on, and I'm still upset about it :(

my cat was jumping off my bed last night, onto the one loose floorboard because i can only assume it liked the sound it made.
he was doing it over and over fro about an hour

^ He is trying to kill you

My cat is dead. 16 months on, and I'm still upset about it :(

I send you my warmest condolances and hugs. I have a great deal of respect for 'pets'...and don't like calling them pets, it's derogatory...Cats are descended from Tigers, and having hugged one, and the feeling that if he wanted to give me a little tap with that dinner plate sized paw, that is attached to that forepaw that is the siz of my thigh and twice as muscled. You sit with them and they command respect.
Cats are only domestic size so that if your cat got pissed off and attacked you, you mifht have a chance of surviving...

If cats got as big as a pit bull...or rottweiler..it could kill you in the flick of a paw...ooops, sorry was that your jugular? and dogs would seriously know their place, I had a cat that once took out an alsation and a jack russell, with such efficiency he sat back down again before they had finished running off...he went apeshit at both of there faces for a couple of seconds each...and that was enough.

It didn't work the same way for him and a random car though, he lost. He was ace and I still miss him. I have two now, and they keep me happy.

You miss your cat, and we respect that. peace and love

Spangles was buried in the garden last year :(

Cats are only domestic size so that if your cat got pissed off and attacked you, you might have a chance of surviving...

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^ He is trying to kill you

This statement applies to pretty much all cat behaviour with the exception of when they try to catch butterflies. You aren't supposed to see that.

My dog ate my cat on easter day. Bad dog.

Every morning for the past week I have found a dead mouse in our kitchen
We suspected we had mice when we opened a packet of Doritos we kept in the cupboard under the stairs. It had been gnawed and there was loads of wool and paper inside it. Seems the mice had set up temporary home in the packet!

They had obviously since moved onto pastures new, under the fridge probably.

It started last week when the cat bought a very much alive mouse up to our bedroom at 3am and started throwing it against the wall, as they do. It seemed reluctant to finish the job so I picked both cat and mouse up and threw them outside. The mouse was dead by the morning, luckily.

A couple of days later there was a dead mouse on the kitchen floor - an adult. Now we are finding a baby mouse, sometimes 2 each day. I figured he has slaughtered both parents and now he is systematically killing the poor babies as they leave their nest in search of food. Watching him hunting in the kitchen is great entertainment after a night on the beer.

Cats fucking rock. Thats all, now I am off to the pub :)