The Cat Thread

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have you ever tried to use a dustbuster on a cat? A whirling dervish could learn from that.

Some one jumped in to a box and got a shock.

This thread makes me happy when i miss my cat Moo.
We skype on the regular though.

what people put their cat through to sell a frame...

http://www.lfgss.com/comments/11879172/

We've had better days.

Has anyone else's cat developed a heart murmur? I'm hoping its a freak reading and it will be normal later in the week, but can't deny I am worried. Not ready for a Sam V9 yet. He has an ulcer in an eye too. It looks superficial and should clear up in a few days but the soppy thing isnt too happy.

I had a cat with a heart murmur. The vet said there was nothing to be done about it and a big scare could kill her. Which it did, about 18 months later. Found her dead outside one morning, under a car.

Thanks. I am really worried now. Not ready to lose him anytime yet. Don't think I could cope with that right now.

Have you diagnosed him yourself?

No. I took him to the vet today because he couldn't open one of his eyes this morning and whilst checking him out the vet asked me if he'd been diagnosed with a heart murmur before, which he has not. He has to go back on Thursday to see if his eye has improved and she will listen to his heart again. She is the locum vet so I am praying she has made a mistake, or that Sam was so terrified (because we had to cross a busy road to get to the vet today) it is a freak reading.

Our kitty had a possible freaky heart rate diagnosed at a vet visit but vet was very open it could just be stress and subsequent visits she was fine.

That is hopeful. Thanks.

Also reminded I have a blood pressure monitor we bought because my wife freaked out during the registration check up at her new GP and posted coronary levels due to white coat effect so we double checked at home and sent in the normal values which were fine.

Our cat has had a heart murmur for about 10 years and it doesn't seem to have done him any harm. In that time he's lived alongside up to 5 dogs at once plus a brood of border collie pups - for at least a few years he decided to live outside and only come in for food occasionally and spent his time under a bush opposite the house come wind or snow. He also has asthma which is triggered by purring. He's 15 and still going strong!

Looks comfortable.

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So Fireworks night has been an experience. The dog, a spectacularly dense Labrador, has spent most of the evening looking out the window for the birds. He briefly joined me with a local gun club and he's used to loud bangs and birds hitting the deck.

The cat however has spent the entire evening under the childs bed. I looked under, big mistake, and now suspect the moggy may well need some kind of decontamination from the filth under there. Just shows the fireworks scared him enough to brave that pit in the hopes of safety. Now they've finished he's back to stalking the dog.

Very different to the story of a dog owner at work who had been going on all day about getting diazepam for her dog before it had a heart attack tonight.

Thanks, that is very reassuring.

His murmur "wasn't so bad today" and I'm just going to keep an eye on him for the foreseeable, rather than start on tests.

going to pick up latest addition to the family tonight. she's only got three legs!

These are my two bengals (possibly Bengal cross) - the mum is very quiet, demure and scarily intelligent and the son is the loudest and most vocal cat I've ever heard. I think he just likes shouting to be honest!

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Awwww Gawjus. Xxx

http://youtu.be/BxRFDIiOdGo

This is my British Blue called Amber. she is 3

Phoney!

jeez @HoKe trolling me on my 2nd post!