Author Topic: Gratuitous cat pics - new and improved! (Read 572016 times)

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #2375 on:** 18 March, 2015, 02:46:23 pm »

I love it when they go all crazy eyes.

Kim · « **Reply #2376 on:** 18 March, 2015, 03:08:38 pm »

Seems like a good time to repost this:

Otto · « **Reply #2377 on:** 18 March, 2015, 03:22:35 pm »

Here is one of my cats.... new people in the neighbourhood often ask have we seen the strange wild animal in the field

SteveC · « **Reply #2378 on:** 18 March, 2015, 07:35:45 pm »

Maine Coon? He looks very like our Wes who is a similar size (but, alas, now too old to be the 'strange wild animal' in the field.

Jaded · « **Reply #2379 on:** 18 March, 2015, 07:55:08 pm »

Quote from: Otto on 18 March, 2015, 03:22:35 pm

Here is one of my cats.... new people in the neighbourhood often ask have we seen the strange wild animal in the field

Mum!!! I saw a snail baboon!!!!

Otto · « **Reply #2380 on:** 18 March, 2015, 07:57:48 pm »

Quote from: SteveC on 18 March, 2015, 07:35:45 pm

Maine Coon? He looks very like our Wes who is a similar size (but, alas, now too old to be the 'strange wild animal' in the field.

Yes he is, he is also getting on a bit now nearly 14

fuzzy · « **Reply #2381 on:** 19 March, 2015, 08:13:30 am »

Quote from: Otto on 18 March, 2015, 03:22:35 pm

Here is one of my cats.... new people in the neighbourhood often ask have we seen the strange wild animal in the field

That's no cat- that's a direcat that is

CrinklyLion · « **Reply #2382 on:** 21 March, 2015, 08:03:46 pm »

A new (probationary) resident at Granny Annie's was somewhat taken with her first glimpse of the ultra-widescreen kitteh TV. Permanent residency to be contingent on how formal introductions with the resident hounds progress; first contact has been made, apparently with some very wide eyes and a some (kitten) growling involved. She's a little battered - the vets think she may have had an argument with a car - but a very amiable wee thing.

Kim · « **Reply #2383 on:** 21 March, 2015, 08:06:43 pm »

Aww.

(Presumably non-widescreen kitteh TV == washing machine)

Pingu · « **Reply #2384 on:** 21 March, 2015, 10:18:07 pm »

IMG_2292 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2385 on:** 22 March, 2015, 11:41:54 am »

Quote from: Kim on 21 March, 2015, 08:06:43 pm

Aww.

(Presumably non-widescreen kitteh TV == washing machine)

Judging from some of the behaviours exhibited by the Mollycat, yes, though there is a suspicion that there may be meeces behind it.

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2386 on:** 23 March, 2015, 04:35:08 pm »

Barry the Adolescent Cat, being all black, is hard to photograph with my meager photographic skills and equipment (an iPhone) but last night I triumphed ...!

His left eye is often a bit gunky as the cat flu he had when he was a kitten has left him with a dodgy tear duct. The vet tried flushing it out when he was debollocked but to no avail.

He and Isabella are doing very well. We let them out a bit now and they enjoy the garden. But they seem genuinely bemused by birds, you can see it in their faces ... "How the hell can you fly when we can't? That can't be fair can it?"

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2387 on:** 01 April, 2015, 03:07:50 pm »

Barry (in the foreground) and Isabella like being outside ...

Pingu · « **Reply #2388 on:** 02 April, 2015, 08:14:16 pm »

IMG_2354 (2) by The Pingus, on Flickr

Kim · « **Reply #2389 on:** 02 April, 2015, 08:29:20 pm »

barakta · « **Reply #2390 on:** 02 April, 2015, 08:37:46 pm »

Awwww. Why the cone of shame?

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2391 on:** 02 April, 2015, 09:16:39 pm »

They got spayed today.

They're supposed to be resting. So far they've done nothing of the sort, and Pumpkin managed to break my bedside lamp almost as soon as they got home. Presumably due to the sudden widening of their heads.... I blame the pain meds. My previous cats didn't get anything to my knowledge and just laid quietly for 2 days.

They don't seem to like the look of each other with the cones on. Can't believe they're supposed to wear them for a fortnight!

Kim · « **Reply #2392 on:** 02 April, 2015, 09:27:55 pm »

Cone of shame stops the whiskers doing their thing. Some cats really don't handle that well (see also: singed whiskers).

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #2393 on:** 02 April, 2015, 09:34:23 pm »

You could try one of these https://thrivepetfoods.com/problem-solvers/comfy-collar-page

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2394 on:** 02 April, 2015, 09:46:04 pm »

Drinking water didn't seem to go so well judging by the collateral damage. And I just had to shove Pumpkin's head back in cos her ears were poking out the back of the collar!

Feline · « **Reply #2395 on:** 02 April, 2015, 10:48:01 pm »

Realistically speaking 1 week should be enough- cats skin heals very quickly and when I actually use skin stitches in them (which I generally avoid) they are removed in 7 days.
Cats who chew their wound and remove stitches generally do so within the first 3-4 days of the op.
But obviously you have to listen to what your vet has told you as you may otherwise get the blame if they do bad things to themselves $:-\$

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2396 on:** 03 April, 2015, 10:25:05 am »

According to the letter they have dissolving stitches. Looks like they've been glued up because there's nothing to see. I doubt the collars will last longer than a week anyway judging by the state of the ties already!

TimO · « **Reply #2397 on:** 03 April, 2015, 11:11:09 am »

My vet never supplied, or suggested anything for either Kai or Zev when they were "done". Kai was done as an adult male cat, and Zev as a 6 month old female kitten. As I recall, I kept Kai in for a day or two, as you would with a human that had been under a general anaesthetic (OK, not kept in, observed, but you know what I mean!). Zev was kept in the spare room for most of that time, as she had been for the first 6 months, when she wasn't wandering around the house with Kai.

Both were fairly active, as I recall, although I'd imagine keeping them indoors would be a good thing.

I'd imagine that both eating and drinking could be a bit more difficult with the 'cone of shame' on, unless you've got something like a spaniel bowl.

Pingu · « **Reply #2398 on:** 03 April, 2015, 05:31:07 pm »

Pippin didn't have a CoS and she was fine. Our present pair haven't shown any sign of wanting to lick their wounds. They do seem to have itchy necks though, they are loving neck scratches from us at the moment!

ian · « **Reply #2399 on:** 03 April, 2015, 05:45:10 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 02 April, 2015, 09:27:55 pm

Cone of shame stops the whiskers doing their thing. Some cats really don't handle that well (see also: singed whiskers).

When Bad Cat knackered her back paw and had to be sewn back up she was dressed up in a shame cone. It didn't last the evening owing the trail of destruction she left behind, the fact that one of her attempts to remove it involved falling down the stairs backwards, and the second found her caught between chair back and table edge.

She is currently eating my swimming trunks. Nice.

Author Topic: Gratuitous cat pics - new and improved! (Read 572016 times)

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