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Hopefully pet owners understand (Dedicated to pets) ??
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··"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!""Go on, you get started without me. I just need a minute..."
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Faz
·I present you Linguini, our new family member! 2 1/2 months old and full of energy!
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LesXL
·Hello all,
I took me a little more than a week to find the will to write this post. After a bout with a pancreas ailment, we had to put down our very beloved Boules Noires. He had stopped eating, had lost a tremendous amount of weight and was clearly suffering. There was a ray of hope when we gave him a treatment similar to what @Walrus is giving to his cat. He came back to almost normal for about 10 days. Why then tried a last ditch effort with the vet. The prognosis was not good.
He was a 14 year old Snowshoe and we were told that pure bread cats have a shorter life expectancy than domestic cats, more so that he was also and outdoors cat. He was a very beautiful, cool customer that loved us unconditionally. Although we were deeply attached to him, we knew that a day like that would come. A day for which we are never ready to face.
The pain has somewhat subsided and life goes on. The good memories are vivid and will remain so. His buddy Porthos didn’t react much to the void Boules left in the household. Porthos is the kind of cat that sleeps 20 hours per day, comes out to eat, get a pet and a belly rub, then goes back to sleep. His routine hasn’t changed. A typical cat!
My good friend in Connecticut, a long time dog owner, suggested we didn’t wait to find another pet. We followed his advice and we admit, it really helped shed the sadness and highlight the happy times, past and future. So we’ve added Linguini to the family. Drove to Kingston, Ontario to get him. Yes, another Snowshoe! Only 2 months old and he and grumpy old Porthos, at 13 are getting along! Joy has taken the place of sadness.
Linguini!
Cheers to all
Faz
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·I couldn’t find Hairy and she was not responding to my calls, things are a bit “hairy” now that I have two sick cats on their way to the great cat beyond. I finally found her she was just resting keeping one eye (literally) on the going ons below probably laughing to herself that I was searching for her in a mild panic
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Walrus
·So sooper dooper who now sleeps 19 hrs a day and has a pending date for euthanasia pops up decides she wants to watch me paint. She stepped in some tracked back to her couch (yes sooper has her own human sized couch) then I noticed it was on her tail as well I think she did more painting than me
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··Not in LA anymore.Vacation time with the furry kids 😀
Technical note: this is a Black & White film image.
Technical note: this is a Black & White film image.
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we need a double like……..
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Faz
·This little guy is cracking us up!
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·Trying to catch up on something’s as I’m off tomorrow. I wrote a check to pay for my mothers medication at the facility she is at. I had to pay two months as they never processed my last payment. Anyway it suddenly dawned on me I am paying more for sooper doopers meds per month than I am for my mothers. Insurance only covers one of my mothers meds. This struck me as a bit odd. I don’t want to post too many pictures of sooper as we are at the end and it’s showing. She also still has paint on her from the weekend when she “helped me painting”. I gave her a bath a couple weeks ago and despite it being a warm day she was shivering like it was 10 below and I had to dig out electric heaters and crank them up it actually was a very sad scene.
The only real sad part here if it were not for the multi organ failure she is pretty much acting like her old self. Purrs when you pat her. Sticks out her paw to tap me let me know she wants to be patted. On a good day she will try to jump on my lap. I mean it’s possible I may be able to let her pass peacefully here at home. That would be fitting considering how long she has been with us. But if it needs to be at the vet so be it. I was also thinking I lost my first friend to the great beyond when I was 17 he was 18. Sooper has had six more years of life than he did. I’m ok with the process here I did and continue to do everything I can to keep her comfortable but we have run the gamut there is nothing else to try.
I get very happy when I scroll through this thread and see everyone’s healthy animals. Just a pic of soopers paw, I don’t think she would appreciate me posting pics of her now but she is OK for the time being
The only real sad part here if it were not for the multi organ failure she is pretty much acting like her old self. Purrs when you pat her. Sticks out her paw to tap me let me know she wants to be patted. On a good day she will try to jump on my lap. I mean it’s possible I may be able to let her pass peacefully here at home. That would be fitting considering how long she has been with us. But if it needs to be at the vet so be it. I was also thinking I lost my first friend to the great beyond when I was 17 he was 18. Sooper has had six more years of life than he did. I’m ok with the process here I did and continue to do everything I can to keep her comfortable but we have run the gamut there is nothing else to try.
I get very happy when I scroll through this thread and see everyone’s healthy animals. Just a pic of soopers paw, I don’t think she would appreciate me posting pics of her now but she is OK for the time being
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Walrus
·On a happy note I did a few visits today and one girl asked me to examine her cat as she was afraid he was sick. My non vet skills tells me Smokey is fine (gee I hope so cause that’s what I told her)
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pdxleaf
··"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"Trying to catch up on something’s as I’m off tomorrow. I wrote a check to pay for my mothers medication at the facility she is at. I had to pay two months as they never processed my last payment. Anyway it suddenly dawned on me I am paying more for sooper doopers meds per month than I am for my mothers. Insurance only covers one of my mothers meds. This struck me as a bit odd. I don’t want to post too many pictures of sooper as we are at the end and it’s showing. She also still has paint on her from the weekend when she “helped me painting”. I gave her a bath a couple weeks ago and despite it being a warm day she was shivering like it was 10 below and I had to dig out electric heaters and crank them up it actually was a very sad scene.
The only real sad part here if it were not for the multi organ failure she is pretty much acting like her old self. Purrs when you pat her. Sticks out her paw to tap me let me know she wants to be patted. On a good day she will try to jump on my lap. I mean it’s possible I may be able to let her pass peacefully here at home. That would be fitting considering how long she has been with us. But if it needs to be at the vet so be it. I was also thinking I lost my first friend to the great beyond when I was 17 he was 18. Sooper has had six more years of life than he did. I’m ok with the process here I did and continue to do everything I can to keep her comfortable but we have run the gamut there is nothing else to try.
I get very happy when I scroll through this thread and see everyone’s healthy animals. Just a pic of soopers paw, I don’t think she would appreciate me posting pics of her now but she is OK for the time being
If you're not already aware, consider an in-home euthanasia. Sooper can stay at home and a vet will come to you.
We're on that path with one of ours.
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sxl2004
·If you're not already aware, consider an in-home euthanasia. Sooper can stay at home and a vet will come to you.
We're on that path with one of ours.
That is what we did for Matilda.
She had about of good by energy visiting all her favorite places, even in the 3rd floor, and then she lay down. And the vet came and put her to sleep on one of her favorite places.
Still tearing up…. Even so it is 3 years ago. 21 year companion is a long long time …..
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Walrus
·If you're not already aware, consider an in-home euthanasia. Sooper can stay at home and a vet will come to you.
We're on that path with one of ours.
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·Arrived home today to meet the latest arrival to the family, ten week old Cocker Spaniel who is as sharp as a tack and is already obeying the basic commands but best of all he is super cuddly 😀
Now all we have to do is choose a name, never expected it to be so difficult but with three of us having an input 🤦
Now all we have to do is choose a name, never expected it to be so difficult but with three of us having an input 🤦
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