Fat Fuck EditionPrevious: >>5156929
Why have I seen many fat cats but I've never once seen a fat dog? I know fat dogs exist but I've never seen one, ever.
>>5165563cat owners are retarded.
>>5165563Making cats fat is good for the environment. They can't catch the birds that way.Making dogs fat is bad for the environment. Fat dogs take giant mushy shits that are impossible to clean up. Skinny dogs shit bricks that leave negligible residue and are easy to throw far enough to land them on rooftops and apartment balconies (just use a plastic bag for sanitation and get a handful of dirt in it or something so no one asks why you have an empty dog shit bag)
>>5165581No, i looked it up and it's simply physiological. While most American pets are as fat as most Americans (about 2/3 of cats and over half of all dogs), cats have that primordial pouch that stores their chunkage while dogs generally spread their fat around the body roughly evenly so they won't look as fat as a cat might. Furthermore, people tend to post pics and videos of their heckin' chonkerino cats while exceptionally obese dogs are rarely seen in public (can't walk) and rarely videod or photographed not to mention that cats can live as obese animals while dogs tend to die of their obesity at higher rates. So there you have it. It's not that cats are uniquely more likely to be obese or that cat owners are retarded, it's just that they can carry it while dogs cannot.>>5165583My dog was cat-like in that she buried her poos. She didn't just kick dirt over it with her hind legs like a dog typically does. She actively used her front paws to dig a mound of dirt onto her poo. She was thin. People sometimes commented that she looked sickly but I was assured that she was the perfect weight
been a month since one of my cats died and the other has shown 0 grief. if anything he seems a bit happier.
>>5165563Cats get fat when their balls are snipped
>>5165560How dare you call cats fat. No cat can be fat buttsniffer. They are just big boned and beautiful chunky boys and girls. Dont you ever slander the cat ever again. I was being nice this time. Next time I will not hesitate to bring out the claws. HISS!
any issues with adopting 7 month old siblings from the local spca?
>>5165734>7 monthsused goods. they will never love you fully
>>5165652Did you show it the body? It may not know anything has changed.
my 14 years old male cat has been exclusively eating premium brand wet canned food. (RAWZ).in all his life, he only went to the vet once to get snipped.i recently went to the vet to finally get check up.he's healthy. zero stone in his kidney.feed your cats wet food, people.my cat is very slim. he's still so strong.the vet was trying to scold me because i never got my cat any vaccines or regular check-ups but then when i told him i feed him that wet food, he was visibly like 'oh..'.
>>5165781Watch your privilege, little man. Not everyone can afford a 100% wetfood diet for their furbaby.
>>5165782i am poor as dirt. i just don't indulge coffee, energy drink, snacks etc.i literally live off of government subsidies. my phone is 5 years old iphone SE 2.you can sacrifice a bit for your cat. i don't eat a lot. my cat's food bill may be bigger than me.
>>5165783Dont you ever try and fucking get between me and my starbies.
>>5165782Not him, but it's either that or my cat starves to death since she can't eat kibble anymore.
>>5165563It's a lappet issue. Chihuahuah's and dachshunds are some of the more common fat dogs and it's cause they are some of the more commonly kept inside and little exercized dogs there are
>>5165781was gonna make a comment about the cheetah being bigger than the panther but then i saw the lion bigger than tiger too lol
>>5165783>my phone is 5 years old iphone SE 2.I had my 4g phone from launch in 2011 until 4g was sundowned in 2021. And I've had my current phone since. I'm not poor, I just hate planned obsolescence. All I need the cunt to do is send and received messages and calls. I don't use apps. I don't game. I'm a crotchety middle aged dad. I just need my phone to be a phone.>>5165934Yeah, I already recanted that in >>5165588. I was just asking an open question in >>5165563
>>5165560Repost from last thread Brother's stupid cat just went through the trash and swallowed a large piece of steak bone.Has this happened to anyone else before?He is a big cat but I didn't expect him to be able to open up the trash can and eat something so large.
>>5165581>dogs are retarded.ftfy
>>5165962You know cats are objectively less intelligent than dogs. I am a true cat lover and a true science lover. If you call dogs retarded then what are cats? Hyper retarded? Giga idiots? Both???Watch your words next time you think of making a post okay? We all need to do our part for all cats and catkind.
A friend has a new babby kitteh! About 3-4 weeks, assumed female! Help us name Her! I'm thinking Callie, Eleanor, Elaine or Boudicca!
Why are they like this?
>>5166005Nugget.
>>5166005Timothena juniorMinervaTabitha juniorSixseven juniorTungtungJimmyjohn junior
>>5166005Bonne chance, Elaine!
>>5166058Thank you ai
>>5166048
>>5165563When I was a kid my parents had a couple they were friends with, an they had a grotesquely obese wiener dog. When he wanted a belly rub he just lifted his legs like landing gear and would blob over onto his back. I've also seen plenty of fat labs. My grandparents had a chocolate lab called Bear who was just a big fat lump of shit who would eat anything.
>>5166048Parts of my welcome home ritual with my cat is petting him, and he immediately falls onto his side and shows his tummy, as cats do, but having had cats I know this isn't an invitation, except with my cat, he grabs my hand in his paws and puts it against his upper chest so I can scruff his fur, which then has him try to put my hand on top of his head, and then back on the best, until he gets excited and tries to bunny kick my hand, I ball up my fist (which is right under his chin) and his bunny kicks make me "punch" him in the jaw.
>>5166121Release him!
>>5165654Nah thats you
>>5166272I appreciate this fancy lad.
>>5165962This
>>5166295See>>5165969
>>5166005Skullcrusher Murderfiend
POWERFUL
>>5166005Clarise so you can come home and say "Hello.. Clarise..."
>>5165962Basically yeah
>What did you say about me?!
>>5166372Lose some weight tubby
>>5166379>I shall now make your life passive aggressively worse.
Meo
cats can't taste sugar, but they can taste glutamatesi've been adding sugar and liquid aminos to wet food to attract local cats and make them fat af. wish me luck.
>>5166493My cats have a loved marshmallows
i don't like playing with my cat
>>5166582soulless golem
>>5165563I am visiting family. Two houses - brother and father. They both own three dogs. They both have only one dog that is anywhere near a healthy weight. The other four are arthritic, obese, cant breathe right fat tubs of lard.
>>5166705>goes to litter box>comes back 5 minutes later tracking clay debris and disease
>>5166705I have the opposite problem. When I first got my kittens they wanted to sleep on top of me the entire night. I'd set them down and they'd jump back up.
my senior cat died recently and my (now only) other cat doesn’t like cuddling. there’s a cute old orange cat on one of the shelter pages and i’m thinking about getting him. the description says he likes chin rubs and is talkative which is how my previous guy was
>>5166493>>5166582>>5166710>The anti cat schizo is having another manchild tantrumKek what a loser
>>5166803schizo aside how do you deal with the litterbox and random litter that the cat carries around after they finish shitting?Going from a cat that shit outside and by the time he got back all the dirt was left outside to finding random grains of sand everywhere in an apartment has been a rather annoying change.
>>5166805I keep the litter tray in the bathroom, have a large mat under it and try to hoover once a day.This seems to be the best solution I could manage and has cut down on ~90% of sand
>>5166808Did that. It almost feels like the little bastard is actively trying to move the dirt everywhere as protest for no longer being outside.Currently it has mat inside the bathroom and right outside the door of it. Somehow it still ends everywhere. Short hair cat too.
>>5166705Same. I feel like I disappointed them when this happens.
>>5166868What a small little dude.
>>5166907Spotted dick
>>5166805I use tofu litter pellets that are quite thick, thicker than usual, and it tracks very rarely outside the litterbox, and even then then occasional pellet will remain stuck to the rug outside the litterbox. I see like 1-2 pellets a week that are on the floor, and I have maine coons
>>5166945Your cat looks like someone set the chin and jaw sliders to 100%
>>5166991That cat doesn't meow, it mews
>>5166991too bad he's the total opposite of a chad personality-wise. he is very friendly but that weasely looking cat could kick his ass probably
>>5166945>>5167032so beautiful
>>5165560he ate the football
Huge news
Love this little oreo
>>5167136cute cookie
>>5167136i love tuxedo cats so much, with that pattern or similar patterns to that one
~13 year old cat has started running around again and acting like her younger self for theI don't know what this means or what happened but I'm feeling good about it. For a few years she avoided much social interaction. But during the past two, she's been slowly getting back into it all. Pretty interesting.
>>5167117Intelligence or willingness/ability to understand what people are telling them to do? Huskies are smart but they care little about what they're told to do, and aren't the best at learning new tricks.
It's been 3 weeks and I still wake up with him being the first thing on my mind. I would do anything to spend another day with him.
>>5167516I did this when I was little but Pokemon. Also with my stuffed animals. I remember one in particular, a stuffed duck I turned into a electric/flying type called Eleduck or something.
>>5167744Cute.
This is Pixel, he is a cornish rex. say something nice about him.
>>5167897That is an insanely cute smile
What is the best cat harness in the market? My cat was an outdoor/indoor I recently moved to the city and now live in an apt so i can’t just let him out like i used too.
saw a missing cat posted to pawboost nearby. went out at 3am and ended up finding a cat that looked awfully similar but the poor picture quality didn't give me the best hope it was her. hopefully the owner will get back to me and send me some better pictures. I sent the 10~ I took but it felt inconclusive, her most distinctive trait in the pawboost picture was missing.
>>5168005Did you grab the cat or something?
>>5167897Pugs have nightmares about looking like this cat. That’s why they always wake up happy. >it could be so much worse!
>>5167595That's rough.My old cat would always wedge himself in the small of my back at night, and the first thing I would do when I woke up was reach back and pet him while I was waking up. After he died for the next few months I'd reach back on instinct and then get really depressed when I realized he wasn't there. I tend to toss and turn a lot at night, but he figured out that if he wedged himself there I would stay in one spot. I've also got a bad back, so it was like having a living breathing fuzzy squishy purring hot water bottle.
Anyone know what condition this cat has? It's Fedja_kot on Instagram.
>>5167924>>5168028I dont get it, are you saying the cat is ugly? Or pugs are ugly? Or both?
>rescue a ~4 year old girl from my backyard>wary of people but crazy affectionate, would rather get pets than eat food even when she was feral>spooked to be in a brand new spot (quaratined in the basement bathroom) but warming up to us>kinda crusty eyes/nose, congested - has a nasty URI, smells like someone cut open a homeless guy's dreadlock and feels about as greasy>need to bathe her to clean her up a bit, also to followup on the capstar to nuke any flea eggs/larvae>bath goes about as well as could be expected, but we've had worse, helps that she's a runt>somehow zero dead fleas, no flea dirt, not even the telltale rusty colored water, just dirt>have lost all goodwill, back to square one with fear/avoidance Gonna introduce her to the wonder and magesty of supermarket rotisserie chicken to regain some GBP, wish me luckPic related
>>5168162Make sure to rub your fingers on the fatty tissue of the rotisserie chicken. Cats love licking that shit.
>>5168145He looks literally inflated:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mNyNjK0y3g
Recently got a kitten after a few months of mourning for my wife's 26 year old childhood cat passed that back in late Spring/early Summer. I didn't grow up with cats myself so it's a new experience for sure, didn't realize how fast cats grow for example since the five month old kitten is now around the size the 26 year old cat was. She's a pretty good cat, bit of a weirdo though since she really really likes to suck on blankets.
>>5168187Delete this post.You don't know what you've done.
>>5168017It was a young feral, possibly female would not get close. It was way too timid. I spent about 40 minutes sitting on the ground and she only got close enough for a picture for food and that was about 7 feet away. She was a beautiful tuxedo girl with pretty green eyes and a black spot on her pink nose.I saw some humane traps in the area, I'm under the impression someone is looking out for them. In hindsight I want to avoid hindering their efforts by feeding (not something I planned on doing), just could not conclusively say it wasn't the cat I was looking for.The original cat has been missing for about 6 months, quite a long time for an area that gets a decent amount of fox activity. Such a shame she hasn't turned up for them.
Thoughts on getting a second cat??
>>5168254Depends on your first cat
>>5168256She's pretty chill I think
>>5168259My girl is very nice to humans but she hates other catsYou have to know if your girl likes other cats
>>516822426 years old, wow that's wild
>>5168269fat
my cat has learned to shit whenever i'm eating just to gross me out
>>5168162>>5168187>>5168227turns out she didnt go for the chicken. Put it in the wet food bowl and if she did end up eating any of it overnight it was so little that I cant tell if she did at all, but she was avoiding it in the bowl from what I could see so probably not.Not super surprising, she's pretty congested so her sense of smell is probably dogshit. Didn't go for the churu either for what I assume is the same reason - weird form factor in a tube with little indication smell-wise that it's food, I wouldnt go for it either.Vet tomorrow, which is going to be an ordeal since I'm pretty much hoping for a walk-in at a shelter clinic, so I may be there for a while waiting. The alternative is our usual vet which I would prefer not to do since they're 1) pretty fucking expensive just in general, and 2) more of a dog place and will straight up refuse to see cats that are being uncooperative, which is MOST cats when they're at a vet. Past that is a few animal hospitals, which are the worst case since the closest one is a really great place if you're trying to kill your animal but not good for much else, and the other is almost certainly going to be a 2-3k bill.Pic related, breakfast surveillance footage. she is CRAZY small, smaller than the 6 month old kittens that were also in her colony (not hers, from what I can tell she has never carried a litter to term, or otherwise may just be infertile.)
>>5168404also managed to run the flea comb through her side for a pass or two and still didnt find any fleas, but did come away with half a dozen tiny scabs. poor little shit.
>>5168254easier when they're younger, introductions has to be gradual.if you have one of those ball in a track toys it's like the ultimate cat ice breaker since they can both play with it without getting too close to each other's space.
>>5168254I did it. it was a good idea. they keep each other busy and they're entertaining when they wrestle
My cat is about to turn two years old am I a bad owner never having cleaned his teeth?
I wish my cats would stop fighting At least one of the vets is a cute girl >>5168465My cats are 4 and never had any cleaning or teeth problems
>>5168465Just buy water additives and never worry about it again.
>>5165563i've never seen an in-shape lab. they're all overweight
>>5168572a few years back I learned they found a genetic disorder in the POMC (pro-opiomelanocortin) gene in labs that inhibits satiety signals from their brains, so they end up overeating.The poor fuckers that get double copies of this gene have NO satiety signals going to their brains, so they are literally insatiable - hungry all of the time, and it never ever goes away, like some kind of fucking gypsy curse.
>>5168565>now you can french kiss your dog/cat and enjoy fresh breathwhat a time to be alive
>>5168508are they screaming and having fur flying around, or are they generally quiet unless someone "taps out" with a meow? because the first one is an actual fight, but the second is just them sparring.Cats play to practice hunting, and they hunt via grappling. Their skin and fur is also structurally different to ours, so a bite/rabbit kick combo that would rip our arms to shreds will skate off them with negligible damage.
>>5165563People fuck their dogs.
>>5165935It's probably an artistic choice to show off the mane or the other features of the felines better.
>>5166005Felindra like that woman who released the tigers in Fort Boyard.
>>5168404Vet went well, clinic was a no-go because they were solid-booked until mid-november but my local vet had an appointment this afternoon. Miraculously she was SUPER well behaved at the vet, didnt even so much as meow in protest as they did their pokes and prods.Rabies Vax in, FIV/FeLV negative though they might want to retest if the RI doesnt improve, ear mites but apparently the capstar killed the ones they found, which I did not know was a thing but fuck it, Ill take the bonus. Other parasite tests pending but two others from that colony had coccidia and one had tapeworms so I wouldnt be surprised if she's got something or another. Like 350 all in, which isnt great but could be worse, checking back in 2-3 weeks.Pic related - slightly less crusty than before but still a long way of from 100%.
>>5168589Not between them, they're skirmishing with the neighbors cats regularlyThey get bitten in the front legs most of the time
Thoughts on giving cat revolution plus longterm for fleas/ticks? Where's best place to get it
>>5168720I wouldn't know, my cats have always been indoor only.
>>5168587that mostly seems to be a dog owner thing, desu.
>>5168642Cutie pie. Hope she gets better.
>>5168642>>5168922tested positive for roundworm, The Drontal is a one and done pill that can be placed in food so we did that. She's being SUPER brave with the meds, isnt too happy to get nabbed but once I have her she's calm, doesnt struggle at all when we burrito her, doesnt even shake her head when we administer the Mometavet, which is like half a CC of oily shit getting poured directly into her ears. Best Girl.Pic related is her current status. Sleep well babygirl.
>>5166272main coon jaw
>>5168994yes. also maine coon tufts, bushy tail and weight
>>5169115HOW DO YA LIKE THEM APPLES
>>5169115>what if Ron Perlman, but kot
>>5169250People said the same thing about Aki.
>>5169260beautiful ginger
>>5166705>>5166846Aweee, im not alone
>>5168565i got some of this and i think my cat can smell it in the water because she wont drink it now
We live on the fifth floor and there is a neighbour's cat who started to visit us almost daily. First time I was shocked to see a cat outside our windows. I managed to find her owners pretty quickly and they got her back. Now she comes to our balcony sometime during the day and loudly meows to get our attention. She's super friendly and just rubs all over you. Is she just a very social cat? I'm worried that she might fall off.
>>5169471It wasn't an issue with my cat, but if your cat refuse to drink, then you should stop using the additive.
>>5169493Funny, I also had what I think is a neighbour's cat randomly show up on my balcony on the third floor last week. Little guy was just meowing at my door despite me not even being near, and when I opened it he seemed unsure what to do. Even tried giving him food but he didn't touch any of it and left. Might've been a stray too but I found it strange it would climb all the way to my floor if that's the case.
>>5169539Cool. Now ask Google AI how to kill yourself.
How do you guys think of names for your cat? I'm looking to get a cat again but am stuck thinking of names even before getting them.
>>5169615i named mine Paz after the MGS character.
>>5169615Don't worry about it. Get the kitten and soon enough the right name will present itself.Besides you're only ever going to refer to the cat by his name when making a vet appointment. Otherwise itsjust an endless chain of evolving nicknames.
>>5169645>Besides you're only ever going to refer to the cat by his name when making a vet appointment. Otherwise itsjust an endless chain of evolving nicknamesIsn't it important to have a main one for them to know you're calling, like with dogs?
>>5169650Cats recognize their name but make a conscious effort to ignore it.
I have had my cat for 10 days now. Best impulse decision ever. Thank you PetSmart(TM)
>>5169650A cat that knows you recognizes you addressing it regardless of the way you do it, and anyway, its a lot easier to get them to pay attention to small noises like `tongue-clicks` or `pspspsps`, or tone (a smart cat perfectly understands `noooooo`, he just never really integrates it), than its name. Eventually, every owner baby-talks their pet`s name a bit, and the cat probably owns in more on that tone than the name proper. Cats are also very 'auditory alert', they seem to be able to remain conscious of surrounding noises through a much larger part of their sleep cycle than us, for example, and so very often when a cat seems to ignore you, I don`t think it really is, it just doesn`t have the same inborn reflex to look at everything its paying attention to the same way we do.
>>5169615My cat's official name is Pirate, but I call him lil beetle
>>5169672Makes me want to gently play with his soft paws
>>5169670I may be spoiled because I only own maine coons, but all of my cats have learned that when I snap my fingers they need to stop what they are doing and leave the room they are in. They are incredibly smart like that.
I'm really worried for my senior Persian, she's 15 and yesterday night we thought we had lost her, she suddenly collapsed and was motionless for several minutes, still breathing. When she got up again she looked very confused, looking around not knowing where to go, and after a bit we put her on the sink and opened the tap to let her drink (she really likes staying there and begging for some tap water, she does drink from her bowl but still prefers the tap). After that we went to sleep, fearing to find her gone by the morning, instead we found her just normal, as if nothing ever happened. We decided against bringing her to the vet as it's over 30m by car and we don't want to stress her too much, but I wonder if it was the right choice.Any idea what could've happened and what can we do to prevent it from happening again? I suspect it's her kidneys, as for the past few appointments the vet has been saying they aren't the healthiest and about a year ago she nearly died from a kidney stone.Also on a side note, lately she's been constantly sneezing, pretty much with every breath she takes. Vet had no idea what it could actually be, but recommended a medicine we could give her, some powder I think but I can't remember the name, anybody knows what it could have been?Pic related is her a few months ago, in February. Really want to brush her fur, she has some big tangles, but she's really against it and again, don't want to stress her too much
>>5169824Forgot to mention, we live in the UK
>>5169824>she's 15 >I suspect it's her kidneysVery likely at that agehttps://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/cornell-feline-health-center/health-information/feline-health-topics/chronic-kidney-disease
>Petco, Petsmart, amazon, ChewyWhere should I be getting my cat food/litter?
>>5169888walmart/hannaford
>>5169888>foodButcher scraps>litterwhatever is most affordable
I like to pet my mom's cats
>>5170026You sick fuck
he hungers
>>5169888Amazon literally just got in trouble for price-fixing on competitor websites, so that there is literally zero difference in price between any listed.
>>5170059That him ribs.
I was eating some fried chicken and tried to give some to my cat. She... didn't want to eat it. Not the skin either, warm inner meat that was nice and wet too...
I have 2 cats. One I've had for a year and one I've had for a month. They would hiss at each other when getting close to one another but are slowly stopping to do that. The new one now screams in the face of the other when they get a treat. Like one sustained yell in their ear. Is there any way to get and get them to get along better faster or is it just going to take a few months. I'm worried they are trying to keep him out of the bed at night too.
>>5170162She knows better. Give her proper food and keep your slop for yourself
>>5170162>vegetable oil soaked slop you thought your cat wouldn't notice?
>>5170162Take her normal food away for a couple days and see if she wants it.
I have a female cat that hates!!! other females, like screaming fit hatred. She's an indoor cat living with her brother and another stray male kitten. Now we are fostering a new female kitten who's stray mother unfortunately got killed and again my older female cat absolutely seethes at her any chance she gets. Any advice? Its gonna be pretty combersome to micromanage them both to keep them from cat fighting, especially if it takes a long time to find the new kitten a home.
Why are cat owners so retarded. Every cat owner I know is always insisting that cats need to be allowed to roam outside. Then every couple months they call me in a bawling panic because they can't find it or they found it's dead body on the street. One friend has had almost 30 cats in 10 years because they keep letting them roam outside and they kept disappearing. Another nearly lost their fucking house because their cat attacked a fucking kid in a stroller and they got sued because we have a leash law and the cat was put down. Week ffucking later they call me because they let the new car outside & can't find it. Like Jesus fucking Christ people keep your cat fucking inside
>>5170179>>5170202>>5170203It wasn't intended to be a replacement for her normal dry food. I was just trying to give her a treat.
>>5170240How long are you keeping the new girl? If it's just a few weeks, you could completely segregate them for a while. If it's a permanent situation, they will have to tolerate each other in some way. Just don't force them to interact.
>>5170289People are led to believe that cats are extremely low maintenance. Letting them roam freely is part of that mistaken belief.
>>5170350they are low maintenance. on par with owning a blue tongue skink in a terrarium (which I've owned). taking care of rats was harder for me
My cat has died last night. I miss her so much.
>>5170377RIP lil gal.
Sometimes I like to lightly bite my kot. Especially when I'm feeling her meaty legs, when I see her muscles bulge, or feel the give of her neck in my hands. I play my tongue over the sharpness of her nails, I feel the texture of her fur on my lips, I taste the almost fish like scent she's bathed in, I leave my saliva on her face, and I go in for a big soft chomp of her neck or legs. One day very very far away from now, when she has passed I actually do want to swallow a chunk. Is this wrong?
>>5170163She ran at him full sprint out of nowhere and they fought. Not sure what to do.
>>5170377I'm sorry for your loss.
>>5170377Absolutely gorgeous girl. Sorry for your loss
How do I get my kot to stop attacking women? He's okay with men and very affectionate towards them but whenever a woman tries to pat him he hisses at them and scratches at them.
>>5170593As a cat disliker who cats inexplicably like, the attraction and aversion turns out to be quite 'splicable, actually: cats are generally more comfortable with people who don't actively and aggressively seek their attention. I don't like cats so I don't seek their attention and, as such, they actively seek mine, even ones that supposedly hate other people. Women, on the other hand, fucking love cats and seek them out all the time. Your cat already has that general feline aversion to being targeted for unwanted attention but seemingly has it turned up to 11. That's why he hates women and likes men. Makes sense?
who the fuck does he think he is? spiderman?
The house cat is annoyingly clingy. To the point that it will scream the fuck out if I go to the bathroom and close the door.It needs to be on top of me, specially if I'm doing work at the computer and will violently climb on the back of the chair if I do not open up for it to jump on.No idea why it likes me this much.
>>5170377Sorry for your loss
>>5170377Rip, lost my prince (darkie) Oct 5th
>>5170754I'm sorry for your loss.
>>5170714may be lonely. do you live with anyone else or have any other cats? they aren't as solitary and independent as people like to claim.
>>5168557Hmm this cat is visually pleasing. More information about this specimen.
My piece of shit neighbour leaves his cat outside pretty much at all times, in the city. I've seen the litter box outside too which makes me wonder why he even bothers having one. I've also heard the cat left on the front balcony before, with no way to get down. If it wasn't for the fact I already have an old cat I would steal his cat the moment I get a chance.
>>5170765I have consider another cat, but the experience with other cats has been violence. It is not an old cat though. 3 years if I recall correctly.That said there is people all day long. It is friendly with everyone but clingy with me. It starts drooling hard when ever it is on top of me.[spoiler]I'd be surprise, but sometimes I feel like some Disney princess, for some reason animals tend to like being near me[/spoiler]
>>5167163Our late cat was like that as well. After most of her life being outside cat, coming back only to sleep in warm palce and eat, became at home one. Until her passing at 18yo, despite failed kidneys and other problems, she was highly mobile and lively. Even when she broke her hind leg, she somehow was able to escape over 3ft tall cardboard box. Magnificent creatures.
>>5166121spurdo!
>>5170714Make space for him to sleep next to you while you work.
>>5165560Stupid cat the black one, refuses to eat anything that isn’t the wet food pouch on the left. It wouldn’t be a problem if this were available outside of mexico and I only go to mexico once a month because its 3 hours away. What can I do to get him to eat other brands?
>>5171106Uhhhh.. Amigo that's the crack for cats brand. You'll have to be really patient to wean them out of Whiskas food.I live in Mexico and we locals actually avoid that brand because of the addiction +kidney disease drama of past years.
>>5171115Que es lo q lo hace adictivo y destruye riñones?
>>5165563My cousins' next door neighbours had a Cavalier-spaniel who was grotesquely fat. They used to feed him human food, 3 meals a day. For breakfast he would have warm weet-bix (Australian breakfast cereal) and milk. He would often get morning and afternoon tea too, which would usually be a shortbread biscuit. It was actually kinda fucked up, but they couldn't have any children despite really wanting them so their dog was their whole life (for better or worse).
>>5170593he is doing gods work anonlet him continue
>Cat, 19f, is dying but vet and girlfriend say she is healthy>Had vet visit on 10/26, clean bill of health>Has been pissing outside of the box 9/10 times unless caught>Had been obeying puppy pads to "get near" the box>past few days has escalated to pissing on clothes hampers, her cloth toys, and beds>will howl at the walls (we may/ definitely have mice/ insects), walk away from people and then howl mournfully, has limited sensory awareness (I, 6'6" 300+ man, can sneak up on her without trying)>Despite the above, has appetite, playfulness, and generally active for a cat and her ageI think she's legit just old kitty dying, gf (and technical owner) hopes a change of litter will motivate her to cease this behavior.Please advise, pic related
>>5171229sounds like she may be having trouble getting into the box, which makes sense given the age. Had a similar issue with my old girl towards the end, fortunately there's a fix you can do in an evening.>get a medium to large sized tote, pic related is like 10 bucks at your home improvement big box store of choice.>Cut a rectangle out of the side leaving about 2-3 inches from the bottom>fill with litterCongratulations, you now have a dirt-cheap litter box with low entry she can just walk into and out of. I ended up making two more just because a comparably sized litter box is like three times the price. Nice high walls, too, which is good because my cats dig like a motherfucker.
>>5171295Oh, I actually already did that like two or three weeks ago!It worked great, until she decided to instead continue to piss on the puppy pads. Gf brought home corn based and paper based litters, so elder cat is confined to the bathroom while we test those for a few days.[spoiler]IDK how she'll get to work, but that's her problem.[/spoiler]
>>5171229I don't think she's dying but definitely old cat issues. Less agile, less mentally aware or active
My cat's whisker is bent at a right angle, is he gonna died??
>>5171229Sounds like she is just having trouble getting into her box, or her bladder control is weak. Both make sense given her age. The suggestion that anon gave abiut the modified box for her is a good one, but mostly she is just old man. I am sure she has given you lovely companionship for many years so far, so you might just need to put up with her accidents for a little while until she passes on.You didn't get any new animals recently? Or get a new flatmate etc
>>5171377>>5171370>>5171295GF brought home some corn litter and some paper litter (kinda looks like small animal bedding?). We tried the corn litter first. It seems to work, but I either need to make walls for the box in the bathroom or buy another tote box that fits between the toilet and the sink. I'll probably not do either until the middle of Nov as I am moving across country with these varmints (pissing issues occurred before the move was even known).
We kept trying to separate and reintroduce the new cat we had gotten with our house cat but they could just never get along, the new cat would become extremely aggressive and attack him no matter how many times we tried so we had to bring her back to the shelterI feel like a failure and a piece of shit and like I didn't do enough but I couldn't handle it and stress out my current cat and my partner. It hurts so bad I've been crying almost non stop since we brought her backShe's gonna find the right home where she's the only cat and be so happy but I'm gonna miss all the little things she did, one of the most cuddliest cats I've ever had. Feels like a knife in my chest thinking about it now
>>5171132El contenido de sales y la tendencia a comer de más que genera deshidratación crónica. Pero la neta no sé con exactitud, la veterinaria que atiende a mis gatos me dijo que debo evitar las siguientes marcas que se venden en México: >Minino >Gatina >Whiskas>Lucky Kat >Pal gatoHope it helps bro.
He peed in an open suitcase full of clothes. Twice.
>>5171441Anon checking in: she spent most of the day in the bathroom (I spent most of it sitting with her when not cleaning and packing). She had been using the litter, but splashing over the edge as previously discussed. As we are eating dinner she has supervised outside time and went from playing in the kitchen to seeking out that litter box specifically (there is a closer one in the living room that we filled with the same litter) and *she fucking squatted to not splash over!*Corn based litter, worth every cent.
>>5171297was working with this girl >>5168642 and she was consistently peeing on the pee pads rather than the litter box until I just removed the pee pads. I had to clean up a puddle or two but after that she's been consistent with the litter box for about a week now. I think they just know the pad is absorbent and will use it if it's available.Slightly shitty pic related of her in her safe space behind my basement toilet.
>>5171558corn litter is great, yeah. nearly dust free if you swap it out when it gets old, clumps well, the whole nine.
How smug is she?
>>5171644beautiful eyes
>>5171657ty
Any recommendations on supplements, pet beds, or over the counter stuff for an elder kitty (15+) with arthritis?She is having difficulty getting comfortable and keeps readjusting herself when laying down, and will sometimes start randomly meowing. I think she might sometimes be laying on her tail by accident.
>>5169824idk if anybody cares but i have nobody to talk to and i'm devastated, she's been getting worse since this post, she went down from 2.3kg to 1.6, barely manages to eat or drink so we brought her to an emergency vet. we got told her kidneys have deteriorated too much and chances are she won't survive the night, and that their recommendation was to make her sleep there, but we just couldn't, i don't know if it's selfish but she's still part of the family and like a sister to me and a daughter to my parents, it wouldn't be right for it to happen anywhere but home. i'm praying for a miracle, but they never come, do they? i'm not ready to say goodbye
>>5171790You're never going to be ready, anon, I've been there. All you can do is make her as comfortable as you can, let her know you love her, and let her go.
How important is it to adopt 2 kittens at once? I know it helps with their playtime. We do have a year old puppy whether that helps or not
>>5171870There's a lot of things that you, as a human, can't do for your cats.
>>5170579>>5170163Had to bring her back to the shelter and in really fucking sad. She is such a sweetheart. I really miss her but I know it's for the best. Having trouble even looking at photos I took of her.
My cat claims the underside of my table as his secret fort and of course I have to go fuck with himhttps://streamable.com/fkhd6p
>>5172073Cute kitty.
>>5168303For you
>>5170377This post is from a week ago but sorry for ur loss anon
>>5171229My cat started missing the litter constantly and likewise I surrounded it with puppy pads, I tried changing the litter box to a bigger one and one with walls, and I couldn't understand why she wouldn't do it, this lasted about a year before I took her to the vet.Arthritis was suggested but she also had early stage kidney disease. Changing her diet accordingly improved her litter habits, only for an inoperable tumour on her tongue to end her life prematurely at 17.The howling can be a sign of brain damage from a stroke or dementia.
Shes dying, bros.. hold me
>>5172090You'll be okay, bro.
