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pktaxwench April 30 2009, 18:51:48 UTC
LOL... cat trees and windows. They go so well together. :D

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molliebatmit April 30 2009, 20:37:31 UTC
Yay submission!

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bittergem April 30 2009, 20:52:59 UTC
Thanks! :-D

My boss just asked me to ghostwrite a paper for one of the postdocs who is really busy. No rest for the writing-weary...

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cdsdame April 30 2009, 21:13:10 UTC
I forgot to say, "Congrats on submitting your paper!" :) Here is Mr. Linus, with a flower for you. :)

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bittergem April 30 2009, 21:20:09 UTC
:-D Thanks!!!

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shalimar77777 April 30 2009, 21:40:42 UTC
Ugh...cat food politics. I can relate.

Senior cat eats all the time. devil cat only eats a little. Tried feeding them different food, etc. Now I just feed senior cat constantly and wait until devil cat comes in and tells me he's hungry. Otherwise senior cat will eat both bowls and I'll have to steam clean my carpet again.

So.fricking.complicated.

Good luck on your paper! I'm sure you did a great job!!!!

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bittergem April 30 2009, 21:53:11 UTC
On top of being overweight, Ein has to eat his special food or he'll get blocked up again and either die or have to have his weewee chopped off (it'll be his third time, and that's when they bring on the snip-snip). I'm not sure which he would think is worse, but I'd rather have a Bobbitt kitty than no kitty. :-(

I have a friend with similar problem as you. Her older cat is too skinny and a finicky eater and their younger one is a pig and has turned into a rolly polly, partly because he was eating all the food she wasn't eating.

Stupid cats. At least Hobbes has learned to scarf down his food quickly and isn't underweight anymore. Now he has to learn not to back himself into corners when they're play-fighting. (At least he can usually claim the high ground. ;-P)

Thanks! :-D

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shalimar77777 April 30 2009, 22:00:31 UTC
Heh. The weird thing is the senior cat is too thin because of hyperthyrodism. He can't eat too much or he will have a diarrhea explosion. And yet we want him to gain weight. He eats CONSTANTLY. Even on the medication his day consists of sleeping and begging for food.

The devil cat is just 1 1/2 years old. I swear, I fed him dry food for like two weeks. He is now a monster truck. He weighs twice as much as the senior cat now. And he has claws. So, senior cat 0, devil cat 1.

And now, to complicate things, they used to play, but since senior cat has gotten thin, he doesn't like it anymore. So now devil cat, ever the hunter, stalks him and tries to play, but senior cat just cries and walks away. No wonder devil cat is bored.

FUCKING CATS! LOL

So, Ein has had his weewee blocked up twice? Wow. I wonder if certain types of cats are prone to that. Poor thing. :(

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bittergem April 30 2009, 22:23:18 UTC
Well, being male and overweight are both risk factors for blockages. I haven't found any articles saying British Blues (which we're pretty sure he is) are prone to blockages, though (just obesity). He's actually blocked up four times: it took two rounds with the urinary catheter to clear the crystals both times. He's never going off his special food ever ever ever again! (We're lucky he responds to the food. One of my best friends had to put down her cat a few months ago because they couldn't get him unblocked...and he wasn't even overweight and I think that was his first blockage! I don't know why they didn't try surgery.)

Your poor senior cat. :-(

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canyon_lady May 2 2009, 20:34:51 UTC
Congrats on submitting your paper! Yay!

I still need to come visit your new place.

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bittergem May 3 2009, 23:47:52 UTC
Thanks. And yes, you do. ;-P

Had a great time last night! :-)

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