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tigerose		2012-09-20 09:05:05 PM

Yay! Welcome to Caturday!

The Ice Queen		2012-09-20 09:07:53 PM

Yarrr

akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:10:34 PM

Yay! Caturday!

_{/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!}

in2it		2012-09-20 09:11:30 PM

professional_vampire		2012-09-20 09:13:21 PM

sherpa18		2012-09-20 09:18:04 PM

*waves* Hi, everbuddy!

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tigerose		2012-09-20 09:22:11 PM

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

Congrats on your case of Sherpes then! :)

gremlin1		2012-09-20 09:22:14 PM

John Buck 41		2012-09-20 09:25:56 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-20 09:30:42 PM

akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:30:43 PM

Ok, this one was pretty creepy!

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akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:31:18 PM

tigerose: akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

Congrats on your case of Sherpes then! :)

Thanks!

akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:33:01 PM

tigerose		2012-09-20 09:35:20 PM

Arrrg! I know they call it a poop deck, but ye still need to use the box matey!

Someone had to!

akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:35:40 PM

Haruko_Haruhara		2012-09-20 09:35:43 PM

Finally! The drought is over! Though, I finally got to read the Moore/May/Lintott version of the complete history of the Universe (based on Planck time) this week.

akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:36:58 PM

sherpa18		2012-09-20 09:37:03 PM

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday! /and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

i415.photobucket.com

akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:39:05 PM

sherpa18: akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday! /and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

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Thanks!

gremlin1		2012-09-20 09:39:55 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-20 09:40:49 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-20 09:42:02 PM

akimbotoo		2012-09-20 09:42:29 PM

Haruko_Haruhara: Finally! The drought is over! Though, I finally got to read the Moore/May/Lintott version of the complete history of the Universe (based on Planck time) this week.

[i.imgur.com image 470x548]

Hi Haruko! Hope you are having a better week this week!

gremlin1		2012-09-20 09:42:42 PM

Haruko_Haruhara		2012-09-20 09:49:48 PM

akimbotoo: Haruko_Haruhara: Finally! The drought is over! Though, I finally got to read the Moore/May/Lintott version of the complete history of the Universe (based on Planck time) this week.

[i.imgur.com image 470x548]

Hi Haruko! Hope you are having a better week this week!

Ma's birthday was 'Talk Like A Pirate Day', so I had a severe case of the 'angries' that day. Short of that, I *did* get pumpkin pie today. Also, got some good pics of Dad off the camera (thanks ArmednHammered) that hit me like a brick to even it out. The cat's on there, too, but it's with Dad when he was rather ill, so I have to do some cropping....

/weird week

valnt9		2012-09-20 09:54:02 PM

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

way to go!!
congrats!

sherpa18		2012-09-20 10:00:18 PM

i gotta drop this in, since it made me laugh my ass off...

/ credit for this awesome 'shop goes to holllyvvood from this thread

predle		2012-09-20 10:13:33 PM

/Morticia's brothers Skipper and Gilligan

predle		2012-09-20 10:14:18 PM

predle		2012-09-20 10:15:36 PM

sherpa18		2012-09-20 10:16:02 PM

akimbotoo: sherpa18: akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday! /and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day! Thanks!

i415.photobucket.com

predle		2012-09-20 10:18:49 PM

predle		2012-09-20 10:20:38 PM

sherpa18		2012-09-20 10:23:46 PM

/ bbl
// as I am distracted...Giants 23, Panthers O

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predle		2012-09-20 10:26:11 PM

predle		2012-09-20 10:27:38 PM

laulaja		2012-09-20 10:32:28 PM

Sought a pic, this may do. An Ago fetch by our fave Alien.
Home from chorus mgmt tm mtg just in time to see What's Here & seek a G'Night pic.
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This'd be better for Mon close to threadclose, but saw title on way past to seek above. So you have to put up with it. credit to lajimi, also from Ago.
CU in day-lit AM. We both got both our flu shots for season this aternoon, also anti-pneumonia shots which we may never need again. It's the arms with the pneu that ache, mayhap predictably.

professional_vampire		2012-09-20 10:32:36 PM

sherpa18: / bbl
// as I am distracted...Giants 23, Panthers O

[i415.photobucket.com image 320x402]

26-7 now. Go Big Blue!

predle		2012-09-20 10:36:03 PM

sherpa18: / bbl
// as I am distracted...Giants 23, Panthers O

[i415.photobucket.com image 320x402]

gremlin1		2012-09-20 10:37:28 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-20 10:38:15 PM

in2it		2012-09-20 10:46:54 PM

syzygy whizz		2012-09-20 10:48:12 PM

Avast, ye scurvy swabs!
^{(Hello everybodeee!)}

^-^
=*.'=

Wind and tides favor ye, maties!

in2it		2012-09-20 10:48:44 PM

valnt9		2012-09-20 11:03:46 PM

an idea was brought that it would be fun to send "welcome to your new home" cards to Mrs. BBBB.
I have heard back from many who want in, providing BBBB agreed. He has given his blessing.
So, if you want to send a card, contact me ASAP.
I say ASAP 'cuz I won't be accessible much longer.
I have been looking for a job for a long time, living off a small savings.
This month I had to choose what got paid, and the electric bill won, the internet bill lost.
so, get in touch by next Fri. to get the address - EIP

in2it		2012-09-20 11:04:31 PM

in2it		2012-09-20 11:05:07 PM

lajimi		2012-09-20 11:23:19 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-20 11:25:16 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-20 11:28:54 PM

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-20 11:29:47 PM

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-20 11:57:19 PM

I thought I'd share this just in case you folks missed the Cat Burglar thread on the main page (w/video & photos).

BAD KITTY...NO NIP FOR YOU!

in2it		2012-09-21 12:34:43 AM

Cat runs for mayor of Halifax

Now this is change that Caturday can vote for :)

lajimi		2012-09-21 12:53:26 AM

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 12:58:04 AM

Bathia_Mapes: I thought I'd share this just in case you folks missed the Cat Burglar thread on the main page (w/video & photos).

BAD KITTY...NO NIP FOR YOU!

That was hilarious!

gremlin1		2012-09-21 01:34:13 AM

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-21 01:37:34 AM

akimbotoo: Bathia_Mapes: I thought I'd share this just in case you folks missed the Cat Burglar thread on the main page (w/video & photos).

BAD KITTY...NO NIP FOR YOU!

That was hilarious!

Indeed it was. :-)

tigerose		2012-09-21 06:34:08 AM

Good Meowning! I hope you all have a great Friday!

professional_vampire		2012-09-21 06:50:07 AM

in2it:

*Gasp!* Somebody else knows that movie?! One of my favorites - if only for its sheer ridiculousness.

predle		2012-09-21 06:56:21 AM

Good Morning

James72		2012-09-21 07:03:39 AM

Happy Caturday!

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Videos just prior to this picture:

Link

Link

gremlin1		2012-09-21 08:17:40 AM

lajimi		2012-09-21 08:48:39 AM

micromedic		2012-09-21 09:09:35 AM

In honor of talk like a pirate day, (I was at work) I present the Venerable Pirate Guinness!!
She's still missed....

in2it		2012-09-21 09:40:14 AM

Where did all the Milkman go? Youtube video

laulaja		2012-09-21 09:44:20 AM

Try once more as alternate Good Meowning, fetched in the Ago by That's Just Tacky who does retain a profile.
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Flier that came yesterday in aid of Horse Appreciation Night in ~a month sponsored by our local SPCA. Truly doubt that we'll go.
Fang Q also to Bathia_Mapes for Cat Burglar tale linkie, & in2it for mayor of Halifax. Still wish to view James72's vid linkies.

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:06:01 AM

My sister has been making zucchini bread and she gave me some. Gremie got one sniff and he went nuts. He loves the stuff. I let him have a little until I see if he's going to have any digestive issues with it. He went crazy for strawberries the same way but those didn't agree with him so no more strawberries for Gremie and if I want any I have to stand in the middle of the kitchen or take them outside to eat them.

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James72		2012-09-21 10:15:14 AM

laulaja: Still wish to view James72's vid linkies.

The links work for me. Is youtube blocked for you?

leftteffticle		2012-09-21 10:26:15 AM

oh hello everyone, how's it goin?

Last time I regaled you all of the Muggsy chronicles she was having a bit of a... piddle problem. Thankfully after a round of antibiotics and some minor changes to litter box locations and such we have seemed to mostly (emphasis on the mostly) eleviate that issue, and as an added bonus now that she's feeling better she will finally roam our entire apartment (as opposed to hiding in a corner, which she did for the first year or so). I'm still thinking kitteh prozac might be in order, but I'm holding off for now.

Now she gets to enjoy the full range of CatTV options and experiment with which sunbeam works best for her.

laulaja		2012-09-21 10:27:44 AM

No James72, youtube not blocked, just hadn't taken/made time to get there yet. Have now; both are excellent, esp curtain climbing sequences! They may both need their claws cut soon, tho actually rather expect they may climb on that curtain as much as they wish! Because it's such fun for cats!
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No longer precisely recall where this came from; used to knit more than I do now. Cat's cute, which was sole/sufficient reason for wish to save.

lajimi		2012-09-21 10:32:56 AM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:35:54 AM

leftteffticle		2012-09-21 10:44:52 AM

Minmin says "oh hai!"

leftteffticle		2012-09-21 10:49:24 AM

My favorite local cat emporium (MadCat) debuted their new truck at our neighborhood fair/festival last weekend.. it's prettttttttty awesome if I do say so myself:

laulaja		2012-09-21 10:51:18 AM

Not feline but was in AM newspaper.
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Somewhat grainy. Don't even recall when we were last to Zoo; cd stand to go to see newish Cat Canyon.

laulaja		2012-09-21 11:37:04 AM

From BURPS Barbershoppers Urging Repeated Puns as a Sidegroup Digest 1526 submitted by Bill McKiernon: "I thought I saw a purple cat once, but it turned out to be a pigment of my imagination."
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commercial threadjack: PJ set from Wireless cat-alogue that may no longer be available. Paws-itively Exhausted, in case it can't be read.

laulaja		2012-09-21 11:50:35 AM

May not be altogether a foul one for the High Holy Days & neighbouring:
another Bill McKiernon. I thought the Plains of Abraham was the Jewish Airforce
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An AFN collection pic, brought there by Frank in Hendersonvl NC back in the day.

Salem Witch		2012-09-21 12:26:13 PM

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

Congratulations!

Salem Witch		2012-09-21 12:27:46 PM

tigerose: Arrrg! I know they call it a poop deck, but ye still need to use the box matey!

Someone had to!

LOL

gremlin1		2012-09-21 12:56:44 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 12:57:38 PM

syzygy whizz		2012-09-21 12:58:44 PM

Silly natterings...
Raven has a new friend at work. New resident, LOVES cats and so of course is utterly besotted with Raven. They'll entertain each other with a piece of string for up to an hour at a time, then she'll sit down and watch TV with him.
Last week she 'encouraged' him to hit the sack at a REASONABLE hour (bit of an issue here) by simply sauntering down the hall and going into his bedroom.
When I came upstairs a few hours later, she was wide awake, snuggled up to him. She's very good at the Sleep Ray^TM.

*****
Had company yesterday when D'Artagnan made his appearance. He seemed very pleased with this. He greeted her, got something to eat, came back and gave her several compliments (head-bump, tail-stroke, and purring). He then stretched his long shiny, slinky self upon the floor and you could almost hear "You may now commence with adoration."
He knew when he was either the center of attention (looking at him) or when he was the subject of conversation. Even though we weren't looking directly at him or mentioning him by name he would preen and pose, 'showing off'.

I hope I don't come off condescending to them when telling them what fine, handsome, well-behaved and clever cats they are. I KNOW they understand a lot more than one might think; a lot of their behavior indicates this.
You know how sometimes being complimented for something can come off as disrespectful..."Aren't you cute/special/clever for knowing that...and you only a _________!"

gremlin1		2012-09-21 12:59:23 PM

lajimi		2012-09-21 01:01:04 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 01:01:17 PM

I_fling_poo		2012-09-21 01:39:13 PM

Greetings.
I'm going to be laying low at home with no Internet connection this weekend, but I wanted to stop by and wish everyone a Happy Caturday. :3

_{Stupid fires, stupid smoke...grumble, grumble...}

gremlin1		2012-09-21 01:57:43 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 01:58:25 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 01:59:06 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 01:59:44 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 02:00:23 PM

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 02:18:55 PM

syzygy whizz: Silly natterings...
Raven has a new friend at work. New resident, LOVES cats and so of course is utterly besotted with Raven. They'll entertain each other with a piece of string for up to an hour at a time, then she'll sit down and watch TV with him.
Last week she 'encouraged' him to hit the sack at a REASONABLE hour (bit of an issue here) by simply sauntering down the hall and going into his bedroom.
When I came upstairs a few hours later, she was wide awake, snuggled up to him. She's very good at the Sleep RayTM.

*****
Had company yesterday when D'Artagnan made his appearance. He seemed very pleased with this. He greeted her, got something to eat, came back and gave her several compliments (head-bump, tail-stroke, and purring). He then stretched his long shiny, slinky self upon the floor and you could almost hear "You may now commence with adoration."
He knew when he was either the center of attention (looking at him) or when he was the subject of conversation. Even though we weren't looking directly at him or mentioning him by name he would preen and pose, 'showing off'.

I hope I don't come off condescending to them when telling them what fine, handsome, well-behaved and clever cats they are. I KNOW they understand a lot more than one might think; a lot of their behavior indicates this.
You know how sometimes being complimented for something can come off as disrespectful..."Aren't you cute/special/clever for knowing that...and you only a _________!"

I agree with you! I KNOW my kitties understand what I am saying. They just don't always do what I ask. Charlie likes to answer my requests to vacate the kitchen counter with lots of whining and back-talk, but he will eventually jump down.

lajimi		2012-09-21 03:27:09 PM

tigerose		2012-09-21 04:24:33 PM

Home from looong day at work, to be greeted by Eli. He was outside, came and said "Meow!" and then sauntered off to enjoy the fall day. Might have been the best moment of my day!

We haz a new neighborhood roamer, and it and Eli are establishing territory. *sigh* I don't like cat fights! Told Hubby next time he sees the cat to power up the hose and give it a bath. I don't need it whizzing on my garage. I told Eli he'd get the same if I catch him 'decorating' that way! :)

valnt9		2012-09-21 04:51:27 PM

I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

Haruko_Haruhara		2012-09-21 05:19:16 PM

valnt9: I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

Val, we care about you. :) Wish I could have donated, but my thoughts are with you.

Caturday Theme Song

/hug

tigerose		2012-09-21 05:31:15 PM

valnt9 So happy to hear that someone was able to help you out. I only read about your predicament this morning before I had to shuffle off to work. I keep saying this place is teh awesome.

Hugs!

valnt9		2012-09-21 05:35:59 PM

tigerose: valnt9 So happy to hear that someone was able to help you out. I only read about your predicament this morning before I had to shuffle off to work. I keep saying this place is teh awesome.

Hugs!

AWESOME doesn't begin to describe it.

tigerose		2012-09-21 05:37:30 PM

Thread Jack! I work with this woman! Link

She is really awesome. Just when you thought your life was tough...I saw her in the grocery store not so long ago...with her kids(?)...

Don't know if she is a cat lover, I'll have to ask!

tigerose		2012-09-21 05:39:03 PM

valnt9: tigerose: valnt9 So happy to hear that someone was able to help you out. I only read about your predicament this morning before I had to shuffle off to work. I keep saying this place is teh awesome.

Hugs!

AWESOME doesn't begin to describe it.

Well, it is nice to be able to help each other. Even if it is just with a kind word now and then!

gremlin1		2012-09-21 05:40:11 PM

Haruko_Haruhara:
valnt9: I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

Val, we care about you. :) Wish I could have donated, but my thoughts are with you.

Caturday Theme Song

/hug

I love Queen but I can't listen to it in the house because Jack likes to sing along and he sings so loud that my neighbor came over once to see if anything was wrong.

i877.photobucket.com

tigerose		2012-09-21 05:49:48 PM

gremlin1: Haruko_Haruhara:
valnt9: I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

Val, we care about you. :) Wish I could have donated, but my thoughts are with you.

Caturday Theme Song

/hug

I love Queen but I can't listen to it in the house because Jack likes to sing along and he sings so loud that my neighbor came over once to see if anything was wrong.

[i877.photobucket.com image 640x360]

*snert* A virtuoso?

laulaja		2012-09-21 05:56:30 PM

valnt9, sri wasn't paying close enough attention earlier today, but good on whoever it was who gave you the crucial help! I did well this AM to ring up the 90yr old former chorusmate whose Significant Birthday we accidentally missed end of Aug.
Wl need to fix dinner soon for all concerned, but meanwhile, haven't brought That Pic for akimbotoo yet.
i.imgur.com

Nother Relevant Pic I cd search for. Haven't yet figured out how so many of the Caturday tales come from the DailyMule, whether online or not.
Ah! See I type at vy ft of pg 2, with pg 3 where this'll show up just begun (maybe as in "we've only just...")

laulaja		2012-09-21 06:03:18 PM

Intended & forgot , since my attn span's measured in micro millimeters, to thank gremlin1 again for that for this you die barbershopper cat in the white straw hat.
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Lucky guess, after Search had begun but wasn't needed. Ta dah!

tigerose		2012-09-21 06:06:00 PM

Funny Cat story ok, we've had a "blast" of fall this week. High temps in the upper 60/low 70. Awesome. Great sleeping weather. Except for one night. I went to bed as usual. Ceiling fan on..sheet over me...window open...it got down to 43. Umm...brrr! Any way, Eli hopped into bed, worked his way uuuuppp! to the pillow and demanded to be let under the covers...where he proceeded to keep me awake with his purring and trilling....nice but..gah! shut the motor off already! You're happy.. I get it! Cats are fluid with claws. They expand to fill any available space! And if they don't have enough of it their claws will let you know!

gremlin1		2012-09-21 06:07:17 PM

tigerose
:
gremlin1: Haruko_Haruhara:
valnt9: I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

Val, we care about you. :) Wish I could have donated, but my thoughts are with you.

Caturday Theme Song

/hug

I love Queen but I can't listen to it in the house because Jack likes to sing along and he sings so loud that my neighbor came over once to see if anything was wrong.

[i877.photobucket.com image 640x360]

*snert* A virtuoso?

When Baby was still with us her and Jack would do a wonderful duet to Bohemian Rhapsody. Jack would would do the Freddy Mercury parts and Baby would join at the chorus. It's a real shame I never got it on video because it used to crack everybody up.

i877.photobucket.com

in2it		2012-09-21 06:12:57 PM

lajimi		2012-09-21 06:18:37 PM

tigerose		2012-09-21 06:21:07 PM

gremlin1: tigerose
:*Snip*

When Baby was still with us her and Jack would do a wonderful duet to Bohemian Rhapsody. Jack would would do the Freddy Mercury parts and Baby would join at the chorus. It's a real shame I never got it on video because it used to crack everybody up

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What a wonderful memory. You know, I think that the things that make us laugh help us to keep a memory alive. I hope when I am old and feeble, I will still be able to replay the shot of my cat Aiko chasing after her potato(an old stocking stuffed with cotton balls and nip) and sliding into the bathtub wall...think galley kitchen into a bath at the end...or when she dropped her toy into my future hubby to be's coffee mug..full of coffee of course...I miss her, but rejoice at her memory!

CrankyAndi		2012-09-21 06:22:38 PM

Heathens with their booty......

Sweet Ellie..who knows WHAT she showed to get those beads!!!!

tigerose		2012-09-21 06:26:57 PM

CrankyAndi: [i112.photobucket.com image 640x480]

Heathens with their booty......

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Sweet Ellie..who knows WHAT she showed to get those beads!!!!

Well, we all can guess! Is it dark yet? heehee!

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-21 06:36:49 PM

Saw this earlier in a TFD thread and just had to share it. It still making me giggle like a loon everytime I look at it.

yobbery		2012-09-21 06:45:30 PM

Hey guise? What's going on around here?
i211.photobucket.com

yobbery		2012-09-21 07:07:26 PM

The Ice Queen		2012-09-21 07:09:36 PM

The Dread Pirate Robert had too much rum

tigerose		2012-09-21 07:14:24 PM

Bathia_Mapes: [i166.photobucket.com image 243x300]

Saw this earlier in a TFD thread and just had to share it. It still making me giggle like a loon everytime I look at it.

Haahaah! that is hysterical! Thank you! After the last few days, I need the laugh!

OlderGuy		2012-09-21 07:14:52 PM

Bathia_Mapes: [i166.photobucket.com image 243x300]

Saw this earlier in a TFD thread and just had to share it. It still making me giggle like a loon everytime I look at it.

LMAO.. ran one of my crew up the wall.. to the ceiling.. trying to catch that red bug ! ( caught her on the way down.. she 's ok, didn't take that much spackle putty, and I need to paint anyway..)

tigerose		2012-09-21 07:17:37 PM

OlderGuy: Bathia_Mapes: [i166.photobucket.com image 243x300]

Saw this earlier in a TFD thread and just had to share it. It still making me giggle like a loon everytime I look at it.

LMAO.. ran one of my crew up the wall.. to the ceiling.. trying to catch that red bug ! ( caught her on the way down.. she 's ok, didn't take that much spackle putty, and I need to paint anyway..)

Pictures or it didn't happen? I can just see it! Cat nails are really..um..destructive!

gremlin1		2012-09-21 07:32:09 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 07:32:44 PM

laulaja		2012-09-21 07:32:57 PM

Bathia_Mapes, I Fang Q as well for the white kitty & the laser .gif. 'S good. Now if I could just spell --
i.imgur.com

Waxing prehistoric, cat who appreciates the pipes, an oddmind fetch Ago.
Plumbicon did purchase a practise chanter in the Ago, when we lived Over Yonder & made one of our 3 driving trips to Britain. Don't think there was a one of them when we didn't get to Scotland. Chanter's still here somewhere but fear it's Creatively Filed, as so much is.

gremlin1		2012-09-21 07:33:26 PM

tigerose		2012-09-21 07:35:04 PM

gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 400x300]

Oh yes! They do move closer don't they...and sometimes, disappear! How do they DO that???

gremlin1		2012-09-21 07:36:48 PM

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 07:39:54 PM

gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 500x374]

Ughhh! I agree! I slogged through all four books because I have so many nieces and teenage patients who LOVED them. Bella reminds me so much of one of my nieces, it was pretty distracting.

tigerose		2012-09-21 07:41:06 PM

gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 500x374]

Feline censors...now in Modern Mode. Still available, "Newsprint censor", "Magazine Moderator" and of course "Internet Interlocutor" Coming soon.."Texting Tabbulator", and the ever popular, "Driving Dervish" guaranteed to keep your mind on the road and not on your phone...it's deevilishly effective!

gremlin1		2012-09-21 07:41:56 PM

yobbery		2012-09-21 07:55:56 PM

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

Congrats!
I give you three butts up!
i211.photobucket.com

OlderGuy		2012-09-21 07:56:17 PM

tigerose: OlderGuy: Bathia_Mapes: [i166.photobucket.com image 243x300]

Saw this earlier in a TFD thread and just had to share it. It still making me giggle like a loon everytime I look at it.

LMAO.. ran one of my crew up the wall.. to the ceiling.. trying to catch that red bug ! ( caught her on the way down.. she 's ok, didn't take that much spackle putty, and I need to paint anyway..)

Pictures or it didn't happen? I can just see it! Cat nails are really..um..destructive!

Momentum from the leap carried her most of the way.. few claw marks for last foot or so, and not deep enough to hold on to.. gravity won that round...

yobbery		2012-09-21 07:57:03 PM

Damn double post thing got me again!
My fault...
i211.photobucket.com

tigerose		2012-09-21 08:02:21 PM

OlderGuy: tigerose: OlderGuy: Bathia_Mapes: [i166.photobucket.com image 243x300]

Saw this earlier in a TFD thread and just had to share it. It still making me giggle like a loon everytime I look at it.

LMAO.. ran one of my crew up the wall.. to the ceiling.. trying to catch that red bug ! ( caught her on the way down.. she 's ok, didn't take that much spackle putty, and I need to paint anyway..)

Pictures or it didn't happen? I can just see it! Cat nails are really..um..destructive!

Momentum from the leap carried her most of the way.. few claw marks for last foot or so, and not deep enough to hold on to.. gravity won that round...

Well and there is a reason they call it rock wall..and not scratchin post! hehhe!

Timid Goddess		2012-09-21 08:03:15 PM

laulaja: Bathia_Mapes, I Fang Q as well for the white kitty & the laser .gif. 'S good. Now if I could just spell --
[i.imgur.com image 384x640]
Waxing prehistoric, cat who appreciates the pipes, an oddmind fetch Ago.
Plumbicon did purchase a practise chanter in the Ago, when we lived Over Yonder & made one of our 3 driving trips to Britain. Don't think there was a one of them when we didn't get to Scotland. Chanter's still here somewhere but fear it's Creatively Filed, as so much is.

Never knew bagpipes could be beautiful until the guy played Amazing Grace on one at my Grandmother's funeral.

tigerose		2012-09-21 08:03:41 PM

yobbery: Damn double post thing got me again!
My fault...
[i211.photobucket.com image 500x462]

Wait, What? ok...glasses off...wine glass in hand...din't see double post..yet!

yobbery		2012-09-21 08:04:35 PM

valnt9: I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

It is an amazing bunch, isn't it?
i211.photobucket.com

tigerose		2012-09-21 08:05:28 PM

Timid Goddess: laulaja: Bathia_Mapes, I Fang Q as well for the white kitty & the laser .gif. 'S good. Now if I could just spell --
[i.imgur.com image 384x640]
Waxing prehistoric, cat who appreciates the pipes, an oddmind fetch Ago.
Plumbicon did purchase a practise chanter in the Ago, when we lived Over Yonder & made one of our 3 driving trips to Britain. Don't think there was a one of them when we didn't get to Scotland. Chanter's still here somewhere but fear it's Creatively Filed, as so much is.

Never knew bagpipes could be beautiful until the guy played Amazing Grace on one at my Grandmother's funeral.

2 yrs ago, a neighbor passed, and while his body was taken from the house a drum and pipe played him away. Unexpected beauty. We will never forget.

yobbery		2012-09-21 08:11:48 PM

tigerose: yobbery: Damn double post thing got me again!
My fault...
[i211.photobucket.com image 500x462]

Wait, What? ok...glasses off...wine glass in hand...din't see double post..yet!

I should have said that differently. I double quoted in the same post.

tigerose		2012-09-21 08:14:05 PM

yobbery: tigerose: yobbery: Damn double post thing got me again!
My fault...
[i211.photobucket.com image 500x462]

Wait, What? ok...glasses off...wine glass in hand...din't see double post..yet!

I should have said that differently. I double quoted in the same post.

Ahh...I see! At least you don't have as many tyops as I do! :) As my son would say, "I spool furry wool, can't not you tool?" Precocious? Why do you ask?

gremlin1		2012-09-21 08:23:43 PM

It's Friday Night Football at the local Highschool (1/2 mile west of my house) Tonite the weather conditions are just right because I can hear the speakers and the kick off was 15 minutes ago, half time should be great because if I can hear the announcer now I'll definitely be able to hear the Marching Band.
Thank goodness Jack is not a fan of marching bands so he won't be singing along

tigerose		2012-09-21 08:27:40 PM

Mine!

You are Mine!
I will not let you go.

You have given me so many things,
Soft bed, Fine toys,
Abundant Food.

You are Mine!
I claim you.
None shall have you.

For all my life I will cling to you,
Will look to you for
Scritches, Smooches,
Snuggles.

I will tolerate,
Doctors, Relatives,
New Households,

But You must Promise.
To Have me,
To Hold me.

In Illness,
In Health.

Even when Death do us part.
Even then, I will not leave you.

Oh, I shall live forever in your Heart,
And in your Soul.

I will prepare you.
For Another.

Who shall proclaim,

You are Mine!

tigerose 9/21/12

OlderGuy		2012-09-21 08:42:16 PM

tigerose: Mine!

You are Mine!
I will not let you go.

You have given me so many things,
Soft bed, Fine toys,
Abundant Food.

You are Mine!
I claim you.
None shall have you.

For all my life I will cling to you,
Will look to you for
Scritches, Smooches,
Snuggles.

I will tolerate,
Doctors, Relatives,
New Households,

But You must Promise.
To Have me,
To Hold me.

In Illness,
In Health.

Even when Death do us part.
Even then, I will not leave you.

Oh, I shall live forever in your Heart,
And in your Soul.

I will prepare you.
For Another.

Who shall proclaim,

You are Mine!

tigerose 9/21/12

You definitely have the gift... that's awesome !

CrankyAndi		2012-09-21 08:47:51 PM

Leepj		2012-09-21 08:48:15 PM

valnt9: I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

So glad to hear this! Also glad they are the "good" kind of tears. You are such an integral part of this group - it's hard to imagine Caturday (both this one and the Facebook one) without you.

predle		2012-09-21 08:54:57 PM

CrankyAndi		2012-09-21 08:55:29 PM

tigerose: Mine!

I hope you do not mind, I shared it with some friends and credited you as author.

tigerose		2012-09-21 08:55:41 PM

OlderGuy Thanks! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I shared this with an author that I regularly email. She always answers. It will be interesting if she "takes" another email from me tonight. One of the unspoken rules is that she doesn't really want a conversation.

Still, I thought it was worth a share.

I am so blessed that I can share my muse with those who appreciate it here on Caturday. If I could not write or sing I think that I would go crazy. So, you know, thanks for reading. :) See, poetry isn't so icky is it?

predle		2012-09-21 08:55:49 PM

tigerose		2012-09-21 08:58:22 PM

CrankyAndi: tigerose: Mine!

I hope you do not mind, I shared it with some friends and credited you as author.

I do not mind at all. Spread it around like the very best nom out there! (cheese and crackers, salmon dip, chili con queso..)I truely appreciate it!

predle		2012-09-21 08:59:49 PM

This was pretty much what my day was like

tigerose		2012-09-21 09:04:13 PM

Oh! Oh! "my" author replied to my poem. She said "Yes". Nice! She has a rescued Dachshund. Bella is her name and she is a 'purse' size dog. She was found running on a busy street and this gal took her in, sent her to the vet, paid for rotten tooth removal, obedience training, and now tours with her dog. Needless to say the dog gets the lion share of attention! I haz such a happie!

tigerose		2012-09-21 09:05:56 PM

predle: This was pretty much what my day was like

[farm9.staticflickr.com image 800x480]

God, do we work in the same place?? I worked in the In School Suspension room. No windows, no mercy.
*sigh* Really, really troubled kids today.

gremlin1		2012-09-21 09:08:24 PM

tigerose		2012-09-21 09:18:28 PM

gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 300x300]

Eyes

Oh! On an October Night,
Do not take Fright.

Tis the Witch's Might,
Reflected in the Cat's Sight!

Dark and Light,
On this Night take Flight!

Open your eyes,
Witness what Flies.

Broom and Cat
Hat.

Stir the night,
Ghouls delight!

Witch holds the Balance.
Displays Talents.

All Hallows Eve.
Gifted to those who Perceive.

tigerose 9/21/12

yobbery		2012-09-21 09:20:01 PM

tigerose		2012-09-21 09:26:04 PM

yobbery: [i211.photobucket.com image 129x200]

Oh now, that is evil. And Hysterical all in one...I think I will take the isle seat....

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-21 09:35:32 PM

yobbery: [i211.photobucket.com image 129x200]

lulz

in2it		2012-09-21 09:37:10 PM

Only the finest china for this cat ;)

Salem Witch		2012-09-21 09:39:44 PM

valnt9: I am more than delighted to rescind my notice that
I had a deadline to contact me.
I had one wonderful Caturdayer offer to help last night, and
another very generous member of our family didn't wait to even hear what I needed, they
deposited funds into my PalPay account and my internet will stay up!!!
I am beyond flabergasted, I did not request help, I just wanted to let you know
I had a deadline coming.
The one who jumped in will be paid back, so the money can be used again to help
another family member down the road.
Gawd, I love this group of people.
Now, all who said they wanted BBBB's address will be getting an e-mail tonight.
(after I get my tear soaked chin off the floor)
Long Live Caturday!!!

This is a damn fine crowd :-D

in2it		2012-09-21 09:41:46 PM

We only have one enchilada left, but don't worry wheelchair

tigerose		2012-09-21 09:41:50 PM

in2it: Only the finest china for this cat ;)

[i.imgur.com image 800x600]

Must be from the Meow dynasty...

in2it		2012-09-21 09:45:13 PM

in2it		2012-09-21 09:46:08 PM

tigerose: in2it: Only the finest china for this cat ;)

[i.imgur.com image 800x600]

Must be from the Meow dynasty...

Meow LOL :)

OlderGuy		2012-09-21 09:48:22 PM

tigerose: OlderGuy Thanks! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I shared this with an author that I regularly email. She always answers. It will be interesting if she "takes" another email from me tonight. One of the unspoken rules is that she doesn't really want a conversation.

Still, I thought it was worth a share.

I am so blessed that I can share my muse with those who appreciate it here on Caturday. If I could not write or sing I think that I would go crazy. So, you know, thanks for reading. :) See, poetry isn't so icky is it?

Poetry shows an active mind and imagination.. the subject and language tell a great deal about the artist.. big time mood indicator also.. I got shot down at an early age on poetry.. had rhyming down pretty good, selection of words, not so much.. "through the lips and between the gums, look out stomach, here it comes" was not accepted as a proper Grace before dinner.. when you get 'that look' from both parents, you don't repeat the performance... also found out that being bored and having spinach (which I didn't like then) on the plate, ( clean plate rule in effect) and being a kid, can lead to novel ways to dispose of it.. like a big glob of it on the end of a fork and a moderate blow to the tines.. it did stick.. promptly referred to as 'spinach bugs'.. parents were out, older sister was 'babysitting'.. actually on the phone with her boyfriend.. younger brother and sister joined in.. plates were clean, incident was forgotten for the moment.. Dad discovered them the next morning... unhappy times.. also found out that the coloring in spinach soaks into plaster.. Family joke now, wasn't then...

in2it		2012-09-21 09:54:06 PM

This thread needs more boobies :)

i.imgur.com

tigerose		2012-09-21 09:56:06 PM

OlderGuy Spinach Bugs! Oh Lol! I can so see that! And as a person with "real" plaster walls, I can definitely see it making an interesting stain! I'll take your spinach if you'll take my beets..ick!

I do enjoy writing, and am just now getting brave enough to share it beyond Caturday and other family members. I think my poem count here is about 140. I think...I have archives from other Caturdites, as well as my own dropped text. Now if I could just learn how to move that to an email, I'd be all set. Did I mention I'm a techno-derp?

Lol! Thanks for the encouragement. It means a great deal to me.

tigerose		2012-09-21 09:56:50 PM

in2it: This thread needs more boobies :)

[i.imgur.com image 496x500]

Bigger. Boobies and Moar Newbies!

Timid Goddess		2012-09-21 10:08:14 PM

Roger and Nibbler

i1230.photobucket.com

Timid Goddess		2012-09-21 10:09:28 PM

Roger and CPAP

i1230.photobucket.com

Timid Goddess		2012-09-21 10:11:11 PM

Roger getting comfy, cozy

i1230.photobucket.com

valnt9		2012-09-21 10:12:57 PM

syzygy whizz		2012-09-21 10:15:00 PM

akimbotoo: gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 500x374]

Ughhh! I agree! I slogged through all four books because I have so many nieces and teenage patients who LOVED them. Bella reminds me so much of one of my nieces, it was pretty distracting.

What I don't understand is why Edward, who is over a century old and has lived through...OK, experienced an amazing amount of societal change STILL has so much teenage angst.

quantum_jellyroll		2012-09-21 10:21:38 PM

Poor Juno...

reneau.smugmug.com

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:22:49 PM

spinach gunk		2012-09-21 10:23:34 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:31:04 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:31:41 PM

spinach gunk		2012-09-21 10:36:01 PM

OlderGuy: also found out that being bored and having spinach (which I didn't like then) on the plate, ( clean plate rule in effect) and being a kid, can lead to novel ways to dispose of it.. like a big glob of it on the end of a fork and a moderate blow to the tines.. it did stick.. promptly referred to as 'spinach bugs'.. parents were out, older sister was 'babysitting'.. actually on the phone with her boyfriend.. younger brother and sister joined in.. plates were clean, incident was forgotten for the moment.. Dad discovered them the next morning... unhappy times.. also found out that the coloring in spinach soaks into plaster.. Family joke now, wasn't then...

I approve of these shenanigans. ;)

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:36:40 PM

laulaja		2012-09-21 10:37:15 PM

Been reading too long without saying aught. Spinach Bugs will have to move to the Permanent Verbiage List.
I've tried to keep up with tigerose's poesy, tho haven't moved any recents into a/the All Verse Alla Time files.
Move poesy to an e-mail? Besides copy, open an outgoing message form & paste in? Unless there's something else I'm missing --
Also draw a blank & am surely culturally deprived (or depraved) as I'm not a-tall familiar with the books under discussion that nieces & teenage patients were fond of.
Past time for me who doesn't stay up for CAD^tm anyway to call it a night. Even managed to get a nap this afternoon, which Piiki thought was a marvelous idea. She must like the Product our haircutter person uses, as she was all over my hair biting & tugging. Didn't manage to pull any out, which was good.
i.imgur.com

credit to lysdexic. Could stand to use some of these more widely; know I've fetched this one several times.
Am intended to rise at what passes for decent hour which is normally 8ish. Takes me longer to get to keybd & maybe brush Overlords off it. So Gd Night, & Gd Night FM.

sherpa18		2012-09-21 10:38:13 PM

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosphorus blocker) to his diet (thank ceiling cat THAT is just a powder I can sprinkle on his food).

/ I also want to thank you all once again from the bottom of my heart for all the contributions I have received for my white boy - I honestly admit I could not have afforded the additional tests/special food/medication without you guise!
// meanwhile, the fuzzball is wondering when the hell he is gonna get a spicy chicken wing :o)

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:38:56 PM

OlderGuy		2012-09-21 10:38:57 PM

tigerose: OlderGuy Spinach Bugs! Oh Lol! I can so see that! And as a person with "real" plaster walls, I can definitely see it making an interesting stain! I'll take your spinach if you'll take my beets..ick!

I do enjoy writing, and am just now getting brave enough to share it beyond Caturday and other family members. I think my poem count here is about 140. I think...I have archives from other Caturdites, as well as my own dropped text. Now if I could just learn how to move that to an email, I'd be all set. Did I mention I'm a techno-derp?

Lol! Thanks for the encouragement. It means a great deal to me.

You can always copy and paste to notepad, that can be emailed as an attachment.. or rewrite it on a word proccessor.. if you rewrite it on notepad, save it before trying to print.. I think you have to save it as a .txt file. I will experiment with it and get back to you with a solution..
If you were to call my brother or sisters and just say 'spinach bugs', they would know that you talked to me, and after the lols, you would get the whole story... my older sister didn't see the 'application', just the aftermath, the next day...thinking back, we were sitting at the breakfast table when my younger sister kicked me and rolled her eyes up.. at that point I was trying to figure out how to leave the table.. Dad finished his coffee and leaned back to stretch.. and looked up.. and then directly at me... jig was definitely up ! we also were served beets..we ate them.. still can't stand them... and no beet shenanigans... the painters had to carve out the stains and replaster..

spinach gunk		2012-09-21 10:45:34 PM

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!
/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

Yarrr, congratulations! Here's your Zovi-yax.

And remember, don't use your hook for scratchin' your scurvy bits, matey.

OlderGuy		2012-09-21 10:55:15 PM

sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosphorus bloc ...

Glad that Dragon is holding out.. and praying that the medication works.. wonder if the spicy coating on the wings could be an issue .. and if it could have an effect on the medication.... years ago I picked up a can of sardines to try on the cats.. didn't notice that it had jalapinos in it... took three days for the 'effects' to go away.. and a week to find and clean up all of the results... forgiveness took a while also....

gremlin1		2012-09-21 10:55:41 PM

sherpa18
:
i415.photobucket.com

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosphorus blocker) to his diet (thank ceiling cat THAT is just a powder I can sprinkle on his food).

/ I also want to thank you all once again from the bottom of my heart for all the contributions I have received for my white boy - I honestly admit I could not have afforded the additional tests/special food/medication without you guise!
// meanwhile, the fuzzball is wondering when the hell he is gonna get a spicy chicken wing :o)

It looks like you've got some work on your hands with Dragon's treatment. When I can't get my animals to eat I used to make the wet food into a soup. Mix in a lot of warm water and really thin it out and they usually would drink it right down. It's only a suggestion and it might not work for Dragon or you could just put some hot sauce on his food. Good luck.

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 11:01:13 PM

yobbery: akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

akimbotoo: Yay! Caturday!

/and I gots the itchies for "talk like a pirate" day!

Congrats!
I give you three butts up!
[i211.photobucket.com image 500x333]

Thanks! That is an absolutely adorable picture of kitty butts!

mousiebelle		2012-09-21 11:08:21 PM

I can't really even remember what I just read. I really hope Dragon keeps holding his own!!! **Scritches** to the handsome white boy and **hugs** to sherpa18.

As a side note... It's been about a year (give or take a week or two) since we started Cassie on Glucosamine, and there haven't been any urinary problems at all!!! Quite the difference from being at the vet or giving multitudes of antibiotics to my poor girl all the farking time. Last year we were at the vet at least 7 or 8 times between the urinary and ear mite stuffs. Since we started the Glucosamine, we've gone in once for the well kitteh check and rabies shot. Hooray! I highly recommend trying Glucosamine if it seems like your cat is getting UTIs all the time. Turns out the problem wasn't infections, but inflammation in the bladder that led to infections. W/o fixing the inflammation, the infections just kept popping up. So glad the sainted vet here was able to finally figure out the real problem!

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 11:09:14 PM

spinach gunk		2012-09-21 11:10:35 PM

sherpa18: warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news.....

Sigh... Well, at least you know for sure now, and it sounds like you've got a good care plan in place for him. Hopefully Dragon will be happy and comfy and his good old self for many days to come.

If only love alone could heal them. He'd for sure be in perfect health then. :(

Big hugs to you and sweetie pie Dragon boy. ♥♥♥

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 11:16:28 PM

OlderGuy: tigerose: OlderGuy Thanks! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I shared this with an author that I regularly email. She always answers. It will be interesting if she "takes" another email from me tonight. One of the unspoken rules is that she doesn't really want a conversation.

Still, I thought it was worth a share.

I am so blessed that I can share my muse with those who appreciate it here on Caturday. If I could not write or sing I think that I would go crazy. So, you know, thanks for reading. :) See, poetry isn't so icky is it?

Poetry shows an active mind and imagination.. the subject and language tell a great deal about the artist.. big time mood indicator also.. I got shot down at an early age on poetry.. had rhyming down pretty good, selection of words, not so much.. "through the lips and between the gums, look out stomach, here it comes" was not accepted as a proper Grace before dinner.. when you get 'that look' from both parents, you don't repeat the performance... also found out that being bored and having spinach (which I didn't like then) on the plate, ( clean plate rule in effect) and being a kid, can lead to novel ways to dispose of it.. like a big glob of it on the end of a fork and a moderate blow to the tines.. it did stick.. promptly referred to as 'spinach bugs'.. parents were out, older sister was 'babysitting'.. actually on the phone with her boyfriend.. younger brother and sister joined in.. plates were clean, incident was forgotten for the moment.. Dad discovered them the next morning... unhappy times.. also found out that the coloring in spinach soaks into plaster.. Family joke now, wasn't then...

Ha! When I was 7 or 8 I tried getting rid of nasty over-cooked brussel sprouts by easing them out the window past the screen. Got discovered when a couple didn't fall through the bushes to the ground and were just sitting on top of the bush. After that, I would just swallow a piece of one whole and wash it down with a slug of milk!

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-21 11:17:14 PM

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 11:18:50 PM

syzygy whizz: akimbotoo: gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 500x374]

Ughhh! I agree! I slogged through all four books because I have so many nieces and teenage patients who LOVED them. Bella reminds me so much of one of my nieces, it was pretty distracting.

What I don't understand is why Edward, who is over a century old and has lived through...OK, experienced an amazing amount of societal change STILL has so much teenage angst.

Oh come on! You KNOW that some guys just never grow up, right? ;D

akimbotoo		2012-09-21 11:32:43 PM

sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosphorus blo ...

Hugs to you and dear Dragon! I know you will just take things as they come, but it is still so hard to face the other end of such a loving relationship.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-21 11:33:51 PM

akimbotoo: You KNOW that some guys just never grow up, right? ;D

Yeah. Perfect description of a former roommate. My son was more mature at 16 than roommate will be his entire life. Former roommate is firmly tied to momma's apron strings too.

domari		2012-09-21 11:35:35 PM

sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosphorus blo ...

Glad to hear Dragon is hanging in there and stable. Heating up the food a little usually makes it smell more tempting to cats. Or mix a little of his favorite dry food in with it.
What brand are you feeding him? Usually vets sell very overpriced Hill's k/d, but Royal Canin makes a kidney diet too. Try a can of it and see if he likes it.

domari		2012-09-21 11:38:08 PM

Still a few more hours to bid on the sign and Fark book combo. Auction is for Little Mews.

Link

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 12:07:10 AM

How long would you survive after putting one of these on your cat? (large image)

micromedic		2012-09-22 12:11:10 AM

Bathia_Mapes
not long... not long at all...

Timid Goddess		2012-09-22 12:14:20 AM

Bathia_Mapes: How long would you survive after putting one of these on your cat? (large image)

"Cats love it"? Yeah, I can tell just how much the cat in the ad loves it.

I_fling_poo		2012-09-22 12:18:19 AM

Bathia_Mapes: How long would you survive after putting one of these on your cat? (large image)

I wouldn't have it out of the box before my arse was history.

"Cats love it"? No, not according to the look on that cat's face.
That was a "for this, you shall die a slow, painful death" look if I ever saw one.

predle		2012-09-22 12:20:06 AM

Bathia_Mapes: How long would you survive after putting one of these on your cat? (large image)

I think I would survive with no problem. This pretty much sums up what would be going on around here.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 12:23:07 AM

I_fling_poo: "for this, you shall die a slow, painful death"

Indeed. A very apt description of the cat's look. Sleep with one eye open.

akimbotoo		2012-09-22 12:26:56 AM

Bathia_Mapes: How long would you survive after putting one of these on your cat? (large image)

You're so bad! ;D I love it, but I know my cats would hate it! Plus you have to buy 12 of them!

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 12:39:39 AM

akimbotoo: Bathia_Mapes: How long would you survive after putting one of these on your cat? (large image)

You're so bad! ;D I love it, but I know my cats would hate it! Plus you have to buy 12 of them!

lulz

syzygy whizz		2012-09-22 01:42:49 AM

sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]
*snip* sherpa and Dragon (aka "Patron Saint of Couch Change", "Grand Old Man of Caturday" "White Boy", "Devouror of Spicy Chicken Wings" , etc...)

Sending good thoughts and wishing you and Dragon all the best. Don't be surprised about the way the kd cat food went over...
seems very few cats appreciate what's 'good for them' in this case.
Glad he's not gone off his food...that's a good sign.
Don't know what else to say except both of you are in me thoughts with much affection.

****
My stuff (but it does sorta involve cats)...
Just got my bi-PAP machine...sorta like a CPAP, only a bit more complicated.
(Here comes the cat part). Was recommended to make a sleeve of polar fleece for the corrugated tube to prevent ~~the monsters~~ my owners from chewing on it.

Apparently it is somewhat magnetic to cat's teeth...they just gotta nom on it.

Trying it out for the first time tonight.
Would like to be able to wake up in the morning all zippity-do-dah as opposed to "Just five more hours, please".

syzygy whizz		2012-09-22 01:50:32 AM

Bathia_Mapes: How long would you survive after putting one of these on your cat? (large image)

Mine might tolerate it...but I'd have to give them a pretty damn good reason why they should.
Even if ~~bribed~~ encouraged with LOTS of 'nip.

Pills, shots, ear ointment, eye drops, trips to the Sainted Vet...they'll put up with that sort of thing because they seem to know that it's for their benefit but they'd have a difficult time understanding (and accepting!) my desire to see them in funny hats merely for shiatzengiggles...

lajimi		2012-09-22 03:16:09 AM

sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosphorus blo ...

Sherpa, The Princess and I have our paws crossed and are sending good thoughts and best wishes your way.

lajimi		2012-09-22 03:19:34 AM

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 04:06:22 AM

Just a headsups for everyone...there will be a bonus Caturday thread this week.

gremlin1		2012-09-22 07:48:05 AM

predle		2012-09-22 07:57:25 AM

Good Morning

greggm59		2012-09-22 08:02:56 AM

Gonz		2012-09-22 08:10:36 AM

Hey, good morning, Caturday folk. Do I have a story for you...

It's about her.

i47.photobucket.com

My wife has a garden. It started small, but then a spaghetti squash grew out of the compost, and gave us tasty, tasty vegetables, and what started as a small bit of the back yard suddenly changed to a significant portion of our vegetable bill becoming home-grown. Anyway, she went outside on Thursday, and next thing I know, she's knocking at the back door. In her arms, she's cradling a delicate little black kitten, and the thing's purring so loud I can almost hear it through the glass.

So I throw a handful of kibble into a bowl, and some water into another bowl, and take it out to the patio. Set them down, and the wife sets the kitten down... and that's when we noticed an issue. From her "waist" up, the kitten worked. Her back legs, though... they just kinda splayed across the concrete. We were absolutely sure it was a broken leg, and decided pretty quickly that the little fuzzbutt had been hit by a car.

At that point, we had two options. One was to do the "sensible" thing. A crippled kitten that couldn't move... she couldn't really make it in the wild. No one would question if we put her out of her misery. Option two was going to the vet. That would mean spending money for the cost of a vet call, almost guaranteed x-rays, and who knows what else. Any sensible person would have looked at the facts and chosen Option One.

Here's the thing, though- I'm a veteran of Iraq, and thanks to a sniper, I know a bit about a limb not fully working.

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Call me sentimental if you will, but I wasn't going to write off a perfectly good cat over a bad peg. We piled into the minivan- that's how typically suburban my life normally is now, I own a Honda minivan- and took the kitten to the local vet clinic. They offer a substantial discount for strays, which is nice. We dropped the kitten off in a comfortable towel, and told them to do what they needed to do. That was Thursday.

On Friday morning, the vet called to give me the news. I assumed, when I saw the number on my Caller ID, that it would be what we all expected. I assumed he'd say that the kitten had a broken back, and putting her down would be humane. The doc sounded amazed when he told me that the X-rays surprised him, and showed no fractures. At that point, he wanted to ask me about the last 4 or 5 days in the cat's life, and I simply said "no", and told him the garden story. The doc speculated about a potential blunt-force trauma to the little girl's back, and I was horrified. Could someone have done this on purpose?

Anyway, the doc asked to do a screen for Feline Lukemia and AIDS, and if either of them were positive, he recommended euthanasia. I agreed to those tests. Well, late yesterday morning, the tests came back, and the kitten was clear. At this point, I had signed up for a pet care credit card, so I figured we had a fifth cat.

And so we did. And 3 of our other 4 cats have sniffed the girl- preliminarily named "Xena the Warrior Kitten"- and accepted her. At least, they didn't hiss.

And then Xena wanted to leave her room. She walked into the master bedroom, and her legs worked much better than they did yesterday.

i47.photobucket.com

She has other issues to deal with. She's the youngest of 5, and her big sister, Sif, isn't sure what to think.

i47.photobucket.com

And, she has a toddler to futz around with. That's always unpredictable.

i47.photobucket.com

But she's home, and she's walking, and she has a place of her own, and that's a win, right? A Forever Home and a family is a pretty good deal for a little girl who managed to drag herself to the garden, isn't it?

Oh, and if any of you fine folk would like to put a huge checkmark in the karma column- because there's something to be said for "helped out a crippled kitten"- we could use a little hand. I start a new job on Monday, but right now, the budget's still kinda tight. Chip-In here. Either way, I hope you enjoyed my happy little story.

reddot		2012-09-22 08:18:19 AM

Good Mornin'

This is the last shameless plug for the auction benefitting the cats of Little Mews Rescue.

Thanks to those who bid or passed it on for others to see.

Only 3 and a half hours or so to go...............

CATS WELCOME SIGN ~ All dogs and children must be on a leash!

i.imgur.com

Mid_mo_mad_man		2012-09-22 08:22:46 AM

leftteffticle: oh hello everyone, how's it goin?

Last time I regaled you all of the Muggsy chronicles she was having a bit of a... piddle problem. Thankfully after a round of antibiotics and some minor changes to litter box locations and such we have seemed to mostly (emphasis on the mostly) eleviate that issue, and as an added bonus now that she's feeling better she will finally roam our entire apartment (as opposed to hiding in a corner, which she did for the first year or so). I'm still thinking kitteh prozac might be in order, but I'm holding off for now.

[img.photobucket.com image 800x800]
Now she gets to enjoy the full range of CatTV options and experiment with which sunbeam works best for her.

Is she missing an eye? Kinda looks that way.

Mid_mo_mad_man		2012-09-22 08:30:56 AM

I have a cat care question. This Monday my woman and I adopted her aunt's two cats. One a short hair black/white male. No issues with him. The other one is a long haired yellow white male. He has hair that's matted into balls/knots in places. Should I try to comb it out? Cut the matts out ? Is this something I can deal at home or go to a groomer?

OlderGuy		2012-09-22 08:43:29 AM

Mid_mo_mad_man: I have a cat care question. This Monday my woman and I adopted her aunt's two cats. One a short hair black/white male. No issues with him. The other one is a long haired yellow white male. He has hair that's matted into balls/knots in places. Should I try to comb it out? Cut the matts out ? Is this something I can deal at home or go to a groomer?

If he will let you, I would try the comb/ cut method.. you will have to carefully nibble away at the matts so you don't get skin also...smaller scissors work best.. groomers and vets use clippers to shave the matts off.. if the cat is resistant, probably would be safer for you to go the groomer/vet way... regular brushing will keep problems to a minimum afterwards....

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf		2012-09-22 08:45:08 AM

Mock26		2012-09-22 08:54:42 AM

ATTENTION CHICAGO AREA FARKERS!!!

Abandoned Kitty Needs A Home

Neighbors moved out about 3-4 weeks ago and left behind their cat. Not sure of sex (kitty gets very affectionate and squirmy in the presence of any human contact), is fully clawed, and is very affectionate. Age might be around 5-6 years old. He is probably about 8-10 pounds and appears to be in good health (They at least left a couple open bags of food for the cat before they left). I just found out about the cat two days ago when the maintenance man for the building told me about it. The cat is still in the old apartment, but I am providing regular food, water, and litter. I have two cats of my own and cannot really house this kitty in my apartment. The owner of the building wants to call animal control, but I asked for a few days to try and find a home for the cat. The apartment should be cleaned up and ready for rental in about a week, and that point it is then try to get him into a no-kill shelter or let animal control take him.
If you live in the Chicago area and can take in a kitty or know of someone who can, please contact me at Mock26

oohay

com.

Thanks!

Snargi		2012-09-22 08:57:04 AM

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-22 09:12:52 AM

sherpa18: Snip

Just a question: what is the difference between the k/d food and normal food? Would a raw/all meat diet also work for the kidney problems? It may be easier to get him to eat the raw food or an all meat (without onions) diet than to get him to tolerate the k/d stuff.

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-22 09:12:55 AM

Salsa is ready for Ferretday. Everything here at the B4 house is going well. Hoping to finally be done with the downstairs done today and if I have enough energy, get the kids rooms finished tomorrow. Wife will be back here again for another visit tomorrow, and at least this time, it won't be raining. OT found a carpenter for us, and he should be here monday to build a ramp for her up to the door. Next week the plumber will be here to install the new bathtub, and then that should be it for the improvements. The wife had her final surgery on Tuesday, and everything went fine with it. Three more bone spurs were taken care of and she tolerated the surgery well. Back home time is back a week though, but they're just being cautious and making sure there are no signs of trouble from the surgery. She's a little behind in some of her physical therapy, but she's getting there, so everything is still looking up. Now to get moving this morning and get things ready for her to show up tomorrow. Giving up and getting stuff for the grill and seeing if I can work it so she can use it, because she won't leave until she does. Happy Catferretday everyone.

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-09-22 09:15:16 AM

tigerose		2012-09-22 09:17:03 AM

Brian Blessed 's Bastard Boy glad to hear that your wife tolerated this last surgery well. I hope she enjoys her visit. Have fun with the BBQ!

Zizzowop		2012-09-22 09:21:18 AM

Ok, this isn't pirate-related, but I thought it was too cool:

daffy		2012-09-22 09:21:32 AM

I love caturday! I am allergic to cats, but love them, so it is great to see so many cute pics. Gotta go. my D-O-G is jealous and is singing to my to go out.

maynerdkitty		2012-09-22 09:24:04 AM

tigerose		2012-09-22 09:24:48 AM

daffy: I love caturday! I am allergic to cats, but love them, so it is great to see so many cute pics. Gotta go. my D-O-G is jealous and is singing to my to go out.

Welcome! I am glad that you enjoy the pictures and stories!

gremlin1		2012-09-22 09:35:50 AM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 09:37:12 AM

laulaja		2012-09-22 09:38:31 AM

Type at vy ft of pg 4, having ariz at last.
i.imgur.com

credit to lysdexic & the late Nikola Tesla, for restoration/preservation of whose lab Wardenclyffe Tower has now raised $1,276,119 of $850K goal, with 8 days left (closes 11:59P PT next Sat). LittleMews cd sure use some of them donors!
Meant to comment last night to Timid Goddess, the cushion Roger rests on, on wooden chair, very closely resembles a bedspread that turned up here recently. Am almost certain it was late grandmother's.
sherpa, of course you didn't wish to hear all that, but better to know than not to. The late Fred received quantities of Epakitin for her failing kidneys. We know Hill's overpriced Rx chow all too well -- diabetic Ginger's been on w/d ever since his urinary issues, no longer recall when that was other than Forever Ago.
"Cats Love It" at far end of Bathia_Mapes' linkie -- love to maniac, shred & mangle, more like! & who'd ever buy a lot of a dozen ($2.50 each for 12, fine print) except some deranged pet supply shop owner who thought they could be sold? Quoting I_fling_poo, that's even more of a "for this, you shall die a slow, painful death" look than the cat dressed as a barbershopper pic gremlin1 fetched in yesterday.
Onward to pg 5 where this'll land.

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-22 09:40:58 AM

tigerose: Brian Blessed 's Bastard Boy glad to hear that your wife tolerated this last surgery well. I hope she enjoys her visit. Have fun with the BBQ!

Totally what she said! :)

DON.MAC		2012-09-22 09:42:13 AM

What do you do with a drunken sailor?
web.abnormal.com

Arrrrr, nos more rum!

Pribar		2012-09-22 09:45:49 AM

Ya know the worst thing about work, that slavedriving boss, heres what I'm talking about:

So you finished the Mandolin, violin bows AND the harmonica, well you still have this Violin to finish :

HEY, I am serious cat here, either it goes out the door by this evening or you do bub:

/sigh no rest for the weary 8-(

flaEsq		2012-09-22 10:22:14 AM

laulaja		2012-09-22 10:25:49 AM

A SweetBecca fetch. Sorta almost goes with gremlin1's $799 buttwarmer above.
But it's a cartoon, & inclusion may be considered as a copywrong.
Projection Technique to make keyboard appear atop cat fur as cat lounges on laptop.
Or it may actually display once Add Comment is struck, reckon We'll See....

FurbyGoneFubar		2012-09-22 10:29:39 AM

I'm posting this in both threads because Fanny deserves her fame as a LOL-cat.
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micromedic		2012-09-22 10:34:14 AM

First off...

Good Morning Everybuddy!!
Secondly,
Gonz,
Bless your dear Heart!!! Zena is a cutie and is a VERY lucky/determined little mite! Good on you and your family!! Also, Thank YOU for your service and sacrifice!
Welcome to Caturday! What cookies did you bring?

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Hi!

WonderStuff		2012-09-22 10:44:44 AM

Hi peoples! I am living the life of the Unemployed since monday! Boo... though my cats are happy :3.

Snuffybud		2012-09-22 10:49:23 AM

It's been a busy week, going to be busier today. Got only 1 picture

i380.photobucket.com

Cisco cat

Me and the Mrs. are off to a party today, it's Barnbash!
It's the 5th anniversary of our first date,which was at Barnbash! We're working the gate from noon to 4, so stop on out!

daRog		2012-09-22 11:06:52 AM

I'm just gonna leave this here.

yobbery		2012-09-22 11:27:44 AM

sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosphorus blo ...

shiat! I was really hoping the initial test was bad.
At least it sounds as if he's holding his own, so that's a plus. We're all here to help you with anything you need. Just give him the care he needs.

Gonz		2012-09-22 11:31:01 AM

One of you is absolutely awesome. Thank you. I'm seriously humbled.

//Seriously.

domari		2012-09-22 11:34:48 AM

syzygy whizz: sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]
*snip* sherpa and Dragon (aka "Patron Saint of Couch Change", "Grand Old Man of Caturday" "White Boy", "Devouror of Spicy Chicken Wings" , etc...)

Sending good thoughts and wishing you and Dragon all the best. Don't be surprised about the way the kd cat food went over...
seems very few cats appreciate what's 'good for them' in this case.
Glad he's not gone off his food...that's a good sign.
Don't know what else to say except both of you are in me thoughts with much affection.

****
My stuff (but it does sorta involve cats)...
Just got my bi-PAP machine...sorta like a CPAP, only a bit more complicated.
(Here comes the cat part). Was recommended to make a sleeve of polar fleece for the corrugated tube to prevent the monsters my owners from chewing on it.

Apparently it is somewhat magnetic to cat's teeth...they just gotta nom on it.

Trying it out for the first time tonight.
Would like to be able to wake up in the morning all zippity-do-dah as opposed to "Just five more hours, please".

How did that work? I have a cat that insists on chewing the tubes for my nebulizer. When I use it I have to keep him out of the room.

MoronLessOff		2012-09-22 11:38:59 AM

Mock26: ATTENTION CHICAGO AREA FARKERS!!!

Abandoned Kitty Needs A Home

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Neighbors moved out about 3-4 weeks ago and left behind their cat. Not sure of sex (kitty gets very affectionate and squirmy in the presence of any human contact), is fully clawed, and is very affectionate. Age might be around 5-6 years old. He is probably about 8-10 pounds and appears to be in good health (They at least left a couple open bags of food for the cat before they left). I just found out about the cat two days ago when the maintenance man for the building told me about it. The cat is still in the old apartment, but I am providing regular food, water, and litter. I have two cats of my own and cannot really house this kitty in my apartment. The owner of the building wants to call animal control, but I asked for a few days to try and find a home for the cat. The apartment should be cleaned up and ready for rental in about a week, and that point it is then try to get him into a no-kill shelter or let animal control take him.
If you live in the Chicago area and can take in a kitty or know of someone who can, please contact me at Mock26[[nospam-﹫-backwards] image 7x13]oohay[* image 7x13]com.

Thanks!

What kind of jerk hole would leave such a sweetheart. If I weren't at my pet limit, I'd drive on up and give him/her a forever home.

domari		2012-09-22 11:43:16 AM

reddot: Good Mornin'

This is the last shameless plug for the auction benefitting the cats of Little Mews Rescue.

Thanks to those who bid or passed it on for others to see.

Only 3 and a half hours or so to go...............

CATS WELCOME SIGN ~ All dogs and children must be on a leash!

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Five minutes left, all you Ebay snipers get ready to bid!!!

cherryl taggart		2012-09-22 11:48:35 AM

Gonz: Hey, good morning, Caturday folk. Do I have a story for you...

It's about her.

[i47.photobucket.com image 640x480]

My wife has a garden. It started small, but then a spaghetti squash grew out of the compost, and gave us tasty, tasty vegetables, and what started as a small bit of the back yard suddenly changed to a significant portion of our vegetable bill becoming home-grown. Anyway, she went outside on Thursday, and next thing I know, she's knocking at the back door. In her arms, she's cradling a delicate little black kitten, and the thing's purring so loud I can almost hear it through the glass.

So I throw a handful of kibble into a bowl, and some water into another bowl, and take it out to the patio. Set them down, and the wife sets the kitten down... and that's when we noticed an issue. From her "waist" up, the kitten worked. Her back legs, though... they just kinda splayed across the concrete. We were absolutely sure it was a broken leg, and decided pretty quickly that the little fuzzbutt had been hit by a car.

At that point, we had two options. One was to do the "sensible" thing. A crippled kitten that couldn't move... she couldn't really make it in the wild. No one would question if we put her out of her misery. Option two was going to the vet. That would mean spending money for the cost of a vet call, almost guaranteed x-rays, and who knows what else. Any sensible person would have looked at the facts and chosen Option One.

Here's the thing, though- I'm a veteran of Iraq, and thanks to a sniper, I know a bit about a limb not fully working.

[i47.photobucket.com image 432x500]

Call me sentimental if you will, but I wasn't going to write off a perfectly good cat over a bad peg. We piled into the minivan- that's how typically suburban my life normally is now, I own a Honda minivan- and took the kitten to the local vet clinic. They offer a substantial discount for strays, which is nice. We dropped the kitten off in a comfortable towel, and told them to do ...

Next time, Gonz, tell your wife to quit harvesting kittehs too early. She picked this one while it was still green on one end. Put Xena on a window sill for a few days, and she'll ripen just like a tomato. Happy Homecoming to Xena!

domari		2012-09-22 11:51:05 AM

Mid_mo_mad_man: I have a cat care question. This Monday my woman and I adopted her aunt's two cats. One a short hair black/white male. No issues with him. The other one is a long haired yellow white male. He has hair that's matted into balls/knots in places. Should I try to comb it out? Cut the matts out ? Is this something I can deal at home or go to a groomer?

You can get a mat rake like this Link which cuts through the tangles and matted clumps.
If the cat isn't very cooperative, then going to a groomer that specializes in cats is the best option and worth the price.

lantawa		2012-09-22 11:51:36 AM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 11:52:54 AM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 11:53:34 AM

domari		2012-09-22 11:53:53 AM

Gonz: Hey, good morning, Caturday folk. Do I have a story for you...

It's about her.

[i47.photobucket.com image 640x480]

My wife has a garden. It started small, but then a spaghetti squash grew out of the compost, and gave us tasty, tasty vegetables, and what started as a small bit of the back yard suddenly changed to a significant portion of our vegetable bill becoming home-grown. Anyway, she went outside on Thursday, and next thing I know, she's knocking at the back door. In her arms, she's cradling a delicate little black kitten, and the thing's purring so loud I can almost hear it through the glass.

So I throw a handful of kibble into a bowl, and some water into another bowl, and take it out to the patio. Set them down, and the wife sets the kitten down... and that's when we noticed an issue. From her "waist" up, the kitten worked. Her back legs, though... they just kinda splayed across the concrete. We were absolutely sure it was a broken leg, and decided pretty quickly that the little fuzzbutt had been hit by a car.

At that point, we had two options. One was to do the "sensible" thing. A crippled kitten that couldn't move... she couldn't really make it in the wild. No one would question if we put her out of her misery. Option two was going to the vet. That would mean spending money for the cost of a vet call, almost guaranteed x-rays, and who knows what else. Any sensible person would have looked at the facts and chosen Option One.

Here's the thing, though- I'm a veteran of Iraq, and thanks to a sniper, I know a bit about a limb not fully working.

[i47.photobucket.com image 432x500]

Call me sentimental if you will, but I wasn't going to write off a perfectly good cat over a bad peg. We piled into the minivan- that's how typically suburban my life normally is now, I own a Honda minivan- and took the kitten to the local vet clinic. They offer a substantial discount for strays, which is nice. We dropped the kitten off in a comfortable towel, and told them to do ...

You are my hero of the day! Best of luck with Xena, she is one lucky kitty to have wandered to your home. I wish they could all be so lucky.

gremlin1		2012-09-22 11:54:34 AM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 11:55:59 AM

yellowcat		2012-09-22 11:58:06 AM

domari: sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phos ...

When we had to start feeding the late, great Barclay diabetic formula food he loved the dry, hated the wet, especially if it was cold (only came in 5.5 oz cans) -- he'd eat the first serving, but not the 2nd. We starting mixing the special food with regular wet food to get him to eat it. I also found that there wasn't that much difference in the nutritional values of the special food and some of the regular brands -- i just had to read all the cans at PetsMart. We figured it was better to get him to eat something that was 90% "like" the special food was better than not eating at all. Find out from the Vet what the critical values are (% of protein may be the most important for kidney issues) and see what you can find.

Irma and Josephine send kitty love to Dragon! {{ =^.^= }}

Timid Goddess		2012-09-22 12:06:32 PM

Recommendations for chronic kidney disease diet:

Limiting fluids
Eating a low-protein diet (this may be recommended)
Restricting salt, potassium, phosphorous, and other electrolytes
Getting enough calories if you are losing weight

Sherpa, you might want to ask your vet what amount of protein is recommended for cats with Dragon's condition if you decide to go home-made diet for him that was mentioned above. Standard home diet for cats is 60% protein, 20% fruits/veggies and 20% grain, if I remember correctly.

Some links I found searching for "cat food homemade kidney disease". Maybe you can find some no-salt hot sauce to dose his food with? He does like it spicy. I hope you find a diet (store bought or home made) he will eat and he feels great for a long time.

TANYA'S

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO

FELINE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Homemade Cat Food Recipe for Cats with Kidney Disease
Homemade Cat Food for Kidney Disease

genebone697		2012-09-22 12:32:19 PM

sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

snip

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

...

When I had to switch Nutmeg to the feline k/d she was not at all interested in the wet food. It would sit for hours in her dish until I would throw it out. Then the vet tech offered me a can of chicken flavored k/d that they got by mistake. She ate it up! After that I always had to be careful when I called in an order to make sure they got the chicken flavor not the regular nasty stuff. Maybe you could ask for a different flavor of the wet and Dragon would decide it is much better.

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 12:34:27 PM

Gonz: Hey, good morning, Caturday folk. Do I have a story for you.

What a great story!

Beautiful kitties, cute kid. Drama, suspense. This story has it all :-D

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 12:38:47 PM

daffy: I love caturday! I am allergic to cats, but love them, so it is great to see so many cute pics. Gotta go. my D-O-G is jealous and is singing to my to go out.

You can always post pics of your doggie.

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 12:45:28 PM

cherryl taggart: Next time, Gonz, tell your wife to quit harvesting kittehs too early. She picked this one while it was still green on one end. Put Xena on a window sill for a few days, and she'll ripen just like a tomato. Happy Homecoming to Xena!

L. O. L.

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 12:53:54 PM

Ralphie has been hanging around again. He's a little skinny again but my neighbor and I are working to fix that.

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Not a great picture but you can at least see his bootiful blue eyes.

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-22 12:54:09 PM

Pierogi sleeping on top of the ferret cage to protect them from Fred the ghost. Fred is a ghost that has followed me around the country for over 20 years now. Last week when I put the cage in my room to clean out the game room, I looked down and saw Au Jus tearing across the floor with Sake' in hot pursuit. I grabbed her real quick, and took her back to the cage. The door to the cage was wide open and the rest of the ferrets were standing there looking out, but not moving. Any time the cage door opens, they are crawling all over each other to get out. The kids were upstairs cleaning, and they never came downstairs, because I would have heard them, and the cats and ferrets and dog can't get the doors open, so I knew Fred had finally found us again and was making his presence known. He's not scary or evil, he just does things like this to mess with the family. Mom was at the hospital with the wife, so he was all that was left. The kids think it's funny, and I've heard them lecturing him when something in there room has been moved. I've only ever seen him once, and that was the first time he ever made his presence known. Now the cats do what they can to sleep on top of the cage to make sure nothing happens to the ferrets. As if I didn't have enough insanity in my life, now Fred might start playing with the ferrets. He does it again, I'll have to tell him the babies are off limits.

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 12:56:56 PM

Hanging out on my neighbors fence.

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Salem Witch		2012-09-22 12:59:01 PM

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy: [sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net image 640x480]
Pierogi sleeping on top of the ferret cage to protect them from Fred the ghost. Fred is a ghost that has followed me around the country for over 20 years now. Last week when I put the cage in my room to clean out the game room, I looked down and saw Au Jus tearing across the floor with Sake' in hot pursuit. I grabbed her real quick, and took her back to the cage. The door to the cage was wide open and the rest of the ferrets were standing there looking out, but not moving. Any time the cage door opens, they are crawling all over each other to get out. The kids were upstairs cleaning, and they never came downstairs, because I would have heard them, and the cats and ferrets and dog can't get the doors open, so I knew Fred had finally found us again and was making his presence known. He's not scary or evil, he just does things like this to mess with the family. Mom was at the hospital with the wife, so he was all that was left. The kids think it's funny, and I've heard them lecturing him when something in there room has been moved. I've only ever seen him once, and that was the first time he ever made his presence known. Now the cats do what they can to sleep on top of the cage to make sure nothing happens to the ferrets. As if I didn't have enough insanity in my life, now Fred might start playing with the ferrets. He does it again, I'll have to tell him the babies are off limits.

LOL

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 01:00:11 PM

I love this picture of Ralphie :-)

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syzygy whizz		2012-09-22 01:01:26 PM

Pribar: Ya know the worst thing about work, that slavedriving boss, heres what I'm talking about:

So you finished the Mandolin, violin bows AND the harmonica, well you still have this Violin to finish :

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HEY, I am serious cat here, either it goes out the door by this evening or you do bub:

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/sigh no rest for the weary 8-(

You MAKE these instruments?!
That is so COOL...

********
Hugs and cheers for BBBB and family. I love what you said about your wife and the grill. She must be made of solid awesome.

Gonz		2012-09-22 01:01:46 PM

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 01:07:40 PM

Some of the doggies from my trip up north.

My cousins dog, Sophie. She is as sweet, calm and quiet (espically for a Beagle) as Suzy.

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This is Princess. She's 11 and also a very sweet dog.

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syzygy whizz		2012-09-22 01:07:44 PM

domari: syzygy whizz: sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]
*snip* sherpa and Dragon (aka "Patron Saint of Couch Change", "Grand Old Man of Caturday" "White Boy", "Devouror of Spicy Chicken Wings" , etc...)

Sending good thoughts and wishing you and Dragon all the best. Don't be surprised about the way the kd cat food went over...
seems very few cats appreciate what's 'good for them' in this case.
Glad he's not gone off his food...that's a good sign.
Don't know what else to say except both of you are in me thoughts with much affection.

****
My stuff (but it does sorta involve cats)...
Just got my bi-PAP machine...sorta like a CPAP, only a bit more complicated.
(Here comes the cat part). Was recommended to make a sleeve of polar fleece for the corrugated tube to prevent the monsters my owners from chewing on it.

Apparently it is somewhat magnetic to cat's teeth...they just gotta nom on it.

Trying it out for the first time tonight.
Would like to be able to wake up in the morning all zippity-do-dah as opposed to "Just five more hours, please".

How did that work? I have a cat that insists on chewing the tubes for my nebulizer. When I use it I have to keep him out of the room.

Going to make the 'sleeve' today...cats didn't come near me last night. :(

Wasn't a howling success...feel like I was 'fighting' with it on the last part of the exhale and that prevented me from really getting to sleep. Oh, I know I went into REM, but not the kind of sleep where you lose your 'you' and fully engage in the dream as though it was really happening.
Gave up after a couple hours...will try again tomorrow morning when I get home from work. I'm usually wiped out by then, so maybe that will help.

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 01:12:29 PM

Not a critter but I took this picture from the train. It's north of Seattle but I couldn't even begin to guess which island that might be. There are so many.

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Not bad for a little point and shoot camera on a moving train.

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 01:14:05 PM

Do you have any cookies?

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gremlin1		2012-09-22 01:16:56 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 01:17:36 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 01:18:23 PM

lethological_lassie		2012-09-22 01:19:22 PM

mousiebelle: I can't really even remember what I just read. I really hope Dragon keeps holding his own!!! **Scritches** to the handsome white boy and **hugs** to sherpa18.

As a side note... It's been about a year (give or take a week or two) since we started Cassie on Glucosamine, and there haven't been any urinary problems at all!!! Quite the difference from being at the vet or giving multitudes of antibiotics to my poor girl all the farking time. Last year we were at the vet at least 7 or 8 times between the urinary and ear mite stuffs. Since we started the Glucosamine, we've gone in once for the well kitteh check and rabies shot. Hooray! I highly recommend trying Glucosamine if it seems like your cat is getting UTIs all the time. Turns out the problem wasn't infections, but inflammation in the bladder that led to infections. W/o fixing the inflammation, the infections just kept popping up. So glad the sainted vet here was able to finally figure out the real problem!

YAY! So glad to hear good news for your kitty and you! Makes perfect sense in retrospect, but I wouldn't have thought of it at the time. It's awesome when vets use prevention instead of focusing on treatment.

syzygy whizz		2012-09-22 01:27:06 PM

gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 500x568]
"Edward Scissorpaws"

BOOM. Headshot...my head assploding from cuteness.
Looks like Raven when she was that age...sweet little black kitten sportin' damn DAGGERS on her feet...

laulaja		2012-09-22 01:27:31 PM

Forgot to offer conga-cats to Gonz & family on taking Xena in. You're Good Folk for doing that.
Also apologise to Mock26 for a) being at our limit & b) not living near enough to Chicago to be of any help.
Been to other thread that was promised. Someone Else we always watch for appeared there, it's hoped will come here too soon.
i.imgur.com

Not in aid or protest of anything, just tripped over this. Somehow I rather doubt .gifs can be captioned workably, but am not 150%sure. Showed up in Preview like the cartoon: not, cept for verbal placeholder. Credit to the absent but recalled Lar Jorgen.

lethological_lassie		2012-09-22 01:30:39 PM

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: [i.chzbgr.com image 500x416]

That is obscenely cute!

Spinalboy		2012-09-22 01:37:40 PM

Linkster		2012-09-22 01:52:49 PM

Gonz: Hey, good morning, Caturday folk. Do I have a story for you...

It's about her.

[i47.photobucket.com image 640x480]

My wife has a garden. It started small, but then a spaghetti squash grew out of the compost, and gave us tasty, tasty vegetables, and what started as a small bit of the back yard suddenly changed to a significant portion of our vegetable bill becoming home-grown. Anyway, she went outside on Thursday, and next thing I know, she's knocking at the back door. In her arms, she's cradling a delicate little black kitten, and the thing's purring so loud I can almost hear it through the glass.

So I throw a handful of kibble into a bowl, and some water into another bowl, and take it out to the patio. Set them down, and the wife sets the kitten down... and that's when we noticed an issue. From her "waist" up, the kitten worked. Her back legs, though... they just kinda splayed across the concrete. We were absolutely sure it was a broken leg, and decided pretty quickly that the little fuzzbutt had been hit by a car.

At that point, we had two options. One was to do the "sensible" thing. A crippled kitten that couldn't move... she couldn't really make it in the wild. No one would question if we put her out of her misery. Option two was going to the vet. That would mean spending money for the cost of a vet call, almost guaranteed x-rays, and who knows what else. Any sensible person would have looked at the facts and chosen Option One.

Here's the thing, though- I'm a veteran of Iraq, and thanks to a sniper, I know a bit about a limb not fully working.

[i47.photobucket.com image 432x500]

Call me sentimental if you will, but I wasn't going to write off a perfectly good cat over a bad peg. We piled into the minivan- that's how typically suburban my life normally is now, I own a Honda minivan- and took the kitten to the local vet clinic. They offer a substantial discount for strays, which is nice. We dropped the kitten off in a comfortable towel, and told them to do ...

You are one of "The Good Guys" Gonz!
I'm glad she's gonna be ok. I'll keep up in other forums.

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-22 01:53:45 PM

syzygy whizz: snip

Wasn't a howling success...feel like I was 'fighting' with it on the last part of the exhale and that prevented me from really getting to sleep. Oh, I know I went into REM, but not the kind of sleep where you lose your 'you' and fully engage in the dream as though it was really happening.
Gave up after a couple hours...will try again tomorrow morning when I get home from work. I'm usually wiped out by then, so maybe that will help.

Might want to put the mask on and fire up the machine for 30-60 minutes before you try to sleep. It's what my specialist suggested and worked well when I first started CPAP so may help you with the BiPAP, too. He suggested put the mask on and do something like read or watch some TV. Then he looked up and saw the strength of my glasses and asked if I could actually read without the glasses on, LOL. Luckily, I can.

/just got a new mask
//trying to bring myself back into compliance
///relearning to breath with the pressure is harder than it was the first time
//luckily my kittehs never went after cords of any kind

phenn		2012-09-22 01:58:56 PM

in2it: [i.imgur.com image 457x263]

That actually made me yawn.

MoronLessOff		2012-09-22 02:11:10 PM

Salem Witch: Do you have any cookies?

[imageshack.us image 640x480]

j.wigflip.com

The blur is perfect.

Spinalboy		2012-09-22 02:11:14 PM

I_fling_poo		2012-09-22 02:22:42 PM

FUUU...tried posting a photo again.
Nope. Denied. Got an Up Yours message. Again. Fark!
All of this just to get out of doing housework, so perhaps it's not all in vain.
I'm occupying the couch. Daisy is asleep on my arm and my fingers are slowly falling asleep. She's comfortable, so there's no need to move just yet.
She's been snuggling up since I took Dinky home for the day.
As for doing nothing goes, today is being a very good day. The dishes are holding down the kitchen counter, the dirty clothes are still tucked in their baskets by the washing machine, and the cat is passed out beside me. The other three are currently busy being unconscious in other parts of the house.
All in all, it's a good lazy day.

gremlin1		2012-09-22 02:35:03 PM

Mrs CDK		2012-09-22 02:46:09 PM

Way late to the party again this week...

Lefty...Glad to hear that Muggsy is doing beter :) Hopefully you can keep her off the meds.

sherpa...Damn CRF :( Happy that Dragon is holding his own though. I'm with Domari. Try one of the other CRF canned foods. You can find info on the phosphorous, sodium, and protein for most canned CRF foods here (along with some other good info) (link pops like corm)

laulaja		2012-09-22 02:46:39 PM

Try again, & try not to be distracted!
Stuff from AM newspaper --
i.imgur.com

All in this AM's Cincinnati Enquirer, all Oktoberfest pix by Leigh Taylor.
There were also filled-liter-stein-toting contests, but no word on who won that/those.
Distraction was Fark ad for Lazy Ramen @ $2.95/pkg, s&h more of course, to right of our screen area.
Wonder how Drew's minions think they can sell those for that, when the real stuff's only $.20 each at the grocery? Unless that's commercial associates of Drew's minions?

Mrs CDK		2012-09-22 02:49:07 PM

Timid Goddess: TANYA'S

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO

FELINE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Looks like I was a day late, dollar short on this one ;o)

Great minds think alike, TG

i384.photobucket.com

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-22 03:01:01 PM

Au Jus inside the cat tree.
sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net

Muenster inside the ferret tubes.
sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net

Fatty Waffles and Sake' avoiding the ferret terrorists.
sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net

Pierogi thinks he's cute when he sleeps.

Timid Goddess		2012-09-22 03:01:46 PM

Mrs CDK: Timid Goddess: TANYA'S

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO

FELINE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Looks like I was a day late, dollar short on this one ;o)

Great minds think alike, TG

[i384.photobucket.com image 640x550]

Well... Sherpa said Dragon didn't like the k/d food, someone suggested home made, I remembered seeing that humans with chronic kidney problems needed lean protein such as fish or chicken breast, and started looking. That just happened to pop up third in the search results.

domari		2012-09-22 03:29:02 PM

NotSoNiceBunny: syzygy whizz: snip

Wasn't a howling success...feel like I was 'fighting' with it on the last part of the exhale and that prevented me from really getting to sleep. Oh, I know I went into REM, but not the kind of sleep where you lose your 'you' and fully engage in the dream as though it was really happening.
Gave up after a couple hours...will try again tomorrow morning when I get home from work. I'm usually wiped out by then, so maybe that will help.

Might want to put the mask on and fire up the machine for 30-60 minutes before you try to sleep. It's what my specialist suggested and worked well when I first started CPAP so may help you with the BiPAP, too. He suggested put the mask on and do something like read or watch some TV. Then he looked up and saw the strength of my glasses and asked if I could actually read without the glasses on, LOL. Luckily, I can.

/just got a new mask
//trying to bring myself back into compliance
///relearning to breath with the pressure is harder than it was the first time
//luckily my kittehs never went after cords of any kind

How can you sleep with those masks and machines on? I can't sleep with any noise at all, I also don't like anything on my face. I couldn't imagine trying to sleep like that. Do the docs give you meds to help sleep with the machines? Just curious.

Timid Goddess		2012-09-22 03:36:29 PM

domari: NotSoNiceBunny: syzygy whizz: snip

Wasn't a howling success...feel like I was 'fighting' with it on the last part of the exhale and that prevented me from really getting to sleep. Oh, I know I went into REM, but not the kind of sleep where you lose your 'you' and fully engage in the dream as though it was really happening.
Gave up after a couple hours...will try again tomorrow morning when I get home from work. I'm usually wiped out by then, so maybe that will help.

Might want to put the mask on and fire up the machine for 30-60 minutes before you try to sleep. It's what my specialist suggested and worked well when I first started CPAP so may help you with the BiPAP, too. He suggested put the mask on and do something like read or watch some TV. Then he looked up and saw the strength of my glasses and asked if I could actually read without the glasses on, LOL. Luckily, I can.

/just got a new mask
//trying to bring myself back into compliance
///relearning to breath with the pressure is harder than it was the first time
//luckily my kittehs never went after cords of any kind

How can you sleep with those masks and machines on? I can't sleep with any noise at all, I also don't like anything on my face. I couldn't imagine trying to sleep like that. Do the docs give you meds to help sleep with the machines? Just curious.

When I first started using mine, I felt like I was going to suffocate until the machine kicked in in about a minute. Once the air was flowing, I was fine. Now, I'm used to it. Never took sleep aides to help go to sleep with one.

Mock26		2012-09-22 03:53:41 PM

MoronLessOff: Mock26: ATTENTION CHICAGO AREA FARKERS!!!

Abandoned Kitty Needs A Home

[img.photobucket.com image 611x576]
[img.photobucket.com image 606x584]

Neighbors moved out about 3-4 weeks ago and left behind their cat. Not sure of sex (kitty gets very affectionate and squirmy in the presence of any human contact), is fully clawed, and is very affectionate. Age might be around 5-6 years old. He is probably about 8-10 pounds and appears to be in good health (They at least left a couple open bags of food for the cat before they left). I just found out about the cat two days ago when the maintenance man for the building told me about it. The cat is still in the old apartment, but I am providing regular food, water, and litter. I have two cats of my own and cannot really house this kitty in my apartment. The owner of the building wants to call animal control, but I asked for a few days to try and find a home for the cat. The apartment should be cleaned up and ready for rental in about a week, and that point it is then try to get him into a no-kill shelter or let animal control take him.
If you live in the Chicago area and can take in a kitty or know of someone who can, please contact me at Mock26[[nospam-﹫-backwards] image 7x13]oohay[* image 7x13]com.

Thanks!

What kind of jerk hole would leave such a sweetheart. If I weren't at my pet limit, I'd drive on up and give him/her a forever home.

About the only good thing I can really say about the two guys is that they moved out of the building. They were loud, drunken, drug users who often fought with each other. And on more than one occasion one or both of them would pass out with food in the oven and then all the spoke detectors in the hallway would go off. I actually got to know a couple of the local firefighters by their first names! I can only imagine what the poor kitty went through when that happened. Not to defend the scum, but they did appear to take care of the kitty (except, of course, for abandoning them). He is definitely well fed.

Oh wait, there is another good thing I can say about them. They no longer have the kitty. He is so sweet and affectionate that he deserves better than those two balls of scum.

Also, no need for anyone to apologize on being at their cat limit. I, too, am at my limit or I would take him. But, if you are at your limit, can you please check with your friends? I really want to try and get this little guy into a loving, stable home. Thanks a bunch!

laulaja		2012-09-22 03:54:07 PM

Change topic to one near & dear:
FuturePastNow entered this onto other Caturday thread, a cat in need of a home in W Cntrl IL.

Speaking of adoption- I don't suppose anyone in West Central Illinois wants a cat?I took one of my cats to the vet the other day for his boring problem (he has a permanently stuffy nose they can't figure out), when I recognized one of the cats they had. Like most small-town vets, they store animals for the local Humane Society, and I recognized this cat because he'd been there the last I had taken my cat in, six month earlier.I asked, and they said no one would adopt him because he was black and an adult. He had a microchip, but his owner didn't want him back. I'd take him, but I'm already over the number of pets my lease allows. He seems like a good boy, but he's been in a cage for months :(His name is Calvin, he's with the Schuyler County Humane Society and is at the Rushville Veterinary Clinic.

Linkie to Schuyler Co Humane Soc declines to go back in. Link Maybe a Bigger Hammer will work -- that looks better.
Rushville is where the SCHS is, in what sounds much like an army surplus quonset hut or similar. It's not really close to much, ~100 mi NW of Springfield, also S of Macomb (huh?).
I try to fetch notices here from HALO, Helping Animals Find Loving Owners (or Staff) in Belleville IL where Plumbicon's lawyer bro lives. That's south, down E of St Louis. The bro's too busy for pets. he does do a lot of pro bono legal work.
& wottheheck is it with folk being reluctant to adopt adult black cats?
i.imgur.com

Well, tuxie, anyway.

lajimi		2012-09-22 04:03:56 PM

daRog		2012-09-22 04:15:17 PM

Damn cat.

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-22 04:15:21 PM

domari: NotSoNiceBunny: syzygy whizz: snip

Wasn't a howling success...feel like I was 'fighting' with it on the last part of the exhale and that prevented me from really getting to sleep. Oh, I know I went into REM, but not the kind of sleep where you lose your 'you' and fully engage in the dream as though it was really happening.
Gave up after a couple hours...will try again tomorrow morning when I get home from work. I'm usually wiped out by then, so maybe that will help.

Might want to put the mask on and fire up the machine for 30-60 minutes before you try to sleep. It's what my specialist suggested and worked well when I first started CPAP so may help you with the BiPAP, too. He suggested put the mask on and do something like read or watch some TV. Then he looked up and saw the strength of my glasses and asked if I could actually read without the glasses on, LOL. Luckily, I can.

/just got a new mask
//trying to bring myself back into compliance
///relearning to breath with the pressure is harder than it was the first time
//luckily my kittehs never went after cords of any kind

How can you sleep with those masks and machines on? I can't sleep with any noise at all, I also don't like anything on my face. I couldn't imagine trying to sleep like that. Do the docs give you meds to help sleep with the machines? Just curious.

By the time I was diagnosed with sleep apnea I'd had years of broken sleep: I was so tired that they thought I had narcolepsy at one point because I couldn't get through the afternoon without shutting down at least once (enforced nap, usually for no less than an hour.) First night, the noise was annoying but the body eventually said screw it, sleep now! And I slept through the night for the first time in forever. After that, the body and mind associated the sound with sleeping well so it was less of an issue.

It does make my nightly ritual of daydreaming until I sleep a bit difficult. Unless I daydream I'm sort of paratrooper in an atmosphere that requires breathing apparatus. Not my favorite genre, though ;)

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 04:18:34 PM

daffy: I love caturday! I am allergic to cats, but love them, so it is great to see so many cute pics. Gotta go. my D-O-G is jealous and is singing to my to go out.

Welcome!

laulaja		2012-09-22 04:22:12 PM

Missed this in AM newsrag til A Bit L8r --
i.imgur.com

with these to immediate right
i.imgur.com

Never sure what new x by x pixel limit is -- besides just aboot that!
From the wires of the Associated Press & United Press International -- as used to be on a/the intro with teletype clatter in background, a lifetime ago ....

daRog		2012-09-22 04:22:57 PM

tigerose		2012-09-22 04:24:06 PM

Pribar: Ya know the worst thing about work, that slavedriving boss, heres what I'm talking about:

So you finished the Mandolin, violin bows AND the harmonica, well you still have this Violin to finish :

[i135.photobucket.com image 800x602]

HEY, I am serious cat here, either it goes out the door by this evening or you do bub:

[i135.photobucket.com image 800x602]

/sigh no rest for the weary 8-(

Cool kitteh! Also cool violin! My son plays on a Snow violin. Nice tone. He can really make it ring...Needs his wood bow rehaired...

gremlin1		2012-09-22 04:40:17 PM

In regards to that article about the tabby stripes gene.
Gremie who is obviously a black cat ,when seen in the right light is actually dark brown with darker brown tabby stripes. I've tried to get a photo of it but it doesn't seem to photograph well. It has to be natural sunlight.
i877.photobucket.com

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 05:04:58 PM

daRog		2012-09-22 05:15:09 PM

predle		2012-09-22 05:17:56 PM

When Juno was young she had faint stripes in her tail

As she gets older she has to use other means of bringing out the stripes

lajimi		2012-09-22 05:34:09 PM

OlderGuy		2012-09-22 05:58:27 PM

Pribar: Ya know the worst thing about work, that slavedriving boss, heres what I'm talking about:

So you finished the Mandolin, violin bows AND the harmonica, well you still have this Violin to finish :

[i135.photobucket.com image 800x602]

HEY, I am serious cat here, either it goes out the door by this evening or you do bub:

[i135.photobucket.com image 800x602]

/sigh no rest for the weary 8-(

Recently worked at Legend Brewing Co., in Richmond, Va... one of the guys there also builds and repairs musical instruments.. very talented individual.. one of his violins sold for 18G.... truely an artist.. and a good guy also...

tigerose		2012-09-22 06:15:42 PM

daRog: [i.imgur.com image 324x166]

Aaaaah! A spider!

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-22 06:19:47 PM

Pierogi is still standing guard against Fred.

Salem Witch		2012-09-22 06:29:50 PM

MoronLessOff: Salem Witch: Do you have any cookies?

[imageshack.us image 640x480]

[j.wigflip.com image 640x480]

The blur is perfect.

Squirrel cake? Yum

spinach gunk		2012-09-22 06:39:01 PM

maynerdkitty: [sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net image 350x403]

The Ice Queen		2012-09-22 06:55:03 PM

domari: sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

warning: wall of text follows!

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin (a phosp ...

Here's another vote for the Royal Canin foods. They have me use that for Rocky and she's in kidney failure. They have her on SO but not sure if they would do the same for Dragon or not.

The Ice Queen		2012-09-22 07:01:57 PM

Gonz: Hey, good morning, Caturday folk. Do I have a story for you...

It's about her.

[i47.photobucket.com image 640x480]

snip

Enjoy your Total Fark, we open on Thusdays :)

Kudos for taking in a disabled kitty. I to have limbs that don't work well either so I tend to be a softy for the ones who are "problem children" like me :)

ruatan		2012-09-22 07:25:12 PM

My stripes are curly...
i566.photobucket.com

powerful katrinka		2012-09-22 07:27:31 PM

predle: When Juno was young she had faint stripes in her tail
[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x480]

As she gets older she has to use other means of bringing out the stripes
[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x639]

I'll look for the second one in Farktography in a couple of weeks.

orezona		2012-09-22 07:36:18 PM

gremlin1: [i877.photobucket.com image 300x225]

I like that one but this one always made me laugh:

i.chzbgr.com

/happy caturday!

spinach gunk		2012-09-22 07:37:27 PM

powerful katrinka: predle: When Juno was young she had faint stripes in her tail
[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x480]

As she gets older she has to use other means of bringing out the stripes
[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x639]

I'll look for the second one in Farktography in a couple of weeks.

10/3 "Stripes", or 10/10 "Thick as a Brick"? ;)

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 07:42:33 PM

laulaja		2012-09-22 07:57:02 PM

daRog, wish to thank you for the .gif posted above here on Lucky Pg 7. Think I may have seen that once but not saved it; now I have! Seem to recall your ID from a while ago, pleased to see you back here.
Got a Sr Editing Cat stationed atop the computer mouse, his rightful place hethinx.
i.imgur.com

Not sure where sherpa found this, but he brought it here toward end of Feb this yr. Rather glad he did!

predle		2012-09-22 08:01:02 PM

James72		2012-09-22 08:01:35 PM

*sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

monykers		2012-09-22 08:01:42 PM

All tuckered out from playing...
img.photobucket.com

Reminds me of when he was a wee one!
img.photobucket.com

micromedic		2012-09-22 08:06:27 PM

Jake, aka mr. sweet face, has been missing all day. I'm so worried... and heartbroken...

tigerose		2012-09-22 08:11:39 PM

James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Sending good thoughts your way.

Gonz		2012-09-22 08:13:16 PM

The Ice Queen: Enjoy your Total Fark, we open on Thusdays :)

I don't know what to say- today has reaffirmed my faith in the kindness of strangers. I really don't have the words.

I'll keep y'all posted on how Xena's doing.

tigerose		2012-09-22 08:13:50 PM

micromedic: [imageshack.us image 800x600]
Jake, aka mr. sweet face, has been missing all day. I'm so worried... and heartbroken...

Maybe he is in a garage somewhere. Or just being a brat and not coming in.

"Jake, get your fuzzy butt home! You have worried your Mom enough!"

akimbotoo		2012-09-22 08:27:29 PM

James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Sh*t! Please keep us posted!

akimbotoo		2012-09-22 08:29:03 PM

micromedic: [imageshack.us image 800x600]
Jake, aka mr. sweet face, has been missing all day. I'm so worried... and heartbroken...

Oh no! Hope he shows up soon sweetie!

John Buck 41		2012-09-22 08:30:53 PM

micromedic: [imageshack.us image 800x600]
Jake, aka mr. sweet face, has been missing all day. I'm so worried... and heartbroken...

Hope he turns up soon. Fingers crossed.

micromedic		2012-09-22 08:38:02 PM

tigerose and akimbotoo,
It seems your well wishes and fussing at him worked! The Assh@le just showed up, panting and not wanting to come in! Thank YOU!! : ) he does look the worse for wear, but he's home...

professional_vampire		2012-09-22 08:38:41 PM

micromedic: [imageshack.us image 800x600]
Jake, aka mr. sweet face, has been missing all day. I'm so worried... and heartbroken...

Go home Jake!

/hope he turns up soon

micromedic		2012-09-22 08:39:15 PM

John Buck 41 It worked!!! See? Thank YOU!

micromedic		2012-09-22 08:40:34 PM

professional_vampire And he listened!! Imma gonna beatta his butta shortly!

daRog		2012-09-22 08:45:52 PM

laulaja: thank you for the .gif

:)

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 08:54:42 PM

James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Hope Alex is okay.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 08:56:01 PM

micromedic: professional_vampire And he listened!! Imma gonna beatta his butta shortly!

And he'll retaliate by peeing on your pillow. It's the feline revenge way.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 08:59:21 PM

Gonz: The Ice Queen: Enjoy your Total Fark, we open on Thusdays :)

I don't know what to say- today has reaffirmed my faith in the kindness of strangers. I really don't have the words.

I'll keep y'all posted on how Xena's doing.

As The Ice Queen said, Caturday opens on Thursday, but for TFers only. Thursday evening is when the Caturday thread is selected and greenlit. It then sits at the very top of the greenlit links queue until Saturday morning when it hits the main page.

OlderGuy		2012-09-22 09:00:18 PM

James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Good luck and best wishes..

akimbotoo		2012-09-22 09:01:48 PM

micromedic: tigerose and akimbotoo,
It seems your well wishes and fussing at him worked! The Assh@le just showed up, panting and not wanting to come in! Thank YOU!! : ) he does look the worse for wear, but he's home...

Yippee, yippee, yay, yay!

/to quote a waitress (referring to the cook) responding to my burnt breakfast from some years ago "I'll kill him later, I need him right now"

syzygy whizz		2012-09-22 09:06:56 PM

domari: NotSoNiceBunny: syzygy whizz: snip

*snip*
CPAP/BiPAP machines...

How can you sleep with those masks and machines on? I can't sleep with any noise at all, I also don't like anything on my face. I couldn't imagine trying to sleep like that. Do the docs give you meds to help sleep with the machines? Just curious.

Seems some of the meds I'm on are why I oughta be using this machine. The mask only goes over the nose (I get claustrophobic and freak out with a 'regular' mask) but I feel I should be climbing into my X-wing fighter once I get everything strapped on. It's surprisingly comfortable after a few minutes and the noise is a 'white noise' which fades into the background very quickly.

It's just the 'push' to finish the exhale that I'm having trouble with. Machine has a 'ramp' setting...pressure goes down to "5" from "7". Don't have any problem with the lower setting, but about 20 minutes later the higher setting automatically kicks in and wakes me back up just enough to be conscious about breathing.
Gonna call on Monday and ask about this. I am EAGER to experience the phenomenon of unbroken sleep and feeling fresh and rested when I wake up.

Oh, and (about) a cat...
It's OFFICIAL...Raven is now a cyber-kitty!
Took her to a cat rescue to have her chip installed and she behaved very well, all things considered...
Dog barking in the garage, a BUNCH of curious cats underfoot ("What you gots dere? Anyt'ing I should haz?"), unfamiliar smells and a stick with a HUGE honkin' needle (think it's about a 20-gauge...picture a needle into which you can easily insert a piece of spaghetti).

She cussed, growled, and hissed...but did NOT struggle very much or try to savage anyone.
Think I may be forgiven since she got a can of apology gushyfud as soon as we got home.

She's makin' out like a bandit with the gushyfud today...
She'll get another one for dinner when we go to work tonight.

John Buck 41		2012-09-22 09:13:14 PM

micromedic: John Buck 41 It worked!!! See? Thank YOU!

YAY!

valnt9		2012-09-22 09:22:17 PM

Bathia_Mapes: Gonz: The Ice Queen: Enjoy your Total Fark, we open on Thusdays :)

I don't know what to say- today has reaffirmed my faith in the kindness of strangers. I really don't have the words.

I'll keep y'all posted on how Xena's doing.

As The Ice Queen said, Caturday opens on Thursday, but for TFers only. Thursday evening is when the Caturday thread is selected and greenlit. It then sits at the very top of the greenlit links queue until Saturday morning when it hits the main page.

you can also join us on Facebook...look for the Caturday group

daRog		2012-09-22 09:48:13 PM

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 09:52:04 PM

daRog: [i.imgur.com image 498x298]

I love Simon's Cat.

valnt9		2012-09-22 10:06:55 PM

DaRog-
you owe my screen a cleaning.

daRog		2012-09-22 10:07:44 PM

lysdexic		2012-09-22 10:18:23 PM

Pirates, you say?

/waves hello before dropping like a stone into bed
//kids are exhausting

lysdexic		2012-09-22 10:19:01 PM

predle		2012-09-22 10:19:57 PM

predle		2012-09-22 10:21:06 PM

predle		2012-09-22 10:22:42 PM

predle		2012-09-22 10:23:47 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 10:30:49 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 10:31:41 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 10:32:32 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-22 10:33:36 PM

daRog		2012-09-22 10:42:29 PM

i upped my meds-up yours		2012-09-22 10:44:10 PM

laulaja: Home from chorus mgmt tm mtg just in time to see What's Here & seek a G'Night pic.
[i.imgur.com image 400x512]
This'd be better for Mon close to threadclose, but saw title on way past to seek above. So you have to put up with it. credit to lajimi, also from Ago.

It was good to see our Kitty Foyle, who crossed over in July, in that pic. One of 3 or 4 I can think of in her lolcat career. She was an especially good napper, tho she eventually abandoned the basket.
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/peace out, Caturdayers

valnt9		2012-09-22 10:48:03 PM

predle: [farm6.staticflickr.com image 500x374]

wun hoomin ferGot tu feed???
I don't understand how it is possible to fergit.
I can't make it down the hall without a party leading the way to the bowl.
my chowder does not let you fergit.

konekosama		2012-09-22 10:52:34 PM

had a very long couple weeks. no stable nets at the moment, still picking up a neighbors. should be sleeping but here i am for this. i'm hitting the sack soon.
jake and elwood have been staring at our stove all week. yesterday they flushed out a mouse. it ran around and managed to escape them because they'd never seen a real live mouse before. it might have been forced into a corner and died of fright or it might have made it back under the stove. jake was a mean boy, playing with it like the toy that made the same exact noise. i fully expect them to start leaving their rent payments in the kitchen where i won't step on it.
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OlderGuy		2012-09-22 10:54:31 PM

daRog: [i.imgur.com image 320x242]

Makes two... sides hurt.. been on too many threads tonight...had paper towels handy, though....

OlderGuy		2012-09-22 10:58:50 PM

daRog: [i.imgur.com image 280x342]

you're good !

OlderGuy		2012-09-22 10:59:55 PM

laulaja		2012-09-22 11:03:28 PM

Agree, Simon's Cat's always good.
Type at vy ft of Lucky Pg 7 because I can -- at least seems to be, even tho we haven't yet heard if Alex perked up any, do hope so. With double locations this wk, it may be well to sort of alternate what goes where to sign for the night. Habit says here tonight, there tomorrow, mayhap both on Mon.
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This dates back only to late May this yr, is one of GGracie's. Can at least attempt to do better tomorrow than did earlyish today. On cue, zzzzzzz as this lands on pg 8.

Pribar		2012-09-22 11:09:42 PM

OlderGuy: Pribar: Ya know the worst thing about work, that slavedriving boss, heres what I'm talking about:

So you finished the Mandolin, violin bows AND the harmonica, well you still have this Violin to finish :

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HEY, I am serious cat here, either it goes out the door by this evening or you do bub:

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/sigh no rest for the weary 8-(

Recently worked at Legend Brewing Co., in Richmond, Va... one of the guys there also builds and repairs musical instruments.. very talented individual.. one of his violins sold for 18G.... truely an artist.. and a good guy also...

I only wish I could get 18K for one of mine, my best so far was a custom strat I sold for 3,800, took me two weeks to build, a month of paint/cure/clearcoat to finish, my bread and butter is repairs and buying basket cases from ebay/craigslist and refurbing em for sale, the violin in the pic is patterned off of the "Lady Blunt Stradivarius" and is a commission piece, after mats I should clear a grand on it, not too bad

predle		2012-09-22 11:22:16 PM

valnt9: predle: [farm6.staticflickr.com image 500x374]

wun hoomin ferGot tu feed???
I don't understand how it is possible to fergit.
I can't make it down the hall without a party leading the way to the bowl.
my chowder does not let you fergit.

That's Sparky, he and my two house guests from earlier this year own my friend Claudia. These cats are even more spoiled than my girls. When I die I want to come back as one of her cats.

James72		2012-09-22 11:24:45 PM

akimbotoo: James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Sh*t! Please keep us posted!

Bathia_Mapes: Hope Alex is okay.

OlderGuy: Good luck and best wishes..

tigerose: Sending good thoughts your way.

He has a fever. 105.3

It looks like he just has a cold type virus. XRays were fine (he didn't swallow anything dumb, and there was no fluid in his abdomen (like bernard had)). Bloodwork came back for the most part normal. (No bacterial infection). Vet says I just have to make sure he stays hydrated and doesn't stop eating.

I bought a thermometer and Vaseline on the way back (my friend that is a Vet tech recommended it and wil be over on Monday to show me how to use it on him)

valnt9		2012-09-22 11:32:20 PM

James72: akimbotoo: James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Sh*t! Please keep us posted!

Bathia_Mapes: Hope Alex is okay.

OlderGuy: Good luck and best wishes..

tigerose: Sending good thoughts your way.

He has a fever. 105.3

It looks like he just has a cold type virus. XRays were fine (he didn't swallow anything dumb, and there was no fluid in his abdomen (like bernard had)). Bloodwork came back for the most part normal. (No bacterial infection). Vet says I just have to make sure he stays hydrated and doesn't stop eating.

I bought a thermometer and Vaseline on the way back (my friend that is a Vet tech recommended it and wil be over on Monday to show me how to use it on him)

very relieved to hear it's nothing too serious. I would try adding some warm water to the gushiefoods to add fluids sneakily. normal cat temp is around 101 so you do have a few degrees to drop before he'll feel better.
good luck taking his temp.!!

daRog		2012-09-22 11:36:48 PM

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-22 11:59:37 PM

akimbotoo		2012-09-23 12:08:56 AM

Bathia_Mapes: James72: akimbotoo: James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Sh*t! Please keep us posted!

Bathia_Mapes: Hope Alex is okay.

OlderGuy: Good luck and best wishes..

tigerose: Sending good thoughts your way.

He has a fever. 105.3

It looks like he just has a cold type virus. XRays were fine (he didn't swallow anything dumb, and there was no fluid in his abdomen (like bernard had)). Bloodwork came back for the most part normal. (No bacterial infection). Vet says I just have to make sure he stays hydrated and doesn't stop eating.

I bought a thermometer and Vaseline on the way back (my friend that is a Vet tech recommended it and wil be over on Monday to show me how to use it on him)

Get some thick gloves too. You just may need them.

Yeah, what they said! I would recommend leather work gloves, and wrap him in a towel like a burrito but leaving his bottom end open for business. If you keep the thermometer in a shirt pocket it won't be as "icy" cold. Since he doesn't feel well, it should be a little easier to take his temp but an extra pair of hands to hold him might make it a lot easier. Hugs to all!

lajimi		2012-09-23 02:48:26 AM

spinach gunk		2012-09-23 03:17:09 AM

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-23 03:21:58 AM

gremlin1: In regards to that article about the tabby stripes gene.
Gremie who is obviously a black cat ,when seen in the right light is actually dark brown with darker brown tabby stripes. I've tried to get a photo of it but it doesn't seem to photograph well. It has to be natural sunlight.
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So are both of my cats :) Mia is pure black, like Gremie. Felix is a tuxedo. On both the black areas show as tabby dark, chocolate brown with milk chocolate contrast lines....

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-23 03:24:26 AM

James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Not yet caught up this morning, but hope all is ok!

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-23 03:26:04 AM

micromedic:
Jake, aka mr. sweet face, has been missing all day. I'm so worried... and heartbroken...

Asked Mia to send work to the high command that Jake needs to return to his charges ASAP. Hopt that, and lots of good wishes, effects a swift return.

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-23 03:27:41 AM

micromedic: tigerose and akimbotoo,
It seems your well wishes and fussing at him worked! The Assh@le just showed up, panting and not wanting to come in! Thank YOU!! : ) he does look the worse for wear, but he's home...

Oops, should have read through the whole thread before having Mia contact High Command... erm, getting out some apology treats.

lajimi		2012-09-23 03:41:48 AM

tigerose		2012-09-23 07:49:34 AM

Good Meowning everyone! lots of lols to read this morning. Thank you!

micromedic I saw last night that teh kitteh had returned. Yay!

James72 Glad to hear your kitteh did not have anything too serious going on. Although a fever can be dangerous if not treated. I was going to suggest some low sodium broth....yum!

predle		2012-09-23 08:06:42 AM

Good Morning'

kevinboehm		2012-09-23 08:40:29 AM

laulaja: [i.imgur.com image 400x480]
A SweetBecca fetch. Sorta almost goes with gremlin1's $799 buttwarmer above.
But it's a cartoon, & inclusion may be considered as a copywrong.
Projection Technique to make keyboard appear atop cat fur as cat lounges on laptop.
Or it may actually display once Add Comment is struck, reckon We'll See....

This exists.

gremlin1		2012-09-23 08:43:27 AM

Today I am one year closer to social security.

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gremlin1		2012-09-23 08:52:18 AM

Gremie looking for the squirrels in the tree outside the window

predle		2012-09-23 08:55:17 AM

Here's your pancakes

valnt9		2012-09-23 09:17:12 AM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

[i877.photobucket.com image 499x418]

there is only one reason to say this-
it must mean

yeah!!

laulaja		2012-09-23 09:56:36 AM

2d for gremlin1, to follow her earlier declaration. Pic credit to our fave Alien, who did appear couple times in 2d thread tho not here.
Also relieved to hear that Alex has nothing that dangerous.
Recently saved a whole buncha birthday cards with cats on, not finding any of them. Must all be in other sub-folder.

akimbotoo		2012-09-23 10:17:36 AM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

[i877.photobucket.com image 499x418]

Happy Birthday?!?!?!?!

//Every day above ground is a good day!

leftteffticle		2012-09-23 10:21:18 AM

Re: tabby stripes..

Muggsy is a grey and white kitty, not tabby.... but since me and the mister moved in together and she acquired 2 new tabby sisters, she has sprouted a patch of stripes in one of the grey spots on her front leg. It actually creeps me out a little..

leftteffticle		2012-09-23 10:24:24 AM

sherpa:

hai? oh hai? dis thing on..

I has a message for my Dragons:

Meowmeow, mew meow. Mroooowwwwww. *purrrrr*

Plz to be telling hims.

Luff,
Minmin

leftteffticle		2012-09-23 10:25:27 AM

a related oldie, but goodie..

leftteffticle		2012-09-23 10:28:19 AM

they're not friends by any stretch of the imagination, but they've progressed to sharing sunbeams

yobbery		2012-09-23 10:32:31 AM

Good morning all. Happy Sunday!
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captain feedback		2012-09-23 10:36:13 AM

OHAI and good morning everbody! sorry been absent-ish. on vacation this last week in oceanside ca (just north o' san diego) We been mission visiting and cat napping and farmer marketing.
BUT, the biggest treat was the Wild Animal Park yesterday.
I will have Real Cheetah pics next week and a few other non cats too. Be Well!!

in2it		2012-09-23 10:37:27 AM

One way to get your motor running :)

Driver's Seat - A Caturday Video

yobbery		2012-09-23 10:39:28 AM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

[i877.photobucket.com image 499x418]

Happy Birfday!
i211.photobucket.com

I know the feeling.

/By the way, I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes last week. I didn't see them until after thread close.

John Buck 41		2012-09-23 11:27:56 AM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

[i877.photobucket.com image 499x418]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I_fling_poo		2012-09-23 11:44:25 AM

Happy Birthday, gremilin1!
The cats send headbutts. They were going to send a butthead, but I caught them before Dinky went into the FedEx box. He sends eye licks and snuggles.

Timid Goddess		2012-09-23 11:58:11 AM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

[i877.photobucket.com image 499x418]

Happy Birthday?

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/YAY! Cake!

Spinalboy		2012-09-23 12:37:19 PM

gremlin1: In regards to that article about the tabby stripes gene.
Gremie who is obviously a black cat ,when seen in the right light is actually dark brown with darker brown tabby stripes. I've tried to get a photo of it but it doesn't seem to photograph well. It has to be natural sunlight.
[i877.photobucket.com image 500x262]

Juki is the same.. I call him sable instead of black. In the right light he is the most beautiful deep dark brown. He has just a few stripes but you can see them sometimes.

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-23 12:37:55 PM

House cleaned and everything ready for the wife to show up in about half an hour. Sunny and 70 today outside, so I need to figure out how to build a quick moat around the grill so she doesn't spend her whole day outside screwing around with that thing. Other than that, everything so far this weekend has gone well and hoping to finally be done with the downstairs and our bedroom by tonight. Happy Sunday everyone.

laulaja		2012-09-23 12:54:48 PM

Wilkommmen zu Hause to Mrs BBBB! reckon now it's safe to send card that was meant to be sent before. Oh Well, later enjoyment, after the deluge.
lefttefticle, you mean you didn't know tabby stripes like ginger colouration was contagious?
in2it, Fang Q for the vid. Have seen, tho didn't realise before going there how loooong it was.
Now a double commercial threadjack:
First, daRog's SOON pic a ways down page 8 (where I now type, which this won't post to). LOLmart now offers a SOON T, dark with dark cat & light mouse, if time's not up yet.
Second, these:
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embiggened some for better visibility. Saw doggie one on morning rounds of Greater GoodNetwork to click the buttons of all 8 member sites to give without shelling out (daily habit of 2 rounds). Promoed as new item so won't be on sale for quite a while if ever. $20 + s&h, unless you buy enough to get free s&h (doubt any of those are on right now but they do emerge periodically).
Plus a Link to list of critters you may not have known were that endangered. On Care2, predictably.

tigerose		2012-09-23 12:58:51 PM

Happy Birthday gremlin1! Hope your day is grand!

CrankyAndi		2012-09-23 01:06:57 PM

I love this photo!!! I think it brings out the gorgeous green in her eyes

CrankyAndi		2012-09-23 01:09:41 PM

Not a cat but he lives with 5 of them! My little Hoover (aka Hoober Doober)

Spinalboy		2012-09-23 01:10:51 PM

The Ice Queen: domari: sherpa18: [i415.photobucket.com image 640x448]

Good evening my dear friends ... I have a little bit of good news, and some bad news. Bad news first - it seems that all the additional tests have confirmed the fact that my beloved Dragon is indeed in late stage renal failure. His BUN, creatinine, and phosphorus levels are all extremely elevated, in fact some are almost off the charts. :o(

On the bright side, he seems to be holding his own, his appetite is great and he is still acting quite normal (we just spent 15 minutes playing chase with a baggie tie) ... but I am beginning to see a marked increase in thirst and urination, as well as small periods of what I can only describe as restlessness (which I assume means he is uncomfortable for some reason) in just the last few days.

However, his thyroid levels came back just about normal, which either means his medication is working, or could be a side effect of the CRF. We are slowly weaning him off the meds at this point.

I have already begun to phase in the recommended k/d diet with mixed results. Dry food (mixed 50/50 with his regular stuff to start with) is still up in the air - I have seen him nibbling at it once or twice, he is obviously not thrilled, but I have hopes he will get used to it.

The wet food on the other hand is a total failure as far as I am concerned. It went over about as well as a lead balloon - and don't get me wrong, I really don't blame him - please note that while I really have no interest in eating cat food, some it actually smells good (or at least similar to what it purports to be) - but the k/d stuff has a nasty smell and a rather weird texture ...

I will be starting him on Azodyl in a couple of days (I elected to wait to get a special order of "small capsules" hoping that they will be easier for him to swallow (and for me to administer). Then we will go back in about 5 weeks for yet more tests, and depending on the results, we will add Epakitin ...

I'll second the Royal Canin food.. He will most likely reject the wet version but the dry diet is consistant. Juki loves the SO33 Rx food.. If I opened a 6 lbs. bag he would find a way to eat the whole thing in a day (and the hork up hairballs and get dandruff such that he looks covered in snow.) Still it's the Rx food I'd trust.

John Buck 41		2012-09-23 01:22:22 PM

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy: House cleaned and everything ready for the wife to show up in about half an hour. Sunny and 70 today outside, so I need to figure out how to build a quick moat around the grill so she doesn't spend her whole day outside screwing around with that thing. Other than that, everything so far this weekend has gone well and hoping to finally be done with the downstairs and our bedroom by tonight. Happy Sunday everyone.

Hope the Homecoming is as nice as it sounds like it will be.

OlderGuy		2012-09-23 01:28:18 PM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

[i877.photobucket.com image 499x418]

Congrats.. and Happy Birthday.. I'm already there, and still working full time+... keeps me out of trouble !

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-23 01:31:28 PM

Sorry for the confusion. She's just here for a few hours today like last weekend. There are still some things she has to accomplish before she can be fully discharged, and we're still looking at another two weeks until she should be out, but the physical therapist wants her to be able to do some more things before signing off on her discharge. She's outside being wheeled around the neighborhood right now and I'm putting things together for the BBQ later. She's got a huge smile on her face, which will probably turn into a scowl when she sees that I'm leaving the grill in the grass. But first it will be ferret time, then the cookout.

OlderGuy		2012-09-23 01:33:10 PM

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy: House cleaned and everything ready for the wife to show up in about half an hour. Sunny and 70 today outside, so I need to figure out how to build a quick moat around the grill so she doesn't spend her whole day outside screwing around with that thing. Other than that, everything so far this weekend has gone well and hoping to finally be done with the downstairs and our bedroom by tonight. Happy Sunday everyone.

Sounds like things are coming together nicely.. you have done tons of work to get there ! Have the major happies for you all.. If the fridge is stocked, grilling will occur.. nttawwt... :-)

NotSoNiceBunny		2012-09-23 02:00:19 PM

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy: Sorry for the confusion. She's just here for a few hours today like last weekend. There are still some things she has to accomplish before she can be fully discharged, and we're still looking at another two weeks until she should be out, but the physical therapist wants her to be able to do some more things before signing off on her discharge. She's outside being wheeled around the neighborhood right now and I'm putting things together for the BBQ later. She's got a huge smile on her face, which will probably turn into a scowl when she sees that I'm leaving the grill in the grass. But first it will be ferret time, then the cookout.

Awesome. Simply and truly awesome. Glad to see things turning out better! Maybe set her up with a sun umbrella, a fancy drink with a drink umbrella and straw, and have the kids fan her with ostrich plume (or frond) fans while you cook dinner? An exotic vacation in the new back yard ;)

CrankyAndi		2012-09-23 02:07:37 PM

Dude...ya got a psychedelic dooooo|

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-23 02:16:42 PM

NotSoNiceBunny: Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy: Sorry for the confusion. She's just here for a few hours today like last weekend. There are still some things she has to accomplish before she can be fully discharged, and we're still looking at another two weeks until she should be out, but the physical therapist wants her to be able to do some more things before signing off on her discharge. She's outside being wheeled around the neighborhood right now and I'm putting things together for the BBQ later. She's got a huge smile on her face, which will probably turn into a scowl when she sees that I'm leaving the grill in the grass. But first it will be ferret time, then the cookout.

Awesome. Simply and truly awesome. Glad to see things turning out better! Maybe set her up with a sun umbrella, a fancy drink with a drink umbrella and straw, and have the kids fan her with ostrich plume (or frond) fans while you cook dinner? An exotic vacation in the new back yard ;)

Exotic for her is tea with lemon. She's never been a drinker, so no fun drinks there. We have a car port, so I've set up a table with some things on it for her. She's getting terrorized by the ferrets right now, but loving every minute of it. Au Jus keeps trying to burrow under her butt for some reason while the rest are content to either chew on the wheelchair tires or try and climb all over her. Kittehs are spending some time with her, but more content to just enjoy the open windows and sunshine.

laulaja		2012-09-23 02:44:57 PM

credit to Desert Zephyr, who's not been by in a while.

gremlin1		2012-09-23 02:55:45 PM

Thank you everybody for the Birthday wishes. I just got back from lunch with my sister, her birthday is next week.

i877.photobucket.com

lajimi		2012-09-23 03:09:51 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-23 03:11:12 PM

gremlin1		2012-09-23 03:12:09 PM

TOWG		2012-09-23 03:46:36 PM

in2it: One way to get your motor running :)

Driver's Seat - A Caturday Video

Very nice! Loved it.

tigerose		2012-09-23 05:02:48 PM

TOWG: in2it: One way to get your motor running :)

Driver's Seat - A Caturday Video

Very nice! Loved it.

What he said! I saved it for after I was done with my riding lesson! Fun!

gremlin1		2012-09-23 05:03:32 PM

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-23 05:20:47 PM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

[i877.photobucket.com image 499x418]

Happy Birthday, ya old fart. :-D

lajimi		2012-09-23 05:21:50 PM

laulaja		2012-09-23 05:25:05 PM

Pic of rescued kitten thought I'd test size envelope with. Worked. Is also editing season, as I splice copy in & await more.

reigning.cats.and.dogs		2012-09-23 05:36:53 PM

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy: NotSoNiceBunny: Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy: Sorry for the confusion. She's just here for a few hours today like last weekend. There are still some things she has to accomplish before she can be fully discharged, and we're still looking at another two weeks until she should be out, but the physical therapist wants her to be able to do some more things before signing off on her discharge. She's outside being wheeled around the neighborhood right now and I'm putting things together for the BBQ later. She's got a huge smile on her face, which will probably turn into a scowl when she sees that I'm leaving the grill in the grass. But first it will be ferret time, then the cookout.

Awesome. Simply and truly awesome. Glad to see things turning out better! Maybe set her up with a sun umbrella, a fancy drink with a drink umbrella and straw, and have the kids fan her with ostrich plume (or frond) fans while you cook dinner? An exotic vacation in the new back yard ;)

Exotic for her is tea with lemon. She's never been a drinker, so no fun drinks there. We have a car port, so I've set up a table with some things on it for her. She's getting terrorized by the ferrets right now, but loving every minute of it. Au Jus keeps trying to burrow under her butt for some reason while the rest are content to either chew on the wheelchair tires or try and climb all over her. Kittehs are spending some time with her, but more content to just enjoy the open windows and sunshine.

Your day sounds perfect. I'm very happy for you all!

yobbery		2012-09-23 06:10:09 PM

tigerose		2012-09-23 06:14:47 PM

Everytime Eli goes out today in rains within 5 mins!! Poor cat!

Hey, does anyone know if fleas can become resistant to a particular treatment? The reason I ask is that even though Eli gets Revolution once a month..and he is due again soon..he is still itchy twitchy! And he has dander on his back...

valnt9		2012-09-23 06:36:07 PM

tigerose: Everytime Eli goes out today in rains within 5 mins!! Poor cat!

Hey, does anyone know if fleas can become resistant to a particular treatment? The reason I ask is that even though Eli gets Revolution once a month..and he is due again soon..he is still itchy twitchy! And he has dander on his back...

the resident fleas here laughed at the Frontline this time and don't seem to mind the DE powder I coated the house with.

valnt9		2012-09-23 06:46:01 PM

where IS everyone?

professional_vampire		2012-09-23 06:49:54 PM

valnt9: where IS everyone?

Watching football? Or is that just me?

micromedic		2012-09-23 06:56:10 PM

I'm here! I have cute pictures of Carl sleeping but am multitasking and layzeeeee... : )

vudutek		2012-09-23 06:57:49 PM

Had to work today. Gotta hit the kitchen to help the Mrs. finish fixing dinner, then some tv so the boys can get their mandatory lap time.

gremlin1		2012-09-23 07:00:35 PM

valnt9 :tigerose:
Everytime Eli goes out today in rains within 5 mins!! Poor cat!

Hey, does anyone know if fleas can become resistant to a particular treatment? The reason I ask is that even though Eli gets Revolution once a month..and he is due again soon..he is still itchy twitchy! And he has dander on his back...

the resident fleas here laughed at the Frontline this time and don't seem to mind the DE powder I coated the house with.

The fleas this year are awful, Jack is allergic to fleas and he got them so bad that the poor boy went bald.
Nothing more pitiful looking than a malamute mix with only the hair on his head and the hair on his tail.
Gremie had no problem with fleas. However the vet switched everybody to Advantage and that seemed to work for Jack since he grew his hair back.

micromedic		2012-09-23 07:02:22 PM

The anti itchies are working out....

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-23 07:04:05 PM

Wife is on the way back to the hospital. She did pretty well today. Ferrets were a little overzealous with her and she got a couple of scratches on her legs, but nothing major and they were cleaned quickly. Let her hold the cast iron campfire pie holder and make her own for dessert, but she still wanted to handle the steaks and potatoes. Kittehs spent a little time with her, but were more interested in what was going on outside. Dog just sat under the tree and eyed the steaks. She was pretty tired by the time we loaded her in the van and I'm sure that she was asleep long before she got to the hospital. Now it's time to get everything put away, get the kids settled and ready for school tomorrow, and sit on the couch, drink a little wine and decompress for a couple of hours before calling it a night. Still have to let the little terrorists out here shortly, but hopefully they'll be tired from their conquest of mom. They usually don't play much at night, but we'll see. Have a great night everyone and I'll see you all again tomorrow or next Caturday.

micromedic		2012-09-23 07:05:07 PM

can't see it, but his tongue was hanging out... sleeping so peacefully...

yobbery		2012-09-23 07:08:35 PM

valnt9: where IS everyone?

I'm here....lurking mostly. Feeling a bit stressed out this week so I'm not in much of a posting mood.

tigerose		2012-09-23 07:11:14 PM

micromedic: [imageshack.us image 800x600]
can't see it, but his tongue was hanging out... sleeping so peacefully...

D'awww! So sweet! He is really looking good! You guys are teh awesome!

tigerose		2012-09-23 07:15:16 PM

yobbery: valnt9: where IS everyone?

I'm here....lurking mostly. Feeling a bit stressed out this week so I'm not in much of a posting mood.

Hug! Stressed is no place to be, but I am glad that you decided to delurk. I hope that whatever is making you nuts gets resolved. In the mean time, I am making bananna bread. Shall I save you a slice?

reigning.cats.and.dogs		2012-09-23 07:15:30 PM

valnt9: where IS everyone?

I've been lurking...

tigerose		2012-09-23 07:20:21 PM

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy I am glad to hear that the day went well. It must be tremendously hard for you to see your wife in a wheelchair. I know you have to keep your chin up for the kids/wife, but if you ever need to howl at the moon, I am sure there are several ears/eyes available here among the Caturday Family!

Now. The thing I gotta ask..Are the ferrets using their wheelchair bag?? :)

laulaja		2012-09-23 07:21:53 PM

micromedic, that doesn't look like a ComfyCone^TM on Carl. Looks plastic & solid, tho shorter than usual.
valnt9 & professional_vampire, many may have been at dinner or watching only netwk news that was on. Know we were.
BBBB, glad to hear today's visit went well. Will time card's leaving here to get there at a roughly appropriate time.
Quite sad tale on today's page I tripped over on way here. Woman sent her 8yr old cat for flea bath, vet mistakenly euthanised her. Son found out when he went to collect 1st cat, then bring 2d one. Something even suing for malpractise won't help. Could weep, both for her & the cat sent to the Bridge before her time, but that won't help either.
i.imgur.com

Ago pic brought from ICHC by Sister Hand Grenade of Quiet Reflection. Woot huzzah, profile's still up!

tigerose		2012-09-23 07:26:10 PM

And finally, I am here! Heehee! Finished with dinner, which was pork chops in Korean Bolgolki sauce,, yellow rice and heritage green beans. Yum! Followed by leftover chocolate birfday cake...

James72		2012-09-23 07:35:28 PM

Alex, right after we got home from the vet. He had to clean the smell of alcohol off his fur

farm9.staticflickr.com

Timid Goddess		2012-09-23 07:43:04 PM

valnt9: where IS everyone?

Lurking, reading both threads, experimenting, made pumpkin bread, a bit of cleaning, trying not to overexert and make the bronchitis worse. Dayle is visiting the mother-in-law.

yobbery		2012-09-23 08:04:56 PM

tigerose: yobbery: valnt9: where IS everyone?

I'm here....lurking mostly. Feeling a bit stressed out this week so I'm not in much of a posting mood.

Hug! Stressed is no place to be, but I am glad that you decided to delurk. I hope that whatever is making you nuts gets resolved. In the mean time, I am making bananna bread. Shall I save you a slice?

A slice of banana bread sounds good! I have a sweet Biscuit to share as well.
i211.photobucket.com

/GAD is acting up again, not too bad though...and just when I thought I had it beat. Biscuit is helping me through it by demanding all my attention.

laulaja		2012-09-23 08:05:41 PM

Need to start/resume making notes for self.
Intended to compliment CrankyAndi on critter-size Fasching/MardiGras wig (is what the multicolours are, at least Over Yonder, I may have one yet in storage I haven't found again)
Both threads do make it interesting. Only bit of challenge, only need to read when see the number's riz.
El Pres of local radio club sent in his column for the Oct newsltr. Always requests me to proofread his copy; today was needed more than usual as he may have been to an Oktoberfest before typing it out. Just said personal alcoholic content was higher than normal. Or coulda been wine with din-din. Matters Not.
i.imgur.com

Fiametta the cat, one of at least 3 who own FiamettahKittehPettah (sp? got it right when sought profile). Not seen her for a while either. They all live in Pitchburg.

Mrs CDK		2012-09-23 08:06:52 PM

gremlin1: Today I am one year closer to social security.

i384.photobucket.com

/Hope you're having a great birthday!

John Buck 41		2012-09-23 08:11:24 PM

laulaja: Need to start/resume making notes for self.
Intended to compliment CrankyAndi on critter-size Fasching/MardiGras wig (is what the multicolours are, at least Over Yonder, I may have one yet in storage I haven't found again)
Both threads do make it interesting. Only bit of challenge, only need to read when see the number's riz.
El Pres of local radio club sent in his column for the Oct newsltr. Always requests me to proofread his copy; today was needed more than usual as he may have been to an Oktoberfest before typing it out. Just said personal alcoholic content was higher than normal. Or coulda been wine with din-din. Matters Not.
[i.imgur.com image 600x450]
Fiametta the cat, one of at least 3 who own FiamettahKittehPettah (sp? got it right when sought profile). Not seen her for a while either. They all live in Pitchburg.

Great pic, great caption

The Ice Queen		2012-09-23 08:15:27 PM

James72: akimbotoo: James72: *sigh*

Alex is lethargic today, and not eating like normal.

Heading to he emergency vet as soon as my friend gets here.

Sh*t! Please keep us posted!

Bathia_Mapes: Hope Alex is okay.

OlderGuy: Good luck and best wishes..

tigerose: Sending good thoughts your way.

He has a fever. 105.3

It looks like he just has a cold type virus. XRays were fine (he didn't swallow anything dumb, and there was no fluid in his abdomen (like bernard had)). Bloodwork came back for the most part normal. (No bacterial infection). Vet says I just have to make sure he stays hydrated and doesn't stop eating.

I bought a thermometer and Vaseline on the way back (my friend that is a Vet tech recommended it and wil be over on Monday to show me how to use it on him)

Glad to hear Alex is going to be ok. George had something like that too, temp was real high. Had an upper respiratory infection. He was on antibiotics for about 2 weeks but the little ingrate is back to his old self.

As for the thermometer, I hope you bought some gauze pads and Neosporin as well :p

The Ice Queen		2012-09-23 08:21:12 PM

James72: Alex, right after we got home from the vet. He had to clean the smell of alcohol off his fur

[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x480]
[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x480]

Need to have a talk with that boy about modesty :p

spinach gunk		2012-09-23 08:26:37 PM

reigning.cats.and.dogs: valnt9: where IS everyone?

I've been lurking...

I also have been lurking. Been a rather busy week, so today is mandatory chill out and recharge day. Am slowly getting up to speed though (however oxymoronic that phrase might be). Hope to come join in a bit later.

Hope all are having a good Catunday.

Mrs CDK		2012-09-23 08:27:33 PM

James72: He has a fever. 105.3

It looks like he just has a cold type virus. XRays were fine (he didn't swallow anything dumb, and there was no fluid in his abdomen (like bernard had)). Bloodwork came back for the most part normal. (No bacterial infection). Vet says I just have to make sure he stays hydrated and doesn't stop eating.

I bought a thermometer and Vaseline on the way back (my friend that is a Vet tech recommended it and wil be over on Monday to show me how to use it on him)

Sorry your baby is sick but glad to hear that he will be ok :)

i384.photobucket.com

I_fling_poo		2012-09-23 08:28:32 PM

valnt9: where IS everyone?

In la-la land, mostly. Reading "Hurricane Punch" by...aw, shiat...I forgot the author's name...BRB...Tim Dorsey.

Think I've arrived in Derpland.

predle		2012-09-23 08:29:03 PM

OlderGuy		2012-09-23 08:30:33 PM

valnt9: tigerose: Everytime Eli goes out today in rains within 5 mins!! Poor cat!

Hey, does anyone know if fleas can become resistant to a particular treatment? The reason I ask is that even though Eli gets Revolution once a month..and he is due again soon..he is still itchy twitchy! And he has dander on his back...

the resident fleas here laughed at the Frontline this time and don't seem to mind the DE powder I coated the house with.

Didn't have good hard freezes last winter, which kill off the bugs, etc.. this year has seen large problems with fleas, ticks, mosquitos, and other undesirables.. hope we get a good winter to kill 'em all off...

predle		2012-09-23 08:31:11 PM

predle		2012-09-23 08:32:20 PM

predle		2012-09-23 08:34:32 PM

Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy		2012-09-23 08:36:14 PM

tigerose: Brian Blessed's Bastard Boy I am glad to hear that the day went well. It must be tremendously hard for you to see your wife in a wheelchair. I know you have to keep your chin up for the kids/wife, but if you ever need to howl at the moon, I am sure there are several ears/eyes available here among the Caturday Family!

Now. The thing I gotta ask..Are the ferrets using their wheelchair bag?? :)

Using as in sleeping in it, no. Using it as a toy, yes. Muenster has decided it is hers and when they come out to play, she grabs it and runs off with it to some corner of the house and leave it. Then a few minutes later she'll take it to some other part of the house. They're all like that with toys. They all have toys that are theirs and if one of the other ferrets plays with it, then they fight. But for the most part, they all respect each other's toys and stick only to their own. Never seen pets not only that territorial about toys, but that all of them have their own and usually they don't mess with each other's. I tried to put it in the cage for them to sleep in, but Muenster threw a hissy fit with all the others who tried to sleep in it. Toys are not allowed in the cage because they all flip out if something other than the litter boxes, food and water, and bedding is in the cage, they all lose it. Just another strange thing that seems to be ferret only. Maybe that's why their all terrorists.

predle		2012-09-23 08:41:46 PM

OlderGuy		2012-09-23 08:42:29 PM

valnt9: where IS everyone?

NASCAR, laundry, house stuff, fixed the neighbor's lawnmower and his son's bike ( got an Awesome BBQ sandwich for that).. let Stretch ( the babymomma) mingle with the crew.. lots of growls, no fights.. she wants OUT... got a farmer friend, going to check and see if he needs a barn cat.. she is definitely unhappy being inside...

DoomsDayAardvark		2012-09-23 08:44:18 PM

It's been cooling off around here the last few days. As a general rule, I don't like to turn the heat on before my birthday, but I don't always get to do that.

Kay may disagree with me on this one. He did this by himself last night.

i445.photobucket.com

DoomsDayAardvark		2012-09-23 08:48:55 PM

valnt9: where IS everyone?

I was at birthday parties for g/f's grandma and uncle.

tigerose		2012-09-23 08:52:55 PM

yobbery Squee! fresh Biscuit! I will save you a piece of bread.

Oh man, if all us Caturdites ever got together for noms we would have to roll away from the table! Such good cooks! And Someone works at a microbrewery...I am sure we could drink his share! :)

Been a weird week. Looking forward to a fresh one!

OlderGuy		2012-09-23 09:02:00 PM

DoomsDayAardvark: It's been cooling off around here the last few days. As a general rule, I don't like to turn the heat on before my birthday, but I don't always get to do that.

Kay may disagree with me on this one. He did this by himself last night.

[i445.photobucket.com image 480x640]

Smart cat.. my crew will pile up.. the colder it is, the bigger the pile.. got to be below 60 outside before the heat will kick in.. Dinky likes to get under the covers when it's cold.. unfortunately Hills c/d Prescription/ bladder control has a 'side effect'.. which is audible... and noxious.... am working to break that habit....

tigerose		2012-09-23 09:05:33 PM

Our temps went down to 40 last night. Brr! Eli was a major furry Limpet last night. Hubby turned the heat on this morning. Which was good, because when I went to mass this morning I saw my breath! How did we go from 90's a few weeks ago to cold temps.

OlderGuy		2012-09-23 09:13:00 PM

tigerose: yobbery Squee! fresh Biscuit! I will save you a piece of bread.

Oh man, if all us Caturdites ever got together for noms we would have to roll away from the table! Such good cooks! And Someone works at a microbrewery...I am sure we could drink his share! :)

Been a weird week. Looking forward to a fresh one!

Farmhouse Pumpkin is coming out 10/6, last year it was selling out as soon as it was kegged.. Gingerbread Stout will come out in November... Sam Adams is trying to copy it.. and we have a photo of him holding a bottle of ours.... these guys are doing things with beer that I never thought of.. and so far, they have a perfect track record !.. have new 80 bbl ( 2480 gal.) fermenters coming in around Nov. /Dec... I am installing the new chiller system for them now...

John Buck 41		2012-09-23 09:24:03 PM

predle: [farm8.staticflickr.com image 640x581]

Love the pix of big wild cats.

John Buck 41		2012-09-23 09:27:49 PM

DoomsDayAardvark: It's been cooling off around here the last few days. As a general rule, I don't like to turn the heat on before my birthday, but I don't always get to do that.

I like to hold off on the pellet stove til Columbus Day weekend. Alas, Mrs. Buck needed it cranked for a couple hours last Friday night just to take the chill off.

Winter farking sucks.

lajimi		2012-09-23 09:46:41 PM

laulaja		2012-09-23 09:46:56 PM

Vanishment of fotos to be replaced by line of text causes dissatifaction. They can't all be suitable for CAD^TM can they? Or mayhap they can -- am glad I snatched the Fasching wigs before they went thataway.
i.imgur.com

sherpa fetched this in on a date unrecorded.

tigerose		2012-09-23 09:52:23 PM

OlderGuy: tigerose: yobbery Squee! fresh Biscuit! I will save you a piece of bread.

Oh man, if all us Caturdites ever got together for noms we would have to roll away from the table! Such good cooks! And Someone works at a microbrewery...I am sure we could drink his share! :)

Been a weird week. Looking forward to a fresh one!

Farmhouse Pumpkin is coming out 10/6, last year it was selling out as soon as it was kegged.. Gingerbread Stout will come out in November... Sam Adams is trying to copy it.. and we have a photo of him holding a bottle of ours.... these guys are doing things with beer that I never thought of.. and so far, they have a perfect track record !.. have new 80 bbl ( 2480 gal.) fermenters coming in around Nov. /Dec... I am installing the new chiller system for them now...

Sounds really yummy!

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-23 09:53:26 PM

The Ice Queen: James72: Alex, right after we got home from the vet. He had to clean the smell of alcohol off his fur

[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x480]
[farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x480]

Need to have a talk with that boy about modesty :p

Silly girl. Cats have no modestly. :-D

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-23 09:58:39 PM

tigerose: Our temps went down to 40 last night. Brr! Eli was a major furry Limpet last night. Hubby turned the heat on this morning. Which was good, because when I went to mass this morning I saw my breath! How did we go from 90's a few weeks ago to cold temps.

I'm wondering the same myself. We had temperatures last week ranging from the upper 80s to low 90s. Now we're getting temperatures in the low 70s during the day and last night we got down into the upper 30s. Had to use two blankets last night. Not quite cold enough to put on the furnace just yet though.

domari		2012-09-23 10:28:00 PM

Bathia_Mapes: tigerose: Our temps went down to 40 last night. Brr! Eli was a major furry Limpet last night. Hubby turned the heat on this morning. Which was good, because when I went to mass this morning I saw my breath! How did we go from 90's a few weeks ago to cold temps.

I'm wondering the same myself. We had temperatures last week ranging from the upper 80s to low 90s. Now we're getting temperatures in the low 70s during the day and last night we got down into the upper 30s. Had to use two blankets last night. Not quite cold enough to put on the furnace just yet though.

Same here. I have had to shut the windows at night, getting too cool in the house. I have two litters of young kittens, they can't get cold. Usually I wait until the temp inside the house drops down too low before I have the furnace turned back on. We have little room heaters I can put in the bedroom with the kittens just to keep the chill out of there.

I also have to bring my houseplants back in off the porch before they freeze. I have to keep them in a room away from all the cats who will eat them. Last time cats got into a jade plant they threw up for days. Nothing like having 10 pukey cats at once!!

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-23 10:34:49 PM

domari: Bathia_Mapes: tigerose: Our temps went down to 40 last night. Brr! Eli was a major furry Limpet last night. Hubby turned the heat on this morning. Which was good, because when I went to mass this morning I saw my breath! How did we go from 90's a few weeks ago to cold temps.

I'm wondering the same myself. We had temperatures last week ranging from the upper 80s to low 90s. Now we're getting temperatures in the low 70s during the day and last night we got down into the upper 30s. Had to use two blankets last night. Not quite cold enough to put on the furnace just yet though.

Same here. I have had to shut the windows at night, getting too cool in the house. I have two litters of young kittens, they can't get cold. Usually I wait until the temp inside the house drops down too low before I have the furnace turned back on. We have little room heaters I can put in the bedroom with the kittens just to keep the chill out of there.

I also have to bring my houseplants back in off the porch before they freeze. I have to keep them in a room away from all the cats who will eat them. Last time cats got into a jade plant they threw up for days. Nothing like having 10 pukey cats at once!!

10 cats puking at once. GAH!

I'm not sure I could cope with that.

quantum_jellyroll		2012-09-23 10:39:02 PM

micromedic:
can't see it, but his tongue was hanging out... sleeping so peacefully...

reneau.smugmug.com

laulaja		2012-09-23 10:40:51 PM

Fotos returning, just a foible it seems. Now not quite as grumpy as last time.
Code's that was 6 meters long for a 2cm graphic, totally missed! Fetched back the pic I used to say G'Night on t'other thread. But what I intended was like this: ;-p rotate 90 degrees clockwise, please.
Time's here for me to crawl off & do like Kay on his own last night.
We haven't turned heat on yet; Piiki's not reliable enough for all night, she gets up & wanders off, & there's only one of her. Not yet doing heavier blankets (just single light one) or PJs (within fairly easy reach).
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credit to slightly_damaged, whose profile I'm fairly sure is still up. This more suitable to temps of last Caturday ... see all y'all in the daylight, try again to get here before need to be elsewhere.
Best wishes for a comfy non-raucous Good Night.

quantum_jellyroll		2012-09-23 10:43:16 PM

CrankyAndi:
Not a cat but he lives with 5 of them! My little Hoover (aka Hoober Doober)

reneau.smugmug.com

lethological_lassie		2012-09-23 10:46:28 PM

domari: Bathia_Mapes: tigerose: Our temps went down to 40 last night. Brr! Eli was a major furry Limpet last night. Hubby turned the heat on this morning. Which was good, because when I went to mass this morning I saw my breath! How did we go from 90's a few weeks ago to cold temps.

I'm wondering the same myself. We had temperatures last week ranging from the upper 80s to low 90s. Now we're getting temperatures in the low 70s during the day and last night we got down into the upper 30s. Had to use two blankets last night. Not quite cold enough to put on the furnace just yet though.

Same here. I have had to shut the windows at night, getting too cool in the house. I have two litters of young kittens, they can't get cold. Usually I wait until the temp inside the house drops down too low before I have the furnace turned back on. We have little room heaters I can put in the bedroom with the kittens just to keep the chill out of there.

I also have to bring my houseplants back in off the porch before they freeze. I have to keep them in a room away from all the cats who will eat them. Last time cats got into a jade plant they threw up for days. Nothing like having 10 pukey cats at once!!

Good Lord! 10 barf monsters! What a nightmare! LOL!!!

lajimi		2012-09-23 11:02:21 PM

predle		2012-09-23 11:08:59 PM

John Buck 41: predle: [farm8.staticflickr.com image 640x581]

Love the pix of big wild cats.

Thanks, my friend and I took those at the Wild Animal Sanctuary. I particularly love the one of the tiger looking at himself in the water. Then he walked very carefully to the end of the pipe, turned around and took a dump right in the water.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-09-23 11:14:00 PM

quantum_jellyroll: micromedic:
can't see it, but his tongue was hanging out... sleeping so peacefully...

[reneau.smugmug.com image 800x600]

lulz

The Gene Simmons version of a cat.

predle		2012-09-23 11:36:17 PM

Another kitteh taking a nap with his tongue sticking out

/All the big cat pics are from the Wildlife Sanctuary, except the leopards, that came from the internet somewhere

spinach gunk		2012-09-23 11:45:32 PM

predle: [farm7.staticflickr.com image 640x458]

Love those wild feline pics predle!

lajimi		2012-09-23 11:59:53 PM

ohnonotfloridaagain		2012-09-24 12:04:46 AM

daRog: [i.imgur.com image 436x466]

Damn cat.

Haha - brings back memories of a Caturday thread meltdown (which lasted for weeks if I recall correctly) caused by this pic - the offender has popped up in Caturday from time to time since, as has his significant other - I am sure he remembers what chaos he caused ;-)

in2it		2012-09-24 12:24:03 AM

in2it		2012-09-24 12:24:41 AM

daRog		2012-09-24 12:29:15 AM

ohnonotfloridaagain: daRog: [i.imgur.com image 436x466]

Damn cat.

Haha - brings back memories of a Caturday thread meltdown (which lasted for weeks if I recall correctly) caused by this pic - the offender has popped up in Caturday from time to time since, as has his significant other - I am sure he remembers what chaos he caused ;-)

Heh.

in2it		2012-09-24 12:30:24 AM

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when ...

in2it		2012-09-24 12:38:31 AM

Would you care for a glass of champagna? How do I know you like champagna? I read your mai, I mean mind :)

ohnonotfloridaagain		2012-09-24 12:40:01 AM

daRog: ohnonotfloridaagain: daRog: [i.imgur.com image 436x466]

Damn cat.

Haha - brings back memories of a Caturday thread meltdown (which lasted for weeks if I recall correctly) caused by this pic - the offender has popped up in Caturday from time to time since, as has his significant other - I am sure he remembers what chaos he caused ;-)

Heh.

Your profile is amazing. Required reading here.

spinach gunk		2012-09-24 12:46:35 AM

leftteffticle: [sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net image 612x612]
they're not friends by any stretch of the imagination, but they've progressed to sharing sunbeams

valnt9		2012-09-24 12:48:21 AM

ohnonotfloridaagain: daRog: ohnonotfloridaagain: daRog: [i.imgur.com image 436x466]

Damn cat.

Haha - brings back memories of a Caturday thread meltdown (which lasted for weeks if I recall correctly) caused by this pic - the offender has popped up in Caturday from time to time since, as has his significant other - I am sure he remembers what chaos he caused ;-)

Heh.

Your profile is amazing. Required reading here.
wOw! it is impressive.

in2it		2012-09-24 01:03:51 AM

in2it		2012-09-24 01:10:32 AM

in2it		2012-09-24 01:12:37 AM

in2it		2012-09-24 01:14:37 AM

DoomsDayAardvark		2012-09-24 01:16:51 AM

in2it:

Albert Whisker?

daRog		2012-09-24 01:23:23 AM

ohnonotfloridaagain: Your profile is amazing. Required reading here.

valnt9: wOw! it is impressive.

Thanks. I can't take credit for drawing the LC comic, I just found it in an image search one day. I actually made the cane, however. There's about 20 hours of my life I'll never get back. 'Twas worth it, though. Heh.

lajimi		2012-09-24 01:35:23 AM

quantum_jellyroll		2012-09-24 01:48:37 AM

ArmednHammered		2012-09-24 03:14:29 AM

quantum_jellyroll: [reneau.smugmug.com image 602x439]

I'm getting all sorts of bites Here
You should join the fun!
/Oh yeah, Hi Caturday!

OlderGuy		2012-09-24 08:20:26 AM

quantum_jellyroll: [reneau.smugmug.com image 602x439]

Sure hope people are as smart as that dog !

vudutek		2012-09-24 08:24:52 AM

OlderGuy: quantum_jellyroll: [reneau.smugmug.com image 602x439]

Sure hope people are as smart as that dog !

Let's keep this on the politics tab, kthx.

lysdexic		2012-09-24 09:42:36 AM

At this point I'm just going to eat the coffee beans.

laulaja		2012-09-24 10:21:47 AM

Type at vy ft of pg 10 to go to 11.
Didn't make it here before both other theres, happens too often. Now need to scroll back up & collect what copyings are wished -- also wished to preserve codey for pic so could clone same one into both Caturdays.
Fang Q in2it for collected cats on coffee (thought there were more than just 3 of those; others good too). Also predle's from Wildlife Sanctuary.
Memory fail at ohnonotfloridaagain's reference; may be reminded by actual pic, it may be hoped.

laulaja		2012-09-24 10:50:51 AM

Also see TPG may've been Otherwise Engaged. See no contest or DXpedition grounds in last month's local club rag.
ohnonotfloridaagain's reference to multi-wk melt based on foto at end of linkie musta been before my time. Would Recall had that ever been seen!
i.imgur.com

Brought from ICHC by Bucknpip. Profile still up, 8 cats either pictured or referred to therein.
http://FAABirdfControlTechnique.jpg/ sadly didn't save a-tall Back In The Day -- 0 bytes. Need to delete that sometime.
Now belatedly need to go Clean Up for long day again.

gremlin1		2012-09-24 10:58:39 AM

gremlin1		2012-09-24 10:59:46 AM

predle		2012-09-24 11:09:26 AM

OlderGuy: quantum_jellyroll: [reneau.smugmug.com image 602x439]

Sure hope people are as smart as that dog !

I am sick to death of this crap and I don't care which of them is being ridiculed. I don't want to hear it anymore and will be avoiding every place that it appears until after the election! Our governor won his election with this being the most negative add he ran Link while his opponents were spewing negative crap all over the place. Why can't everyone say why you should vote for their candidate and not why you should not to vote for the other one.

I am serious contemplating avoiding my computer and TV until after November 6th

daRog		2012-09-24 11:40:42 AM

predle: I am serious contemplating avoiding my computer and TV until after November 6th

Serious? Serious!

laulaja		2012-09-24 11:43:27 AM

predle, that resembles An Excellent Idea. Also Auto-Direct to Politix tab for any & all furrin (you saw that coming) trolls. Our own may remain if they mind their manners. ;-p
i.imgur.com

Our fave Alien fetched this in on date unrecorded. Calls for a caption I may well do shortly;
"Only thing better than warm cat is warm nap with warm cat". Dunno if italix may be requested, reckon I'll see inabit --

gremlin1		2012-09-24 12:04:06 PM

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 12:38:38 PM

Parent's dog/my part-time dog was acting like a spaz-tard. Naturally, I took a video.
Here's 30 seconds of spaztard goodness:
...
Okay, let's try this again... and once again!
_{I need more coffee.}

James72		2012-09-24 12:56:16 PM

*sigh*

So, my vet got the full bloodtest results from the Emergency vet. The ER Vet didn't mention the Low Hemoglobin levels. If they are accurate, Alex is extremely anemic right now. The vet is coming out to draw more blood and run the test again, since the results could be skewed if the ER didn't take enough blood.

in2it		2012-09-24 01:08:40 PM

One F'n nice kitty - Youtube video

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 01:11:44 PM

predle: OlderGuy: quantum_jellyroll: [reneau.smugmug.com image 602x439]

Sure hope people are as smart as that dog !

I am sick to death of this crap and I don't care which of them is being ridiculed. I don't want to hear it anymore and will be avoiding every place that it appears until after the election! Our governor won his election with this being the most negative add he ran Link while his opponents were spewing negative crap all over the place. Why can't everyone say why you should vote for their candidate and not why you should not to vote for the other one.

I am serious contemplating avoiding my computer and TV until after November 6th
blog.2modern.com

powerful katrinka		2012-09-24 01:21:42 PM

laulaja		2012-09-24 01:22:48 PM

James72, anemia can be anticipated in humons but not nearly as easily in cats. Can Alex stand liver? Better query may be, will Sophia try to nom it all away from him if it's offered?
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As Threatened Earlier. Had forgotten, last item captioned (for chorus) was done in italix. Not take time to find how to release (is in there somewhere), easier to just capitalise what was going to be italicised.
Cd stand to Review Some Music before final remote guest rehearsal this eve. Hope guests can find us -- did remember to put black&white with big arrow real-estate-y fold-out sign into car, like we both forgot last wk.

predle		2012-09-24 02:42:11 PM

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 02:49:33 PM

predle: [farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x640]

In a world full of political ads and online poo flinging contests, one cat takes a stand...from the makers of 'Who took my harbuls' is a story of vengence, copeous amounts of catnip, and a hairball so big that theatre critics are taking notice. Fluffy Fuzzbutt is...THE FURMINATOR.

Coming soon.

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 02:52:32 PM

"Should I hack one up here where she can't reach, or should I shoot for distance? I could go a long ways up here..."

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 03:48:55 PM

Here's a classic:

Back when Flickr had a usable (read: foolproof) photo editing system. I don't have da brains or attention span for Aviary.

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 03:50:07 PM

"Not sure if serious...not sure if I want to know, either."

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 03:53:37 PM

"Take this hat off me now, woman!"

laulaja		2012-09-24 03:54:28 PM

Got Internet back once more. Lose it repeatedly due to connexions on back of computer tower that work selves loose. No, Maine Coon boys aren't doing it, neither are the GangOf5 brothers. Girls are all too innocent (think/hope). If it is a plot, it must be the Interweb Goblins who're responsible. Unless it's ....
i.imgur.com

HansensDisease may be blamed for this, blame may not be accepted. While profile is present, under Name it sez Please delete this account.
Don't Get In where we get to rehearse this eve (said it was last of remote ones) until 6:30, so may not need to leave here in under an hr. Rounded up all stuff to take, so may be able to Review some more. Hope to ck in at least once more before need to leave; also have Editing to do.

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 03:54:42 PM

She's so cute, even when she's telling me to go to hell. :3

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 03:56:31 PM

Baby, you ain't kiddin.

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 03:59:12 PM

NIP FIGHT!!!

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 04:02:57 PM

Attitude: Daisy has it.

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 04:07:09 PM

When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
And you were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind

So I went to the corner
Just to ease my pains
Yeah, just to ease my pains
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I came home again

When I woke up this morning
You were on my mi-i-i-ind and
You were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind

And I got a feelin'
Down in my sho-oo-oo-oes, said
Way down in my sho-oo-oes
Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa-oh
I got to move on, whoa-oh
I got to walk away my blues

When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
You were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa-oh
I got worries, whoa-oh
I got wounds to bind

_{Why yes...as a matter of fact, it is a slow day at work. How did you know?}

daRog		2012-09-24 04:10:31 PM

Almost nap time.

tigerose		2012-09-24 04:10:36 PM

James72: *sigh*

So, my vet got the full bloodtest results from the Emergency vet. The ER Vet didn't mention the Low Hemoglobin levels. If they are accurate, Alex is extremely anemic right now. The vet is coming out to draw more blood and run the test again, since the results could be skewed if the ER didn't take enough blood.

Oh dear!! Keeping fingers and paws crossed that Alex is ok. Keep us up to date please!

tigerose		2012-09-24 04:11:25 PM

daRog: Almost nap time.

[i.imgur.com image 216x200]

And miles to go before I sleep!

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 04:12:57 PM

Okay, one more, then I'm gone.
Here's some stripper in a red bikini:

vudutek		2012-09-24 04:39:30 PM

laulaja		2012-09-24 05:13:28 PM

L8r, we're off, couldna see to type. See what I missed tomorrow, or LATE.

leftteffticle		2012-09-24 05:23:49 PM

spinach gunk: leftteffticle: [sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net image 612x612]
they're not friends by any stretch of the imagination, but they've progressed to sharing sunbeams

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in2it		2012-09-24 05:36:29 PM

I think I found where everyone is hanging out :)

tigerose		2012-09-24 06:09:01 PM

My job today had me changing class rooms every 30 mins. There is no way that the kids are getting the services they need. What a load of soiled cat litter! Add that to they called at 8 for a job that started at 8:15? Sometimes I think professionalsm is lost...

daRog		2012-09-24 06:15:20 PM

tigerose: professionalsm is lost

Obviously ;)

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 06:47:02 PM

tigerose: My job today had me changing class rooms every 30 mins. There is no way that the kids are getting the services they need. What a load of soiled cat litter! Add that to they called at 8 for a job that started at 8:15? Sometimes I think professionalsm is lost...

*shakes fist at so-call professionals*

in2it: my head asplode from the cuteness.

My workday is almost over. I can tell because there's a part of my brain that is screaming "I NO WANNA I NO WANNA STAY HERES NO MORES" and the only way to deal with that biatch is to go to the thread and distract her with shiny pictures of kittehs until it's time to leave for the day.
Then it's time for Rancho Gordo, go to Mom & Dad's realm, pick up Dinky, go visit grandparents, then go the fark home so that we can have our regularly scheduled dog vs cats scuffle before passout time. Life of a rock star, I tells ya.

See you guys next Purrsday. :3

yobbery		2012-09-24 07:45:38 PM

James72: *sigh*

So, my vet got the full bloodtest results from the Emergency vet. The ER Vet didn't mention the Low Hemoglobin levels. If they are accurate, Alex is extremely anemic right now. The vet is coming out to draw more blood and run the test again, since the results could be skewed if the ER didn't take enough blood.

It's odd that the ER vet wouldn't mention that. Lot's of things can cause anemia and hopefully he'll bounce back quickly. Please keep us posted.

tigerose		2012-09-24 08:05:25 PM

Why do I have the feeling that by the time everybody starts posting again I will be in bed? I am so tired it is silly! I worked 8:15-3:15 with a lunch break. Not that many hours...even if Eli did chastise me when I got home...I like what I do, but I am coming to the conclusion that I am working a full time job with none of the benefits. Meanwhile there are things I want to do plan, but can't because I am always waiting for" the call"....uff! Midlife crisis here I crash?

gremlin1		2012-09-24 08:16:40 PM

tigerose:
Why do I have the feeling that by the time everybody starts posting again I will be in bed? I am so tired it is silly! I worked 8:15-3:15 with a lunch break. Not that many hours...even if Eli did chastise me when I got home...I like what I do, but I am coming to the conclusion that I am working a full time job with none of the benefits. Meanwhile there are things I want to do plan, but can't because I am always waiting for" the call"....uff! Midlife crisis here I crash?

It's not the hours it's the stress. It sounds like you had a frustrating day and that would make me tired once I cooled down.

James72		2012-09-24 08:22:17 PM

yobbery: Please keep us posted.

tigerose: Keep us up to date please!

I took Alex to the Emergency Vet again. A different vet this time. Much more personable.

He says that although the Industry says it's completely safe, he has seen this over and over again with kittens about a week after they get their first Rabies Vaccine.

Basically, his immune system ramps itself up for the vaccine, but doesn't calm back down. It ends up attacking itself and the anemia develops.

So, Alex is staying overnight there for IV fluids and immunosuppressants. He will also be on antibiotics on the rare chance that it's a blood parasite (unlikely because Sophia is fine, but still a possiblity). And, they will be running more tests.

OlderGuy		2012-09-24 08:24:42 PM

predle: [farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x640]

To All who were offended.. A funny picture was posted.. a comment was posted with the intent of being funny.. " Lighten Up, Francis !" I will be just as glad when this mess is over as everyone else.. and I don't even turn my TV on.. ( except for nascar)... I am even getting robocalls on my cell phone... and if I had any idea that the comment would freak people out, I would not have posted it. I think it's lurk time until everyone chills out...

OlderGuy		2012-09-24 08:30:28 PM

laulaja: Got Internet back once more. Lose it repeatedly due to connexions on back of computer tower that work selves loose. No, Maine Coon boys aren't doing it, neither are the GangOf5 brothers. Girls are all too innocent (think/hope). If it is a plot, it must be the Interweb Goblins who're responsible. Unless it's ....
[i.imgur.com image 512x750]
HansensDisease may be blamed for this, blame may not be accepted. While profile is present, under Name it sez Please delete this account.
Don't Get In where we get to rehearse this eve (said it was last of remote ones) until 6:30, so may not need to leave here in under an hr. Rounded up all stuff to take, so may be able to Review some more. Hope to ck in at least once more before need to leave; also have Editing to do.

You can buy an inexpensive ethernet card to provide an undamaged connection point.. also, the cat 5 plug has a tab on the back that holds the plug in the socket.. new cat 5 jumpers are inexpensive too..

predle		2012-09-24 08:31:09 PM

OlderGuy sorry you took it personally, it wasn't intended that way

tigerose		2012-09-24 08:31:11 PM

James72 well, at least there seems to be someone who knows wtf is going on. I hope kitteh will be alright.

in2it		2012-09-24 08:31:56 PM

tigerose		2012-09-24 08:33:03 PM

OlderGuy: predle: [farm9.staticflickr.com image 640x640]

To All who were offended.. A funny picture was posted.. a comment was posted with the intent of being funny.. " Lighten Up, Francis !" I will be just as glad when this mess is over as everyone else.. and I don't even turn my TV on.. ( except for nascar)... I am even getting robocalls on my cell phone... and if I had any idea that the comment would freak people out, I would not have posted it. I think it's lurk time until everyone chills out...

No, don't lurk. You did nothing wrong. I just think people are tired, and their funny bones are a bit wobbly...

John Buck 41		2012-09-24 08:35:21 PM

tigerose: Why do I have the feeling that by the time everybody starts posting again I will be in bed? I am so tired it is silly! I worked 8:15-3:15 with a lunch break. Not that many hours...even if Eli did chastise me when I got home...I like what I do, but I am coming to the conclusion that I am working a full time job with none of the benefits. Meanwhile there are things I want to do plan, but can't because I am always waiting for" the call"....uff! Midlife crisis here I crash?

You need some alcohol. Maybe lots.

John Buck 41		2012-09-24 08:36:28 PM

tigerose		2012-09-24 08:40:56 PM

John Buck 41: tigerose: Why do I have the feeling that by the time everybody starts posting again I will be in bed? I am so tired it is silly! I worked 8:15-3:15 with a lunch break. Not that many hours...even if Eli did chastise me when I got home...I like what I do, but I am coming to the conclusion that I am working a full time job with none of the benefits. Meanwhile there are things I want to do plan, but can't because I am always waiting for" the call"....uff! Midlife crisis here I crash?

You need some alcohol. Maybe lots.
Lol! As if I haven't been nipping at the bottle o Merlot already! :)

I_fling_poo		2012-09-24 08:44:08 PM

Sorry that I was being grumpy, Olderguy. Please don't lurk.

Please to accept apology tuna? *big eyes*

yobbery		2012-09-24 08:46:46 PM