The Cat Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

I'm getting closer and closer to getting him neutered and then getting him a mate.

Neutering is better sooner than later.

[Brazen]

Sorry Crazy Ivan. Hope the perpetrator can't sleep for, well, ever after that

[Brazen]

I'm getting closer and closer to getting him neutered and then getting him a mate.

Neutering is better sooner than later.

Do both, ASAP.

[Brazen]

Update on Taffy, please.

Barf is now intermittent and we both slept through the night last night. He's now sufficiently sparky to spit out his pills hidden in even the tastiest morsel, so it's back to shoving them down his gob. Always a delightful start to the day. Still seemingly hungry but not interested in his food. I have to lie in the hallway next to his bowl tapping it like a mug until he eats one mouthful. At a time. Then wanders away for a bit. I do wonder if he was brought up a lone cat left to eat on his own time. Now Harley, there's a competitive eating cat.

Blood test tomorrow to check whether he has any liver or kidney problems which apparently the hyperthyroidism can mask. Based on the number of owners who report similar, surely the rate of these kinds of diseases is even higher than in humans?

[MadBurgerMaker]

some jerk ran over our cat yesterday in plain view (mine to be more precise). A-hole didn't even bother to stop despite me being in plain view and signalling. Our furry familymember died later that day while being prepped for surgery.   


like Norgy said: "Cats are brilliant. People much less so."

People are fucked up.  Sorry for your loss, Ivan.

[KRonn]

some jerk ran over our cat yesterday in plain view (mine to be more precise). A-hole didn't even bother to stop despite me being in plain view and signalling. Our furry familymember died later that day while being prepped for surgery.   


like Norgy said: "Cats are brilliant. People much less so."

Sorry to hear that. I guess at least your kids didn't see it happen.

[CountDeMoney]

Based on the number of owners who report similar, surely the rate of these kinds of diseases is even higher than in humans?

Hyperthyroidism and diabetes are the biggest issues for older cats, particularly house cats.  I tend to think the prevalence of hyperthyroidism in cats is due to commercial cat food.

[Razgovory]

some jerk ran over our cat yesterday in plain view (mine to be more precise). A-hole didn't even bother to stop despite me being in plain view and signalling. Our furry familymember died later that day while being prepped for surgery. 


like Norgy said: "Cats are brilliant. People much less so."

That's a legally valid reason to beat the living shit out someone.  Take a crowbar.  It lasts longer.

[Martinus]

some jerk ran over our cat yesterday in plain view (mine to be more precise). A-hole didn't even bother to stop despite me being in plain view and signalling. Our furry familymember died later that day while being prepped for surgery.   


like Norgy said: "Cats are brilliant. People much less so."

This sucks. I'm sorry, Crazy Ivan.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Sorry to hear that. I guess at least your kids didn't see it happen.

yeah, there's that. Small favours I guess.

Thanks everyone.

[Ed Anger]

The black cat that likes to hang around seems to have become a permanent fixture in my sun room.

Leading the naming race is 'Spook'.

RACISS

[CountDeMoney]

 

Draven Rodriguez, Teen Behind Viral 'Laser Cat' Yearbook Photo, Dies at 17

An upstate New York teen who became an Internet sensation last fall after petitioning his school to let him appear in a senior yearbook photo with his cat has died after apparently taking his own life, according to police and the teen's parents.

Draven Rodriguez, 17, was a senior at Schenectady High School when his petition for his yearbook photo to feature him and his beloved rescue cat, Mr. Bigglesworth, against a blue and pink laser background went viral. The petition gained thousands of signatures online after the school initially refused.

While the school did ultimately reject the individual photo, Schenectady High School Principal Diane Wilkinson embraced the student's vision and allowed a photo of herself and her rescue dog alongside Rodriguez and his cat to appear on her page in the yearbook, according to TODAY. Rodriguez, Wilkinson and yearbook photographers, Vincent and Fran Giordano of Trinacria Photography, said they hoped the publicity from the photo would raise awareness for rescue animals and their care.

The Schenectady Police Department said they responded to a suicide of a Schenectady High School student, but it remained unclear Saturday what led Rodriguez to take his own life. Police referred to a report in the Times Union, in which Rodriguez's parents confirmed his death at his home on Thursday. "He made friends wherever he went," Jonathan Stewart, Rodriguez's father, told the newspaper. "He had friends all over the country — people he'd met at youth-leadership conferences, online, just around town."

Regarding the famous yearbook photo, Stewart said, "He wasn't trying to stir things up with it. He honestly just wanted a silly photo because he had a great sense of humor."

Friends posted tributes to Rodriguez on his social media accounts Saturday afternoon, expressing condolences and shock. "We have all lost a smile in the hallway, a great friend, and an incredible mind," fellow student Erin Thiessen said. "Rest in peace, Draven Rodriguez."

[Martinus]

Sucks. I wonder if kids these days kill themselves more often than in the past or is it more widely reported? Because at least on gay media there is like a teen suicide reported each week or so. Not saying he killed himself because he was gay, obviously.

[Martinus]

So I turn around and there's this in my kitchen. Sitting on the coffee machine.

[Malthus]

So I turn around and there's this in my kitchen. Sitting on the coffee machine.

Well, what the fuck are you waiting for? Make him some coffee already!