Cat and Rabbit
 by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Cats |
Yesterday, I could photograph our cat licking our rabbit; something that does not happen very often…
Her cruddy chin is gone!
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, The Netherlands |
As mentioned earlier, one of our cats had ‘cat acne’, or ‘cruddy chin’ a while back, and my girlfriend came home with two homeopathic fluids, one for internal and one for external use, which we started to apply.
These fluids I guess are only available in the Netherlands, as its home page suggests.
The internal stuff, a [...]
One of our cats has got acne…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health |
Indeed: cat acne (sometimes called ‘chin acne’ or ‘cruddy chin’). Symptoms: weird black spots start appearing on the cats chin.
Although rarely heard of (Google search — at the time of this writing 606 hits) it’s not an entirely uncommon condition though. Iterating through these results I hit this guys experience with the disease which [...]
Our cat’s crazy :)
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats |
Our cat thinks she’s grass — she just barely fits in this pot. I caught her doing this before, but only recently I was also able to make a picture of it:
Images, Pictures, Cats
A few more selected images of my pets…
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Cats |
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German bird-flu fears cause people to get rid of their cats
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, Sad Stuff |
Apparently, because of the fears of the bird-flu going around and the fact one dead cat was found suffering from it, German cat-owners are massively dropping their cats at animal-shelters, causing those to overload.
What kind of pet-owners are these people?
I mean, when those people were sick, their cat probably kept them company the whole [...]
Cat has had her drains removed — and the labresults are in…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health |
OK getting her in a travelling-basket, or a box, or anything was a nightmare. Because of the stupid collar around her neck she panics when we close it and starts twisting and shaking to get out.
Not nice to look at, so quickly opened the basket again. Cat totally stressed out, as one can imagine.
We [...]
Cat has to go for a check-up later today…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health |
Later today, our recovering cat, Mimi, has to go to the vet again for a check-up. They’re gonna check if it is all healing OK.
Additionally, they are going to remove the drain that stick out of the stitch. (Apparently, these drains are there to prevent the wound from closing up, so that any pus and [...]
Cat’s had something to drink now, too.
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health |
Yay — she finally had something to drink late last night.
I tried giving her some water before, yesterday simply by shoving my wet finger in her face so she was forced to lick it. So at least a bit of fresh water in her system.
Catfood, from a can, usually has this juicy, fatty fluid in [...]
Living on the edge…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health |
After having my finger seriously bitten into by my cat I didn’t really take it no mind.
Hell, I’ve seen people bitten by even dirtier animals and they survived without going to the doctor.
For fun, I just started Googling a bit. On familydoctor.org I found this:
You have a cat bite. Cat bites often cause infection. [...]
Cat’s recovering now, kinda…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, Sad Stuff |
Holy cow — yesterday was a terrible day. The cat went to the vet for some heavy cancer-surgery thing and we got her back with a big fat stitch across her belly with 2 tubes sticking out, so that excessive fluid can leave her body. The big fat stitch is there because her milk-glands, nipples [...]
Cat’s back from the vet now…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, Sad Stuff |
And *gulp* does she look shitty.
Big fat stitch across her belly, almost from armpit to her hind-legs, a drain in it which drips some fluid and blood every now and then.
Not a pretty sight at all…
Animals, Pets, Cats, Surgery, Cancer
Cat’s at the vet now…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, Sad Stuff |
So, the cat is at the vet now for the big surgery-thing to remove half of her milk-gland tissue stuff from her belly where the tumours are growing.
I hope the procedure’ll be a breeze for the vet and she’ll be OK in 2 hours.
Hang in there, Mimi.
Animals, Pets, Cats, Surgery
The long-term effects of short-term short-sighted selfishness
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, Sad Stuff |
OK, so we have two cats, a male and a female. The male has been neutered for quite some time. The female wasn’t spayed because me and the girlfriend thought we’d like to have kittens at some certain point in life.
The female of our two cats, Mimi.
The Cat Pill
So we did give her the ‘cat-pill’, [...]
Pets offer health benefits, even robotic ones
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, Interesting Links |
As also noted on Slashdot today, the Star-Telegram reports that Robotic pets offer health benefits, too:
In a recent study at the University of Missouri, for example, levels of the stress hormone cortisol dropped among adults who, for several minutes, petted AIBO, Sony’s dog-shaped robot that responds when stroked, chases a ball and perks up when [...]
Cat saves people from fire
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Humour |
Reported yesterday, an article about a grandmother and baby being saved from a fire because the cat started meowing:
Jean Poole and her nine-month-old granddaughter were dozing yesterday in Poole’s mobile home in York County, Pennsylvania, when Poole’s seven-year-old cat, Princess, woke them up, meowing loudly.
Poole got up, smelled smoke and heard the crackling of flames. [...]
