Cats

[Annoying]

I love my silly Siamese. She's 18, and still doing pretty well.

This is my cat, Doggie, he is 17 years old. He's been a bit sick lately, we finally figured out the problem. He has been losing weight for months now, constantly throwing up, drinking lots of water, etc. Took him to the vet, ran several tests, finally pinned it down. He has a thyroid issue. This is completely treatable by medication, so if you have an older cat (13 years +) and they are doing the following, please take it to a vet quickly.

Symptoms:

weight loss
drinking excessive amounts of water
throwing up - not hairballs, food
night yowling
lethargic
constant pupil dilation

This 1000x. My cat has a thyroid issue and these are the exact symptoms.

[wheresmywoft]

Adopted 2 cats. They're awesome pets as they're low maintenance. But totally endearing.

[Shinra1]

It can be for sure. That's actually part of the story behind how I got my cat. The lady who rescued her(and her litter of kittens) rescued her from another shelter because they were going to put them all to sleep because they thought no one would adopt a solid black cat because of it being bad luck, the devil's cat, etc. She adopted off all the kittens before I adopted her proving them wrong.

Bombays are a special combination of black Burmese cats and American Shorthairs and are really amazingly sweet cats who only get a bad rap due to ancient superstitions.

What a lovely happy ending.

[Demona3]

I love my silly Siamese. She's 18, and still doing pretty well.



This 1000x. My cat has a thyroid issue and these are the exact symptoms.

Did you take your furbaby to a vet and are they on medication as well? Ours is on a liquid medication he has to take twice a day and prescription food. Food is 30 bucks a bag, crazy. However, we have seen progress, he just had a re-check 2 days ago and his thyroid lvls are going down, which is a good sign. The doctor said there is a good chance his condition can be treated by the prescribed food.

[Jotaux]

This is my cat, Doggie, he is 17 years old. He's been a bit sick lately, we finally figured out the problem. He has been losing weight for months now, constantly throwing up, drinking lots of water, etc. Took him to the vet, ran several tests, finally pinned it down. He has a thyroid issue. This is completely treatable by medication, so if you have an older cat (13 years +) and they are doing the following, please take it to a vet quickly.

Symptoms:

weight loss
drinking excessive amounts of water
throwing up - not hairballs, food
night yowling
lethargic
constant pupil dilation

My Uncle had 2 cats and one had a lot of the symptoms you listed while the other was perfectly healthy. Then the healthy one passed away (they were both 17) and the other one recovered almost overnight, lived to be 22 or so.

[Reeve]

No one checks on her, she's not allowed outside and we only have one cat. I leave two fresh litter boxes out for her to use and plenty of food and water. She's always been fine.

I didn't want her. I'm not fond of cats. When my daughter was about to have her 6th Birthday, my dumbass mother-in-law asked her what she wanted, and my daughter told her a white kitten. She then took it upon herself to buy her a kitten in NY and travel to our home (in another state) to give my daughter this kitten for her Birthday, WITHOUT telling us.

I didn't have the heart to take the kitten from my daughter, since she always wanted one. So, now almost 4 years later, I'm still stuck with this damn cat.

You've got 16 years to go then.

[Dread Pirate Phayde]

I currently have three. Midnight, Buddy and Don, they like to help when I'm on the computer.

[Deleted]

You've got 16 years to go then.

less than that you really think a cat will live 16 years

[Demona3]

My Uncle had 2 cats and one had a lot of the symptoms you listed while the other was perfectly healthy. Then the healthy one passed away (they were both 17) and the other one recovered almost overnight, lived to be 22 or so.

So sorry they passed. But wow, 22! The vet told me mine should live beyond his 20s. Only time will tell.

[Deleted]

Ugh.... I know.

Haha you're like a furry evil step-mom now.

[Shinra1]

No one checks on her, she's not allowed outside and we only have one cat. I leave two fresh litter boxes out for her to use and plenty of food and water. She's always been fine.

I didn't want her. I'm not fond of cats. When my daughter was about to have her 6th Birthday, my dumbass mother-in-law asked her what she wanted, and my daughter told her a white kitten. She then took it upon herself to buy her a kitten in NY and travel to our home (in another state) to give my daughter this kitten for her Birthday, WITHOUT telling us.

I didn't have the heart to take the kitten from my daughter, since she always wanted one. So, now almost 4 years later, I'm still stuck with this damn cat.

That still doesn't explain why you leave the cat alone for half a month but...okay.

[Skorpionss]

less than that you really think a cat will live 16 years

cats are known to live 20+ years so 16 is quite common I would guess...

[Shinra1]

cats are known to live 20+ years so 16 is quite common I would guess...

not if she keeps leaving it alone stuck inside 4 walls for 2weeks at a time.

[Demona3]

That still doesn't explain why you leave the cat alone for half a month but...okay.

Cats can do remarkably well alone for a couple weeks. We went to FL on vacation for a week. We left plenty of food and water - in different rooms. They have 3 litter boxes, one of which is one of those stupid automatic ones (hate it). We left water in the sinks and tubs and left a TV on in one room and a radio on in another.

So not a big deal.

[Jotaux]

So are these self cleaning litter boxes any good? I would love to not have to clean that thing out every day. This cat, she will be outside, ask to come in, use the litter box and then go right back outside.

[Annoying]

Did you take your furbaby to a vet and are they on medication as well? Ours is on a liquid medication he has to take twice a day and prescription food. Food is 30 bucks a bag, crazy. However, we have seen progress, he just had a re-check 2 days ago and his thyroid lvls are going down, which is a good sign. The doctor said there is a good chance his condition can be treated by the prescribed food.

We did radioactive iodine therapy. Curative in 95% of hyperthyroidism in cats. Expensive, but an actual cure.

less than that you really think a cat will live 16 years

Psh, mine's 18 and just fine. Vet thinks she should live well past 20.

[Damajin]

I'm lucky enough that she really only prefers the company of my daughter. She took a swipe at my mother-in-laws annoying chihuahua when he wondered upstairs into my daughters room, so that was cool of her.

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Cause cats do fine on their own. You also asked me "why have a pet" so I went into it a bit for you.

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My house is 2600 sq feet. She'll be fine when I go to visit my family every 4 or 5 months.

Cats and Chihuahuas really don't get along very well, stupid dog is generally too aggressive and cats are too vindictive for that to ever be a friendly situation.

[Deleted]

I'm lucky enough that she really only prefers the company of my daughter. She took a swipe at my mother-in-laws annoying chihuahua when he wondered upstairs into my daughters room, so that was cool of her.

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Cause cats do fine on their own. You also asked me "why have a pet" so I went into it a bit for you.

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My house is 2600 sq feet. She'll be fine when I go to visit my family every 4 or 5 months.

whats the point even having a pet if your always away from home

[Grimbold21]

You must be kidding.... because the internet doesn't have enough cat garbage right

[Demona3]

So are these self cleaning litter boxes any good? I would love to not have to clean that thing out every day. This cat, she will be outside, ask to come in, use the litter box and then go right back outside.

I think it's horrible. Piece of shit, quite literally. It constantly gets shit caught in it. Not worth the money.

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We did radioactive iodine therapy. Curative in 95% of hyperthyroidism in cats. Expensive, but an actual cure.

They didn't tell me about this option, I should ask, how expensive is it? If you don't mind me asking.