Cats and other pets that are cats

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Meant to be LV. Happy for you!

[Ello Sailor]

Prisma and Ozma sound like classic JRPG antagonists. I love it.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Meet my new baby girl, Prisma. She’s a refugee from the Houston floods. She’s a year old and already seems very happy in her new home. She arrived at the shelter the day after my previous lady, Ozma, passed away.

She looks like she’s vocal, i love it

[LoathedVermin72]

So Prisma loves playing with this little foam football. I throw it down the hallway and she chases after it. Yesterday, she started carrying it in her mouth to my office door while I'm working, dropping it on the floor, and meowing. She is smart enough to ask me to throw the ball for her, essentially. Have never had a cat do this before, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

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That’s cool as fuck, bro

[Jorge]

I love it when cats play fetch. My Dex used to do that

[96583UP]

awesome

[LoathedVermin72]

Having a cat learn they can trust you is such a rewarding experience. While I don't know what she's been through, it's clear that Prisma has some trauma in her past. When I first brought her home, she would often flinch and slink away from pets, wouldn't set foot on the bed while my wife and I are going to sleep, and always kept her gaze downward, never making eye contact. While she still has some progress left to make, now she smashes her head into my hand to get pets, hops onto the bed to come see me as soon as I wake up, and looks right into my eyes regularly. Cats are such perfect little creatures, I'm so thankful to have her in my home. I still miss Ozma horribly and find myself unexpectedly crying every now and then, but having Prisma has brought a lot of light back.

[Jorge]

That's nice! I'm glad Prisma found you guys too

[LoathedVermin72]

Had a vet appointment today (for an unrelated issue) and the vet agreed with my suspicion that Prisma has a BB under the skin in her leg. Poor little baby. People are so awful.

[Ello Sailor]

wtf

[LoathedVermin72]

Prisma is having some health issues that are going to require her to be sedated for treatment and it’s worrying me a lot. If anything happens to her I don’t how I’m going to handle it

[Ello Sailor]

She's gonna be fine, bro. Standard practice. They'll fix her right up.

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Yeah, don’t fret it. She’ll come thru a-ok

[LoathedVermin72]

[Rangi Guy]

One of our cats is going in for a pre-op check today. Operation next Friday

[LoathedVermin72]

She’s out of anesthesia now and slowly returning to her silly self. She handled everything like a champ. Had two teeth pulled and will probably need more in the future. Also has an ear infection. Hopefully nothing too serious.

[Rangi Guy]

She’s out of anesthesia now and slowly returning to her silly self. She handled everything like a champ. Had two teeth pulled and will probably need more in the future. Also has an ear infection. Hopefully nothing too serious.

Our boy has just gone in this morning to have his hip joint removed or something. They're gonna manipulate the muscle around there to do all the heavy lifting

[LoathedVermin72]

Hopefully he’s okay. So stressful when they need work done.

[Rangi Guy]

Hopefully he’s okay. So stressful when they need work done.

Should be alright. He injured himself a few months back and we took him to the vet - who did x-rays and it showed he'd pretty much shattered his hip bone. They siad given his age and weight - it may heal by itself, and said to keep him crated and minimize his movement - bring him back for more x-rays in 3 months. We did that - and their diagnosis was more x-rays in a few months. At that stage I got a copy of his records and sent them to my sister who looked at them and said the only time she'd seen an injury like that not have surgery was if the owners couldn't afford surgery and the only other option was euthanasia. Said he was probably in a lot of pain and would be arthritic later in life if left. So we went to another clinic - he'll be crated again (mostly) for a couple of weeks and then it's a 180 and we need to get him using that leg as much as possible