Discussion on Cats, Moggies and Felines in general [with Pictures]

[love_the_life]

sad news from across the ditch.....

RIP Paddles: New Zealand's First Cat dies in crash

She was even listed in Wikipedia deaths.

 

[whatmeworry]

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA CATMAN!

 

[VPS]

A kitty in Much Wenlock who just wanted to smooch around my legs for ages. Two dogs came past and went ballistic and she just stared at them and sighed

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[suze2000]

You guys if you want cats all day every day, join Catspotting on Facebook!

Lots and lots of kitty pictures.

And now here's a pic of Barry. He didn't want to model that day.

 

[love_the_life]

You guys if you want cats all day every day, join Catspotting on Facebook!

Lots and lots of kitty pictures.

And now here's a pic of Barry. He didn't want to model that day. View attachment 110448

Barry looks very superior. When you are so handsome you don’t need to do anything.

 

[k_sheep]

Sorry to hear about Munn Buzzard

My diabetic cat has gone into remission, which is great news. No insulin for almost a month now, with no BSL readings over 8. Fingers crossed it stays like that for a while!

 

[Buzzard]

Thanks @k_sheep, glad to hear your puss is going well.

 

[love_the_life]

A nice article on Trim, Matthew Flinders' cat
Tales of Trim, the first cat to sail around Australia

 

[Pushka]

Poor cat. I’m trying to create a new Grumpy Cat phenomena but he’s always asleep. #sleepycat

 

[love_the_life]

View attachment 112330 Poor cat. I’m trying to create a new Grumpy Cat phenomena but he’s always asleep. #sleepycat

And you keep waking him up! Poor puss.

 

[Pushka]

And you keep waking him up! Poor puss.

Yep. The camera does a quick light thing before it snaps the shot. Gets him every time. I thought I’d turned off red eye and I know flash is off.

 

[Strategic Aviation]

Autofocus illumination

The assist light (also known as AF illuminator) "activates" passive autofocus systems in low-light and low-contrast situations in some cameras. The lamp projects visible or IR light onto the subject, which the camera's autofocus system uses to achieve focus. Many cameras that do not have a dedicated autofocus assist lamp instead use their built-in flash, illuminating the subject with stroboscopic bursts of light. The strobe bursts aid the autofocus system in the same fashion as a dedicated assist light, but have the disadvantage of startling or annoying living subjects.

 

[Buzzard]

Spotted this in a Boston shop

 

[Milboo]

During my recent trip kitty stayed with my vets so they did more glucose testing - confirmed at 2 units of insulin is not enough to get him to normal but 3 units puts him into too low. So there is no happy median for him

Unsuccessful trial of tramal too for his arthritis - he's a cough to give pills too and it was not a sustainable long term treatment for that reason.

He was Velcro kitty for a good few days but slowly settling back into normal routines but I know our time is running out - I've told him he's allowed to go off to sleep, and in the meantime, I make the most of the morning snuggles especially.

 

[Buzzard]

I feel your pain @Milboo , I really do.
Can you give kitty 2.5 units? A bit of a pain to measure but....

 

[Milboo]

It's a little hard with the syringes but he gets a generous 2 units.

He's been my companion for 14 years - got him shortly after moving to Australia and he's my first cat of my own (vs family cats - which we had my whole life).

 

[k_sheep]

Ours has been on 0.5 U for a while. Okay to do if you get the 0.3ml tiny syringes.

 

[Milboo]

I think my vet is concerned about the margin for error - he's above normal on 2 but way too low on 3 and risk of hypo is high.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Elderly Santa viciously attacked on Christmas Day!

 

[get me outta here]