Comments | badkitty1782: products/tips for senior cats with arthritis? (x-posted like a mofo)

badkitty1782

products/tips for senior cats with arthritis? (x-posted like a mofo)

May 19, 2009 21:20

I've been posting this in pet-related communities, but I figured that I have enough pet lovers on my F-list that somebody can help me out. :o)

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Comments 4

reikai2184 May 20 2009, 01:28:10 UTC

aw don't tell me bob is having problems! Or is this gil? Wah poor Katie-kins (cries) I wish I could help you out! but we just have a kitten in my apt. How are you doing?

badkitty1782 May 20 2009, 01:43:55 UTC

Gill's the one who had cancer and died in'06 (in pic . . . :::sniffle:::). Bobert's the black buck-fanged fatty who lives with me (Gill's bro). Frankie's my new-ish kittie. He's 3 but acts like a kitten. The trouble is, he's bigger and heavier than Bob . . . and that's saying something! LOL. Anyhoo . . . I'm my usually stressed self. Stressing even more because of Bob. I'd like to have a pet who actually lives to it's expected age for once (although my dogs are quite old for dogs). :o/ Plus Bob's like my BFF and child in one because we've been together so long and got really close after his bro died and then he moved to the apt. with me. OK, I'm rambling. I miss you! Are you coming to visit this summer? I wish I could go out there. Kinda strapped for $, plus time off work. Boo. I really wish you still lived around here, though. :o( You need to win the lottery or something, for realz. :::hugs:::

reikai2184 May 20 2009, 02:28:09 UTC

ah that's right gill was an interesting kitty. So i was right this is bob. NOOOO not bob! he was cuddly! did you get frankie recently? No I have school this summer so I won't make it down but I will be down for XMAS!! I miss you too! *GLOMP* How long do cat's live to be? I'm sorry to hear you are stressed but I'm in the same boat too. School and Work that's all I do it seems. I wish you could come too! yesh one day i'll win the lottery and we will never have to work for at least 10 years!.. maybe....probably more like 3.....LOL. *GLOMP HUGS YOU*

badkitty1782 May 31 2009, 01:58:38 UTC

Yeah . . . Gillw as kind of a spaz. LOL. I miss that lil guy. I got Frankie back in Feb. and he started out a lot like Bob, but now he's all hyper and shit like Gill. He's always trying to attack shadows on the wall and stuff and jumps up on my lap whenever I go to the bathroom. LOL. Poor Bob's a little wobbly and walking slower, but hopefully his new supplement stuff from the vet will help when it kicks in in a month. The vet gave him an NSAID (pain reliever), but I'm worried it's begun to affect his kidneys (see above post), so I took him off of it. Since he seems better kidney-wise today, I'll wait a few days before calling the vet. I think that I may wait a while and then look into trying it again at a much-reduced dosage (instead of 3 drops/day, 1 drop every-other day). It's just hard seeing him move around so poorly nowadays. By the way, cats live a little longer than dogs . . . sometimes into their early 20s. I wish my poor puppies had so many years left. But, small dogs tend to have longer lifespans that other ( ... )