Comments | chico_chan: Yes, I'm attached to my pet.

chico_chan

Yes, I'm attached to my pet.

Oct 26, 2010 23:14

The past week was a colorful ordeal. The basic rundown is the last Monday we noticed that something was wrong with our cat, Widget. He started getting lethargic and we noticed he was in pain while he moved and his litter box was empty. It got really bad so we rushed him to the 24/hr pet ER tues night ( Read more... )

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pwolf October 27 2010, 06:06:33 UTC

daw poor kitty :O

This is good, i still have a chance to stealmeet him in the future, yay :O

chico_chan October 29 2010, 03:29:31 UTC

Yes you do Scott! Come visit us again!

pwolf October 29 2010, 03:30:19 UTC

I'd like to make my way to chicago again. don't know if that will happen next year or not though.

aieli_ileia October 27 2010, 07:54:51 UTC

Wow, I've never heard that tuna was bad for male cats! This information needs to be spread, I know soooo many people that give tuna to their cats as treats (including me, but he just...he wanted it so badly and I didn't know!).

kiraqueen October 27 2010, 15:51:46 UTC

same here! One of my boy cats LOVES the stuff... better make sure he doesn't get any more of it!

chico_chan October 29 2010, 03:30:43 UTC

yeah I had no idea either, and widget also LOVED the stuff. I know I gave it to him all the time. Apparently their bodies can't process the mercury very well and it causes crystals in their urine. This is very dangerous for males since it blocks them up.

Yeah from now on I'm going to be very careful with his diet!!

amazonmandy October 27 2010, 12:43:49 UTC

I'm glad things turned out ok, and you avoided an unnecessary surgery. I hate snotty vets like the one you mentioned, it took quite a few to finally find one I love. :/

chico_chan October 29 2010, 03:31:27 UTC

Thank you, and yeah the vet was bitchy, i did not appreciate her telling me he needed something that dangerous when this was only his first blockage.

radical_yue October 27 2010, 15:07:14 UTC

Best food in the world: Innova or California Natural ( ... )

aieli_ileia October 27 2010, 18:35:00 UTC

Yeah, I think in general more people need to look at the ingredient list when they buy their pet food and know what their pet needs when they're looking at it. I've yet to find a bag of rat food that properly compensates for the fact that they are omnivores so I tend to share a bit of various foods that I eat to make up for it. Thankfully, rats are able to eat pretty much anything without ill effects, so Risu could even eat chocolate and be okay, I just wouldn't want to feed it to her all the time. It's the same with Georgey and bananas. They're fine once in awhile, but as much as he fuckin' LOVES banana, he shouldn't eat it all the time.

kiraqueen October 27 2010, 15:52:28 UTC

I am so happy to hear your kitty is doing well! ♥