Does your Cat (or any pet) misbehave since caregiving your loved one?
Have you been required to take care of your loved one's pet after they have passed? Does your pet have cute antics that entertain your loved one?
And finally, has the cat or dog transferred their loyalty to your Mother?
Can anyone share how old their cat has lived?
I have seen aged cats up to 18, and 20 years old.
They are precious, even at that age.
yes, both dogs were/are female. I take it in good humor and tease hubby about it. The last female bonding with hubby is a good thing for him. With all that he has lost due to stroke I can imagine the female affection towards him makes him feel that he still has something. When the female was still a puppy she would get so agitated/worked up out shopping I would fashion a sling/pouch out of a large scarf around hubby and put her in it and two seconds later she out cold sleeping. ❤️
The male has bonded to me. I belong to him. 💕
I remember one female cat disliked me she wouldn't even let me pet her. But she was all over sig-other purring up a storm. I should have known when at the Shelter she hissed at me. My male cats were "mama's boys".
caregiver topic: I bought a dog to be my companion and stress reliever while I care for my husband. This the second time I have gotten a dog for me and the dog ends up stealing my husband! My husband a dog’s best friend. Lol
So loving and exasperating to read of our kitties being part of the care of our frail, dying loved ones.
I truly believe our cat was trying to help, in a cat-like way.
... Then Raziel drops his skinny black butt on the cocktail table and just raises her blood pressure by looking her in the eye and knocking all the coasters down.
Thankfully mom is also a cat person
Jesse was such a good boy. The Tech held him close to her while the Vet checked him over head to toe. We were stunned how he cooperated and allowed someone else to hug him. Did he sneeze while there? Of course not. It's like taking a car to the shop for a rattle, and the rattle stops once you get to the shop.
The Vet didn't hear any congestion so she believes it is an airborne allergy. We have been experimenting with different cat litters trying to find one both the cats like and I liked. So maybe that is causing the sneezing. So we changed all the boxes with the old standby brand.
Henrick is mostly pretty good. He has his off days and sleeps a lot more but
otherwise all things considered he's not bad. I've managed to get him to eat the renal dry food but gave up on the wet kidney diet. We tried at least four different kinds of that and he wasn't having it.
Frequentflyer, we took our Henrick in a few weeks ago cause he had been sneezing also. Our vet did a lung x-ray cause when he listened to Hen's chest he could hear congestion. There was a sign of infection on the x-ray so we put him on a 7 day course of antibiotics which he was none to happy about. It seemed to help but I've noticed him sneezing a bit again this last week. We had very bad air quality here for a few days but it's better now so I'm hoping that's all it was and he'll stop sneezing now.
ff- good luck. I know my best shot with Rocky is surprise - just pick her up and pop her in the carrier before she can protest too much. She, more than any other cat I have had, doesn't like to be picked up. I hope your kitty's sneezing is not something serious.
Rocky has been catching mice and birds -and eating them - yet when I give her cooked chicken I have to cut it up in very small pieces for her. I used to make a mash of her wet food, boiled sweet potato and extra water, which Pumpkin loved to slurp up, but Rocky always waited till it dried out before she ate it. So I gave up and just gave her a bit of wet food along with the dry. I tried the sweet potato again - just put a chunk on her plate with the pate, and to my surprise she ate the lot, so I guess I will keep doing that.
Anyhow, I was able to get him a Vet appointment for today, as this sneezing has been going into its second day. He's an indoor cat, but likes to mouse around in the garage, his man cave.
I always dread trying to put a cat in a carrier. Never know what their mood is and they can sense I am nervous about something.
Oh, at 15 years old, Henrick is in his mid-70's in human years. I wonder if cats lose their sense of taste like we do when we get older?
I worry excessively about him, according to my DH but he is my baby.
How is your pet doing?
Does anyone need some love and support from other caregivers for their pet(s)?
Mosquitos are waking up my bird in the middle of the night. He flies to the sides of his cage. He has been afraid, as evidenced by "fear pooping", copious amounts of water, and frequent. I am working on it.
I am sleeping in the spare room so have lots of empty dresser drawers. I leave one partially open so Rocky can get in it and have put a few of her things there. She goes in it at bedtime for a while. The other day I looked and she had put one of toys in the drawer. So cute.
I took her to my vet had her tested for FeLV/fiv which is the equivalent to human AIDS/HIV but with cats. She was negative. I had her first vaccine and deworming. I surrendered her to the shelter on august 24 th.
while I missed her knowing she would get a good home, I found out that my grandson who has mild autism was crying himself to sleep after I surrendered her. Yes I’m a bleeding heart. I adopted her back, lol! So much money but it broke my heart E was not sleeping well. I now have 4 cats. I am the crazy cat lady. My grands named her Midnight, she is about 4 months old. She is spayed, all legs and ears and she is black.
she is a relaxed kitten, plays but is accepting to everyone including children. My other cats are accepting her and she copies herself after hocus and Pokus that I adopted two years ago.
I hope everyone is well.
She is now in her early 90s, forgetful in some ways and sharp as a tack at other times...
We adopted a young cat, and weren't sure how she would react when she came to our house for dinner.
She was fascinated with Ruby, and when Ruby jumped up onto the top of her scratching post in the kitchen, my mother responded with a belly laugh and a great smile!
A good memory for us.
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I have one more paper to finish, so I can't personally celebrate just yet. Or, I can take my current 85% in that class and go party the next few days before I'm back at work on Sunday.
I need to stop thinking about that second scenario because it's too tempting. 😆
I'm done for tonight, thank heavens. I'm reminding myself that pain is temporary, but grades are forever. lol
Thank you to everyone who has supported me in this journey. It's a huge accomplishment for me. 😌
There is a ceremony, Send, but I won't be attending/walking.
Oh, surprise.
Did we get that right?
Is there a ceremony to get your degree?
That went by so fast!
CONGRATULATIONS! YIPPEE!
When Rocky is upset she pees on my bed once - just letting me know I guess. I am rather dreading the transition time at my dds when Rocky will have to be with me. and also the time when she then moves to the condo. Bedroom doors will have to be kept shut. Fortunately the new flooring is waterproof. She will have her own space at night, as she does here. Hopefully she will adjust fairly quickly but I know she will miss the outdoors. I'm going to try her on a harness and leash. There are nice places with vegetation to walk in around the condo.
Ali - Getting your degree is such a great accomplishment!!!
AND a sincere congratulations on your degree!