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The Old Man Cat is mildly concerning these days, nothing new, really, but...

He pooped on his chair today. It's his favorite chair that he loves to sleep on, and he pooped all over it. Not sick tummy poop, just regular. He is definitely incontinent at times then, but not always as he's still using litter box mostly, and likely it's just do to age. Otherwise he seems fine enough. I don't see his symptoms progressing and he is still enjoying his life.

Just wish I knew what to do but I don't want to get caught up in taking an old cat to the vet and treating him for symptoms that are due to him being old. So I guess for now I'll keep muttering at him when he poops in odd places.

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And I'll be doing well enough to drag myself to some doctor's appointments, and I have one tomorrow, because I'm hitting a flare up of major fatigue issues. I'm not going to do anything else about Old Man Cat's issues right now unless they progress.
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Already in trouble.......always.
Being good can even get one in trouble.

But Tweety bird is so very happy these days. Very entertaining.

Got to hurry now, picking up dH off work now, dinner will be late, after 10mp.m.
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Oh Send, be careful modelling yourself after me..............you may get yourself in trouble. :P
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Y'all are brats even when I am no where near the internet. But I am back on tonight.
I don't think of myself as a rebel, as I am trying to be more like Gershun.....I call it defiant. It is a good thing needed when one has to stand up for oneself.

However, I will drive to wherever to visit a friend, but not fly.
Squirrels can fly, birds can fly, I cannot. duh.
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Barb....I bet the little bird just flew in past you and you just didn't see it fly in,but once it was in and trapped,maybe the cats mauled it to death or it was just so scared or too far from it's Mother and still needed her and it just died.It is a freaky deal to find a dead bird in your house and not know how it got there alright.....As you know,a Cardinal flew in at our home and spent the night,but it wasn't dead and we let it out safely,but I'll never get over it.It's just not something that you see everyday.
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Frequent Flyer, you mean you don't hand wash your cats feet? What's wrong with you? Your kitties don't have thrones and tiara's? You don't curtsy when you approach them? Hmmm,........................maybe I better rethink the way I've been doing things. Maybe my cats are taking advantage of me.
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Barb, I came home from an evening out and found a dead bird laying on the floor of my bedroom. I lived on the third floor of a apartment bldg at the time. It was actually the night my Hubs proposed to me if you can believe that. I've often wondered if that was some kind of sign.

Mind you, my cats used to swipe at the birds on the balcony all the time so I understand how it got there. But in your case that is odd.
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So...I got home late last night and there was a small dark something in the entrance to our second bedroom, which houses the cats' litter and husband's guitar practice space. To tired to see if it was a turd or what.....

Woke up this AM; it looked like a dead bird. Asked DH to check it out. He initially said "oh, that's a cat toy, or wait......it's a dead bird". (very small, clearly a hatchling).

So, we live on the second floor; all our windows are closed and our ACs are sealed. My three cats don't look guilty, nor were they playing with....the body.

Any ideas?
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FF, I *really* like the cat water fountain I got from Amazon. I never worry about fixing the water bowl, only have to remember to fill the fountain with a glass now and then.

I need to take 18 yo Divo for senior wellness exam, too... but I'm busy. It will happen eventually, but also he seems mostly fine now that I've learned his quirks. Sometimes I think he's showing his age, then he bounces back. He's the fussy, demanding one of the two I adopted last summer, though.
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Got a postcard notice from the Vet that it was time to bring old Charlie in for his "senior wellness exam". Poor guy is starting to show his age [18] big time. Seemed like only yesterday he was 17 going on 3. Those days are now history.

Charlie has become a grumpy old man, very demanding, wants things NOW, not happy if the room is cold, want cat soup instead of canned food, and will only stay outside 2 minutes instead of his usual half hour.

Now, if only I could get his housemate, Rosie, to stop sticking her feet in Charlies water bowl... she does this to get cat litter off her feet !! Of course, she won't do this in her water bowl.
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So I have this one hen. Her name is Zipporah, but I call her Zippy. Since she was a chick I have given her treats.We have French doors in the back and she can see inside and when she sees movement, she flies over the fence and comes and sits at the backdoor wanting a treat. If I go outside she follows me everywhere, so now I have to have treats in hand. If not she hollars at me. None of the others do it just her. It's funny how animals can make you feel guilty. But she is my favorite chicken. Just sharing, thanks.
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Send is a rebel
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Yeh, we have Send's number Lucky. :)
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Gershun...You know it~It was Send and Ratatoullie alright heading to Canada along with Tweety.Tweety is in Send's carry-on....shhhhhh~
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Oh come on Send, admit it, it was you on the plane. Were you flying to Canada to see me? We have lots of squirrels here. Raccoons, coyotes, etc. etc.
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A woman enters an airplane with her support animal today. It was a squirrel! The airline said rodents cannot fly.
I am sure that I saw Ratatouille fly from the tree to the block wall when I was feeding it. The news reported the woman said she will sue, and that she is going to own a large part of the airline.
I swear, it was not me on the plane. Haven't seen Ratatouille all summer once it got hot. Wishing that I had thought of running away with my pet squirrel....
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Oh. One more thing. The kitchen towel that our cat Amber brought to the yard is a very nice one with pictures of beautiful birds on it. My MIL wanted it. DH said we couldn't give her because that would be passing along stolen merchandise. Haha.

Wonder if we could train the cat to bring over $$$. Hehe.
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I had been finding things in my backyard that didn't belong to us. A empty soda can, a coffee cup, an old rag, a kitchen towel, a pair of old sock, I was so puzzled and somewhat alarmed that perhaps we had a squatter that stayed in the backyard at night.

Then my husband saw our feral cat Amber dragging another towel to our yard and playing with it.

So all this time, she was bringing us gifts.... Hahaha.
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The cats and I are being LA-ZY today. I seem to be using the new place as an excuse to do nothing for a bit. :-) I have a bed, a shower, a kitchen... I'm good for the moment and it's nice to see how well the cats are doing in the new spot. They were weirded out on the day of the move this past Tuesday but they got over it pretty quickly. Right now they're both in the bed with me and we're chilling out, relaxin' to the maxin.

The ringworm spot was never officially Dx'd but I can't imagine what else it is and I started treatment with anti fungal cream. It's looking much better. Old Man Cat is still getting sick every other day, despite my taking out all the fish I could see in their food. He's doing better than before I took out all the things that included fish, or fish meal, but he still has mystery sick moments. :-(

I think they've accepted me fully as Fearless Cat Leader Mom, since they didn't mind being in a new place as long as I was here to reassure them. :-) They're the best. We're having the laziest Sunday right meow. I wish all of you the same with your pets.
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ff,
Thank You.
No more moaning at night. He still seems a little sad but nothing like the other night.

I just have to make sure I spend more time with him since he has no doggie buddies.

Not real sure I am up for adopting him a pal. But if I was it would definitely be an older dog.
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lizzywho61, my heartfelt sympathy to you and the black Lab.

I have been through the mourning of numerous cats. Always had at least 2 to 4 cats at any given time. This last time, Charlie's sister, 17 year old cat [litter mate] was into her final week, he was beside himself as he and Sara were constantly together for those 17 years. Afterwards he didn't want to eat, play... just sleep. He was now the lone cat in the house.

We decided to go to the local animal shelter and see if we could find him a new "elderly" companion. We adopted a 12 year old female cat, and he was calmer knowing there was another cat in the house, the two of them would stalk each other for play. I know we have extended Charlie's life plus giving an elderly cat a good home.

Do to our age [early 70's], we decided that "elderly" cats were the best route, as we cannot see ourselves changing cat litter at 85 or 90 years old !!
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Thanks CM,

I read online and as usual contradicting articles. One says carry on as usual not to encourage behaviors. The other more compassionate approach.

I found a ball and he got all excited, tossed it in the yard and he just looked at me. He just wanted a pet.

I got everything out for a bath. He was all excited until he realized the Bath was for him and he took off. I decided to wait until the weekend on the Bath.

Just lots of pets, cuddles, and go from there.

Its good to know others have experienced this mourning phenomenon. We like to think of our pets as almost human or have human feelings or something similar. I am now convinced they do.
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Oh Lizzywho this is just AWFUL. I'm so sorry.

I can give you two examples, if not quite the same.

Lab collie cross who had never howled in her life (she was about five when this happened) the day after my father passed away sat in the car outside my parents' house and howled her head off.

Head hen, DeeDee, in good health herself, saw me returning home from the vet with her deceased second-in-command, Dolly, in the late afternoon; went straight to her nest box, and was dead when I went to tuck the ladies in at sunset. I can only think that she knew her reign was over and took the noble way out.

Most of my late Staffy's dog friends have seemed to extend some sort of sympathy to me when I meet them out-and-about.

I should ask your vet (if your vet is trustworthy and not the type to think "ker-chingg!") about extra support suggestions and, as you say, administer love and cuddles and normality. Not sure whether it would be better to keep familiar toys, blankets, etc. around for their smell or remove them? - whichever seems more comforting, I suppose.

Love and cuddles to you too 💔
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Hi Everyone,
Our 15 yrold Chocolate Lab passed away last summer. Our 12 yr old Yellow Lab passed away yesterday. That leaves us with a 10 yr old Black Lab.

Last night at straight up 11pm I heard what sounded like a human moaning outside my bedroom window. Went out to find the Lab sprawled out on porch head down moaning. At first I thought he was dying but no he popped up and was fine.

I sat and petted him and he tried to get in my lap!

I guess I have a pet in mourning on my hands. I have never experienced pet mourning.

I guess this call for lots of one on one time and TLC.

Any experiences with pet mourning the death of another family pet? I thought this only happened in the movies. Wrong again...
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Ringworm is a fungal skin infection, NOT A PARASITE. 😲 I was confused. But this spot that Divo has looks very much like the pics online of ringworm on cats. I'll treat it with cream.

Also, it says that the infection will usually resolve itself, even with no treatment, in 2-4 months time. But I'll get some anti fungal cream and put it on the spot.

It's a great relief to know it's not a parasite. Either way, he's got to get into the vet soonish so I can get him checked out.
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Ringworm is very easy to treat Ali; but it's also extremely visible on humans and you can't cover up everything. Pop him along to the vet before you catch it just before your next interview.
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Ali, if your kitty got ringworm last summer 2017, it would have spread to more than one spot and other kitty would have it too. I used otc Athletes foot cream on my kitty. It was on his neck so he couldn’t lick it off. It’s very contagious but easily managed. If he can kick off the cream, he may need an oral med from the vet. Yes humans can get it from a cat.
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Hi Send,

Glad to see you are back.

Ali,
Yes, you can get ringworm from cats. Ringworm is a fungus that lives in soil. Hopefully your cat has some other mysterious cat skin condition.
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I know that humans can get ringworm, a friend got some when we were in middle school, comes from outside, right? I'll be reading up on it today when I can. I don't know if there is any possibility of cat-to-human transmission. ☹️

Yes, Divo needs to be Bisselled and then some...
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Send!

been looking for you

do you wanna kitty?
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