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And the LORD spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
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Here's a pic of Zeus:
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Zeus with our 2yrold Basset Mix, Jax
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That is a cute f'ing puppy!
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cute but still not cute enough to bring home...
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even if i didn't have allergies I'm just way too lazy to deal with a dog ( any other animal really). Minisnick is more than a handful at times. we live vicarously through the neighbors dog, which ends up spending a lot of time outside with us when we are out there.
Krakosky
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Yesterday we took my mom's cat to the vision vet specialist. They did blood work and a biopsy of her thyroid gland to make sure the cancer hadn't spread. The vet said she had never seen a tumor that large that hadn't spread. She said the cells were clean and recommended for her to have her eye removed. I had to push my mom to make the decision. She was thinking it would be cruel to remove the cat's eye but she already is blind in that eye and in a lot of pain. She had the surgery today and I guess it was quite extensive requiring removal of the eye, some tissue and nasal bone. I'm going to see her after work today.
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Cats are very strong creatures. My parents have a cat that was born blind. He's ~15yrs old now. Unless you move the furniture around, you'd never know he was blind. I've seen him catch a moth out of the air...
Hoping the best for the kitty.
Hoping the best for the kitty.
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knight1fox3
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Very sad to hear Krak. But at least the tumor will be gone and she has one good eye. 
Krakosky
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I have a picture, but I'll spare you guys the gruesome details.
Dexman PE PMP
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Over the years, my wife and I have slowly added pets to the house.
Shortly after Mini-Dex#1 was born we got our first cat, Sammy. She is essentially my cat. She doesn't really like anyone except me. She sleeps on my side of the bed, pretty much only lets me pet her (although she is better as she's gotten older), and she curls up in my lap when watching TV.
Then about the time Mini-Dex #2 came along, we got our 2nd cat, Sophie. We figured it would be easier to teach Mini-Dex #1 (who wasn't even 2 at the time) how to be gentile with a kitten as opposed to his sister.
Everyone got along great. No problems as long as the litterbox was cleaned regularly, although as the kids got older we would find a pile of cat poo in a corner (typically because the litterbox was overdue for a cleaning). Then we moved to a new rental house where the previous renters had a cat that had marked all over the basement. No matter how much we tried to clean it up, my cats would continue to re-mark the spots. Only way to get them to stop was to literally put a piece of furniture in front of/on top of the spot. Let's just say we lost the deposit on that house...
Then we moved to the new house. We figured there would be no more problems with the cats peeing all over the place because it was a "clean slate". And we were right. Until we got Jax, our dog. Then the cats began peeing all over the basement. If something was on the floor, they peed on it. Additionally, if any of us went down to the basement and spent more than 30 minutes down there (for whatever reason), the cats would not come down there and consequently piss on something upstairs. We have probably two-dozen cat piss stains on the basement floor now (bare concrete). So we decided to move the litterbox out of the basement and close that part of the house off so they weren't peeing there anymore. Shortly before Xmas, one of the cats pissed on our brand new comforter ($300 straight into the trashcan). RIght in the place they normally sleep. We were lucky the comforter soaked it up because we had just bought a new $2000 mattress...
The whole time, we were noticing that the litterbox was still being used. It was cleaned regularly, so we started assuming it was only one of the cats, Sophie. In the meantime, we would start to wake up to random "poop trails" in the house. Not the typical pile in the corner, but instead we would find 5-6 turds starting at the top of the stairs and continue down the stairs, across the living room, into the kitchen, etc. We keep the dogs in the garage overnight, so this isn't a case of the dogs dragging this across the house, but rather a case of the "running poops" by one of the cats. And these aren't regular turds either. They're typically dried up, very dense, and look like they're a week old. We finally caught Sophie doing it one afternoon. Looks like she has some form of gastro-intestinal problem that is causing her to get constipated. No clue on how to treat that, and a google search says it could be anything from being dehydrated to some very serious colon problems.
Now add our 2nd dog, Zeus. Between the two dogs, it is now a race to see which one can get the "tootsie rolls" out of the litterbox faster. Because the dogs are constanly scanning the litterbox, it appears Sophie won't use it anymore. Even if the dogs are outside or in the garage overnight. She actually walked into the office yesterday afternoon and pissed on a pile of papers next to the desk, right next to me. Needless to say, she got her *** whooped. She was also locked into the laundry room overnight (where the litterbox & food/water are located). When I checked on her this morning, she had pissed on the floor, not in the litterbox only 2 feet away.
I am at a loss as to what to do with the cat. I don't necessarily want to get rid of her, but that seems to be the only logical thing to do because her problems only escalated as more people/pets were in the mix. I'm thinking if she can be in a one-pet home, she would be much better off...
Shortly after Mini-Dex#1 was born we got our first cat, Sammy. She is essentially my cat. She doesn't really like anyone except me. She sleeps on my side of the bed, pretty much only lets me pet her (although she is better as she's gotten older), and she curls up in my lap when watching TV.
Then about the time Mini-Dex #2 came along, we got our 2nd cat, Sophie. We figured it would be easier to teach Mini-Dex #1 (who wasn't even 2 at the time) how to be gentile with a kitten as opposed to his sister.
Everyone got along great. No problems as long as the litterbox was cleaned regularly, although as the kids got older we would find a pile of cat poo in a corner (typically because the litterbox was overdue for a cleaning). Then we moved to a new rental house where the previous renters had a cat that had marked all over the basement. No matter how much we tried to clean it up, my cats would continue to re-mark the spots. Only way to get them to stop was to literally put a piece of furniture in front of/on top of the spot. Let's just say we lost the deposit on that house...
Then we moved to the new house. We figured there would be no more problems with the cats peeing all over the place because it was a "clean slate". And we were right. Until we got Jax, our dog. Then the cats began peeing all over the basement. If something was on the floor, they peed on it. Additionally, if any of us went down to the basement and spent more than 30 minutes down there (for whatever reason), the cats would not come down there and consequently piss on something upstairs. We have probably two-dozen cat piss stains on the basement floor now (bare concrete). So we decided to move the litterbox out of the basement and close that part of the house off so they weren't peeing there anymore. Shortly before Xmas, one of the cats pissed on our brand new comforter ($300 straight into the trashcan). RIght in the place they normally sleep. We were lucky the comforter soaked it up because we had just bought a new $2000 mattress...
The whole time, we were noticing that the litterbox was still being used. It was cleaned regularly, so we started assuming it was only one of the cats, Sophie. In the meantime, we would start to wake up to random "poop trails" in the house. Not the typical pile in the corner, but instead we would find 5-6 turds starting at the top of the stairs and continue down the stairs, across the living room, into the kitchen, etc. We keep the dogs in the garage overnight, so this isn't a case of the dogs dragging this across the house, but rather a case of the "running poops" by one of the cats. And these aren't regular turds either. They're typically dried up, very dense, and look like they're a week old. We finally caught Sophie doing it one afternoon. Looks like she has some form of gastro-intestinal problem that is causing her to get constipated. No clue on how to treat that, and a google search says it could be anything from being dehydrated to some very serious colon problems.
Now add our 2nd dog, Zeus. Between the two dogs, it is now a race to see which one can get the "tootsie rolls" out of the litterbox faster. Because the dogs are constanly scanning the litterbox, it appears Sophie won't use it anymore. Even if the dogs are outside or in the garage overnight. She actually walked into the office yesterday afternoon and pissed on a pile of papers next to the desk, right next to me. Needless to say, she got her *** whooped. She was also locked into the laundry room overnight (where the litterbox & food/water are located). When I checked on her this morning, she had pissed on the floor, not in the litterbox only 2 feet away.
I am at a loss as to what to do with the cat. I don't necessarily want to get rid of her, but that seems to be the only logical thing to do because her problems only escalated as more people/pets were in the mix. I'm thinking if she can be in a one-pet home, she would be much better off...
knight1fox3
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I'll check with some of my cat gurus on this. It's not uncommon and I've heard of issues similar to what you're experiencing.
Dexman PE PMP
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Some of the info on the Denver Dumb Friends League website (local humaine society facility) has some tips to help with this, but I'm afraid that she has pissed off Mrs Dex to the point the cat has to go. I love my cats, but we're constantly cleaning up or throwing out something seemingly just because the cat isn't happy...
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