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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72940801  United States09/08/2016 03:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Pillar2 Fuck you pest lover.Its cat job to hunt mices rats and other vermin .Cats are awesome You no read so good, outside is where vermin live, no? Cats are not vermin.Cats are human friends. Damn, as dumb as you are, it's surprising you can type. How are cats going to kill pests, when they are sleeping in your bed, pissing on your dirty clothes and scratching up everything in your house? I said put the cat outside, try reading for comprehension next time, tard. You do know that if you clean the cats litterbox and give it stuff to scratch on they don't destroy your house right? Some people just like having cats around. I know you sound like a jaded jerk but not everyone has to share your dark life outlook |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71071950 United States09/08/2016 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Cats are like people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56791025 Their time comes sometimes early and sometimes late. Except to get them spayed and neutered, vaccinated and put down, we've almost never taken them to the vet. I've had them put down, or put them down myself early in life or late in life, but I'm not going to go broke chasing an extra year or so for a cat. We have one now that I rescued as a kitten in 1997. Indoor/outdoor all his life and we have been expecting his time to come for 4 years now. I'm shocked every time he wakes up. But he keeps going, giving us no trouble or grief. But one day his time will come. Well his daddy was a $10k champion. He wasnt cheap and acts more like a dog... great to be around. Plus he us only 12yo... 12 years old is old for a cat. 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Denial about him dying (he's sick), anger (he was expensive), bargaining (if only he would live longer)... and so on. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71071950 United States09/08/2016 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72940801 That makes absolutely no sense. So old humans never have health issues? A cat doesn't have to suffer unless the owner wants it to. So the moment a cat gets sick a person should kill it? You live in a very scary world The cat is 12 yrs. old, if it's suffering, it's time to let it go. Often people confuse being a pet owner with responsibility, with having an accessory fur baby, or that pets aren't people. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72940801 United States09/08/2016 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Cats are like people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56791025 Their time comes sometimes early and sometimes late. Except to get them spayed and neutered, vaccinated and put down, we've almost never taken them to the vet. I've had them put down, or put them down myself early in life or late in life, but I'm not going to go broke chasing an extra year or so for a cat. We have one now that I rescued as a kitten in 1997. Indoor/outdoor all his life and we have been expecting his time to come for 4 years now. I'm shocked every time he wakes up. But he keeps going, giving us no trouble or grief. But one day his time will come. Well his daddy was a $10k champion. He wasnt cheap and acts more like a dog... great to be around. Plus he us only 12yo... 12 years old is old for a cat. 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Denial about him dying (he's sick), anger (he was expensive), bargaining (if only he would live longer)... and so on. 12 Years is not old for a cat...most cats can easily live to 20 when not fed crap and taken care of inside. |
pmb1  User ID: 72578769 United States09/08/2016 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What he has sounds almost like what I have. It has something to do with the ears. I go in November to an ear nose and throat specialist. I have had it ever since I was 12 so over 30 years and finally I get to go to a specialist. If his lymph nodes are swelling then he most likely can't eat when they are swollen and yes it effects the sinuses as well. I sometimes can't eat for a week to a time due to the swelling and they are saying it all revolves around the ear. Which I have ear infections in non stop. Have them do a check on the ears it could be that doing the whole issue. My cat is 15 years old and now going on 16 in December, so I know what it is like when you have an elderly cat. |
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| pmb1 User ID: 72578769 United States09/08/2016 04:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Pillar2 Fuck you pest lover.Its cat job to hunt mices rats and other vermin .Cats are awesome You no read so good, outside is where vermin live, no? Cats are not vermin.Cats are human friends. Damn, as dumb as you are, it's surprising you can type. How are cats going to kill pests, when they are sleeping in your bed, pissing on your dirty clothes and scratching up everything in your house? I said put the cat outside, try reading for comprehension next time, tard. LMAO. In the past 30+ years I have never had a cat pee in the house on anything. They also keep mice out of the house. Mice carry far more diseases then cats do. I would rather have a cat in my home then to have a mouse around my stove or table. A scratching post also stops them from digging on furniture. I have mice again in my home ever since my cat decided he wanted to be outside for the last part of his life. The outside world would normally kill a cat instead my cat is living through everything including being shot in the head by an idiot that sounds more like you. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 11938951 United States09/08/2016 04:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What he has sounds almost like what I have. It has something to do with the ears. I go in November to an ear nose and throat specialist. I have had it ever since I was 12 so over 30 years and finally I get to go to a specialist. If his lymph nodes are swelling then he most likely can't eat when they are swollen and yes it effects the sinuses as well. I sometimes can't eat for a week to a time due to the swelling and they are saying it all revolves around the ear. Which I have ear infections in non stop. Quoting: pmb1 Have them do a check on the ears it could be that doing the whole issue. My cat is 15 years old and now going on 16 in December, so I know what it is like when you have an elderly cat. Thanks. If it were fiv/felv what would be expected? Will be takibg him in later for the fiv/felv snap test. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72668648 United States09/08/2016 04:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Damn, as dumb as you are, it's surprising you can type. How are cats going to kill pests, when they are sleeping in your bed, pissing on your dirty clothes and scratching up everything in your house? I said put the cat outside, try reading for comprehension next time, tard. LMAO. In the past 30+ years I have never had a cat pee in the house on anything. They also keep mice out of the house. Mice carry far more diseases then cats do. I would rather have a cat in my home then to have a mouse around my stove or table. A scratching post also stops them from digging on furniture. I have mice again in my home ever since my cat decided he wanted to be outside for the last part of his life. The outside world would normally kill a cat instead my cat is living through everything including being shot in the head by an idiot that sounds more like you. Yuck it up, tard. You must have never heard of Toxoplasma gondii. [link to www.businessinsider.com] |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 11938951 United States09/08/2016 04:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Damn, as dumb as you are, it's surprising you can type. How are cats going to kill pests, when they are sleeping in your bed, pissing on your dirty clothes and scratching up everything in your house? I said put the cat outside, try reading for comprehension next time, tard. LMAO. In the past 30+ years I have never had a cat pee in the house on anything. They also keep mice out of the house. Mice carry far more diseases then cats do. I would rather have a cat in my home then to have a mouse around my stove or table. A scratching post also stops them from digging on furniture. I have mice again in my home ever since my cat decided he wanted to be outside for the last part of his life. The outside world would normally kill a cat instead my cat is living through everything including being shot in the head by an idiot that sounds more like you. Yuck it up, tard. You must have never heard of Toxoplasma gondii. [link to www.businessinsider.com] Such overhyped bullshit. Go back to your bubble, bubble boy... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72940801 United States09/08/2016 04:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Damn, as dumb as you are, it's surprising you can type. How are cats going to kill pests, when they are sleeping in your bed, pissing on your dirty clothes and scratching up everything in your house? I said put the cat outside, try reading for comprehension next time, tard. LMAO. In the past 30+ years I have never had a cat pee in the house on anything. They also keep mice out of the house. Mice carry far more diseases then cats do. I would rather have a cat in my home then to have a mouse around my stove or table. A scratching post also stops them from digging on furniture. I have mice again in my home ever since my cat decided he wanted to be outside for the last part of his life. The outside world would normally kill a cat instead my cat is living through everything including being shot in the head by an idiot that sounds more like you. Yuck it up, tard. You must have never heard of Toxoplasma gondii. [link to www.businessinsider.com] Actually you are much more likely to get Toxoplasmosis from raw or undercooked meat or gardening and a cat that has lived inside all it life and is vaccinated basically has no chance to come into contact with the parasite since it lives in the soil but keep trying tard |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72726126 United States09/08/2016 05:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Pillar2 User ID: 72854544  Poland09/08/2016 05:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Pillar2 Fuck you pest lover.Its cat job to hunt mices rats and other vermin .Cats are awesome You no read so good, outside is where vermin live, no? Cats are not vermin.Cats are human friends. Damn, as dumb as you are, it's surprising you can type. How are cats going to kill pests, when they are sleeping in your bed, pissing on your dirty clothes and scratching up everything in your house? I said put the cat outside, try reading for comprehension next time, tard. Silence scumbag.I had 5 cats and let them outside.They killed many pests and always come back to home.What a dumbfuck are you.My cats were capable going 1 km from home and always know how to return to home. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72769334 United States09/08/2016 05:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well my lovely cat, about 12 has been having issues with swollen salivary and lymphnodes for the past few months. Had a few bad teeth a few months ago but had them removed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11938951 I have been to a couple of vets and one said cancer but three independent aspirates showed no cancer. The latest vet who is a lot better prescribed marbofloxacin after seeing an mri that showed fluid in inner ear. She gave it for 14 days and all swelling in glands and lymps went down. Three weeks later and they are back. Did complete bloor test all is normal. She said she wants to double doseage and time for next course of antibiotic. She did mention if i ever had a fiv/felv test done, which i have not. He is an indoor cat only. We did take a female stray in about three years ago but had her tested before bringing her in and she did not have anything. So a snap test and possible aspiration of lymph again but this time PAR test. Does anyone know of what symptoms exhibit for felv/fiv? I really dont think it is that. If so i know they have no cure. Is it a death sentence? get a new cat better yet a dog cat bites kill people |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24903212 United States09/08/2016 05:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well my lovely cat, about 12 has been having issues with swollen salivary and lymphnodes for the past few months. Had a few bad teeth a few months ago but had them removed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11938951 I have been to a couple of vets and one said cancer but three independent aspirates showed no cancer. The latest vet who is a lot better prescribed marbofloxacin after seeing an mri that showed fluid in inner ear. She gave it for 14 days and all swelling in glands and lymps went down. Three weeks later and they are back. Did complete bloor test all is normal. She said she wants to double doseage and time for next course of antibiotic. She did mention if i ever had a fiv/felv test done, which i have not. He is an indoor cat only. We did take a female stray in about three years ago but had her tested before bringing her in and she did not have anything. So a snap test and possible aspiration of lymph again but this time PAR test. Does anyone know of what symptoms exhibit for felv/fiv? I really dont think it is that. If so i know they have no cure. Is it a death sentence? Two questions? 1) Hey Lady, how are your other 1200 cats doing? Is this the sickest out of all 12 hundred of your cats, or are they all sick too (but not as sick)? 2) Couldn't you have just gotten a husband years ago instead? |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 11938951 United States09/08/2016 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well my lovely cat, about 12 has been having issues with swollen salivary and lymphnodes for the past few months. Had a few bad teeth a few months ago but had them removed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11938951 I have been to a couple of vets and one said cancer but three independent aspirates showed no cancer. The latest vet who is a lot better prescribed marbofloxacin after seeing an mri that showed fluid in inner ear. She gave it for 14 days and all swelling in glands and lymps went down. Three weeks later and they are back. Did complete bloor test all is normal. She said she wants to double doseage and time for next course of antibiotic. She did mention if i ever had a fiv/felv test done, which i have not. He is an indoor cat only. We did take a female stray in about three years ago but had her tested before bringing her in and she did not have anything. So a snap test and possible aspiration of lymph again but this time PAR test. Does anyone know of what symptoms exhibit for felv/fiv? I really dont think it is that. If so i know they have no cure. Is it a death sentence? Two questions? 1) Hey Lady, how are your other 1200 cats doing? Is this the sickest out of all 12 hundred of your cats, or are they all sick too (but not as sick)? 2) Couldn't you have just gotten a husband years ago instead? Haha fail. Who says im a female, or have more than two cats. Some of us actually give a shit and can afford our responsibilities. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24903212 United States09/08/2016 05:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well my lovely cat, about 12 has been having issues with swollen salivary and lymphnodes for the past few months. Had a few bad teeth a few months ago but had them removed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11938951 I have been to a couple of vets and one said cancer but three independent aspirates showed no cancer. The latest vet who is a lot better prescribed marbofloxacin after seeing an mri that showed fluid in inner ear. She gave it for 14 days and all swelling in glands and lymps went down. Three weeks later and they are back. Did complete bloor test all is normal. She said she wants to double doseage and time for next course of antibiotic. She did mention if i ever had a fiv/felv test done, which i have not. He is an indoor cat only. We did take a female stray in about three years ago but had her tested before bringing her in and she did not have anything. So a snap test and possible aspiration of lymph again but this time PAR test. Does anyone know of what symptoms exhibit for felv/fiv? I really dont think it is that. If so i know they have no cure. Is it a death sentence? Two questions? 1) Hey Lady, how are your other 1200 cats doing? Is this the sickest out of all 12 hundred of your cats, or are they all sick too (but not as sick)? 2) Couldn't you have just gotten a husband years ago instead? Haha fail. Who says im a female, or have more than two cats. Some of us actually give a shit and can afford our responsibilities. Oh, my bad, for a minute there I thought you were the Cat Lady... |
| The Comedian :D User ID: 28856024 United States09/08/2016 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They're dogs, ignore them. Saint Comedian, Patron Saint of Bringing the Butthurt to Dipshits ‘There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.’ - General Mattis, USMC, Secretary of Defense [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] "Subterfuge and social pressure are the wheel and fire of the 21st century" - Some asshole Legal Disclaimer: All comments are intended as humor and/or fiction and not advice, and not to be confused with any event or person, living or dead. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72924414 United States09/08/2016 07:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I guess if I was in your position, OP, I would ask the vet for a different antibiotic. The fact that the marbofloxacin worked effectively, although only temporarily, to reduce the swelling and inflammation would seem indicate that this is a bacterial infection. Marbofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic and should have taken care of it completely. However, just like infections in humans, sometimes it takes a different antibiotic to fully treat the problem. I would ask your vet to try something like Clindamycin, which is used to more specifically treat soft tissue and dental infections. Just my two cents worth. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72338685 United States09/08/2016 08:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ATTENTION! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69943055 If your cat refuses to eat, you must force feed. If a cat doesn't eat for a few days, he can die Ask your vet ahead of time, so he can show you how to feed the kitty. ....or if your cat is 12, doesn't respond to treatment, and won't eat it's time to do the right thing. I'm not a cat lover, can't stand them, but keeping an animal alive so YOU don't have to do something hard is selfish. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72893180 United States09/08/2016 08:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ATTENTION! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69943055 If your cat refuses to eat, you must force feed. If a cat doesn't eat for a few days, he can die Ask your vet ahead of time, so he can show you how to feed the kitty. When an animal doesn't want to eat or drink and is showing signs of wasting it is preparing to die. The dehydration and wasting is the programmed precursor to death and the animal feels less pain. Don't force feed unless there is an option for saving the animal, otherwise have put down. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72229971 United States09/08/2016 08:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Cats are like people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56791025 Their time comes sometimes early and sometimes late. Except to get them spayed and neutered, vaccinated and put down, we've almost never taken them to the vet. I've had them put down, or put them down myself early in life or late in life, but I'm not going to go broke chasing an extra year or so for a cat. We have one now that I rescued as a kitten in 1997. Indoor/outdoor all his life and we have been expecting his time to come for 4 years now. I'm shocked every time he wakes up. But he keeps going, giving us no trouble or grief. But one day his time will come. Well his daddy was a $10k champion. He wasnt cheap and acts more like a dog... great to be around. Plus he us only 12yo... 12 years old is old for a cat. 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Denial about him dying (he's sick), anger (he was expensive), bargaining (if only he would live longer)... and so on. 12 Years is not old for a cat...most cats can easily live to 20 when not fed crap and taken care of inside. A co-worker had a cat that lived for 25 years. She called the cat "Almost Dead Kitteh." |
