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fizzgig

(24,146 posts) Wed Jun 10, 2015, 02:23 PM Jun 2015

i'm taking the boy to the vet on friday (and a general update)

he was sneezy when we brought him home and, at his checkup, the vet said it was likely due to a nasal spray they gave him at the shelter. well, it's been three weeks and he's still sneezing and now the dim one is, too, so it's back to the vet.

i'm not horribly worried, but it's been going on long enough that it's time to get him checked out.

other than that, things continue to go well. he is a vocal boy who loves his soft food. not yet a cuddler, but he has started sleeping at my feet. he's learned his name and he and the dim one are pretty well comfortable with each other.

well, other than this......

(before you judge me as a horrible hoomin for taking pics rather than breaking it up, they're both declawed and i knew he wouldn't escalate it)

here he is telling me what my priorities should be

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i'm taking the boy to the vet on friday (and a general update) (Original Post) fizzgig Jun 2015 OP

It's always something, isn't it? Curmudgeoness Jun 2015 #1

hissing and growling are normal cat things... ginnyinWI Jun 2015 #4

I just wish that there would be an election Curmudgeoness Jun 2015 #7

Hugs needed for kittums shenmue Jun 2015 #2

as a cat servant I do find paw slappys vids funny irisblue Jun 2015 #3

hayfever? ginnyinWI Jun 2015 #5

they're both fine otherwise fizzgig Jun 2015 #6

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

1. It's always something, isn't it?

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 02:37 PM

Jun 2015

I hope that this sneezing is nothing to be concerned with. Three weeks does seem like a long time for it to continue.

And I would never judge you for not breaking up a fight---my Sammy and his new "friend", Leila, do not get along very well and there is extreme hissing fights often here. I just ignore it, because I have found that there is never any harm done. All hiss, no bite.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)

4. hissing and growling are normal cat things...

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:01 PM

Jun 2015

I call it "cat politics".

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

7. I just wish that there would be an election

Reply to ginnyinWI (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 02:47 PM

Jun 2015

and someone would win and someone would lose. New cat has been here since December, it is time to decide things.

I have always had two cats, and never have had this much noise.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

2. Hugs needed for kittums

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 02:40 PM

Jun 2015

irisblue

(33,067 posts)

3. as a cat servant I do find paw slappys vids funny

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 08:06 PM

Jun 2015

cats, a whole nether world. We get to watch

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)

5. hayfever?

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:02 PM

Jun 2015

One of mine sneezes at certain times a year. She's doing it now so maybe spring allergies. As long as they are eating, using litter box and sleeping normally I don't worry too much.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

6. they're both fine otherwise

Reply to ginnyinWI (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:16 PM

Jun 2015

i'm just a bit concerned because it's unlike the dim one to be so sneezy. he sheds like a beast, so maybe that's what the issue is for both of them.

i know i'm being a worrywart, but i still walk around feeling like i didn't do enough for my fat cat and i know i'm overcompensating for that.

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