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?
Right now,I'm working on getting weight off my chiweenie ,so she can be spayed.She's lost 9 ounces in 1 month so far.She has to loose 2 pounds total.It's SO hard getting weight off these babies.
But thanks for saying something about it.I still haven't gt this feeding thing figured out with my 5 cats and it's SO expensive!
Well, I am reading labels again, now for the cats. Here I was today in PetSmart reading "crude protein %" trying to find the lowest ones available that I would think the cats would eat. The two cats I have left are starting to develop kidney issues which is common in elderly cats. Vet recommended special diet foods to which one cat tried to cover up.... ok, we have HIS opinion.
Now I am to the point that I had regarding our elders, if they want ice cream for breakfast let them have it. So I decided since the cats are going on 17, let them eat what they enjoy.
Purina makes this new stuff call "Concoctions".... wet can food... weird combinations, like in one can it is salmon & chicken livers, another lamb & clam sauce.... looks like stuff one would dig out of a trash can... THE CATS LOVE IT... forget about Fancy Feast, this new glob looks good :)
The animal cracker Cat looks much like a cat. But you are right, some of those garanimals don't look like a bear, tiger, dog, horse, lion, giraffe, hippopotamus,
and a whole slew of 106 various animals at various times over the years.
Anyway,Thanks Gershun~
I've been feeding my cats veterinarian- prescribed food since they were kittens. My one cat stays fairly slim. My other cat is food-driven, that is veterinarian speak for he is a big pig. He eats his, then stands beside his brother and intimidates him till he walks away from his bowl so fatty can have the rest unless I stand there and watch them eat, which is not always possible. But we give them fancy feast as a treat on the weekends.
Our vet gave us sh*t the last time we went cause she says our one cat is morbidly obese and is guaranteed to have diabetes one day if we can't control his eating. We try but it is hard. :(
There so many brands of cat food, it can send your head whirling. That's why I just stay with Purina which first started in the late 1800's. Because my felines are "seniors", I use the Purina One Maturity. I did order the Purina Pro Plan Focus for elderly cats, so I will see how that works... it is much more expensive.
Two of the cats had stayed at a normal weight for their bone size, and the third one turned into a blimp. So you never know who is going to gain the weight or not... she wouldn't eat wet food, just dry. She was a stray cat so she had to forge for food, thus when there was food here she would over eat. She still lived to be 17 with that weight.
Lot of water bowls around, ok that means more get knocked over during play time :P I use Cornell for their bowls instead of plastic or metal dishes. To me I just feel Cornell is safer to use. I had read decades ago about plastic etching into the food.
I have only bought Purina brand food as rarely does Purina have its pet food recalled. The U.S. government has a website for recalled pet food that they update. I like Purina One. Use to use Purina Cat Chow for many years and the cats did well on that, living into their late teens and early 20's. I know there are special diet cat foods for when the critter needs to change their diet.
I have 3, 5 month old kittens
2 adult cats
1 Chiweenie dog (adult)
I appreciate any ideas from anyone.My "smorgsboards" are expensive and out of hand and I'm sure that no one feeds their babies the way I do.Thank you so much.
(Someone told me that cats eat 6 times a day and dogs eat 2 times a day.Is that right?)
Gershun,
What happened? Did the cats eat your soup? Hoping you are better today.
As to cumulative grief.....
My dad's parents died within a year of one another. I don't recall my dad showing any emotion during those difficult times, but....
One evening, a few weeks after Nana passed away, my dad brought home a banana cream pie. He was very excited about it and after dinner, took the box carefully out of the fridge, only to discover that he had placed the box in the fridge upside down. He burst into tears.
I was terrified and asked my mom " why is daddy crying about a pie?". She shushed me and said, " he's not crying about the pie; he's crying because Nana is dead". A good first lesson in psychology.
Thanks for sharing about your awesome cats, FF. (((((hugs)))))
Gershun, Can your cats dial out, have some soup delivered?
I like to picture my lost pets sitting with Mom in heaven.
Take care FF! :(
Sorry for your loss; perhaps it is the cumulative loss that is taking a toll now
Take it easy today
I think my feeling of such loss with the cat compared to that of my parents, was that the cat gave me no problems at all. None of this we can manage on our own which my parents use to say... or calls saying they were going to start driving again... you know the drill. The stress was mild with the cat compared to my parents.
"Katie" lived in my bedroom after her lst stroke last year, thus it was her "assisted living" studio. She only went downstairs if I carried her to give her a change of scenery. And she slept with me every night as she insisted on being close to me as I was her "caregiver". In the past she was quite independent, petting on her terms, not a lap cat, would roam the house with a high level of authority.
While Katie was in the ER, I noticed at home a certain unusual odor over by where I have my late Dad's bookcase filled with some of his books and knick knacks. My sig other and our male cat couldn't smell it, but the other female cat did,... she even stood up to look into the bookcase. And would eye the bookcase every time she went by. This went on and off for two days. I know this sounds weird, I was wondering if my late Dad [who passed in Sept] was trying to tell me that it's ok, he will take care of Katie when and if she joins him.
I meant to say something insightful about why it's not odd. But I can't find the words. It just isn't, that's all. Hugs x
There must be a meadow somewhere.....over the rainbow bridge somewhere....where our pets will wait happily for us.
You will miss Katie, but you never let her down.
I'm so sorry for your loss of dear old Katie.You did everything you could have to help her at the end,and you gave her 17 great years of your Love.I know you will miss her so much and I pray that you meet her again someday.Many {{{Hugs}}}, Lu