Really glad to hear that - sounds like you have found a good vet. They are worth their weight in gold!
Really glad to hear that - sounds like you have found a good vet. They are worth their weight in gold!
The next step is doing what I did - get a second office chair. One for you, one for the cat.
That’s great news! Glad to see he is healing and is more active - definitely indicates he’s feeling better.
I just gave up and got a new desk chair.
He knows he’s on a good wicket.
I am glad Blue has been treated. Hopefully his wounds will heal properly.
I agree with another comment suggesting you get the details of the dental surgery in writing. They should also be able to tell you the urgency of the situation. I’m sorry to hear that the costs are so high and wish I could assist more. My wife suggested asking if the vet clinic can do a payment plan.
My final thought was that if your “dad” really doesn’t care about the cat and is just using Blue to get attention (perhaps he hopes something will happen to him so he can go “Woe is me! Somebody killed my cat!”), then it might be best if you are able to rehome him. He seems like a lovely-natured cat and you clearly care about him a lot; if your “dad” is going to deliberately harm him (or allow him to be harmed), though, Blue may be safer in a new home. I hate suggesting lying, but since Blue has already been attacked you could arrange for him to get outside and “disappear” if you need a way to avoid your “dad” finding out you rehomed “his” cat.
My understanding is that we actually don’t have much of a warning (under an hour), since a CME has to reach the satellite at the Lagrange point between Earth and the Sun for us to know it’s about to hit Earth. According to the article below, this includes power companies, but I remain skeptical that there’s enough organisation in place to shut down the North American, European or Asian grids in 15 minutes.
In general, people are appallingly bad at weighing up long-term vs short-term stuff, both in terms of risks and benefits. It’s even worse when, as you say, there’s no definite deadline or it doesn’t directly affect those who can do something about it.
I agree. There were articles and documentaries about 20 years ago that I remember featuring these sort of events. The continent affected would take 20-30 years to rebuild its electricity grid.
Not necessarily. My cats love my office chair as well and sometimes I just grab another chair since I don’t have the heart to disturb them.
Definitely! One of ours has gotten more vocal as she has worked out she can “ask” for different things.
Cats’ body language is often more subtle or more complicated than dogs. It’s no surprise that the average person gets it wrong. It takes time and close observation to learn an individual cat’s signals.
This is why you never let them realise human food tastes good.
CLearly getting in the week’s supply of cuddles.