Cat-GAF: The fuck is wrong with my cat?

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We had a black cat that turned 21 years old in March. Sadly it passed away in April. We were supposed to take it to the vet to put it down since he had been suffering for the past week, so when we went around looking for him we found him curled up under the porch in his favourite sleepingspot.

We also had another black and white cat that we had to put down a few weeks ago. We noticed he stopped eating and did nothing but walking aimlessly around the house all day. So we took him to the vet and he told us it had jaundice. Total liver failure. There was nothing we could do. I guess I should tell everyone to check your cat once in a while to see if there is any yellow coloring in its skin, gums and underneath the paws, since it could be a sure sign that its liver might be failing. Dunno if its treatable though.
 
Angry Grimace said:
Ultimately, the point is that I strongly doubt that cats have the mental capacity to ponder what alternative choices they could make that would make their lives more meaningful. :lol

A cat might want to chase down birds and eat them, but can you really say it's any less exciting for them than chasing down a cricket? Are we really to believe that a cat is going to sit back at age 15 and think back on their Halcyon days? No, because they are cats. Their primary motivations are staring at things, knocking shit over and shitting.


I was agreeing with you. While I'm sure a cat can be upset or content (they do have noticeably varying states), someone is assuming a cat can't also be content indoors, and ignoring that self-preservation is at the top of their list of priorities as a living thing, not "happiness".
 
xelios said:
I was agreeing with you. While I'm sure a cat can be upset or content (they do have noticeably varying states), someone is assuming a cat can't also be content indoors, and ignoring that self-preservation is at the top of their list of priorities as a living thing, not "happiness".
I was agreeing with you too :D Just pointing out something you said that I thought was particularly relevant.
 
I always wondered how in 2009 there still can be so many cats in the freezing cold walking around and so many dead kittens found in the spring. Reading this is real eye opener. There is people that house cats and then there is people that care for cats.
 
Cat-gaf, I have a question as well. I have two cats, both spayed, though I let them go outside when it's warmer.

For some reason my one cat has been acting really weird lately, though. All she does is sit on one of my windowsills and only leaves it to go eat and drink. It's sad because whenever she falls asleep she falls off the window sill and has to jump back up.

Should I be concerned? She was sneezing a few weeks ago and occasionally gets what I call eye boogers. Is this a bad sign?
 
There were these two strays that always hung around my neighborhood. One was an older grey/white cat that seemed at least a year or two old and another smaller black/white cat that couldn't have been more than a few months old. Something happened to it's tail since it looked awfully small compared to its body size.

I always felt bad for that one especially 'cause I always saw it scrounging around for food. I went to take out the trash one day and poor dude was trying to get some food outta my garbage. I felt bad and I brought out some cat food for it and placed it on my stoop. Most of it was gone by the morning. And ever since it got cold these past few weeks, I haven't seen it at all.

It sucks but I wish I could've done something for them. Stray cats in general just make me sad. Who knows, maybe if I ever get baller status I'll build a cat sanctuary or something lol. That way, I'll be able to keep track of them and how they're doing instead of losing em completely.
 
Jostifer said:
We also had another black and white cat that we had to put down a few weeks ago. We noticed he stopped eating and did nothing but walking aimlessly around the house all day. So we took him to the vet and he told us it had jaundice. Total liver failure. There was nothing we could do. I guess I should tell everyone to check your cat once in a while to see if there is any yellow coloring in its skin, gums and underneath the paws, since it could be a sure sign that its liver might be failing. Dunno if its treatable though.

Just a note, if you are a cat owner and your cat stops eating, it's alarm/vet time ASAP- fatty liver disease can affect a cat just a few days after they stop eating (especially if they are obese) for whatever reason. If you act really fast you can usually get the cat eating with some force-feeding and "reboot" its appetite over the span of a few days. Quick action though is everything.
 
OP: Out of idle curiosity, I'm subscribed to an RSS feed that lets me know whenever anyone says NeoGAF on Twitter. Which is how I found this:

I wish I could tell that dude on NeoGAF that his cat has Feline Aggression Syndrome- NOT rabies

So, for what it's worth, random Twitter user #65483 has that surprisingly strong opinion.
 
adg1034 said:
OP: Out of idle curiosity, I'm subscribed to an RSS feed that lets me know whenever anyone says NeoGAF on Twitter. Which is how I found this:



So, for what it's worth, random Twitter user #65483 has that surprisingly strong opinion.
I don't think there is such a thing as "Feline Aggression Syndrome." :lol :lol :lol
 
Angry Grimace said:
I don't think there is such a thing as "Feline Aggression Syndrome." :lol :lol :lol

With 9 results on Google I think his cat has the most rare syndrome in the world.
 
adg1034 said:
OP: Out of idle curiosity, I'm subscribed to an RSS feed that lets me know whenever anyone says NeoGAF on Twitter. Which is how I found this:



So, for what it's worth, random Twitter user #65483 has that surprisingly strong opinion.

:lol Thanks dude, if you're still lurking.
 
effingvic said:
:lol Thanks dude, if you're still lurking.
Poor guy has been waiting for an account approval since at least August but it sounds like a lot longer :lol
 
Fragamemnon said:
Just a note, if you are a cat owner and your cat stops eating, it's alarm/vet time ASAP- fatty liver disease can affect a cat just a few days after they stop eating (especially if they are obese) for whatever reason. If you act really fast you can usually get the cat eating with some force-feeding and "reboot" its appetite over the span of a few days. Quick action though is everything.

We took him to the vet about two days after he stopped eating. (The vet around here is only open once a week since they're severly understaffed) I noticed the yellow discoloration when I brought him in.
A friend of mine said that foodscraps was bad for a cats health since it contained fats and salts in such an amount that the cats liver couldn't process it and over a longer period could destroy it all together. I tried checking online to confirm it but I didn't find a definitive answer. I've since stopped giving out scraps to them just to be sure.
 
Good to read some of the posts here about keeping your cat indoors. My cat is almost 2years old and my roomate of the last year is always saying "Why don't you let him go outside, just let him run". I give him the same excuses...poisons, cars, larger animals, desease, theft, etc. He has an outdoor cat that is almost 18 years old, which he likes to throw in my face.

My indoor cat did manage to break his leg last week (I'm assuming by jumping down the stairs), he's got his cat cast on now and is doing alright, but seeing how easy that can happen indoors, I don't like thinking about what could happen outside.

I do let him out sometimes in the summer for short periods, but I'm watching him the whole time.
 
My two male cats are about six-seven months old now, and I can tell they're starting in that stage of being horny and wanting a female. My neighbor has a female, but they never go outside (I live by a road where jackasses like to go 20 MPH faster than the limit), and plus worried about them getting lost, so they're always inside with me.

Hope yours are ok.
 
Striker said:
My two male cats are about six-seven months old now, and I can tell they're starting in that stage of being horny and wanting a female. My neighbor has a female, but they never go outside (I live by a road where jackasses like to go 20 MPH faster than the limit), and plus worried about them getting lost, so they're always inside with me.

Hope yours are ok.
I've found that many vets are members of special city-run spay/neuter programs (this is the case in San Diego at least) that allow you to get cheap fixing, but only if you mention the program. They do NOT tell you about it and will happily charge you 400 dollars.
 
I considered getting a cat after my roomate asked me if he could bring home his friends kitten.

I told him yes, only if it was an indoor cat. Then suggested against it because I realized my roomate absent mindedly likes to leave the back door wide open when cleaning, which in turn made me realize I should pay attention to what's outside my house:

  • random deer in my back yard = deer ticks possibility brought into home
  • Raccoons, which (a neighbor witnessed) chases stray cats
  • Stray cats in the area
  • Foxes
  • An eagle I saw while walking home one day (another neighbor claimed one swooped down and took a rabbit from one yard)


Not to mention the cars in the area.
I think it's probably in the best interest of the cat if I don't get one,
and it's probably a good idea for people to become more aware of what roams in their environment after dusk... if they do have outdoor cats.
 
Striker said:
My two male cats are about six-seven months old now, and I can tell they're starting in that stage of being horny and wanting a female. My neighbor has a female, but they never go outside (I live by a road where jackasses like to go 20 MPH faster than the limit), and plus worried about them getting lost, so they're always inside with me.

Hope yours are ok.

Go luck with the spraying. I say you have a couple months tops in prevention measures.
 
If you want to let your cat outdoors, you have to make sure it gets vaccinated by the vet.

Indoor cats seem to love sneaking outside, but sooner or later they see something that scares them and they come back. To me, the OP's cat sounds like a good candidate for being an indoor cat.

If you want to keep a cat indoors though, you'll need to give it a friend. If not a person in the household, then another cat.

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Also, your cat is a cat. This is why it's retarded.
 
Fuck she's being really restless today. I'm going from being worried to just downright scared right now.

I wanna take her to a vet but I can't find a single place nearby that I can afford. PETCO has some vaccinations and stuff for $49 but they do it on Saturdays only. ASPCA mobile spay/vet thing today is in the fucking Bronx Zoo.

NYC GAF, any recommendations? Fuck man, this is the last thing I need on my mind the day before all of my finals.
 
effingvic said:
Fuck she's being really restless today. I'm going from being worried to just downright scared right now.

I wanna take her to a vet but I can't find a single place nearby that I can afford. PETCO has some vaccinations and stuff for $49 but they do it on Saturdays only. ASPCA mobile spay/vet thing today is in the fucking Bronx Zoo.

NYC GAF, any recommendations? Fuck man, this is the last thing I need on my mind the day before all of my finals.

Q-tip?
 
All depends on the cat and where you live. My cat loves the outdoors, and sticks to the woods behind our house (where there are no other houses for a long, long time). Our road isnt busy either, even if he did wander down there (he's 9ish now). Obviously, he's vaccinated since he does have ticks and all of that on him during certain seasons, but he just love being outside, hunts animals and all that, then comes and sleeps inside, and hangs out heh. Its winter though, so he wants no part in being outside.
 
DeathNote said:
It's only 8 months old? Hope nothing is bad wrong, but why in the world are you letting it become an outside cat?

Why on earth wouldn't you? Keeping them inside for their whole life sucks for the cat.
 
J Tourettes said:
Why on earth wouldn't you? Keeping them inside for their whole life sucks for the cat.

I'm kind of surprised that so many people here are so against letting cats outdoors. But then again, I guess in certain environments, it's a bad idea. My mom lives on a busy road in a commercial area, has a small backyard, and has had a couple of young cats get hit by cars. Whereas my cat has a sprawling wooded area behind my house to explore, so she never goes near the road or anything. She's old and still loves going out there, and I never worry about what she's doing out there. I couldn't imagine keeping her cooped up in the house.
 
revolverjgw said:
I'm kind of surprised that so many people here are so against letting cats outdoors. But then again, I guess in certain environments, it's a bad idea. My mom lives on a busy road in a commercial area, has a small backyard, and has had a couple of young cats get hit by cars. Whereas my cat has a sprawling wooded area behind my house to explore, so she never goes near the road or anything. She's old and still loves going out there, and I never worry about what she's doing out there. I couldn't imagine keeping her cooped up in the house.
Cats can't miss what they don't have. Part of this is because they are cats. They don't have a innate psychological need to do anything other than eat and sleep.
 
revolverjgw said:
I'm kind of surprised that so many people here are so against letting cats outdoors. But then again, I guess in certain environments, it's a bad idea. My mom lives on a busy road in a commercial area, has a small backyard, and has had a couple of young cats get hit by cars. Whereas my cat has a sprawling wooded area behind my house to explore, so she never goes near the road or anything. She's old and still loves going out there, and I never worry about what she's doing out there. I couldn't imagine keeping her cooped up in the house.

I've lived and had cats in both rural and urban areas and it never occurred to me to keep them in. Lived near a very busy road before but assumed that the cats will learn not to go near it and they did. Also, housecats end up being the most irritating fuckers ever in my experience.
 
OK, so found a decent vet nearby which is only a bus ride away and set up an appointment. If I can get a hold of a kennel today I'll take the cat in the evening and if not, I've set up an appointment for tomorrow morning.

So I've utterly failed as a cat owner so far, but wanna know the biggest fail of them all?

My cat is a boy. :lol :lol :lol I thought he was a girl for the longest time. Jesus Christ.

Holy fuck. That pink shit under his tail is his asshole. I never noticed his balls till I did a thorough inspection today and those fuckers are huge now. I cant find his dick though. I couldn't tell at all when I got him as a little kitten but everybody that I showed baby Sammy too thought it was a girl, so I settled on that. Never bothered inspecting afterwards till' today :lol

Regardless, since it's not heat, I think he might have a fever or something 'cause I saw him shivering when he kept lying around on the floor. In that case, why so much love and affection from him? And why would he meow nonstop?

Either way, going to the Vet soon and getting this shit taken care of once and for all.
 
J Tourettes said:
I've lived and had cats in both rural and urban areas and it never occurred to me to keep them in. Lived near a very busy road before but assumed that the cats will learn not to go near it and they did. Also, housecats end up being the most irritating fuckers ever in my experience.
This is an odd sentiment. Again, I'm not trying to tell people what to do with their pets or condemn your morality, but the generally accepted wisdom is that domestic cats are better off indoors. They're small, not easily confined, independent, and as such aren't very trainable. If my dog managed to get away from me, unless I'm very unfortunate and he takes off into the busy road hot on the pursuit of some prey, it's not that difficult to call him back. Not so with cats. They do what they want.

Furthermore, as has been mentioned, because they do what they want, they really can become a nuisance to property. I noticed some leash law proposals in my local area (and by leash laws, I simply mean regulations regarding unsupervised cats) had a sizable number of proponents.

If you keep your cats outdoors, they seem happy, and you've never had a problem, then great. But I don't know how you can say that it never occurred to you to keep them indoors. Pretty much anybody who is an authority on cats advises keeping them as indoor pets.
 
Steve Youngblood said:
This is an odd sentiment. Again, I'm not trying to tell people what to do with their pets or condemn your morality, but the generally accepted wisdom is that domestic cats are better off indoors. They're small, not easily confined, independent, and as such aren't very trainable. If my dog managed to get away from me, unless I'm very unfortunate and he takes off into the busy road hot on the pursuit of some prey, it's not that difficult to call him back. Not so with cats. They do what they want.

Furthermore, as has been mentioned, because they do what they want, they really can become a nuisance to property. I noticed some leash law proposals in my local area (and by leash laws, I simply mean regulations regarding unsupervised cats) had a sizable number of proponents.

If you keep your cats outdoors, they seem happy, and you've never had a problem, then great. But I don't know how you can say that it never occurred to you to keep them indoors. Pretty much anybody who is an authority on cats advises keeping them as indoor pets.

Maybe in the States but over here (and most of the rest of the world as far as I'm aware) cats are normally let out of the house. Certain pedigrees may be kept indoors but these are the exception rather than the norm. Cats being kept indoors is cruel IMO.
 
Until last year I lived on a street with 6 cats. They were all pussies but they were all outdoor cats because over here the neighbourhoods are just so cat-friendly.
 
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