LST Animal Lovers

[TrixieFaux]

um, not just @Pugilist, @ironchef! You have one of the most amazing little creatures on the planet.

[polliwog]

Also, hot guy, amazing tattoos, adorable cat. Just sayin.'

[Lance]

@Lance's request and I know @Pugilist is a sucker for her face and eyes...haha

Yeah, she's gorgeous alright! She seems so small.

[ironchef]

@Lance she's mostly fur, seriously really tiny old lady. Will be 15 this year...

[CultExciter]

@Lance she's mostly fur, seriously really tiny old lady. Will be 15 this year...

My parents 15 year old fellow is the same. They just had him checked out and he has a hyperthyroid. So he gets all the treats all the time now.

[Pugilist]

My parents 15 year old fellow is the same. They just had him checked out and he has a hyperthyroid. So he gets all the treats all the time now.

Liked this for the treats, not the hyperthyroid. Poor kitty! :(

[CultExciter]

Liked this for the treats, not the hyperthyroid. Poor kitty! :(

You know, he's doing much better now. He was just hungry all the time and they could not figure it out. Here's a pic.

[HaydenRose]

@ironchef I can't believe she is 15!!! OMG! She still looks like a kitten! Honestly, I'm deathly allergic to cats and have developed an insidious hatred for the species, BUT... your cat has instantly converted me. Or maybe I just love your cat and no one else's haha she's so unique!

[Zillah]

@ironchef seriously the most beautiful cat I have ever seen.

[scubaron]

Papa. I am not stupid. 2 small boxes placed next to each other is not the same thing as 1 bigger box. DUH !

[BrookR70]

Here's my buddy Stanley...a 12-year old Sun Conure.

And, of course, the matching tattoo...

[cibo]

too close!

to me :)

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[Lance]

I wonder how many here are tipping towards this. ;-)

Crazy cat guy... - The Meta Picture

[cibo]

I wonder how many here are tipping towards this. ;-)

lol...hmmm, i wonder...

she loves her cat shelves :)

[Mark Bee]

I wonder how many here are tipping towards this. ;-)

Crazy cat guy... - The Meta Picture

Oh God. Its true. I've recently moved to a large warehouse loft and my first thought was that I could build kitty-infrastructure like that. I may have to hit the hardware store on the way home.

We are ridiculous. Our littlest cat was scared by a bug the other night. His tail went all poofy and my wife and I went rushing over to console him. Over a bug. A small bug.

Sigh.

[scubaron]

I wonder how many here are tipping towards this. ;-)

Crazy cat guy... - The Meta Picture

My wife wants me to do that for our cats. Luckily we rent an apartment and cannot alter it. So just a cat tree for us.

[El Dolmago]

Oh God. Its true. I've recently moved to a large warehouse loft and my first thought was that I could build kitty-infrastructure like that. I may have to hit the hardware store on the way home.

We are ridiculous. Our littlest cat was scared by a bug the other night. His tail went all poofy and my wife and I went rushing over to console him. Over a bug. A small bug.

Sigh.

He's speaks truth - I am not (ok a little) ashamed. But this little guy was scared - how could you not want to cuddle him!

[Pugilist]

Y'all should see me when one of the cats has a sneezing fit. :)

[MadeIndelible]

About to take Luna out on a walk. We slept in until 1:30 today.

She always gets really upset when I start a new job. I'll be gone for like 9 hours, and she won't eat when my mom or sister feeds her, or she'll throw up. :(

Glad I have the day off today.

[polliwog]

Aww, poor girl. (I slept until 1:30 today also...)

The babies have finally hatched on the Raven Cam. Not much going on right now, they're just wee pink things. I'm just happy to see they've made it so far.

[SeeSea]

This is my boy, Leo. Today is a very important day for Leo - it is his 1 year anniversary for being off insulin. He was diagnosed with diabetes in August 2012 and we started a tight regulation protocol that has a high success rate in "curing" diabetes in cats. Cats are the only creatures that can be cured. The protocol is very intense - shooting higher doses of insulin, testing blood glucose on average 6-8 times a day (ear sticks) and being available to feed different carb amounts of food, and squirting honey when needed during potential hypoglycemic events. The goal is to keep the cat at the bottom end of normal glucose values to let the pancreas heal. If the protocol is started within about 6 months of diagnosis, there is about a 70% success rate.

We spent 9 months of hell getting him off the juice. I never slept more than 4 hours in a row, was up multiple times a night testing, sometimes up all night surfing him on honey when his pancreas unexpectedly sputtered out some insulin to compound the insulin I'd just shot into him. We had some scary nail-biting nights, but it was all worth it. He's off insulin and back to being a normal cat. He only eats low carb food, but other than that, we saved a furry little life.

Diabetic cats are often put to sleep by owners who don't know their glucose can be regulated and that they can live long lives, even on insulin. Most vets don't know cats can be cured.

(BTW - he's an indoor cat now.)

[Zillah]

We spent 9 months of hell getting him off the juice. I never slept more than 4 hours in a row, was up multiple times a night testing, sometimes up all night surfing him on honey when his pancreas unexpectedly sputtered out some insulin to compound the insulin I'd just shot into him. We had some scary nail-biting nights, but it was all worth it. He's off insulin and back to being a normal cat. He only eats low carb food, but other than that, we saved a furry little life.

That is some serious dedication, right there.

[KBeee]

@beez - I love your "Selfie w/dog" :D ...you match!!

@Zillah - Your bun pics literally made me exclaim "Oh my god" aloud.

@SeeSea - You are an inspirational pet guardian.

@TrixieFaux - Tomo-kitty update?

This is Mirka the Wonderpup. She is submissive "smiling" because I had just found a chewed up piece of cotton pad that she swiped from the kitchen table while I was out. She started doing it as soon as I saw it. People who say that they don't remember when they were naughty or won't know why you are chastising them are soooo wrong! Sneaky-sneaks!

[SeeSea]

^^^ Little stinker!

[TrixieFaux]

Did somebody say Tomo update????!!!!!! The cats are good friends already!