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Cat's got some bad arthritis, not sure what to do
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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:05 AM Author: effete roast beef I inherited him and don't know his exact age, but he's at least 17. Lately he's been fine except he doesn't want to get up and move a lot, and I know it's arthritis because he's got no other health issues. The winter weather must be doing a number on his ass. Right now he looks ready to die but otherwise fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534502) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 7:00 PM Author: Heady theatre they make cat arthritis pills. get some. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48541164) |
Date: January 9th, 2025 12:10 AM Author: Boyish school cafeteria mood Right now he looks ready to die but otherwise fine tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534510) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:37 AM Author: Copper cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534589) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:39 AM Author: nubile private investor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534597) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 8:55 PM Author: demanding corner mad-dog skullcap ready to die but otherwise fine tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48544829) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 3:38 PM Author: effete roast beef Pic from two days ago.
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Date: January 16th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Copper cruise ship handsome kittydood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558349) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 3:55 PM Author: effete roast beef That vacant look was how he told me he was giving up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558375) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:16 PM Author: Copper cruise ship It was his time. 🫂 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558440) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:17 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558446) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:43 AM Author: gay marvelous theater I mean all you can do is decide when to kill him at this point, that is an old ass cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534605) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 3:32 AM Author: Concupiscible submissive gunner institution Since food has gotten better, cats live longer now. Basically we were killing them by not giving them enough meat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534818) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 11:29 AM Author: effete roast beef cr. He's putting on weight all of a sudden, due to lethargy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48535710) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:48 AM Author: Concupiscible submissive gunner institution Cats are pretty resilient. Get some Glucosamine and Chondroitin supplement. Also make sure the cat is getting good food. The cheap shit with wheat is terrible for cats. Also, a heating pad/bed is helpful. Beyond that go to steroids and/or pain meds. Some combo of those things will have the cat back to being a lot more mobile and costs very little. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534611) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:53 AM Author: gay marvelous theater for a 17 year old cat? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534621) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 1:01 AM Author: Concupiscible submissive gunner institution Yes. Cats, even old ones, bounce back like a champ in a lot of instances. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534640) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 1:03 AM Author: gay marvelous theater a good cat never gets old (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534646) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 8:28 PM Author: effete roast beef The rabies vaccines fuck them up when they are old. They used to be good for 10 years, now vets require them to be vaxxed every THREE years before they will even see the animal. I watched one old cat nosedive within days of getting vaxxed, and I had to put him down just a few weeks later. It was awful.
This one also just got vaxxed for the same fucking reason. I knew if I took him in to be put down, they would refuse to take him if his vaxx records aren't current. I had to get him vaxxed simply so that I can have him put down within the next three years, and a month later he barely moves and needs me to carry him to the food bowl. I miss scooping his shit already. |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 10:03 AM Author: Concupiscible submissive gunner institution WTF vet requires that. Insanity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48539475) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 12:47 PM Author: effete roast beef All of them. If you don't have records, they ask you where you got the animal vaccinated, then they call that place to get the records. They won't let you lie. They only require rabies but they try to upsell you on these other shots. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48539868) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 8:41 PM Author: Concupiscible submissive gunner institution Penn Vet er did not require this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48544776) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:22 PM Author: effete roast beef Well this cat was vaxxed right before thanksgiving. I had to do it because I was going out of town, and I didn't want the pet sitter to have any hassle if he needed attention. I texted her like "his vax tag is on the counter, god forbid."
Not even six weeks later, a cat is det. This is now the second time I've seen this happen. |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 11:29 AM Author: effete roast beef Heating pad is cr. He already eats science diet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48535714) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: Concupiscible submissive gunner institution Get the supplement glucosamine/condroitan I mentioned. Changed an old dog’s life (and some humans I know too). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48536669) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 8:22 PM Author: effete roast beef Copped some liquid drops and a heated pad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48538391) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 7:02 PM Author: Heady theatre 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48541172) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 7:01 PM Author: Heady theatre top-shelf cat food is 180 and cannot be purchased at Walmart. Vets sell it. Give your little guy a good life, faggot. He's 17. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48541170) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 7:03 PM Author: effete roast beef Science diet has never not been cr. The lamb and rice formula will cure a ton of weird problems with dogs, especially skin and coat issues. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48541175) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 3:17 AM Author: Copper cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534814) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:49 AM Author: Vibrant Violent Kitchen Idea He Suggested Monthly Solensia injections have my old arthritic cat galloping around the house. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48534612) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 11:29 AM Author: Excitant Pink Mad Cow Disease Jap Sell it to a hungry Chinese person (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48535713) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 11:38 AM Author: Sapphire Big-titted Scourge Upon The Earth Dingle Berry .22 to the back of he skull (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48535748) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 1:34 PM Author: effete roast beef Once he gets moving he acts like he's still in charge. He can still climb up on furniture so he's not totally fucked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48536312) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 8:26 PM Author: stirring gaping he sounds like he's still generally doing fine and enjoying being alive even if he creaks a bit let him live, keep looking after him (sounds like you are doing that well), enjoy his company |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 8:30 PM Author: effete roast beef I brush him and carry him to the food bowl. After he gets his legs he's the boss again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48538413) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 8:31 PM Author: stirring gaping you're a good dude, keep on doing what you're doing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48538418) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 8:33 PM Author: effete roast beef Tbh I'm thinking about starving him a bit because he's getting fat for the first time in his life. I would have to make sure he stays hydrated, but he needs to lose weight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48538421) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 8:36 PM Author: stirring gaping nothing wrong with making sure he keeps his weight under control, that is as important for cats and dogs as it is for humans, but do it slowly and gently, don't put the old dude under physical stress by imposing rapid weight loss (also you would confuse and mentally distress him), just cut back on the rations a little at the margins, and cut back on the non-protein stuff but keep the protein up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48538428) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 9:40 PM Author: effete roast beef Caught him drinking out of the water bowl for the first time ever. For some reason, this cat would only ever drink water when he was 100% sure no one would see or hear him do it. But tonight, for the first time ever he drank water while I was standing right there. He even had his back to me. Sad shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48538586) |
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Date: January 9th, 2025 9:42 PM Author: diverse sanctuary my cat is the same way, will not drink from the bowl if I'm in earshot. they are mysterious doods. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48538588) |
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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:37 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48563502) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 6:59 PM Author: effete roast beef Heated pad got him up off his ass a bit today, but he's still circling the drain. He's not getting better unless he loses some of that weight. His old joints aren't used to hauling junk in the trunk, so he's on a restricted diet for the next few days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48541160) |
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Date: January 10th, 2025 7:05 PM Author: Heady theatre i also inherited a senior cat, she was 14 when I got her, a fluffy white Turkish Angora. Have fun op (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48541178) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 4:25 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48543846) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 8:50 PM Author: effete roast beef Cool. I think I would only adopt old animals at this point. I would never spend money on a puppy after seeing what's happened to dogs in the last 20 years. Most purebreds were already shit by the 1970s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48544812) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 3:46 PM Author: effete roast beef He's dun here. I don't think he's got 24 hours left in him. He seems comfortable though, and taking him to the vet would only stress him out at this point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48543692) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 4:26 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital 🙏🙏🙏 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48543847) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 5:57 PM Author: effete roast beef As pet deaths go this is really the best you can hope for. The pet is in no obvious pain. There was no long term illness that ran unchecked. The cat just decided to clock out. I've seen this many times, where the animal just stops eating and lies down. I've also seen owners freak out and try to force feed these pets.
Right now the main thing is he wants to be left alone. He got into the animal carrier, I guess because it's dark and cave-like. He doesn't purr much at all when I pet him, and he has his head facing toward the back of the carrier, so he's not even trying to say hi. His vocalizations are also weak. It's fine though. The cat was always affectionate as fuck, so he's clearly past the "goodbye" stage. When he let me see him drink water, I think that was him saying "goodbye" and now he's just thinking cat thoughts. |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:27 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558481) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 7:08 PM Author: effete roast beef He got up to drink water, which is 180. Hydration is 99% of keeping cats in good shape. The fact that he has that ambition means he's not in pain and shit. He's also not drinking abnormal amounts or pissing like a diabetic. He's just keeping himself "on fluids" as they say. I put another water bowl close to the pet carrier so he doesn't have to walk so far to get a drink or risk being seen while drinking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48544456) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 9:01 PM Author: diverse sanctuary did you take him to the cat doctor yet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48544852) |
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Date: January 11th, 2025 9:22 PM Author: effete roast beef No, but only because he goes psycho every time he sees a vet. It would only make his last moments on earth as stressful as possible. If he were in pain I would deal with it though. The last cat I did had poop fall out of its ass one day, and that's when I knew it was time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48544930) |
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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:36 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48563499) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 1:51 PM Author: effete roast beef Welp he died. His spirits were high the whole time though. Yesterday he couldn't make it to the litter box so I was fixing to get him done today, but then he just went stiff. I know he was in good spirits because I just brought him some water an hour earlier and watched him drink it. This cat let you know if he was upset about something, but he didn't seem to give a fuck about whatever killed him. He was acting like a boss the whole time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558039) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 2:26 PM Author: mind-boggling deep address ❤️ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558169) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:14 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558437) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 2:31 PM Author: nubile private investor /salute (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558195) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:14 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558438) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: Copper cruise ship My condolences, sounds like a 180 kittydood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558352) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 4:14 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558435) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 5:56 PM Author: effete roast beef He loved people, especially people who weren't me. I was who he yelled at when he wanted something or had to take a shit. He would howl at me before he took a shit, every time. Then strangers would come over and he would rub up against their legs as soon as they walked in the door. I think he wanted someone else to adopt him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558704) |
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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:30 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48563479) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 5:15 PM Author: bateful impertinent property pocket flask RIP, sounds like he had a 180 life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558612) |
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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:30 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48563478) |
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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:59 PM Author: odious indirect expression stead RIP little friend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48563613) |
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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:59 PM Author: Angry nofapping faggot firefighter hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48563614) |
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Date: January 16th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: awkward insane temple turdskin nyuug will eat it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48558347) |
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Date: January 18th, 2025 3:38 PM Author: cobalt talking stain quadroon Anti inflammatory arthritis meds do wonders. You can also put rubber tips on the nails to make it easier to walk on hard surfaces (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48563506) |
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Date: January 19th, 2025 2:04 PM Author: effete roast beef I always trimmed his claws. But in retrospect I was being optimistic by calling it arthritis, because he started nosediving the day I made this thread and I think I wanted to convince myself it wasn't as bad as it looked. I noticed he wasn't asking for food and he had that distant look. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5661285&forum_id=2...id.#48565748) |