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Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

d'Kong76 Feb 07 2015 07:13 AM

Someone (I think batmags) mentioned we should have a pet thread. Just thought of it seeing a picture of Max on fb.

d'Kong76 Feb 07 2015 07:25 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Kasper lounging... [fimg=800:3j52ydpz]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/Kasper022213a.jpg[/fimg:3j52ydpz]

cooby Feb 07 2015 08:37 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

I've got five cats now. One of them is FeLV and FIV positive, which we found out too late to seperate her. Check out my facebook page for her! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keeping- ... 707?ref=hl I've been writing a blog; links are there.

d'Kong76 Feb 07 2015 08:47 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

That's cool, didn't realize you had a separate cat page. I'm not a cat person, allergic, although I have grown out of that a bit.

cooby Feb 07 2015 09:02 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Me too, but I take a lot of meds.

d'Kong76 Feb 07 2015 09:11 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

I used to be really bad, my neck would get all rashy if a cat looked at me. They say some allergies are cyclical, I've largely outgrown hay fever and stuff like that too.

dgwphotography Feb 07 2015 10:02 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

d'Kong76 wrote: Kasper lounging... [fimg=800]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/Kasper022213a.jpg[/fimg] As someone posted on FB, Our dogs were like wolves until they discovered that we have couches...

d'Kong76 Feb 07 2015 10:29 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Kasper wants to go to Bark at the Park Day. He's torn between wanting a Mets' Fedora or a DeGromm garden gnome.

dgwphotography Feb 08 2015 02:01 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

You all know about Max, but we basically have a menagerie in our house. One more animal, and we'll have to charge admission... Our oldest is the reptile expert at the local Petco, and she has brought home a few reptiles that she cares for. This is Ares - he's a Bearded Dragon, and thinks he rules the roost ;-)

d'Kong76 Feb 08 2015 03:11 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Ares is rather regal looking!

Edgy MD Feb 08 2015 07:41 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Admiral Ackbar looking pretty naked.

Nymr83 Feb 08 2015 08:07 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

the bearded dragon is cool! not a cat person at all, those are 2 awesome dogs though

dgwphotography Feb 09 2015 11:28 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

It's funny how well Ares and Max get along. Our Menagerie started with Athena, a ball python who has an attitude that tells us she remembers that Egyptian royalty used to wear her species like jewelry: This is from almost two years ago - she's even bigger now, almost 5 feet long...

d'Kong76 Feb 09 2015 11:37 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

I have some snakes in the rock wall along the driveway. That's about as close to the house as any snake is going to get here!!

dgwphotography Feb 09 2015 02:37 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

d'Kong76 wrote: I have some snakes in the rock wall along the driveway. That's about as close to the house as any snake is going to get here!! LOL - she's really friendly a cuddly ;-)

cooby Feb 09 2015 02:45 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

We get snakes in our basement sometimes but nothing like that!

d'Kong76 Feb 09 2015 05:37 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

My guess is they're under our porch too which is kinda big and near the rock wall... the basement would freak me out! lol Found this in my fb pics.... Jekyll and Hyde. [fimg=850:2dgmaam0]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/040813a.jpg[/fimg:2dgmaam0]

cooby Feb 09 2015 06:21 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Wow, a garter and what is the other one? When my daughter and her fiance were living here, he put up a chin up bar in my laundry room. One day when he was doing chin ups he looked up above the dryer and saw a big black snake skin. We did eventually catch the blacksnake. (shudder)

d'Kong76 Feb 09 2015 06:33 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Both garter snakes, the guy poking his head out was very young. For all I know they had/have a whole colony in that wall. They're good to have around, just couldn't picture a 5 foot python in the house but I guess I'm a wuss!!

Frayed Knot Feb 09 2015 07:01 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

One set of grandparents retired to a big ol' farmhouse down in central Virginia; very rural, very isolated, no neighbors for (literally) miles around. So one day gramps isn't home and grandma finds a snake right off the front porch. So she goes and gets the garden hoe and kills the thing with a quick two-hander. Not sure what kind of snake - there were both benign and poisonous ones around there. I don't think she would have bothered if it were simply a garter, but she probably wouldn't have been so brave if she knew it was poisonous and would have instead waited for grandpa to get home. He had several guns and could have taken care of it without having to get within garden tool range. She was like 70 at the time.

d'Kong76 Feb 09 2015 07:31 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 10 2015 01:22 PM

I'd never hoe a snake! Have a neighbor I'd like to take a garden tool to sometimes but I'd never hack up a reptile!

A Boy Named Seo Feb 10 2015 12:53 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

It's hit mid-80's in SoCal already, so I went and got my old cat shaved like a lion. He digs the relief from the heat, and now he's never been more fun to pet, via the fuzzy factor. You can't see his paws, but he's rockin shaggy boots like a disco queen, too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 10 2015 12:55 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Shaved puss. Nice.

cooby Feb 10 2015 01:08 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

He's beautiful!

themetfairy Feb 10 2015 01:22 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Roar Lion Roar!

dgwphotography Feb 10 2015 03:51 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

A Boy Named Seo wrote: It's hit mid-80's in SoCal already, so I went and got my old cat shaved like a lion. He digs the relief from the heat, and now he's never been more fun to pet, via the fuzzy factor. You can't see his paws, but he's rockin shaggy boots like a disco queen, too. He's beautiful - I bet he loves the heat relief.

dgwphotography Feb 14 2015 06:01 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Things I see while walking Max...

Edgy MD Feb 14 2015 07:32 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

My dog winding down. We've twice in the last weeks been able to adjust his meds enough to get him to rally, but the last two days have been awful. Irony of ironies: He's been a bad dog through most of his tenure with us, but during his decline these last six months, we've grown closer than ever. Now we've got to make the decision of decisions. If we don't bring him in this morning, the vet's office is closed 'til Tuesday. So if he gets worse — or really, if he doesn't get any better — we have to make that last walk into the office of an emergency vet. If it's time, it shouldn't matter what vet we do that with, but we like ours, and it matters a little, particularly to my wife. On the other hand, you don't want this decision ruled by the clock. Needless to say, juggling all these concerns, both great and petty, is like rolling on glass. It's like being a kid on that I-really-don't-want-to-go-to-school-today day. You're gonna fail the test, no matter what. It's just how much grace you can bring to your failure.

themetfairy Feb 14 2015 07:43 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

So sorry Edgy :(

Edgy MD Feb 14 2015 08:04 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Thanks. Hell, looks like we're goin' in.

d'Kong76 Feb 14 2015 08:15 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Sorry, bro.

cooby Feb 14 2015 09:11 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

So sorry Edgy. It's one of life's toughest things to do. :(

dgwphotography Feb 14 2015 09:36 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Oh, Edgy - I'm so sorry....

Edgy MD Feb 14 2015 11:49 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

I'm a complete cold foot, I guess. We're trying to ride this out through the weekend, with the emergency guys on speed dial. About six months ago, a seizure disorder kicked in. We've been keeping the seizures at bay as best as we can with meds, but the after-effect has been an hour or two of confusion and stone blindness. The last week or two, that after-effect has been close to his constant state. His mind is going and he just restlessly wanders and wanders, and if he gets caught in a corner he can't get out of, he just stands there confused. He's not in obvious physical pain, but watching the existential pain of him wandering like that, barely able to figure out the eating thing when we place him in front of his dish, it stinks. Feeling like a coward now. Up until recently, we could count on his anti-seizure meds to keep him drowsy, but now we can't abate this stupid wanderlust.

Edgy MD Feb 14 2015 12:36 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Anyways, there are good animal stories too. Like "109-Year Old Dude Spends His Days Knitting Sweaters for Penguins." I won't link the photo here. But it's worth the click.

dgwphotography Feb 14 2015 12:48 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Edgy MD wrote: I'm a complete cold foot, I guess. We're trying to ride this out through the weekend, with the emergency guys on speed dial. About six months ago, a seizure disorder kicked in. We've been keeping the seizures at bay as best as we can with meds, but the after-effect has been an hour or two of confusion and stone blindness. The last week or two, that after-effect has been close to his constant state. His mind is going and he just restlessly wanders and wanders, and if he gets caught in a corner he can't get out of, he just stands there confused. He's not in obvious physical pain, but watching the existential pain of him wandering like that, barely able to figure out the eating thing when we place him in front of his dish, it stinks. Feeling like a coward now. Up until recently, we could count on his anti-seizure meds to keep him drowsy, but now we can't abate this stupid wanderlust. Do not feel like a coward. This decision is extremely hard. When Duke was in his last days, I finally decided to put him out of his misery, and he passed away about an hour before I was to take him to the vet.

d'Kong76 Mar 17 2015 01:48 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

He's still a puppy in this picture, but Kasper is four today! [fimg=750:3l0pjvug]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/031715a.jpg[/fimg:3l0pjvug]

dgwphotography Mar 17 2015 02:21 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Happy Birthday Kasper!

themetfairy Mar 17 2015 04:33 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

d'Kong76 wrote: He's still a puppy in this picture, but Kasper is four today! [fimg=750]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/031715a.jpg[/fimg] So sweet :)

cooby Mar 17 2015 06:25 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Happy birthday :)

d'Kong76 Mar 17 2015 07:08 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Woof, everyone!

d'Kong76 Mar 18 2015 09:02 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Love this commercial... [youtube:xwqez8m2]i2iG9NQk9mI[/youtube:xwqez8m2]

Edgy MD Mar 30 2015 02:54 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Sorry to read about Faith, cooby.

cooby Mar 31 2015 06:30 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Thank you edgy. It's been a heart wrenching week :(

themetfairy Mar 31 2015 06:34 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

{{Hugs}}

Centerfield Mar 31 2015 07:15 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Cooby, so sorry. Hang in there.

dgwphotography Apr 06 2015 08:01 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

"You need to clean? Do more chores around the house? I'm comfy. You're not going anywhere"

Fman99 Apr 06 2015 08:45 PM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Shaved puss. Nice. Beat me to it.

dgwphotography Jul 08 2015 08:05 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

Max is registered as a tester for Tuffy Toys. This Triceratops is ranked as an 8 on a toughness scale to 10. This was a few hours after it was delivered...

Ceetar Jul 08 2015 08:12 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

GUTS EVERYWHERE

Nymr83 Jul 08 2015 08:14 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

no wonder dinosaurs are extinct, they cant even survive an hour with a pit bull mix!

cooby Jul 08 2015 10:19 AM Re: Cats, dogs, fish, and stuff

dgwphotography wrote: Max is registered as a tester for Tuffy Toys. This Triceratops is ranked as an 8 on a toughness scale to 10. This was a few hours after it was delivered... I love that satisfied smile!