Public Urination

[Ms. Matterhorn]

There's a park near me that I have to pass to get to just about anywhere. Though there's at least one portapotty, when you walk by the park it smells like pee quite heavily. And somehow, it doesn't smell like dog pee, but more like human pee. I could be wrong, however. BTW, the portapotty is located far from the sidewalk. So it's not coming from there.

Ugh, this just brought back memories of Injun Joe's cave on Tom Sawyer's Island. Kids (I think it was kids) always peed in there. P. U.!

[Syndrome]

I'm a little pooed out myself. My idiot feral cat is all matted because you can't actually touch him to brush or trim him. He also has the runs. This means it gets smeared all over his rear end, which he then drags all over the floor. Then he decides to jump up on the bed. He leaves brown stuff all over and it ain't Hershey's Syrup. He's going in to be sedated and shaved at the vet's on Weds. but in the meantime I am so sick of the stink of cat crap and constant floor washing and sheet laundering. I also have a standing appointment with the emergency room since I'm probably going to need it after shoving 25 pounds worth of mad teeth and claws into a carrier.

[darph nader]

I'm a little pooed out myself. My idiot feral cat is all matted because you can't actually touch him to brush or trim him. He also has the runs. This means it gets smeared all over his rear end, which he then drags all over the floor. Then he decides to jump up on the bed. He leaves brown stuff all over and it ain't Hershey's Syrup. He's going in to be sedated and shaved at the vet's on Weds. but in the meantime I am so sick of the stink of cat crap and constant floor washing and sheet laundering. I also have a standing appointment with the emergency room since I'm probably going to need it after shoving 25 pounds worth of mad teeth and claws into a carrier.

I understand there is a free-way not too far from your house. :twisted:

[Syndrome]

I understand there is a free-way not too far from your house. :twisted:

Hmmmm....that would re-balance the universe...get a cat from the freeway, send another cat to the freeway....tempting...

25 pounds of cat would make a pretty big, messy splat though. I can just imagine Chopper Dan reporting from over I-4: "Well, it looks like someone just creamed a really fat, disgusting-looking Florida panther near World Drive."

[ktulu]

I understand there is a free-way not too far from your house. :twisted:

I am a proponent of returning animals to their natural habitat :D:

[felinefan]

Syndrome, do you think if you put a couple of tablespoons of cottage cheese in the cat's food, that he'll eat it? That can help slow down his intestinal tract, in effect constipating him a little. Worth a try. Or ask your vet if he recommends giving him an infant sized dose of Imodium, again in his food. He very well could have worms. Those can be cleared up, if they're tapeworms, with a single shot of dewormer. Don't know if they have anything similar for other types, though.

[Syndrome]

Poopy Cat will be getting an exam and bloodwork at the same time he's getting shaved on Weds. The groomer works at the vet's office so they will do everything while he's sedated. He's 12 years old, so they're going to do some senior bloodwork. It might be worth checking for worms, even though he doesn't go outside, because the kitten we adopted did have all sorts of parasites so there's a chance he could have picked them up even though we tried to keep him isolated. I'll mention it to the vet. He does eat canned cat food, so we might be able to get meds down him that way. That's really the ONLY way...I live in fear that he'll come down with something that needs daily medication, as there is no way it could ever be done with him. Thank goodness our former elderly cats would both take meds in beef or lunchmeat. I'm afraid poor Tooncinator would have to just eventually die of whatever affliction he had because he'd shred me if I tried to pill him and then hide under the bed 24 hours a day instead of 23 1/2.

[Big Wallaby]

This thread reminds me of the several cups I've found aboard Monorails, especially when they come back from Epcot. Sometimes, there's only a little and you know it's a kid's, which is more understandable, except that Mommy and Daddy left it for us. Then there are the large Coke cups that are filled to the brim and you wonder if they shared.

One time, it was still warm. In Car 5 of Coral, where the A/C works quite well.

[felinefan]

If your cat turns out to have hyperthyroidism, ask your vet where there is a facility that does radioiodine therapy; it's expensive, about $1500, but they prefer to get them done as soon after diagnosis is made as possible. It's over 98% successful in curing hyperthyroidism. I wish I'd had the money to have Tripod done, it would've saved me alot of fuss and money in pills. You still have to take the cat in twice a year for bloodwork, though, just to make sure everything's okay. Check out http://www.radiocat.com or http://www.avmi.net to get the full story on how it works. Though usually diarrhea isn't a symptom of hyperthyroidism, but given the cat's age, it's best to check anyway. I'm sure you're aware that cats are geniuses at hiding illness from their owners.

[darph nader]

This thread reminds me of the several cups I've found aboard Monorails, especially when they come back from Epcot. Sometimes, there's only a little and you know it's a kid's, which is more understandable, except that Mommy and Daddy left it for us. Then there are the large Coke cups that are filled to the brim and you wonder if they shared.

One time, it was still warm. In Car 5 of Coral, where the A/C works quite well.

Now that is just flat NASTY.
Of course,when we had a van years ago,I'd have a camping porta-potty in the back for the kids to use.