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Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


sj - Jul 24, 2011 4:43:07 am PDT #26012 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

We seem to have water again. Right now it is running on the brownish side. So, my best guess is a construction worker hit a pipe.


WindSparrow - Jul 24, 2011 7:35:05 am PDT #26013 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I'm glad you got water back, sj.

I'm way too lazy to bread and fry okra. I do think it makes a splendid addition to chicken and veggie soup - the slime component ends up as thickening rather than slime.

Miss Annabelle hasn't showed her cute little face since yesterday afternoon. The food I left out for her is gone but there is no way to know if it went into her tummy, or into some other tummy. This may become a saga of how a stray gets brought into the family, or it may be that she just needed a good meal or two and some friendly petting, so she can be on her way.


Steph L. - Jul 24, 2011 8:50:06 am PDT #26014 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

A series of inappropriate questions to ask a trans person. Oh, yeah.

That just makes my heart hurt. Jesus.

ION -- can I get an opinion? The cat Toke threw up her breakfast yesterday (definitely NOT a hairball), and has been throwing up water intermittently since then. We didn't give her dinner last night (but she did have access to water at all times). This morning we gave her rice with a little canned food mixed in (we didn't have chicken), and she shunned it.

She's more or less behaving the same -- not notably lethargic (it's hard to tell with her, since she's a catloaf all the time), but she's warmer than normal.

ER vet? Or wait until tomorrow and call the regular vet? I'm just really worried about her getting dehydrated since apparently she keeps throwing up water. We have central air, so the heat isn't an additional factor, which is on the good side. But -- I just don't want her to get dehydrated.

We think we're going to take her to the ER vet, or the vet center at PetSmart. Overreaction, or good idea?


Ginger - Jul 24, 2011 8:53:48 am PDT #26015 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Continuing to throw up water could be a blockage, so probably a good idea.


Anne W. - Jul 24, 2011 9:00:22 am PDT #26016 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

The cat Toke threw up her breakfast yesterday (definitely NOT a hairball), and has been throwing up water intermittently since then.

That's what happened with Jeeves a few weeks back. It turned out to be blockage due to epic constipation. I do recommend getting her to the vet.


Steph L. - Jul 24, 2011 9:24:31 am PDT #26017 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

It turned out to be blockage due to epic constipation.

Tim checked the litter boxes and said they seemed to have much less signs of use (clumps indicating pee, poops) than normal. Okay. We'll head out as soon as we can wrangle her into a carrier.


sj - Jul 24, 2011 9:29:13 am PDT #26018 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm glad you got water back, sj.

Thanks. There was a water main break in the area according to the paper, so the cause is no longer a mystery.

Teppy, much cat~ma headed your way.


beekaytee - Jul 24, 2011 9:34:11 am PDT #26019 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

Though cats are not in my wheelhouse, Red Cross training suggests that Ginger and Anne are right on.

I hope it is something simple and painless.


Cass - Jul 24, 2011 9:37:07 am PDT #26020 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Poor Toke and you guys.


Anne W. - Jul 24, 2011 9:53:46 am PDT #26021 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Jeeves was set to rights with a course of laxative and some, er, manual intervention on the vet's part. It was unpleasant, but a fairly simple fix.