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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • IamSparticles@lemmy.ziptocats@lemmy.worldYarn lover
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    6 days ago

    See also: ribbons

    One of our cats has a really unhealthy obsession with ribbon. The sort used in gift-wrapping or for party balloons. If anyone happens to leave a piece of ribbon lying around she will absolutely find it and try to eat it. More than once this has resulted in massive vomiting and/or diarrhea.



  • Don’t know if it’s helpful or even compatible with your device, but about 8 months ago I switched our (non-automated) litter boxes over to using a new litter, “Naturally Fresh”. It’s made out of crushed walnut shells, and they market it as having natural odor-control properties. It’s also significantly cheaper than the “World’s Best” cat litter we were using previously. For my part, I attest that the marketing is not just hype. We keep a litter box in our downstairs powder room which guests typically use. Several people who have visited with us since the change have commented on how little odor there is and wanted to know what litter we’re using (mostly other cat owners). Alternatively, you can buy odor-control litter additives at the pet store. I’ve used one made out of (I think?) wheat bran that works pretty well.








  • IamSparticles@lemmy.ziptocats@lemmy.worldpay the cat tax
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    3 months ago

    My work team is still about 80% remote. It’s very common to have someone point their web-cam at pets during meetings. In fact we have a big sync-up meeting on Fridays where it’s practically expected that the first 5-10 minutes will be spent ogling various pet-cams. Cats, dogs, guinea pigs, lizards, turtles… one person has a pair of axolotl that are practically team mascots now.







  • IamSparticles@lemmy.ziptocats@lemmy.worldThen and now
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    5 months ago

    This reminds me of my childhood dog. She was a purebred golden retriever we got free from a breeder because she had a malformed front paw. Sweetest, friendliest dog ever.

    We had a coffee table in our TV room that had an open area under it, but there were support bars running between the legs around the perimeter, a few inches off the floor. So like a rectangular semi-enclosed space. When she was a pup, she would climb in there and nap while we watched TV. One evening we were sitting down to watch something when she suddenly started whining loudly from under the table. She kept turning around and trying to lay down, but she couldn’t. She had grown to the point where she could no longer fit comfortably, and she was super confused. We were simultaneously feeling really sorry for her but also laughing out loud.




  • IamSparticles@lemmy.ziptocats@lemmy.worldHappy Stomp
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    6 months ago

    Polydatctyly (extra toes) is not all that uncommon in cats. As far as I know it doesn’t lead to any notable negative outcomes. We had a poly cat (named Poly because that’s what the shelter called her) who lived a long and healthy life. Earnest Hemmingway famously kept and bred polydactyl cats at his home in Key West, and if you go visit the staff there still take care of their descendants.

    Here’s our Poly: