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2010.02.19 17:00 sketchampm Rabbits: the intelligent, loving, and often misunderstood pet

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2024.05.14 21:05 Cool_Badger9948 Trying to find a purmanent home for my foster cat

MooMoo is a 7 year male tuxedo cat that I've been fostering for a few months. He's the sweetest cat and he loves attention. He has a cow print front leg and white socks, his beans are mostly cocoa beans but he has 3 pink jelly beans. He does have a little heart condition but it's very mild and he takes his medicine with no issues. If you're interested please reach out to me and I'd love to send pictures/videos, have you meet him!
Personality:
-SUPER cuddly
-Affectionate
-Has kitten energy
-Would trade you for a piece of fish
-Friendly to strangers/would let a stranger take him away
-LOVES butt smacks
-Can play for hours with his feather toy
-Would do best in a house with another pet, or if you can give him a lot of attention/play time
Perks:
-Lets you cut his nails with no fight
-Likes getting brushed
-Never claws the wall or chews wires
-Never uses his nails in general unless on a scratcher
-Doesn't eat human food unless offered
-Takes his medicine like a champ
-REALLY good about covering up his poop and pee in the litter box
-Gets along with other cats and dogs
-Doesn't mind collars
Includes:
-His bed and blankies from the shelter
-Carrier, scratching mat
-A TON of wet food and snacks
-Treats
-His medicine
-Toys
-Litter box and scoop
-He's microchipped & neutered
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2024.05.14 21:00 Sola_Sista_94 Cookies 'n' Dreams: Parts Seven and Eight (Fanfic)

"Himiko?" Kokichi knocked on the door to Himiko and Tenko's room later that night. Himiko had taken a long nap after such a disappointing day. But, before she fell asleep, she reflected deeply on what Kokichi had told her. She had to admit that he was right, that she needed to a better attitude about herself. But, how to do that, she didn't know. She suddenly remembered his words: You should be smart, confident, and capable of doing things your way. Her way? What was her way, exactly?
"Himiko?" Kokichi whispered a little louder. Himiko opened her eyes, hearing Kokichi calling out to her. She scrambled out of bed and went over to answer the door. Kokichi smiled at her with his usual cheeky grin. "Hey, sleepyhead! Are you still planning on selling cookies?" Himiko took a deep breath and nodded. Kokichi had given her some courage to actually try things and take chances, to try and overcome self-doubt.
"Yeah. I'm ready," she said. There was still a part of her that didn't want to, but she forced that part of her into silence. She lifted her chin and smiled at him. "I'm ready, Kokichi." Kokichi smiled back at her.
"Alright, Monkey Buns!" he cheered, giving her a high five and then a hug. "Same place?"
"Alright," Himiko nodded. Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. She remembered what Kokichi had told her earlier about being smart and confident her way. "But, on the way over there, can we stop by my, um..." She paused to whisper. "...secret lair? "
"Ooooh?" Kokichi murmured with a curious smile. "Yeah, we can stop by." Himiko nodded and retreated back into her room to grab the two tin bowls of cookies she had baked with Three and Ten.
"Nyeh...okay, I'm ready," Himiko said. Kokichi took her hand in his, and the two crept downstairs. Some of the others were still in the dining room eating dinner, so Kokichi and Himiko had to leave through the front door to get to Himiko's secret magic room under the gazebo. Kokichi stood outside to keep watch while Himiko went inside her magic room. Once inside, she went for her magical dream powder bottle and poured some of its purple, sparkly contents into a small vial, hiding it in one of her jacket's pockets. Then, she met back up with Kokichi.
"Now I'm ready," she said.
"Okie-dokie!" Kokichi replied, taking the tin bowls from Himiko to hold them for her. "Let's go, HimikoCocoa Bean!" They then hurried over to D.I.C.E. headquarters.
"Boss!" Four said, jumping up from the couch. "And Boss Lady!"
"Hey, Ichiro," Kokichi and Himiko replied.
"Wanna hear a song that I heard on the radio?" Four asked. He cleared his throat, and began singing without waiting for a response. "If you like piña coladaaaaas, and getting caught in the rai-"
"Okay, Ichiro, that's enough," Kokichi interrupted, wincing from Four's terrible voice.
"Urgh...thank you!" Five exclaimed as she wrapped Kokichi's cape around him. After Three placed Kokichi's hat on his head, she turned to Himiko.
"So, Himiko, did you sell a lot of cookies?" she asked eagerly. Himiko gave her an apologetic look and shook her head. Three's shoulders slumped.
"Oh..." she said softly.
"What? Why?" Ten asked. "Did they not like them? Because I put all my blood, sweat, and tears into those things! Er...well, not literally...duh."
"Yeah, I hope not!" Two exclaimed, sticking his tongue out in disgust. "I bet there are people in this world who actually do stuff like that!"
"Nee-heehee...I know a very horny someone who'd do something like that," Kokichi said.
"The tin bowls are still so full!" Three said, her voice dripping with disappointment.
"It's not really the cookies that people didn't like, Keiko," Himiko said. "It was because of me."
"What exactly do you mean by that?" Nine asked.
"Well, I'm not really popular at school to begin with," Himiko said. "But, I wasn't really trying my best to sell them because I didn't think I could."
"Ouch," Six muttered.
"Oh, well...still!" Three huffed. "They could have at least tried your cookies, anyways! Those...those...clowns! " Then she turned to nobody in particular. "No offense, me," she mumbled to herself before turning back to Himiko.
"Hey, no offense to the rest of us, either!" Four said.
"Should we take offense?" Nine asked. "It's not like we're actual professional clow-"
"We get it, Hideyo!" everyone but Himiko interrupted simultaneously.
"Nyeh, well...anyways, thanks to Kokichi, I've decided to try again," Himiko said, giving Kokichi a shy smile.
"Aww, HimiCocoa Bean, you're making me blush!" Kokichi teased, wrapping his arm around her waist. "But, I only get half the credit. You should give yourself credit, too!"
"And you should give us those cookies," Four said, pointing to the tin bowls in Kokichi's hand.
"Himiko, are you still going to sell these?" Kokichi asked. Himiko thought for a moment. She remembered what Tsumugi said about chocolate chip cookies being plain and boring.
"No," she finally answered. "Actually, I've decided to go with Ten's plan from earlier."
"Right! Um...wait, what plan was that again?" Ten asked.
"The plan to make the snickerdoodles," Himiko said.
"Oh, yeah!" Ten remembered, a grin crossing his face.
"But, I wanna add a secret ingredient of mine," Himiko said.
"I hope it's not blood, sweat, and tears," Two said, shuddering.
"Why not?" Seven asked with a creepy smile. "Don't you like that salty, metallic flavor in your cookies?"
"Ew! Yuck! Kokichi, make her stop!" Five said, covering her ears.
"Tsukiko, don't make me tell Emi to get Mr. Sparkles," Kokichi warned. Seven hid under a blanket.
"No, please. Anything but that accursed pink and plushy unicorn!" she hissed. Five grinned smugly at her.
"Can we help you bake again, Himiko?" Three asked hopefully.
"Nyeh...of course!" Himiko answered.

"Neat-o! Let's get started!" Ten said, rubbing his hands enthusiastically. Kokichi nodded to Himiko encouragingly, and she followed Three and Ten to the kitchen. They soon got started on the batter. Himiko removed the vial of dream powder from her pocket.
"Oooo! What is that stuff?" Three asked, entranced by the purple, glittery powder.
"Hopefully the thing that'll win over any potential customers," Himiko answered before pouring the powder into the mixture. She mixed the batter until it became a shiny, glittering harmony of many colors.
"Holy Constantinople-y!" Ten exclaimed. "What the heck kind of secret ingredient is that?!"
"The batter looks so...pretty!" Three breathed in awe. "It's so...shiny and sparkly!" Then, she lowered her voice. "Is this...some of your magic, Himiko?"
"Nyeh...that's right," Himiko nodded.
"I know this is might sound like a dumb question, but...are you allowed to do that?" Ten asked.
"Nobody at school knows about my magic except for Kokichi," Himiko said. "So, technically, it's not not allowed. And besides, Kokichi said that I need to be smart and confident my way. And magic is my way of doing just that."
Part Eight
Sunday afternoon. Himiko took a deep breath, deeply breathing in the warm air as a gentle breeze flowed around her. Today, she felt lucky. She stood behind her table at the front of the school. Above her was a more colorful, glittery sign she and Three had worked on with the word, "Snoozydoodles," written in swirly letters. Hopefully it would be enough to bring in some customers. Her snickerdoodles were laid out on three large trays in front of her so that the other students could see their colorful and sparkly design.
"Hiya, Himiko!" came a cheerful voice. Himiko looked up and was surprised to see Three.
"Keiko?" she whispered. "Nyeh...what are you doing here?"
"I decided to come and cheer you on...and to make sure the turd buckets here buy your cookies," Three replied. "I put some love and special care into those cookies, and I didn't bust my tail just to have nobody buy them!"
"Nyeh...but...Ten and I worked on them, too," Himiko pointed out. "And I put my 'special ingredient' in them."
"I know," Three said. "But, I feel like if I worked hard on something, either by myself or in a group, I'd like for the world to see it, that's all."
"I understand," Himiko said with a small smile. "Wait...this is supposed to be a competition between me and Kokichi! I don't think he'd appreciate you helping me out, especially since I should be doing this myself."
"Well, I'll just be here for emotional support, then!" Three said. Himiko smiled gratefully and nodded.
"I guess that's okay," she said. " Thanks, Keiko. I like your outfit, by the way." Three scanned her outfit proudly. Instead of her D.I.C.E. uniform, she wore an oversized, cream-colored fluffy sweater over a short, pink ruffled skirt. She wore a pair of white tights with some loose pink socks and a pair of black and white checkered lolita shoes with pink straps. In her hair were pink bows over each pigtail.
"Eeee! Thank you!" she squealed happily. "It's not very often I get to go out in cutesy clothes like this, unless I'm undercover! Well...I guess you might say I'm going undercover right now, but...eh, whatever."
"Speaking of which, why are your shoes checkered?" Himiko asked. "Won't that give you away? Part of the reason why people know your organization is because of the checker pattern scarves...which makes me wonder how people haven't suspected Kokichi being part of...you-know-what."
"Heehee...I call that the 'Sailor Moon Effect,'" Three giggled. "But, anyway, when members of the organization are wearing casual clothes, we have to wear some article of clothing with a black and white checkered pattern to let other members know our affiliation. The beauty of it is that there are people not affiliated with us who wear checker patterned clothing, so it gives us a chance to blend in as if we're just regular people. That's why we have a codeword to tell the difference between members and the 'reggies.'"

"What's the codeword?" Himiko asked. Three leaned in closer to Himiko.

"'Funny business,' " she whispered.
"Nyeh...that's actually really cool," Himiko admitted with a smile.
"Yeah! You should really join, Himiko!" Three said. "I think you'll have lots of fun!"
"Fun with what?" asked Tenko, suddenly appearing with Angie and Tsumugi behind her. She had a frown on her face and marched right up to Three. "Himiko, who's this girl, and what's she trying to get you to join? WAIT!! Is this girl the friend you were talking about?! The one who helped you bake cookies yesterday?!"
"Yeah," Himiko nodded.
"Hey! I recognize you!" Angie said. "You're one of the girls who rescued Himiko from that crazy girl many months ago!" Three brightened.
"Yeah! That's me!" she said.
"Tuh...I could have rescued Himiko, you know," Tenko huffed, crossing her arms and glaring at Three.
"Well...why didn't you?" Three asked.
"Urgh...!" Tenko scoffed. "Who do you think you are?!"
"I'm Michika!" Three lied, using one of her aliases. "I'm here to support Himiko with her cookie sale!"
"She doesn't need your support," Tenko said, stepping in between Three and Himiko. "Himiko already has me! Right, Himiko?"
"Umm..." Himiko mumbled.
"Of course you do!" Tenko interrupted.
"But...you didn't even let her finish," Three said.
"I didn't have to," Tenko said. "I already knew what she was thinking because we're best friends."
"Well...then...if you're her best friend, why dont'cha buy a cookie?" Three suggested craftily.
"Hmph! I will!" Tenko scoffed and turned to Himiko. "How much for a cookie, Himiko?"
"Nyeh...same as before," Himiko answered. Tenko paid ¥500 and grabbed a shimmery, glittering light green snickerdoodle from one of the trays. "Ooo, these are pretty, Himiko! Did you bake them all by yourself?"
"No, um...Michika helped me again," Himiko answered. Tenko glared at Three and flipped her hair at her.
"Well...they're okay, then," she said haughtily. "But, they're extra special because you helped, Himiko!"
"What are these cookies called, Himiko?" Tsumugi asked, scrutinizing a glittering blue cookie.
"Nyeh...they're called 'Snoozydoodles,'" Himiko answered. "They're snickerdoodles, but a special kind of snickerdoodles."
"Oooo! Why are they called 'Snoozydoodles?'" asked Angie.
"You have to eat them right before going to sleep to find out," Himiko answered mysteriously. Tenko hovered her cookie in front of her mouth.
"Oh! So, I have to eat this right before bed?" she asked.
"That's right," Himiko nodded.
"Aw, that's so creative, Himiko!" Tenko cried in adoration. "You're really clever, too! I bet you thought of the name!" Three rolled her eyes in annoyance. Himiko provided a little baggy for Tenko to put her cookie in, and provided some for Angie and Tsumugi, as well, after they had paid for their cookies.
"Thank you, Himiko," Tsumugi said.

"Yes! Yes! Thank you, Himiko!" Angie chirped.
"Well...I guess we'd better try out the other cookies," Tsumugi said. "Everyone else said they'd have different flavors of cookies, too. Although, I don't think I'll try Kokichi's after what happened yesterday. I can plainly still feel the burn on my tongue."
"Hmm...I thought his cookies were divine!" Angie exclaimed. "I have never felt such an intense rush of heat before! Especially in a cookie!"
"Leave it up to a degenerate male to bake something so...horrible! " Tenko spat. Three raised a brow at her.
"Degenerate male?" she repeated. She didn't like hearing her boss being referred to that way.
"Yeah! Males are all scum of the Earth!" Tenko said. "Kind of like...best friend stealers."
"I wasn't trying to steal your best friend," Three said, fed up with Tenko.

"Huh...why did you assume I was talking about you? " Tenko asked. "You know what happens to people who assume things, don't you?"

"They end up knocking all 32 teeth out of the person accusing them of assuming things?" Three replied, trying to keep her cool.
"And you're violent!" Tenko shouted. "You're clearly a bad influence on Himiko!" Three stared at her in disbelief, creating an awkward silence to linger in the air.
"Well, um...I guess we should be going then," Tsumugi said, hurriedly yanking Angie away. "C'mon, Angie. Tenko? Are you coming?"

"No. I think I'll stay right here and help Himiko, since she clearly needs my support," Tenko said, glowering at Three.
"Tenko..." Himiko sighed in exasperation, but Three merely smiled sweetly at Tenko.
"Oh, my gosh! Where'd you get your outfit?" she asked. Tenko looked down quizzically at her outfit.
"W-Why...do you want to know?" she replied with suspicion.
"It's just so pretty!" Three replied. "Are you, like, the Ultimate Princess, or the Ultimate Cheerleader, or something?"
"Um...n-no...I'm the Ultimate Aikido Master," Tenko stammered as a small blush appeared on her face.
"Oh, wow! That's even better!" Three exclaimed. "I bet you give those...degenerate males...what they deserve all the time!" The hardened look on Tenko's face from before disappeared.
"You bet I do!" she said proudly.
"Oh...I wish I could be like you!" Three breathed. "You're, like, my hero! I bet you're a hero to girls everywhere!" Tenko lowered her head bashfully, blushing like crazy.
"N-No...I'm not all that...great," she sputtered.
"I bet you'd do anything for girls, huh?" Three asked.
"Oh, yes!" Tenko answered. "So long as you aren't a degenerate male, you're a friend of mine!"
Says the girl who just accused me of stealing her best friend, Three thought to herself. "Hooray! I'm happy to hear that! But...to tell you the truth, I can't believe you just ditched your other friends. They were girls, after all, and you just let them walk right into the school where they could be potential prey for those boys-er...I mean, degenerate males." Tenko gasped with realization.
"Oh, my gosh! You're so right!" she cried. "But...what about Himiko?"
"I'll look after her," Three said. "You trust me, right? I am a girl after all."
"Ohhh...well, okay," Tenko said. Then, she smiled. "I'll trust you, Michika! Take care of Himiko!"
"Oh, I will!" Three said. "Bye! Goodbye!" Tenko waved goodbye, leaving Himiko and Three alone. Three exhaled. "Finally, she's gone!" Himiko stared at her in amazement.
"Nyeh...that was incredible!" she cried. Three shrugged modestly.
"Yeah, I guess I picked up a little bit of manipulation skills from the boss," she said. "He's way better at it than I am, though! That girl was so annoying, by the way! Is she seriously your best friend?!"
"Well, yeah, I guess," Himiko answered. "She wants to support and protect me all the time."
"Sounds more like she wants to breastfeed you, or wipe your butt after you poop," Three said in disgust. She and Himiko shuddered at the thought. "Well, anyways, now that 'Tin Cup' is gone, let's put you on the cookie map!"
"Right!" Himiko said, and gave Three a high five.
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2024.05.14 20:50 No_Pomegranate1817 Mucosal prolapse or hemorrhoids

Hello! I am a 20 years old male and a few weeks ago I felt something sticking out of my anus whenever I poop. It's doesn't cause me any pain or anything, they doesn't even feel much uncomfortable when I'm pooping but I feel a bulge with my fingers. And now I'm getting scared that I might actually have a mucosal prolapse than a hemorrhoids. I also don't do much to resolve the thing, I only drink more water and avoided soft drinks and stuff. Also I don't see any blood in my poop.
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2024.05.14 19:39 MarketingOpening5939 Guppies pregnant for 2 months?

Guppies pregnant for 2 months?
My guppies is looking like she's going to pop? She's been Pregnant for about two months and I'm starting to get worried? Could it be endo? Poops seem normal, and the male doesn't seem interested in her?
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2024.05.14 17:37 Emotional_Sort_5375 Biosphere Movie Ending

So, I've read a lot of theories about this ending, including the director's opinion, etc. I think the best explanation is probably that it was all in Ray's head, but none of the theories I've read mention the theory I came up with while watching:
It's all real, except the end of the world, and Ray is the one behind it all.
Starting right off the bat we can extrapolate that they had no one other than each other that they cared enough about to keep safe. Truthfully I think the whole movie can be explained as a brainchild of one of those "So, if you're locked in a bunker and you can only take one person" types of questions, lol, and it's just ones guys defense of why he would take his best buddy, Mr. President, and how no, that doesn't make him gay.
In one of the very first scenes Billy is reading a book, stocked by Ray, that depicts a homoerotic encounter saucy enough that Billy confesses to having masturbated to it without realizing it was two guys. Ray had a limited number of books to stock for the end of the world, knowing he was going to be sharing this bunker with his best, male friend who is also straight. And he chose that book, and didn't tell Billy what he was reading and then he's like "Oh, would you like some help on that, it can be a little hard..." And the obvious homoeroticism just goes on, like an HP fanfic about Ron and Harry if one of them was a scientist instead of a wizard, they of course have to get started on the obligatory "I can hear you wanking" discussion right before they find the dead fish.
So there's tons of evidence that Ray was already harboring a secret romance for Billy, but what makes me think Ray is behind it all is the gaslighting. Whenever they discuss why this must be happening, specifically the sex change, Ray always turns around any suspicions that Billy has by implying Billy must have done something, even though if one of them had somehow turned the other one into a girl, the logical assumption would be science-bro, not politics-bro. But Billy is really insecure and believes that he's a total fuckup, so this immediately shuts him down and stops him from questioning anything, even though the most likely answer to the questions like "why is this happening to me and not you" is because Ray is making it happen.
So let's go a bit deeper, about how willing Ray is to use Billy's insecurity against him. He teases him about it from the beginning, when the audience doesn't really realize what he's doing. If Billy was the cause of the end of the world, Ray is handling it remarkably well, right? Except when it suits him to bring it up and make Billy feel insecure. He doesn't really appear to blame Billy, just to want to hold it over his head.
We have the background with Ray always "protecting" Billy, but also using his knowledge to control and have power over Billy.
So one line that really stuck out at me was after the storm, Billy was talking about how there might be other bunkers, other people might be pregnant, and Ray snaps at him to be realistic, but doesn't actually make any counter claims about the "storm" clearing up and it possibly being safe to go outside.
My theories are:
A. It is safe to go outside and always has been, and the "storm" is just tearing up whatever external layers Ray used to dark out the dome. Ray brought Billy in here letting him think it was the end of the world, and has been experimenting on him, more or less because Ray has always been in love with Billy but can't face that about himself, and so needs to change Billy.
B. It is safe to go outside, but Ray is upset about this because he knows what he's built with Billy is special and now it's going to be different. When they were the last two people on Earth and no one knew what was happening, sure, Billy was there for him. Now that there are going to be other people, will Ray still choose to be with a man, even a man with female parts? How will Billy feel about it? This theory comes from the question Billy has "what if there are other pregnant people", and Ray realizing there's no way in hell there are and that no one will accept Billy. Also Billy's own body image, his own discussions about how he still feels like a man, and their ongoing metaphorical discussion about which one of them is the top or bottom, man or woman in the relationship. So the final scene is Ray looking through the dome, seeing the sky clearing, and then seeing Billy, so happy and pregnant and miraculous, and Ray is crying because the "safety" is over.
Just, on another note, I found the scene where they discuss Billy getting his period as lame. I liked that he kept it private, but when he said it was "powerful", idk, it made me roll my eyes (as a cis woman). It's the kind of weird take you'd expect from someone who never had a period and was trying to figure out what it felt like, but doesn't really reflect the reality of the what menstruation feels like, and it disappointed me, idk, just fyi most of us don't get our periods and think like "Ah, yes, a surge in my power" it's just like... cramps and juices, dudes. You've had a hammy, just like. Picture a hammy all over your abs and thighs and back, and then you're just leaking blood. When people start glorifying periods it just feels fetishistic, like, glorifying taking a poop lmao. "How did that feel?" "Ah, so powerful, I really, really felt like a man when I birthed that 3lb turd straight into the toilet, what a magical experience."
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2024.05.14 13:44 Bugslovecats Do kegels work for light Fecal incontinence?

Hello. 30 yo male here. I struggeling with a light Fecal incontinence. 1 Hour after i go to poop there comes out a little and i must rewipe. My GI doc says my sphincter is in good shape.
Do kegels work in this Situation?
Btw my doc says ignore the Symptoms….
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2024.05.14 05:58 jangostarkiller UTI or something else?

Today my 16 year old male cat was laying on my chest. He was very very restless, wouldn’t settle down in one spot. He kept turning around and sticking his butt in my face and i noticed a twitching in his genital area. I didn’t look too closely so i couldn’t tell if his anus or his penis was the one twitching. I was a bit afraid he was going to poop on me so i started sitting up, and that’s when i noticed his penis was out. I have been told cats sometimes do that for grooming purposes but he wasn’t in the process of grooming, and this was my first time in 16 years ever seeing him with it out. I panicked a little bit cause i didn’t want cat penis in my face so i gently pushed him onto the floor, where he immediately started licking around the area. His legs were also twitching. It’s put away now and he seems to be okay. Is this a UTI?
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2024.05.14 03:57 Lefthandlannister13 How do I encourage a newly adopted cat to groom himself?

How do I encourage a newly adopted cat to groom himself?
I recently adopted this young man. He’s approximately 1-2, male, and was taken from a cat hoarding situation where he and and like 11 other cats were all living in some basement. He’s pretty friendly, and has excellent litter box etiquette. He was previously intact and was just recently neutered. He was only in the shelter for about 2 weeks and in that time he lost a little over 1/2 a pound.
The day after I brought him home he got a really high fever (104 degrees) and had to bring him to the vet, where he was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection, and I was given antibiotics. He was super sneezy and had a runny nose, and he kept pawing at his face and his poor lil paw was all crusty with his boogies. He was very low energy for a couple days and I just tried to feed him as much as possible and let him rest cuddled up next to or on me. He’s gotten his energy back in the last couple days and has been a little goblin exploring. He is strongly food motivated.
The ongoing issue is that this man is not grooming himself. I’ve had him a little over a week and I didn’t even think he knew how or that he should groom for the first couple days. I’m WFH and have eyes on him almost always - I’m in an NYC open room studio. I’ve observed him groom only his legs for less than 90 seconds at a time, 3 times in the entire time he’s been with me. I keep having to clean poop off his lil neutered balls and his tail. And I can’t really keep him off my bed, it’s like a 1/6th of my whole studio. I don’t want to not let him in bed with me but I also feel like he’s kind of gross since he’s not taking care of himself.
Maybe it’s mental gymnastics but my previous cat spent at least 20% of her day casually grooming herself and always seemed so clean and never had any kind of smell or crap in her fur. I know that grooming is basically giving themselves spit baths but in my mind I can accept that as clean whereas not grooming at all is nasty.
I know that’s he’s had a lot of upheaval in his life, was taken from his home, lost his family, lost 1/2 lb over his 2 wks in the shelter, and that he was sick, and is settling into a new home. Lil dude is definitely dealing with a lot stress, and I’ve heard the whole 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months thing with new cats.
I googled how to encourage a cat to groom and the advice appeared to start and end with brushing the cat. I do brush him, at least twice a day - sometimes more. He’s fine with it, doesn’t appear to particularly like it but doesn’t object in any way. My past cat loved being brushed, this guy seems like he’s just ok with it. But he’s still not getting with the program of grooming himself. Please tell me - what do? I’m really hoping I’m not just stuck with a dirty cat.
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2024.05.14 00:19 buntingyyu Chronic vomiting escalating to blood in stool and vomit - help!

We brought home our basset hound at 8 weeks and he’s the best boy ever but dear god the stomach problems, no one has answers for us.
Here’s a recap
At this point I just don’t know what to do. Every vet has just been treating his symptoms but this isn’t normal! He’s such a good boy and he doesn’t deserve this. Anything you guys think this could be please let me know so I can mention it to the vet because his symptoms are just getting worse.
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2024.05.13 21:44 yycats714 Advice needed! Bizarre Medical Condition? All test results (Blood work, Fecal, X-Ray, Ultrasound) came back normal. Cat still not feeling to eat.

Hi everyone,
Me (foster caregiver) and my cat coordinator have tried our best to help this 1 year old rescue for over a month.
We tried everything to help this cat. We are so stumped at this point but we are not giving up on him. He is so loving and very social. He just would not eat enough on his own and get skinner and skinner every day. We think he wants to survive and we hope to help him.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. —————————————————-
• Species: Feline
• Age: 1 year old
• Sex/Neuter status: Male/Fixed
• Breed: Domestic Long Hair
• Body weight: 6.5lbs (04/15/24)
• History: Hoarding with other cats. Rescued and fixed later.
• Duration: 04/09/2024 - Now
• Your general location: USA DC metro area
04/09 – 【Symptoms】Soft Stool
04/10 – 04/14 -【Symptoms】Watery Stool & Vomiting with yellowish stuff. Show interest and wait for food but eat very little or none. Drinking a lot. Crying a lot. Hiding most of the day. Less energetic but still loving and seeks affection.
-【Treatments】Add Digestive Supplements to food and water. (Proviable DC & HomeoPet). No improvement.
04/15 –【Symptoms】Remains the same. No vomiting
04/16
– 【Symptoms】Remains the same. The body temperature was normal.
-【Treatments】Syringe feeding (5ml liquid food mixed with Proviable DC and Giardia medicine)
04/17
-【Symptoms】Remains the same.
-【Treatments】Syringe feeding 15ml liquid food(5ml each * 3 times) during the night.
04/18
-【Symptoms】Remains the same.
-【Treatments】Vet visit for Bloodwork and Fecal test. Bloodwork is all good. Fecal is clear and is also negative for panleukopenia. Found some gingivitis but not terrible. The vet gave him some mirtazapine and Hill’s i/d into his mouth. No food only water as for the X-ray the next day.
04/19 - 【Symptoms】Seemed feeling better as he came out to greet people and showed interest in food in the morning before going to the vet. - 【Treatments】X-Ray found no blockage but full of gas and air and still won’t eat on his own. Put a feeding tube in. The rescue coordinator took him home for better care from this point.
04/20-04/20 - 【Symptoms】A bit of solid poop. Threw up a bunch of liquid on 04/21 night. Still not eating and just crying. -【Treatments】Tube feeding. Went back to the vet on 04/20. Scheduled for an ultrasound.
04/22 -【Symptoms】Crying and trying to escape from the playpen. - 【Treatments】Started eating a little bit dry food on his own in the evening + Tube feeding.
04/24 -【Symptoms】The cat is eating a bit of dry food on his own but not enough to survive yet. -【Treatments】Ultrasound showed all is normal. Tube feeding for another week.
04/28 - 【Symptoms】The cat is eating a bit of dry food on his own but not enough to survive yet. Enjoys the company with other cats. Poops have been fluctuating between nice solid poop and liquid again. -【Treatments】Tried to give him metronidazole but when the coordinator squirted it in his mouth he started foaming and spitting it all out. ”He was fine with it when I was injecting it directly into tube. I think if he was allergic putting it in tube would have had a much more serious reaction. He seems to not be able to tolerate any sort of liquid orally except for the water. It’s very strange. Even when I tried pulling Churu in his mouth he started foaming and trying to spit it out.” – Coordinator
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5/12 My coordinator is thinking about take him to see cat whisperer. Besides that, here is the most recent information about this cat from her:
He hasn’t has the tube for a little while. They took it out because he was eating on his own and pooping solid but now he is back to only eating little bites here and there and he cries a lot. He is very alert and friendly so I don’t get it. I cuddled him for a while last night just talking to him, hoping it would help him but nothing seems to work. He is just getting skinnier and skinnier. I feel like it’s something psychological because they didn’t find anything wrong with him but his little body is not going to last much longer. When I try to squirt anything in his mouth he gags like it hurts or burns. I don’t want to give up on him but I am stumped. He is very social and loving too.
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2024.05.13 21:09 cunnislaire My cat potentially has ACL tears in both hind legs - confused by the options we've been given by vet.

I have an 8 year old neutered male cat who currently weighs about 16 pounds. He's a healthy weight, just a big cat (see cat tax.) No serious health conditions in his past besides a urinary blockage that was caught very early and treated. Unsure how relevant this is because I think it's common, but I do know that he's inbred.
About 3 months ago we started noticing intermittent hissing, maybe once a week, when walking on uneven/squishy surfaces like our mattress, or getting up from a laying position in a certain way. One night while playing, my boyfriend lost his footing and fell, and it spooked kitty so he bolted into our hall closet. This exacerbated what I assume was a developing condition. He immediately started limping and was hissing at his left hind leg specifically after pretty much any movement. He spent the rest of the evening yowling in pain and was constantly trying to get comfortable, it was awful. The next morning he was much better, but we managed to get in at his regular vet.
They took x-rays and there was nothing obvious on them that would be causing the pain. However, there were abnormalities in both of his knees. Pictures here plus cat tax. Full x-ray and one with the abnormality circled. There is one in both knees, same spot. Our vet said we could send them to the specialist radiologists to see if they know what they are, and she said she'd do some research herself. Neither of those options yielded anything conclusive. She said it "could be" arthritis and sent us on our way with pain meds just in case.
My boyfriend's mom works at a specialist orthopedic vet clinic and she had us come in for a second opinion. They work mostly with dogs and we were really just there as a favor, but the vet there did a thorough exam and wanted us to come back in a few weeks for a follow up exam. He also had bloodwork done there and there was nothing of note.
Since his initial visits, he has been back to "normal." One or two ouchie hisses in the week following those visits but none since then. We have done our best to limit running/jumping play. We got stairs for him to get him up to our bed, he uses them to go up but still jumps down. We put pool noodles across our main hallway for him to walk across and get more range of motion in his back legs, as recommended by the orthopedic vet. He is happy, eating and drinking, peeing and pooping.
We went back to the orthopedic vet a couple of weeks ago where the vet told us she did a ton of research for us and looked at his x-rays a bunch, and in her opinion she thinks there are partial tears in both ACLs. She examined him again and said what she felt still supports that theory. She told us that the abnormalities in his x-rays could be bone fragments or osteophytes, which is common with an ACL tear. She highly suggests surgery, and said that's the only way to know for sure if that's what's going on.
After we got that news, I emailed our regular vet to run it by her and see if she had advice on next steps. They said they had a surgeon who would sometimes come to their office to do consultations and that they'd get back to me with available times.
They called me back last week and these are our options:
Another option I'm adding is to call around to other clinics to see if we can do a consult somewhere else. But according to the orthopedic vet, this is "very rare" in cats and I guess I figured this group would be a better first step.
I am feeling really lost and confused here. And it's hard to wrap my mind around it because he's acting like his normal self, he doesn't seem to be in pain but I know animals are good at hiding it. I feel like I just want a very qualified person, a surgeon, to examine him to confirm if they feel what the orthopedic vet who isn't all that familiar with cats felt.
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2024.05.13 19:37 eman1229 Can anyone help with my GI issues?

Wondering if anyone can help me here, and forgive me but this is going to be long. I’m a 28yo male, 5’9” 155lbs. My symptoms started 2 weeks ago today (April 29) after I had an allergic reaction to a whey protein bar. My throat closed up almost completely. I went to the ER and they administered Benadryl and a steroid, and also sent me home with a 6 day course of prednisone. I should note earlier that day before eating the bar, I had some diarrhea.
In the few days following the reaction I noticed I was not having a bowel movement. I was not in any pain or discomfort, but was simply not getting the urge to poop. I turned to trying Metamucil for a couple days but it didn’t help. Before all this I was very regular with normal big BMs, most of the time every day, sometimes I would wipe blood or there’d be blood in the bowl but I do have hemorrhoids so I never really worried about it. After the Metamucil didn’t help, I started taking stool softener and Miralax and would attempt to just force myself to have a BM, and would produce small thin soft pieces, and this went on for a few days. This made my hemorrhoids worse and I think one of them is thrombosed at this point.
Anyway, my number one concern was the fact that I was not getting the urge to go. Even after taking a dulcolax I still had to just sit down and try to go rather than feel it coming on. This made me think I have some motility or nerve problem.
Finally this past Thursday night (May 9) I downed a magnesium citrate, however it took over 12 hours to work, which I thought was strange, but had diarrhea several times Friday. I felt like I was cleared out but wasn’t sure. Friday night I thought I had to go again, but only blood came out, like a lot of blood, and I assumed I had aggravated my hemorrhoids from all the diarrhea.
To be sure, I went to the ER on Saturday due to the bleeding and also was feeling my pulse in my abdomen, and was worried about a possible blockage or aneurysm. They ran bloodwork and a CT scan which showed no blockage, but apparently a slightly distended bladder, a few small gallstones, and slightly enlarged prostate. Bloodwork showed slightly low lymphocytes, slightly high monocytes, high bilirubin (2.5 mg/dL), and small amount of ketones in urine (5 mg/dL). All of this seemed incidental and unrelated to my current issues, as the doctors only mentioned the bladder and prostate and of course recommended Miralax for my digestion problems.
I have an appointment scheduled with a gastro on Wednesday but would really love to know if I am in immediate risk for something terrible.
My main symptoms are:
I’m not in any pain just constantly feeling the movement in my stomach/intestines. My concerns are motility issue, parasites/worms, some kind of nerve damage and the bleeding. I’ve also lost a decent amount of weight but could be from stress, eating less, and the mag citrate.
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2024.05.13 14:19 Sammyjam10 Urgent Care? Blood and Mucous in stool

Male, 28 years old. Weight 180 but lost 15 lbs in the past 6 months. African American/ Native American/ Caucasian. Former smoker, use to drink daily and alot for years. Ive been having small amounts of bright red blood show up occasionally in my stool the past few months. 5 days ago I ate plenty of oatmeal and black beans for a couple of day. Im now showing signs of constipation. Mucous on stool is about the size of a half dollar or quarter. small amount of bright red blood on stool. The blood is usually no bigger than a penny but a couple times have been bigger. These symptoms about to be listed come and go. Abdominal discomfort/ pain(Rating 0-3) not being able to pass gas and bloating. Also been more dizzy than usual standing up. The pain and discomfort range from the side of my torso to all over my stomach from groin to rib cage. My stomach does feel empty at times too. I’ve taken Miramax two days in a row and made sure to eat healthy plus a bit of fiber. Poop has changed color and consistency during bowel movement. Only poop the night after taking miralax which was twice since this happened 4-5 days ago. I’m not sure if I should go to urgent care or if it’s a typical constipation. Also wondering if this is a sign of IBS. Yes I’ve made an appointment but it’s not for months.
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2024.05.13 13:53 Careful-Print1093 What should I do?

My neighbor is as dumb as a box of rocks. She’s so dumb that she didn’t know where grass seed came from: “If we could only figure out how they made grass seed, we’d be rich!” “What do you mean? Grass seed is harvested from grass that’s grown on farms that specifically grow grass varieties for seed.” “What!? I had no idea grass seed came from grass!”
She’s also so dumb she owns three pitbulls and is a single mom with two wildly behaved children under age 5. She had four pits last year, one bit her twice, he was the sire. At one point she had 24 dogs in her home, but she isn’t breeding anymore because whodathunk breeding ugly aggressive pits after a pandemic wouldn’t be profitable. She had to beg people to take dogs, in fact two of her dogs are puppies from a previous litter she couldn’t sell.
Her pitbulls are 100% going to seriously harm eachother or someone else one day. I was gardening last year and the small daughter let her dog out on purpose, the dog came after me. Thankfully I was so startled my insane yelling scared the fuck out of the dog enough for my neighbor to quickly grab the dog before it lunges again. The dogs fight nearly daily because another neighbor’s dog just exists, as pits they have to attack each other when scared or excited. Yesterday I was helping my neighbor and her dog busted out her window to try and get me.
I have children, and a disabled husband who has lost mobility. I don’t want to upset peace between us, but the danger my kids are in makes me paranoid as hell. I don’t allow my kids outside alone, we are constantly on guard, I carry pepper spray.
Should I calmly ask her to get rid of her dogs? Report the dogs? I dunno. I feel like animal control in my area wouldn’t do anything. Anyone ever been in this situation?
UPDATE: I texted neighbor a very polite and friendly message, that was also firm. She finally weed whacked her yard today (foot tall grass), and cleaned the massive amount of poop. She talked to me tonight. She has obviously been crying. She’s not getting rid of her dogs, but says they’d never be violent and were only trying to get my weed whacker last night and because I was crouched down in my garden the first time. 🙄 She’s going to keep them but make sure they are always on a leash even in her yard with 100% supervision. How’s she’s gonna prevent her kids from letting them out idk? I am working on animal control. My kids, will be 100% supervised within our fence (wish it was a huge fence but it isn’t and I rent). Ugh. My hope is the dogs fight the crap out of eachother and she has to surrender them since she can’t afford vet bills. Two unfixed females and an intact male, even though I have hooked her up in the past with a free spay neuter. My suspicion is she knows they’d attack the vet. Wish it was a different update. Thank you everyone.
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2024.05.13 13:27 Sammyjam10 Constipations IBS? Serious?

Male, 28 years old. Weight 180 but lost 15 lbs in the past 6 months. African American/ Native American/ Caucasian. Former smoker, use to drink daily and alot for years. Ive been having small amounts of bright red blood show up occasionally in my stool the past few months. 5 days ago I ate plenty of oatmeal and black beans for a couple of day. Im now showing signs of constipation. Mucous in stool, small amount of bright red blood on stool. These symptoms about to be listed come and go. Abdominal discomfort/ pain(Rating 0-3) not being able to pass gas and bloating. Also been more dizzy than usual standing up. The pain and discomfort range from the side of my torso to all over my stomach from groin to rib cage. My stomach does feel empty at times too. I’ve taken Miramax two days in a row and made sure to eat healthy plus a bit of fiber. Poop has changed color and consistency during bowel movement. Only poop the night after taking miralax which was twice since this happened 4-5 days ago. I’m not sure if I should go to urgent care or if it’s a typical constipation. Also wondering if this is a sign of IBS. Yes I’ve made an appointment but it’s not for months.
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2024.05.13 13:00 Jolly-Bathroom1089 Potential blockage, second opinion please

Hello, I want to preface this post by saying that I took my cat to the vet 3 different times last week and have continued to be in communication with them. I was looking for a second opinion.
Last Tuesday, my 6 year old male cat ate the handle of a plastic bag. He had X-rays but they couldnt/didn’t see anything abnormal. His pancreas levels were slightly elevated. He threw up the large half of what he ate a day later in a hairball plus another little piece, but I think there may still be another small piece or two that we’re missing. It’s hard to be sure, but I have dug through his poop for the last three days and I haven’t found anything new. I also want to give you some quick health background info. He takes CBD for his lower urinary tract disease, he had a perennial urethrostomy in 2021 and was diagnosed with IBS later that year, so he takes lactulose. He eats prescription food and we always add water to his meals to keep him hydrated. The vet prescribed him a medicine for nausea and one for diarrhea but we didn’t stop the laxative (yet).
My big concern is three days of diarrhea. He has shown improvement in his behavior. Earlier this week he was lethargic, not running or playing or being his usual self, refusing to lay down all the way, not interested in food. But for the last two-three days I have seen none of those behaviors, just diarrhea. He is eating and drinking, playing, and running around. I also wonder if the diarrhea could be caused by a change in food? He eats prescription Hills Science Diet, and on Friday he didn’t have an appetite. So I changed it up from chicken pate to chicken stew (which has carrots and rice) and he gobbled it all up. He isn’t straining to go, but he did get in and out of the litter box last night without going. He walked in and circled around and left without digging or trying to go. But then a few hours later he had some diarrhea for that third time in a row.
Do you think the diarrhea is from the ingestion/pancreatitis, or sign of a blockage?
So in short, the vet tech (who is a very good friend of mine) said that she isn’t too concerned since the behavior is better. She said to monitor him and back off on the lactulose until his stools normal up. Would you take him back to the vet again, or just monitor him?
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2024.05.13 13:00 Jolly-Bathroom1089 Potential intestinal blockage, second opinion please

Hello, I want to preface this post by saying that I took my cat to the vet 3 different times last week and have continued to be in communication with them. I was looking for a second opinion.
Last Tuesday, my 6 year old male cat ate the handle of a plastic bag. He had X-rays but they couldnt/didn’t see anything abnormal. His pancreas levels were slightly elevated. He threw up the large half of what he ate a day later in a hairball plus another little piece, but I think there may still be another small piece or two that we’re missing. It’s hard to be sure, but I have dug through his poop for the last three days and I haven’t found anything new. I also want to give you some quick health background info. He takes CBD for his lower urinary tract disease, he had a perennial urethrostomy in 2021 and was diagnosed with IBS later that year, so he takes lactulose. He eats prescription food and we always add water to his meals to keep him hydrated. The vet prescribed him a medicine for nausea and one for diarrhea but we didn’t stop the laxative (yet).
My big concern is three days of diarrhea. He has shown improvement in his behavior. Earlier this week he was lethargic, not running or playing or being his usual self, refusing to lay down all the way, not interested in food. But for the last two-three days I have seen none of those behaviors, just diarrhea. He is eating and drinking, playing, and running around. I also wonder if the diarrhea could be caused by a change in food? He eats prescription Hills Science Diet, and on Friday he didn’t have an appetite. So I changed it up from chicken pate to chicken stew (which has carrots and rice) and he gobbled it all up. He isn’t straining to go, but he did get in and out of the litter box last night without going. He walked in and circled around and left without digging or trying to go. But then a few hours later he had some diarrhea for that third time in a row.
Do you think the diarrhea is from the ingestion/pancreatitis, or sign of a blockage?
So in short, the vet tech (who is a very good friend of mine) said that she isn’t too concerned since the behavior is better. She said to monitor him and back off on the lactulose until his stools normal up. Would you take him back to the vet again, or just monitor him?
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2024.05.13 12:57 Jolly-Bathroom1089 Second opinion on potential intestinal blockage

Hello, I want to preface this post by saying that I took my cat to the vet 3 different times last week and have continued to be in communication with them. I was looking for a second opinion.
Last Tuesday, my 6 year old male cat ate the handle of a plastic bag. He had X-rays but they couldnt/didn’t see anything abnormal. His pancreas levels were slightly elevated. He threw up the large half of what he ate a day later in a hairball plus another little piece, but I think there may still be another small piece or two that we’re missing. It’s hard to be sure, but I have dug through his poop for the last three days and I haven’t found anything new. I also want to give you some quick health background info. He takes CBD for his lower urinary tract disease, he had a perennial urethrostomy in 2021 and was diagnosed with IBS later that year, so he takes lactulose. He eats prescription food and we always add water to his meals to keep him hydrated. The vet prescribed him a medicine for nausea and one for diarrhea but we didn’t stop the laxative (yet).
My big concern is three days of diarrhea. He has shown improvement in his behavior. Earlier this week he was lethargic, not running or playing or being his usual self, refusing to lay down all the way, not interested in food. But for the last two-three days I have seen none of those behaviors, just diarrhea. He is eating and drinking, playing, and running around. I also wonder if the diarrhea could be caused by a change in food? He eats prescription Hills Science Diet, and on Friday he didn’t have an appetite. So I changed it up from chicken pate to chicken stew (which has carrots and rice) and he gobbled it all up. He isn’t straining to go, but he did get in and out of the litter box last night without going. He walked in and circled around and left without digging or trying to go. But then a few hours later he had some diarrhea for that third time in a row.
Do you think the diarrhea is from the ingestion/pancreatitis, or sign of a blockage?
So in short, the vet tech (who is a very good friend of mine) said that she isn’t too concerned since the behavior is better. She said to monitor him and back off on the lactulose until his stools normal up. Would you take him back to the vet again, or just monitor him?
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2024.05.13 12:56 Jolly-Bathroom1089 Intestinal Blockage?

Hello, I want to preface this post by saying that I took my cat to the vet 3 different times last week and have continued to be in communication with them. I was looking for a second opinion.
Last Tuesday, my 6 year old male cat ate the handle of a plastic bag. He had X-rays but they couldnt/didn’t see anything abnormal. His pancreas levels were slightly elevated. He threw up the large half of what he ate a day later in a hairball plus another little piece, but I think there may still be another small piece or two that we’re missing. It’s hard to be sure, but I have dug through his poop for the last three days and I haven’t found anything new. I also want to give you some quick health background info. He takes CBD for his lower urinary tract disease, he had a perennial urethrostomy in 2021 and was diagnosed with IBS later that year, so he takes lactulose. He eats prescription food and we always add water to his meals to keep him hydrated. The vet prescribed him a medicine for nausea and one for diarrhea but we didn’t stop the laxative (yet).
My big concern is three days of diarrhea. He has shown improvement in his behavior. Earlier this week he was lethargic, not running or playing or being his usual self, refusing to lay down all the way, not interested in food. But for the last two-three days I have seen none of those behaviors, just diarrhea. He is eating and drinking, playing, and running around. I also wonder if the diarrhea could be caused by a change in food? He eats prescription Hills Science Diet, and on Friday he didn’t have an appetite. So I changed it up from chicken pate to chicken stew (which has carrots and rice) and he gobbled it all up. He isn’t straining to go, but he did get in and out of the litter box last night without going. He walked in and circled around and left without digging or trying to go. But then a few hours later he had some diarrhea for that third time in a row.
Do you think the diarrhea is from the ingestion/pancreatitis, or sign of a blockage?
So in short, the vet tech (who is a very good friend of mine) said that she isn’t too concerned since the behavior is better. She said to monitor him and back off on the lactulose until his stools normal up. Would you take him back to the vet again, or just monitor him?
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2024.05.13 12:05 FinsAssociate Drops of red blood in diarrhea. Should I be worried?

My dog has had drops of blood in his poop the past 3 or so days. The poop has been runny, and the blood isn't always present, but it is present about half of the time and is bright red. He has woken me up in the middle of the night 3 times tonight, and twice last night, to take him to do mostly small mucousy poops. He hasn't vomited at all, which from googling seems to be a symptom of other things that can cause bloody stool in dogs.
He's currently in the middle of a cycle of prednisone for an injured shoulder. Also he has been taking novox/rimadyl off and on for the shoulder and for spinal disc pain that he's had for a couple of years now.
What could this be? Is this a huge cause for concern? I would really appreciate any help because I'm worried for him and not happy about this serious lack of sleep... Thank you very much for reading
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2024.05.13 10:14 HiretsunaShizuko Discharge from Our Cat

Hi all. Looking for some advice on our cat. Thanks in advance for any help.
Here's the information recommended to give from the sub's pinned message: - Species: Cat - Age: ~7-8 years - Sex/Neuter status: Neutered Male - Breed: Domestic Shorthair - Body weight: ~13-15lbs - History: Generally healthy history to my knowledge, though I do know of once previously when he had a UTI/stones in his urine(?). After a vet visit back in February came back with nothing wrong, we thought that the current issues (detailed below) were behavioral, but I'm worried we may be wrong. - Clinical signs: Urinating and defecating outside his litter box (progressed now to going on our bed), walking around meowing (he's a generally VERY quiet cat), and most recently a slight discharge (I believe from his anus), possible fever, and sweaty(?) toes/paw pads. - Duration: 4-6 months - Your general location: Denver
Over the course of 2024 so far (maybe starting in the end of 2023), he has been going in and out of phases of not using his litter box, specifically to poop. It has progressed recently to him defecating on our bed. Tonight I came home to that and urine on my fiance's side of the bed.
After I found him, I picked him up to scold him. When I was holding him, he went to scratch me and I held him away from my body so he couldn't. He was meowing and slightly thrashing around, so I couldn't say for sure where it came from, but I heard and felt something drop to the carpet at my feet. When I looked down it almost looked like a solid droplet of pinkish mucus? It looked like a pinkish, transparent liquid but with a slight gel-like consistency so that it held a globular shape and didn't soak into the carpet.
When I saw that, I laid down with him and started checking him out. I couldn't find any open wound or anything. His butt looked normal. Though I noticed his ears were really warm, as were his paws. His paws also felt like they were sweaty, like how my own hands get clammy when I'm sick.
Can anybody help me out? We're calling to schedule a vet appointment in the morning, but I'm worried now.
*Edited to remove our cat's name and add a couple more details.
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2024.05.13 09:27 KristaIsGayAf Advice helping out constipated kittens. (5 days old)

Heya, so I currently have 2, 5 day old kittens, that I'm taking care of(their mother killed the other 2 from the litter so we took the surviving ones away just in case) and neither of them have pooped for the last 24-ish hours since switching to formula(KMR). They're eating okay and I stimulate them to go potty before and after each meal and they're peeing every time, but no poops so far. I'm not too horribly concerned as I know sometimes switching to formula will cause mild constipation, as has been the case with previous kittens I've fostered. If they don't have a bowel movement in the next 24-48 hours or so I'll be taking them to the vet, but was wondering if anyone had some at home remedies/advice to potentially help them out in the meantime? I've tried the triangle method and diluting the formula slightly, but no results so far. They both seem pretty full and mildly uncomfortable, so any advice would be appreciated!!
(For context about the mother, she's a first-time mom within the little cat colony that we have that came to us already pregnant and an appointment has already been scheduled to spay her and she's been separated from our male cats for the time being.)
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