she is such a good girl!

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complete with claus!

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she was fine )

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she is a lover! she will groom my hair, kiss my hands and face, stick her butt in my face and lovingly fart at me... you know: love.

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@genessa Now that is a great and loving critter, would be jealous if I did not now have six that basically do the same thing.

@dalefvictor six? oh my, i only have five. does the dog count?

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she's a good girl! thanks ) she has lost so much weight since then she is painfully bony. i am trying to fatten her back up but she did turn 15 this past june, so it may all be in vain. she isn't acting old or tired or anything but i never see her eating her dry food with the other cats. she will eagerly eat the wet food i give her, but the other cats do want it too, and meanwhile it kind of gives her the runs. i want her to live forever!

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@genessa sounds like a dental problem. If she had a abscess she would not be able to eat hard stuff. They don’t show pain often either. Animals are so stoic.

@Hathacat i was just wondering that tonight, actually, when i saw her licking at the flat lump of food right from the can. when i fluffed it up with my fingers she ate it. that was the first time i thought maybe it was a tooth thing. i'll have to check them. she is old, after all.

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@genessa My sisters older cat had perio problems. Look for cavities, of course, but red swollen gums is the big deal.

@Hathacat my eyes are bad. i wouldn't be able to see a cavity if it had a big sign on it saying "mccavity's cavity"! but i do press around her jaws and cheeks and get no flinching. she is eating a lot better with the wet food. i'll hand her a kernel later and see what she does with it.

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@genessa I don't think that would work, so the vet is a better bet.

@genessa I have been hearing that a lot the last couple of years! High school friends are in the streets or almost! I just don't know many that are not just a paycheck or catastrophe away! Well I know you will do what you can for your kitty. I would try rubbing with a wet wash cloth to stimulate the gums if she would let me. If not, you just do what you can and love on them, right? Take care of yourself!

@Hathacat thanks! i actually have come up with what seems to be a good solution for the immediate emergency, which is to stop her from pulling a karen carpenter on me. i put the meow mix in the blender and turned it into powder. then i moistened it until it had the texture of canned cat food. she can't eat much at a time but she LOVES it and is going for ir quite eagerly! if i stand and watch her while she eats i can keep the dog and other cats away. i just feed her several times a day. tonight, breakthrough: she was waiting for me in the kitchen!

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