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GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME SAD SHIT SO FEEL FREE TO IGNORE I JUST GOTTA TALK SOMEWHERE AND I CHOOSE HERE Our cat, Oobie, has had some dramatic severe weightloss in the past few months, we got him checked in Feb and they ran all sorts of tests and all the numbers looked great so we thought it was just stress because a lot of shit was going down in our house around then anyway. We gave him some appetite stimulant and he began eating and eating and eating like he used to and appeared to be on the way back up weight wise and then that just stopped and he's pretty much skin and bones. We took him back today, fully expecting very bad news, but it still fucking hurt when the vet discovered a tumor down by his kidneys. Oobie is FIV+ and we always knew that something like this was likely going to come up at some point, but you always hope for more time, you know? Especially considering we lost 2 years with him. A door got blown open and he slipped out and was lost for 2 years. We searched daily for months, I went to the city animal shelter a few times a week to check for him. Put up posters. We ended up adopting Tater during our search because someone called us thinking they'd found Oobie and we fell in love with this other lil cat that needed a home and he fell in love with us. We didn't give up looking for Oobie, but Tater helped us heal. Then one night Lee comes home real late and has to park in the far back lot of our complex... and as he's walking towards our building he sees a familiar cat. Thinking he's just being wishful, he calls to it and it runs up and greets him like an old friend..... he'd found Oobie. I will never forget that night as long as I live. We got him back. After 2 years. By some miracle, we were granted more time with him. The FIV has always made it seem like we got him back on borrowed time (or, as the vet encouraged me to think of it--- "bonus time") so there's never really been any doubt this day would come but.... yeah. I'm devastated, y'all. He's getting steroids to hopefully keep the tumor under control and let him put some weight back on, and other than being scrawny he's still his same happy self. He's joyful, he wants snuggles, he's enjoying his food and begging for treats. So basically the clock is ticking, and as long as he is happy to be here we're going to be happy to have him. When he's ready to go, we won't try and make him stay. Even bonus time has to end sometime, but we can still enjoy it to the last. anyway, hug your pets or something i'm just being a crybaby bitch

Still waiting on that, they said doc should have results within 24 hours but the way the pain clinic runs i might not hear back until next week. I suppose "best" case scenario would be them deeming whatever's going on in there a candidate for surgery (in the past they've flat out said no, they don't want to do surgery on me for a myriad of reasons that boil down to it not really being worth it at that stage) but then again if that's the case I'm fucking terrified of having that done so whatever guess I'll fuckin' die I dunno I won't go too sad sack on here, but I'm stressed lol

Oh man, that's a big change for sure!! I've never lived by myself before either, sometimes I wish I had for a bit just to learn how to better be alone but that's not how things worked out so guess that's a flavor of life skill i'll continue to lack in! I love that your roomie is still gonna be close and accessible, that should make things easier for everyone, but still very intimidating! Come in here and holler at us if you get lonely, unfortunately for you some of us Center roomies will never ever move out >>

Man, y'all ain't ever heard of Snake Hoes?

if only

Deviated septum procedure? I can't remember what it's called off the top of my head either but sometimes i desperately want that for myself. Hope those 2 days go quick and you can enjoy your nose breathing again

oh shit I keep forgetting who I've spammed with pics and who I haven't Mosey on over to the pet topic where I'll put a post together here in a bit!!

What kind of cookies?

Maybe saying they're not "acting human" is wrong since this seems to be a not-uncommon human behavior thing but ?????? of course someone doing a delivery isn't going to know what's going on in your head use some sense In other news, Grimy the possum is still in rough shape but has a reasonable amount of energy and I LOVE HIM

So from recent events I have two thoughts--- 1) I'm sorry to hear that, david. You can definitely poke any of us if you need an extra ear. 2) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

yesssssss a good deep cleaning day is good for the soul

?? they're totally just love bites, maybe. probably. possibly. He might wish to eat hand.

Man I have had A MOMENT. Got my first batch of baby possums for rehabbing this season yesterday and while we were over at my mentor's house Lee noticed a slightly older possum by itself in another cage and wanted to take a look.... turns out this little dumbass got himself stuck in a chimney and was COVERED in soot. Naturally, we named him Grimy and took him home with us to rehab. Little dude was fucking COATED, he's right at the stage where they really start getting in nice thick fur and he was just saturated. Took a very thorough bath with a very angry little opossum. The paper towels we wiped him off with were turning black. Once we got him clean we discovered a pretty nasty tail wound, so I spent the night agonizing over whether he'd make it through the night long enough to get to the vet today (last time I had one with a huge tail injury she did not make it.) Good news though, Grimy went to the vet, his tail does not appear to be necrotic, just bruised to east jesus and back, so he gets pain meds and to be a spoiled lil poss with tail rubs until he gets better.

Ugh, why is it so hard for some people to just... act human?? Talk to people like they're people? Next time fart on them. DO IT

Oh no. Dementia is such a cruel thing and no loss is ever easy...even if you try and prepare. I'm sorry =(

Oh, as if MT ever does anything I say

welp my mentor sent her husband and one of her sons to fetch a cage from me and these fuckers stroll in to my house with a cardboard box tied up with a bow that has "Happy Mothers Day" written on it baby possum inside I can't even be mad lmao

Oh man, I used to do truck shifts for Ulta and that meant going and unloading boxes and putting out product at like 3am on Fridays and for a while it was pretty good, lots of the pros you mentioned... no customers, I had earbuds in..... but then they banned us from listening to music and the deliveries started getting STUPID ridiculous for what was mostly a crew of petite women (and then me with the bad back, but that was a whole other weird issue) and then they'd make us stay later and later and it was just...... no good. Sometimes I think fondly of listening to an audiobook while lining up eyeliner though haha

Thanks y'all, I'm pretty devastated by this one since I had to treat her as if I was sure she was going to become someone's companion. It really really helps to have support, I love y'all ??

things have been busy lately and i have the attention span of a gnat but Daisy is finally growing! She's still pretty fragile, but has tons of energy and finally that scale is showing bigger numbers. also right now our a/c is borked because frozen bits so i'm probably gonna die of heat bye

I once made the mistake of ordering a large shake from Jack in the Box and Lee just LET ME like some kind of monster I screamed when they handed it to us who on earth can drink that

ok but what if you did and it gave you the ability to fart a knife at someone twice a year

Yeah, that sounds much better. It started being threatening ultimatums of "no one can leave until the entire truck is unloaded" which would mean there were 3 or 4 of us desperately trying to stock around active customers because we were a busy location and it'd really piss the customers off and we'd still not get everything done because we'd have to drop shit to help if asked. I do not understand management choices there

I have my suspicions that Daisy (the Mother's Day baby poss) is a dwarf like Fili was... so this is an interesting journey. She doesn't seem food repulsed the way Fili was but she's still a little too weak to try eating on her own so we'll see. I'm seeing lots of dwarf babies in my FB groups too, moreso than last year... might be year of the dwarf possies