#at least i got her off iams dude idk what is in that shit but weaning her onto better food took at least six months and a lot of vomitting | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

snarltoothed · 8 months ago

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okay like two out of three of my cats are like… on death’s door basically despite them being all roughly the same age and sharing the same genetics (mother aged 16, son and daughter aged 15) and while i’ve accepted that i’ll be exceptionally lucky to get even another year or two with the momma cat (bonded to me) and that her son (bonded to my mom) is not too far behind… despite being the runt 15 years ago, the daughter (also bonded to me) is still quite spry and in good health so i literally tell her sometimes like you’d better live til you’re 20. i need at least five more years with you and also some time in between you and your mom dying. please.

#having old pets is sad #however i could not imagine willfully abandoning an elderly pet #which like… seems like it goes without saying but a lot of people do just decide their pet is too old and surrender it to a shelter #and miss daughter kitty was abandoned at like 10/11 by my cousin she did actually leave our household for a while #like who does that…#i mean no complaints i wanted to keep her when she was a kitten so i was more than happy to take her back but dude after ten years?#and she’s not even old in a sad way yet. and i’ve had her for an additional 4-5 years since #i mean it had something to do with her needing more attention after her other brother died and my cousin having kids and the cat probably #was not crazy about the kids she is very much a grumpy old lady even if she’s still lowkey a crackhead like a much younger cat #she is fat as fuck rn but idk what to do about that while the other two are still alive #like if we feed her less she will just steal more of their food than she already does because theyre too busy having arthritis to go eat #but like… we can’t just feed them less because they have a reduced appetite they still need to fucking eat…#so idk she’ll be going on a diet eventually but it’s not presently feasible #before i moved back in her diet was really strict because she hated my roomie’s cat so much she literally lived exclusively in my bedroom #so like i can adequately manage her diet when she’s not being a thief… but idk how to explain theft to a cat #at least i got her off iams dude idk what is in that shit but weaning her onto better food took at least six months and a lot of vomitting #like not ideal that she’s becoming obese again but she was this fat when i got her too (bc high carb iams diet)#HOWEVER her energy levels (while they’ve dropped since she was a healthy weight) are still wayy higher than when i got her #so getting fat from her high end gluten free purina and her relatives’ prescription hypoallergenic kibble and wet food for extra protein…#every other day (which has kept her from developing any visible muscle degeneration tyvm) is evidently healthier than being iams fat

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