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felinefractious · 7 months ago

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Speaking of hairlessness the previous ask reminded me to ask. Does it cause any health issues in cats besides being cold/lots of yeast infections? In rabbits the symptoms of it range from mild to very severe depending on which gene is causing it (specifically there’s one gene that usually results in kits only surviving to up to a few months.) Was curious how’d they compare!

This is probably among my most controversial breed takes but… no, I don’t consider Sphynx to be particularly ethical.

I wouldn’t say they’re on the same level as “can’t fucking breathe” Exotics or “every moment is pain” Folds and obviously not anywhere near as bad as what you’re describing in hairless rabbits… but it’s (personally) still a hard no from me.

I wouldn’t consider yeast infections a minor or benign issue. Yeast infections suck, anyone who’s had one can tell you that. They’re itchy and uncomfortable and all around unpleasant.

A Domestic Shorthair comes in with a yeast infection and it’s a problem that you treat, a Sphynx comes in with a yeast infection and it’s a breed trait that yes you try to treat but understand it’s a uphill battle that’s not likely to completely resolve for an extended period of time.

Overproduction of yeast and hairlessness in cats go hand in hand.

Cutaneous carriage of Malassezia species in healthy and seborrhoeic Sphynx cats and a comparison to carriage in Devon Rex cats

Malassezia pachydermatis and M nana predominate amongst the cutaneous mycobiota of Sphynx cats

Without a hair coat the natural oils produced by the skin just sit there, which is why Sphynx cats require frequent bathing and wiping down. Skin issues are a practically a feature of the breed, no amount of bathing or wiping can replace the function of a natural hair coat.

Video of an 8 week old Sphynx being groomed.

The same thing goes for the ears and nail beds, they require very frequent cleaning but you’ll never be able to keep them as clean as a coated cat. The fur is there for a reason, it works 24/7 while manual cleaning is only present periodically.

They’re also more prone to ocular issues like corneal sequestrum and entropion, I would think this is related to the lack of eyelashes and eyebrow whiskers which serve to protect the eye from debris (similar to our own eyelashes) and alert the cat when something is near their eye and they should close it to avoid a jab.

Prevalence and characteristics of ocular diseases in Sphynx cats: A retrospective assessment (2012–2021) and comparison with non-Sphynx cats

This all tracks with my lived experience with Sphynx cats. This is a very popular breed where I live and we see them frequently. We see repeat, long-term Sphynx owners and we see new Sphynx owners.

I used to be fine with Sphynx cats, I thought they were just another breed with higher grooming requirements - not a big deal, many longhair breeds also have increased grooming needs! But working with them gradually shifted that opinion, and then I began to see these issues where I’d missed them before… how even breeding cats shared by their cattery often have black, dirty nails or how well-known Sphynx owners discuss dermatitis as just part of the breed you treat as needed.

I realized these issues are the rule and not the exception - and it sucks, because pretty much every Sphynx I’ve met has such a good personality. They’re awesome lil’ guys!

Anyways, these are just issues related to their lack of hair - it isn’t touching on other concerns like the insanely high prevalence of HCM in the breed.

#rot dogz #asks #cat breeds

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fortunesrevolver · 8 months ago

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We lost Ed this morning around 4am... HCM just. Sucks so much.

He came into my room crying out, seized up, and then he was just... gone.

I can still barely process it now later today and I just. It's been kind of a craptastic day.

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wederyed · 9 months ago

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18 44 for pjsk ask game and uhh. what’s your least favorite chart to play

18. the kohane awake now card i believe? where shes in that gray outfit and the angle is sideways ykwim i hope 44. evil question i cant choose fuckkk. tie between tgirl tsukasa (dragon) darkfes rui and fes honami you cannot make me choose

least fav song to play. good lord there are so many first of all machine gun poem doll it is the only expert i cannot full combo (on the english server so far) ive done a two hour session of trying to fc and my best was One Good. i also hate ego rock specifically because of those ascending ladder trills during the instrumental and the jacks at the end. im pretty sure my sum of best is an ap - 3 but noooo im too skill issue to fc the chart. fc -1. dappou rock also sucks but i mean i fced it recently while trying to show how i cannot fc it so idk how valid that statement is now but good LORD those directional flicks and trills are hell on earth. oh hcm also sucks my best combo was like. 1300??? i think it was a fc with 3 goods and 2 misses i dont remember but its not the spam in the center or any of that im just extremely inconsistent and really suck at that single line spam towards the end. if i was more consistent im pretty sure i could have fced it by now and honestly fced most 30s and 31s :/

honestly any song with swing notes or wide bars are the bane of my existence. im a lot better at songs whos challenges are trills and sandwiches (see: bitter choco deco master fc) but am overall a SUPER inconsistent player and honestly i suck at the game but everyone tells me i cant really tell myself that since i compare myself to my friends who are on the ranked top 20 but whatever i think im bad dont let my 200+ master fcs fool you

OH ALSO FUCK MORE JUMP MORE I HATE THE WIDE NOTE SPAM THATS MY LEAST FAVORITE CHART TO PLAY

#asks

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angel-deux-writes · 4 years ago

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hi! just wanted u to know that i read ur fic honor compels me while u were publishing it because i fucking HATED got's last season, and hcm is one of my favorite fics in the entire world. i reread it like. a week and a half ago? and have been doing a partial rewatch and i forgot like........just how BAD got actually was at the end. this Long Night is NOTHING compared to the battle you wrote in your fic, so just. thanks, yknow? for writing it. youre incredibly talented and your fic means the world to me tbh. hope youve been safe and healthy this year. 💕

thank you so, so much. I am not lying when I say your message just made me tear up a lil. hcm was a beast to write, but messages like this make it feel so much more worth it <3. I remain pretty proud of the long night chapters, actually! And honestly....I hate to toot my own horn, but the show was very very bad in the end, and I’m pretty sure I did a better job based on my own personal criteria lmao. I hope you have been safe and healthy this year as well, and thank u so much for the kind message. I am Emotion.

also, as a massachusetts citizen: sorry for the bruins, they do indeed suck :)

#being from mass and not being a fan of any sports rly except soccer is like #i apologize for my presence #i clicked on ur blog and found myself nodding appreciatively #like yes #actually ur right they do suck #all boston teams really #we are The Worst indeed #once on the phone with comcast I had a long convo with a man from georgia about it #and i was like im sorry i know you're trying to bond #but im just going to agree with u about how shitty they are #i am not territorial about these teams #ANYWAY THANK YOU #this was a very sweet message and I have Perhaps DRunk a bit #and it is making me more emotional than usual?#but this message would make me emotional anyway #because hcm was a labor of love #so when epople tell me that they loved it #i genuinely just feel like someone punched me straight in the heart #in the best way possible #jamesvanriemsdyk

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meodien2204 · 3 years ago

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25.4.2022

It's hard to say life is easy. Because life is full of a lot of unexpected thíngs. Because I'm getting bored of myself right now. I myself in this version is safe, it's easy to guess. It's old and boring. It's suck. But it's unique somehow.

I'm trying not to be overloaded. I can do it!

I got a 30 minutes talk with Trung who is my close little boy and colleage last year. I missed him a lot. It's been a year since the last time I met him. We had been together to eat, to drink in Tue Duc. We are planing to hang out on holiday but there is some trouble. So we gonna hang out next time. In HCM or Dateh City =)))

#journals

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fregolicotard · 2 years ago

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13.01.2023

Just now we managed to get ourselves to clean the cat bowls from around the house and the litter box. Saddest cleaning ever.

#13of365

#cat bowl #minimal #pet grief #grief sucks #hcm sucks #365 project #cat dish #cat party

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house-arya · 8 years ago

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tagged by the always amazing @gendryxaryatrash thanks, love. tagging - @eggo-my-leggo @gendryxaryatrash @gendryatrash @padmesgreene @jewishstarks @thestagthatlovedthewolf @ohsugarhoneyicedtea @wixxard @ashaeradayne @allthenightstocome @autymnb

Rules: tell your followers 11 random facts about yourself, and tag 11 people in return! Tag backs are allowed, but you mustn’t repeat any of the facts you mentioned previously. The facts can be absolutely anything! Whatever springs to mind! Let’s get started!

I did upwards of 40 hours of oboe last week, which basically doubled my normal time.

I’m very, very asexual, but only out to a few people irl.

Fan of the rain, Disney movies, and coffee. Tea is always a plus.

I started reading ASOIAF when I was 14. Crazy, right?

I may or may not have watched all of Stranger Things in one sitting...

Love writing even though I kind of suck at it lol

For my American followers, I was born on July 11th. 7/11. Beat that.

For normal people, I was born on 11/7, apparently.

I’ve got a heart problem! It’s called HCM and doesn’t affect me too much, but it’s still bothersome, and I have check-ups every six months.

Oklahoma! was my movie as a kid. I have no idea why, but I loved it. Still do.

I almost did percussion instead of flute in band, which if I had done, I wouldn’t be playing oboe today.

#about me #other

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finnsjourney-blog · 8 years ago

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Something isn’t right

I haven’t written anything since last trip down the negative road below. My brain started flooding with scary thoughts of my son not getting any better, or even worse. I started to question whether he had cerebral palsy, neurological diseases or autism. I had practically convinced myself that there is something larger going on and his heart was just a piece of the puzzle. The dark path my mind took me on had me doubting myself, our doctors and my ability to care for my children. Postpartum depression? Maybe. Anxiety? Definitely. I stayed up late at night on Google self diagnosing myself and Finn. I knew I was driving myself crazy and the loss of sleep wasn’t helping. My mom, Jeff and friends were telling me he was okay, that other kids are fine who don’t gain weight quickly or who have some of the delays or physical manifestations I was obsessing over. As much as I wanted them to be right, I knew in my heart that something was off. I didn’t know what, but my “mom-tuition” was telling me that something wasn’t right.

After we left the NICU I had been watching Finn’s physical development closely. He has always seemed a little weaker than Asher but he had a heart condition and he was a skinny guy. He slept more, but some babies do that, right? At his two month check-up my concerns were slightly validated. He was not holding his head up like a normal two month old typically does. His weight and head circumference had fallen off their curve a bit. I had been weighing him weekly and he was gaining about 4 oz a week, which was on the low end but acceptable. I asked to be referred to PT/OT to close the gap on his physical development.

Just like when you go to bring your computer into IT at work or your car into the mechanic Finn decided to start showing off his head lift and control skills the day of our first PT assessment. Yay! I was happy to see him improving. It makes sense that he may be a little behind based on his early NICU stay and his weakness from his HCM. Our OT and PT agreed that he had a little lag but with some extra work he could definitely catch up. They were able to put my fears of cognitive development issues to bed. He clearly doesn’t exhibit any signs of autism, CP or any other neurological diseases. With a few extra exercises and spending more time at the baby gym he should be up to speed in no time.

At my weekly weigh in on 3.20.17 Finn had only gained 2oz rather than his typical 4. I knew in my gut that something was not “right” and my hyper concern was kicking in. We went to see our pediatrician and make sure we were watching him closely. Dr. Bob recommended feeding more often and adding in bottles to monitor his intake. We have a home scale so more frequent weigh ins were in order. Check back in another week unless drastic issues arise.

It was a long week. I would weigh Finn before a feeding, after each side. Forcing him to eat with bottles and a syringe. He wasn’t having it. This kiddo simply refused to take more than an ounce or ounce and a half per feeding. He was also nursing more frequently and grumpier in the middle of the night. I obliged every request but it fed into my fears that he just wasn’t getting enough milk. In a single pumping session I could get 10-12 ounces. This wasn’t a production issue, it’s a transfer or metabolism issue. I knew it.

Before our follow up with Dr. Bob I wanted to seek advice from an IBCLC. We fed, weighed and assessed my milk calorie and fat content. Everything on my end checked out. Finn didn’t have a lip tie or tongue tie. No sucking issues. Why wasn’t this baby getting the milk in his belly and what changed in the past two or three weeks? We left with some friendly advice and well wishes, not a solution.

Dr. Bob’s follow up visit on Wednesday, 3.29.17, was short and sweet. We needed to follow up again with our cardiologist (who was aware all along of all the ups and downs I was experiencing over the past few weeks). He wanted us to continue to see him weekly, however right now we should really discuss the immediate health concerns with the specialists.

Dr. Vezmar, our cardiologist was out on spring break. He wasn’t going to be back until our regularly scheduled monthly appointment the following week. Luckily, Dr. Hills was in clinic and she is a cardiologist that had experience with our case. She was able to see us immediately.

After an EKG and exam by Dr. Hills we are admitted to Children’s for failure to thrive. Malnutrition. He needed a feeding tube to get him up to an appropriate weight. Everyone kept telling me he was lucky that I was so diligent and brought it to everyone’s attention early. Children often don’t come in until they are showing significant signs of failure. He never lost an ounce but the direction we were going wasn’t the right one. I went home to pack up a bag and soon it was back to our life of living at the hospital.

Walking down the halls at Children’s for our outpatient check ins always brings mixed emotions. I am usually happy that we don’t live here anymore, but sad that we are such frequent guests. This time we were walking back in to stay again. It was surreal. The feelings flooded in. Anticipation, anxiety, sadness, fear, relief. Yes, relief. This time there was an overwhelming sense of relief coupled with all my other negative emotions. Relief that he would be monitored. Relief that Dr. Google wasn’t going to be my daily consult. Relief that my son would, without a question, get the nutrition he needs to get healthy once and for all I hope. I hated the ideas of monitors, nurses, feeding tubes and sleeping on a futon again but I loved that he would be taken care by professionals. No more sleepless nights wandering the internet trying to self diagnose every little symptom I observed.

Upon arrival we started tube feedings coupled with oral feedings. We assumed that he was getting one to one and a half ounces of breast milk directly from me so we added in another two ounce per feeding every three hours round the clock. Again, that relief feeling was settling in. It wasn’t as scary this time. I knew how to manage the schedule with Asher. I knew when to expect doctors to round and I knew that he would be reviewed daily. Once we get this kid up to his expected weight and feeding properly we are going home. This will only take a few days, right?

Genetics came to visit right away. They informed us that his preliminary carnitine results were in and it was extremely unlikely that he had a primary carnitine deficiency. What a huge let down. Our best case scenario is now off the table. A new genetic physician, Dr. Mendelson, who wasn’t very familiar with our case spent a lot of time looking at Finn and asking me questions. She had briefly reviewed our case but wasn’t in the weeds with the details. She pretty confidently ruled out any syndromic issues based on his physical presentation, reiterating multiple times what a beautiful baby he is. I couldn’t agree more! During her assessment she casually mentioned his reflux. Almost as if we knew it was there. Reflux? He didn’t spit up or cry at feedings. Interesting. We adjusted his bed to be at an incline and he immediately perked up. Less agitated and clearly more comfortable.

Okay. So no to carnitine being our problem, yes reflux is now on the list. That doesn’t explain everything. Could silent reflux be the reason he doesn’t want to transfer milk? It was unlikely since he didn’t seem too uncomfortable for the past few weeks. Genetics informed us that they were submitting a request to the hospital to do Whole Exome Sequencing. Now that Finn is showing signs other than just the HCM, we have reason to believe this is something in the rare to extremely rare category. Unfortunately even this test doesn’t guarantee that we have an answer. There are always new genes being discovered so we may have to try again in a year from now to see if they can pinpoint why my baby boy’s heart is the way it is.

For our immediate goal, we need to focus on getting Finn to eat on his own. With the support of his feeding tube he is gaining the appropriate weight, however we want him to do it on his own. Occupational therapy, speech pathology, doctors and more are working with us to find a solution. Yesterday we did a swallow study to see if he was aspirating liquid. Before the study I asked about being able to confirm whether or not he has reflux from the observation. The speech pathologist who specializes in feeding said that they very rarely see reflux on a swallow study. It would have to be pretty significant and timed perfectly. Reflux isn’t usually continuous and may not happen in the first few swallows that we are watching. Well, Finn’s reflux was that bad. We clearly saw him swallow and an immediate reflux all the way back up without coming out his mouth. This whole time every sip he was taking was coming back up and hurting him. No wonder he doesn’t want to eat. Poor baby!

We aren’t sure if the reflux is the only contributing factor to his weight gain but we are treating it and continuing to look at what else could be hurting his ability to transfer milk. The days are long. Testing every bottle, Zantac, Omeprazole, different positions and more. Nothing seems to be working so far. With the increased volume in his feedings he is becoming more and more uncomfortable. My skinny yet happy baby is transitioning into a well fed crab. His smiles have been replaced with grunts and groans. It breaks my heart to know that his food is hurting him. He needs to eat and gain weight but each feeding is putting him in a lot of pain. Hopefully the meds will kick in soon and it will solve his reflux. Maybe if that subsides he will be capable of taking on more from his oral feeds. I guess for the time being I will be grateful that he is getting the nutrition he needs to be strong and smart, even if it is painful for all of us.

March 31, 2017

#finneganolson #11weeksold #childrenshospitalmn #reflux #hcm #cvcc

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angel-deux-writes · 5 years ago

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for the fic meme thing, and here I hope no one has asked this: 1, 17, 26, 28 :'D

I had barely any time yesterday for this, so I’m finishing these off now! Be prepared for a long one!

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

My comfort zone is probably Season 8 canon divergences, at this point. The easiest things I’ve ever written for this pairing have been my “we should kind of forget about season 8″ series stories. They always flow the best, and they’re the quickest to finish once I actually get rolling. There’s a certain amount of bitterness still left in me after Season 8, and so it’s easy to take little jabs at it and keep the tone light and fun even when I’m working with some angsty plots.

I also never thought I’d say this, but: high school/college AUs for Jaime/Brienne are really comfortable for me, too. I mean it’s a tested and true formula: ugly girl and handsome guy. Except Brienne is actually ugly and not just “cute but weird” or wildly unpopular because she has glasses and slightly frizzy hair? I love playing with that!

17. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

Start to finish, absolutely. I tend to flesh out the plot beforehand, so I don’t even do much rearranging once the story is actually done!

26. Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?

Does this just mean do I edit my own works? Because yes lmao. I’m very self-critical. I’m an editor irl (technical editor, so like the most boring form of editor), so I tend to be really rigorous with my editing. I write on my phone, so the formatting is all wack and I’m not super careful with typos (especially since I just got a new phone for the first time in 4 years, so my typing is all off!!). My editing schedule is therefore:

1st Pass: format in Word, fix super glaring typos from my clumsy fingers typing on my phone

2nd Pass: content edit. This is typically the most intense edit. This is where I fix story issues or add scenes when I realize that I’m not clear enough with something/want to add more detail. This typically adds a LOT of words to my process (HCM was 197k at the end of the first draft, and it got to almost 300k during the second pass)

3rd Pass: Phone Edit. I typically download the whole story onto Word on my phone (or, with HCM, a few chapters at a time, because otherwise the scrolling is impossible because it’s sO LONG). I’ll read through the chapter and add MORE detail, MORE content. Usually this is just spicing things up a little bit, adding some variety or some humor or more details. Or jazzing up my sentences/rewording things that feel stale or boring. The brief flashback scene in HCM where Robb thinks about he, Sansa, Theon, and Jon playing in the godswood was a Phone Edit addition. I’ve found that editing it on my phone helps because I typically read fic on my phone, and sometimes the change of medium does wonders for my edits (this is why I typically print out drafts of my novels to read them on paper after I’ve done a computer edit, but i’m not doing that for fic! So the phone it is).

4th/5th pass: sometimes only a 4th is needed, but on occasion I go for a 5th. Most HCM chapters get a 5th pass, because anxiety, and I think Two Halves had a lot of 5th passes as well. 5th pass is typically if I’ve received feedback for earlier in the story, and I read the Phone Edit and realize that I “need” to incorporate the feedback into the 4th edit. So I add/alter whatever scenes I need to, and then I give myself a few days and then re-read the chapter for a 5th edit so I can make sure it’s fine. Whichever is the last edit, I read aloud to myself, and then I post it when I’m satisfied. The Robb + Jon scene at the end of the last chapter was altered due to feedback, so it only went through the 5th pass, and I think it definitely shows. I was eager to get the chapter up and announce the hiatus so I could relax lmao.

28. Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

Oh god, okay

@agirlnamedkeith writes stories that I’m always almost immediately invested in (usually because she mentions them ahead of time, so i’m already frothing at the mouth for them by the time she posts!) We also have a lot of the same vibes and a lot of the same opinions, so sometimes it’s like “oh wow she’s writing this SPECIFICALLY FOR ME SOMEHOW”

@slipsthrufingers, despite bullying me about the one time I made the best of a horrible choice between two men, and despite having read my old fic 10 years ago, is another one of my faves. She excels at both humor and softness, which are my two favorite things, and I get sucked into her chapters so easily, and can picture everything so vividly! I’m not even usually a “visual reader”, if that’s even a thing, but with her stories I always am.

@ddagent‘s longer fics are genius, and the speed and gut-punching quality to her prompts means that I can read them quickly at work and get a quick boost of that serotonin. One thing I like about my own fic habits in this fandom is that I’ve covered a lot of different AUs, so imagine how much I love the variety of her catalog! There’s something for everyone there. Lord Commander Jaime is a particular favorite, but I will never shut up about those Secret Santa kids.

ask me questions!

#fic writers meme #this got away from me a bit but here we are #dangpanterita

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