The Companion Animal Gripe/Annoying Things Thread

[KLS52]

My roommate got an automatic waterer for the dogs, one of those things that has the container of water on top. Queenie, the cat, discovered that you can reach in and push the little lever that adds more water, and has been doing it ever since. I've been mopping up huge puddles (more like small lakes) of water all day.

eta: Went to lock up and it looked like a pipe burst in there. She emptied out the entire 2 1/2 gallon container.

Sorry, I had to "like" this because my Stella is always making a mess with our automatic watered. As soon as the level gets low enough in the reservoir, she has to knock it over, lol. PIA.

We have the animal planet one.

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[Calliegirl]

They are cute little mischievous monsters.

This morning she tried her best to get out as much water as she could from what was left in the bowl.

 

[SuicideBlonde]

My girl cat keeps jumping into the window behind the bed without me noticing and then jumping loud onto the bed in front of me startling me. I wish I could get her to stop.

 

[Calliegirl]

I feed my roommates dogs every morning and they have to sit before I put the bowls down. The two big dogs usually sit right away or after being told once or twice at the most, but the little one always refuses. I have to tell him about 10 times and he barks and whines and paces, sometimes even tries to take one of the bowls from the big dogs, he'll do everything but sit. There have been a couple of times when I had to walk away for a few minutes after trying to get him to sit for 10+ minutes.

Recently he's been having trouble sitting and does it slowly. He's old and has some arthritis, so she said not to make him sit anymore. I go to feed them and put his bowl down in front of him right away and he refuses to eat it. He backs away from it, barks at me and lays down and stares at me. He wouldn't eat it until I made him sit first. Dogs are crazy. On the bright side, he sat as soon as I told him and then gobbled down his food.

 

[KLS52]

That's so funny, Calliegirl...my cat, Ben, does something similar. I got him when he was two years old and while he was sweet and gentle from day one, he was extremely skittish and nervous, jumping at the slightest sound or sudden movement.

He's four, now, and has come such a long way, but he still has some apparent nervousness. He's not a cuddler or lap cat but loves to be petted and gives awesome head bumps and rubs. So I know he loves us and is as comfortable as he can be for him.

I have to feed him away from the other cats because he eats so slowly the other guys will steal his food when they are done with theirs. So we have teo possible fee dime routines. He either walks away from me into the living room and I have to follow him. He then stops and gets on his hind legs for me to pick him up and bring him into the bedroom where I then put down his bowl. The other option is, he will follow me into the bedroom but won't eat until I pick him up and put him over my shoulder, smoosh his face and give kisses, but only for five seconds, lol, then I put him down and he will eat.

Apparently, cats are crazy, too. Or, maybe we are for catering to their whims, lol.

Damn, I can talk about cats forever. During all of this, Stella will sit patiently by the closed door because she knows she gets the leftovers, when there are any, lol.


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[Calliegirl]

That's so funny, Calliegirl...my cat, Ben, does something similar. I got him when he was two years old and while he was sweet and gentle from day one, he was extremely skittish and nervous, jumping at the slightest sound or sudden movement.

He's four, now, and has come such a long way, but he still has some apparent nervousness. He's not a cuddler or lap cat but loves to be petted and gives awesome head bumps and rubs. So I know he loves us and is as comfortable as he can be for him.

I have to feed him away from the other cats because he eats so slowly the other guys will steal his food when they are done with theirs. So we have teo possible fee dime routines. He either walks away from me into the living room and I have to follow him. He then stops and gets on his hind legs for me to pick him up and bring him into the bedroom where I then put down his bowl. The other option is, he will follow me into the bedroom but won't eat until I pick him up and put him over my shoulder, smoosh his face and give kisses, but only for five seconds, lol, then I put him down and he will eat.

Apparently, cats are crazy, too. Or, maybe we are for catering to their whims, lol.

Damn, I can talk about cats forever. During all of this, Stella will sit patiently by the closed door because she knows she gets the leftovers, when there are any, lol.


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That's so cute.

 

[shyvas]

That's so funny, Calliegirl...my cat, Ben, does something similar. I got him when he was two years old and while he was sweet and gentle from day one, he was extremely skittish and nervous, jumping at the slightest sound or sudden movement.

He's four, now, and has come such a long way, but he still has some apparent nervousness. He's not a cuddler or lap cat but loves to be petted and gives awesome head bumps and rubs. So I know he loves us and is as comfortable as he can be for him.

I have to feed him away from the other cats because he eats so slowly the other guys will steal his food when they are done with theirs. So we have teo possible fee dime routines. He either walks away from me into the living room and I have to follow him. He then stops and gets on his hind legs for me to pick him up and bring him into the bedroom where I then put down his bowl. The other option is, he will follow me into the bedroom but won't eat until I pick him up and put him over my shoulder, smoosh his face and give kisses, but only for five seconds, lol, then I put him down and he will eat.

Apparently, cats are crazy, too. Or, maybe we are for catering to their whims, lol.

Damn, I can talk about cats forever. During all of this, Stella will sit patiently by the closed door because she knows she gets the leftovers, when there are any, lol.


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So sweet your bunch.

This reminds me of Shyva who has become very fussy when it comes to meal times. She used to have dinner at 5 and now she often wants it at 8 pm. She must think that she has stepped up the social ladder !
She also like to try and eat out of my plate which I don't really like. At times, I have to feed her myself if not she won't eat.

I think that it is because she is very spoilt and thinks that she's a princess not a dog. She seems to know that I give in most probably because of her age and her illness.

 

[KLS52]

So sweet your bunch.

This reminds me of Shyva who has become very fussy when it comes to meal times. She used to have dinner at 5 and now she often wants it at 8 pm. She must think that she has stepped up the social ladder !
She also like to try and eat out of my plate which I don't really like. At times, I have to feed her myself if not she won't eat.

I think that it is because she is very spoilt and thinks that she's a princess not a dog. She seems to know that I give in most probably because of her age and her illness.

But she IS a princess!


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[shyvas]

But she IS a princess!


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Well off course she is my princess !!! However, I often wonder what her life would have been in another home ?

 

[KLS52]

Well off course she is my princess !!! However, I often wonder what her life would have been in another home ?

True. I was thinking just that this morning with regard to Stella. If I had let her go with the rest of her siblings, even though I never got a diagnosis with regard to the issue she has when she eats, would someone else even bother to try and find out what the problem is? I am listening, right now, to her "rattle", coughing and trying to clear her throat because she just had dinner. It's obviously not something serious since she has grown and thrived over the last two years. But it makes me very nervous because it happens almost every single time she eats. It sounds very mucous-y, like she is aspirating her food into her lungs. Yet the tests they did ...X-rays and endoscopy...show no abnormality. And after 5-10 minutes she is fine. But sometimes it happens even when she isn't eating. I hate it. I keep worrying that she is going to choke one day. [emoji45]


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[Calliegirl]

I wonder if her throat is having spasms when the food goes down, maybe some type of allergic reaction?

 

[KLS52]

I have no idea. She's fine as she's eating. As soon as she's done, the rattle starts. And the weird thing is, it happened when I first started fostering her. You could hear it as she was nursing from her mom at two weeks old. It's the oddest thing. It really does sound like a rattling sound as she breathes in and out. Very strange. I should see if I can find some of the video I have and post it. They're not very good quality, though.


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[KLS52]

This is an ok one...it's not the worst she's been but you can get the idea. You may need to turn up the volume.

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[Calliegirl]

Yikes, that sounds awful

Did the vet mention asthma as a possibility?

Do any of these resemble what she does?

Cat having an asthma attack
Feline Asthma - Bob's Attacks
Cat asthma attack cat coughing

 

[KLS52]

The third one does...very similar only when Stella does the "Cough" it doesn't seem as hard as these other cats. And it's the rattle in between that is so odd to me. I did mention asthma to the vet in the beginning but it was dismissed. Maybe I'll do some more research on it and try another specialist.

Over the last two years I tried several didn't diets for her, too, in case it is an allergy but nothing seemed to make a difference. Plus the fact that it happened with her mom's milk also. The thing that saves me is she seems fine and not terribly distressed when it's happening. She just goes to lie down for a few minutes after eating and sometimes she even walks around "rattling" until it passes.

The other thing is I'm trying to think of every possible scenario and sometimes when she purrs it sounds like she has mucus in her throat too. I couldn't find much on purring mechanism disorders. I'd thought for sure it was going to be some kind of polyp or growth in her nose/throat but the endoscopy was normal.


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[KLS52]

Oh yeah and the second video is particularly scary. I would not handle a cat with asthma very well. Poor kitty.


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[KLS52]

Well since I can't sleep I'm doing some more online searching. And something else that is interesting is, Stella can't meow...she opens her mouth but nothing comes out. It's kind of cute but I worry because she likes to hide and a few times she got locked in the closet. Luckily, I'm always doing a head count so I know if she's been Mia for awhile. I'm looking into laryngeal disorders...

This is good therapy for me to get this all out, plus it's a good a place as any to have a record of her symptoms. So no worries if people get tired of reading and have nothing to say. I'm on a roll...this can go on for awhile, hahahahaha.

But at the same time comments are welcomed and appreciated. Just no pressure.

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[Calliegirl]

Well since I can't sleep I'm doing some more online searching. And something else that is interesting is, Stella can't meow...she opens her mouth but nothing comes out. It's kind of cute but I worry because she likes to hide and a few times she got locked in the closet. Luckily, I'm always doing a head count so I know if she's been Mia for awhile. I'm looking into laryngeal disorders...

This is good therapy for me to get this all out, plus it's a good a place as any to have a record of her symptoms. So no worries if people get tired of reading and have nothing to say. I'm on a roll...this can go on for awhile, hahahahaha.

But at the same time comments are welcomed and appreciated. Just no pressure.

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I was wondering about this too. It did show up in a couple of places that it could be a laryngeal/esophageal disease when searching for coughing after eating.

 

[Danielle]

Hind leg degeneration. I think my oldest rat, Tiger has it. He's also losing weight, which I was told is because of his liver. It usually happens to rats that are coming close to 3 years old, one of the worst things you could watch them go through. It's a slow killer.

 

[Amy SF]

Hind leg degeneration. I think my oldest rat, Tiger has it. He's also losing weight, which I was told is because of his liver. It usually happens to rats that are coming close to 3 years old, one of the worst things you could watch them go through. It's a slow killer.