#4201

I canā€™t figure out how to edit the first half off but this is Velvet being his standard self

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#4202

No, a hard one :sob:

#4203

oh, it might be a little cyst! Definitely just mention it to them in passing or keep an eye if it gets any bigger. Sometimes they can get huge and pop and then infected :frowning:

#4204

Yeah my rats used to get them, was so fascinated by themā€¦this is gross so spoilered: one popped and the rat looked like he had a bullet wound it was so big, took him to the vets and they said it was like sebum or something and he squeezed what was still in there and it looked like compacted newspaper and in the coming weeks Iā€™d find more and take the ultimate pleasure in squeezing it out. God, it was great. Weirdly, as Bernie isnā€™t officially my pet I donā€™t think I could handle it on him.

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#4205

Oh grim

I squeezed a bit spot on Princessā€™ chin once and i had my mouth open going ā€œerrrrr grossā€ and the spot exploded onto my face but my bf reckons it went in my mouth but it definitely didnt

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#4206

is the lump pink and close to the lip? our mojo had that, was an allergic reaction to the material his food bowl was made of. check also for other triggers, new washing powder maybe, new toys, bug entryways, sometimes cats eat bugs they might be allergic to!

#4207

Our girls only do one useful thing and that is murder those big house spiders. Keep finding enormous spider corpses that have been batted to death.

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#4208

do they dismantle them first? mine takes them out a leg at a time, letā€™s them scrabble away then takes another leg, itā€™s horrifying

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#4209

No they seem intact, just curled up.

#4210

My mumā€™s old cat loved snacking on daddy long legs, which was great cos I hate the fuckers, they really creep me out.

Perhaps took this to an extreme once when one was sat in the corner of my bedroom where the wardrobe was, avoiding all attempts to catch and remove it. So I got said cat, shoved him on top of the wardrobe, and refused to let him down until heā€™d eaten the insectā€¦

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#4211

Hey I didnā€™t mean to imply it wasnā€™t worth it at all. TBH I havenā€™t looked into it in over 10 years so itā€™s likely policies are a lot better.

When I did I mainly recall

  • high premiums

  • high excess

  • a ceiling in payouts for a single issue

The ceiling was okay say 3 to 5k max but the clauses included stuff about how if your pet had an issue that they deemed might have been caused by an earlier illness/accident, then the subsequent issue would be under the the same ceiling limit.

So I kept thinking about my car being hit by a car in its first year and major surgery but it affecting most organs so they could later claim almost any subsequent issue was tied to that.

#4214

Tfw youā€™re trying to slyly and not too dangerously closely sniff your cats tail to discern whether that little brown ball sheā€™s got stuck there is a burr or a lump of dried poo :sob::face_vomiting:

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#4215

Heck with that. Grab a tissue or pet wipe and remove regardless. All are guilty! No quarter given! Up the reds!

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#4216

Lola is a very hairy cat and we had to hold her down to clean some hair from her hairy bum. It was a traumatising experience for all.

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#4217

PINE

#4218

Pippin is very hard to photograph but she is a lovely, very silly cat.

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#4219

Thatā€™s my teddy bear and Bamā€™s drawing of our other cat on the top right!

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#4220

I plucked a dried bit of poo from Princessā€™ actual arsehole last week. It had been stuck there for months!

#4221

:face_vomiting::face_vomiting:
But seriously though, I admire your love and dedication :wink:
I think Winnie would kill me if tried to touch her actual butt.

#4222

i have never removed feces from my catā€™s arsehole nor needed to, just for the record.

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