Having an elderly and increasingly deaf cat who like likes to sleep deeply in very odd positions and often doesn't wake up until he's touched (or smells food) really isn't very good for my blood pressure in this heat
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So the same cat almost gave my wife (who is working from home) a heart attack later in the day - he started walking oddly and then sitting down and she panicked that he was losing control of his back legs in the heat, then realised he had a poo stuck to his bum
Today's unhelpful elderly cat update: he took himself off to sleep in a shady corner that we were worried was too hot for him, so we pointed a fan at him and came back 15 minutes later to find out it had fallen over. So Charlie stood it up and pointed it back at him, and he came out of his corner to smack it over again. So we've accepted he doesn't want a breeze and are leaving him to it
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So the same cat almost gave my wife (who is working from home) a heart attack later in the day - he started walking oddly and then sitting down and she panicked that he was losing control of his back legs in the heat, then realised he had a poo stuck to his bum
@afewbugs I mean, which of us hasn’t been there…?
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Today's unhelpful elderly cat update: he took himself off to sleep in a shady corner that we were worried was too hot for him, so we pointed a fan at him and came back 15 minutes later to find out it had fallen over. So Charlie stood it up and pointed it back at him, and he came out of his corner to smack it over again. So we've accepted he doesn't want a breeze and are leaving him to it
@afewbugs
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Today's unhelpful elderly cat update: he took himself off to sleep in a shady corner that we were worried was too hot for him, so we pointed a fan at him and came back 15 minutes later to find out it had fallen over. So Charlie stood it up and pointed it back at him, and he came out of his corner to smack it over again. So we've accepted he doesn't want a breeze and are leaving him to it
@afewbugs we keep having to go fetch cats down from the hottest place in the house
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@afewbugs we keep having to go fetch cats down from the hottest place in the house
@moonrabbit when I was a kid we had a dog with the opposite problem, if it was snowing and you let him out to pee you had to go out with him and physically drag him back in when he had finished, otherwise he'd just stay out there eating the snow till he was shivering
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Today's unhelpful elderly cat update: he took himself off to sleep in a shady corner that we were worried was too hot for him, so we pointed a fan at him and came back 15 minutes later to find out it had fallen over. So Charlie stood it up and pointed it back at him, and he came out of his corner to smack it over again. So we've accepted he doesn't want a breeze and are leaving him to it
@afewbugs Fiona has finally accepted that the rabbits do not want frozen bottles of water in their run. They stay as far away from them as possible.
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@moonrabbit when I was a kid we had a dog with the opposite problem, if it was snowing and you let him out to pee you had to go out with him and physically drag him back in when he had finished, otherwise he'd just stay out there eating the snow till he was shivering
@afewbugs tbf humans are just the same, at both extremes ...
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@moonrabbit when I was a kid we had a dog with the opposite problem, if it was snowing and you let him out to pee you had to go out with him and physically drag him back in when he had finished, otherwise he'd just stay out there eating the snow till he was shivering
I have a dog like this now 🥲🫶
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Today's unhelpful elderly cat update: he took himself off to sleep in a shady corner that we were worried was too hot for him, so we pointed a fan at him and came back 15 minutes later to find out it had fallen over. So Charlie stood it up and pointed it back at him, and he came out of his corner to smack it over again. So we've accepted he doesn't want a breeze and are leaving him to it
@afewbugs this thread is hilarious, thank you for this
(also I hope you are all well despite all these emotions!)
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@afewbugs this thread is hilarious, thank you for this
(also I hope you are all well despite all these emotions!)
@elduvelle I have been having a lot of emotions that I'm really too hot to feel right now
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Today's unhelpful elderly cat update: he took himself off to sleep in a shady corner that we were worried was too hot for him, so we pointed a fan at him and came back 15 minutes later to find out it had fallen over. So Charlie stood it up and pointed it back at him, and he came out of his corner to smack it over again. So we've accepted he doesn't want a breeze and are leaving him to it
@afewbugs Cats are so adaptable. My 18+ year old cat lost her sight about 15 months ago. She always used my bathroom as a base, and now lives there full time. She has food, water, toys, a bed and a litter tray, and seems perfectly happy.
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