so the thing about smart housecats who used to be stray is they need a Challenge equivalent to an actual real bird when they kill. and the thing about that is cats are really fast and have a physics engine in their brains. so the thing about that is you have to move the rod with a string & toy on it really fast or it's boring. and the thing about that is the rod and the cat are moving faster than i can really see. and the thing about that is the cat is Not looking at the rod, he's looking at the toy.
so basically i keep hitting our cat with the rod while trying to create engaging play and he's clearly beginning to resent me for it.
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i need go get a scale so i can weigh bart. i feel like he's losing weight really quickly even though he's eating like normal. maybe i'm just accustomed to having big cats but i feel like i can feel his ribs too easily :(
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Called in sick and ate some strawberries. Cassim came and laid on me to beg thinking I had something good but he did not like the smell of strawberries so he didn't steal any. Just cuddled me.
My mom called the vet seeing if we can up his meds bc he's still having his lil freak outs. Way less often than it used to happen but it still happens so hopefully more meds will help him out
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The most comforting thing about the end of both layla and mercedes lives is how even on the brink of death and clearly feeling like shit they were still both 100% themselves
Layla was still food driven as hell and despite having just spent 15 minutes puking up her breakfast she still tried to eat a dead mouse she found in the yard
And mercedes, despite being on a sedative to help her relax, was still growling at the vet for DARING to jab her in the leg with a needle. Grumpy and complaining til the very end.
Anyway heres the only video I have of both of them playing together. No sound cuz I originally had music on it but it got copyright claimed. And the lighting sucks cuz it was a fall afternoon and I was recording it on a Samsung impression
But they would play like that a lot when they were younger. Mercedes wouldve been about 10 here and layla would've been 5
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