The "The Weather Changes More Often than the Thread Title" Complaint Thread

Richard Haseltine · June 15

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out.

I imagine she is thinking something along the lines of "traitor". Sadly cats don't listen to explanations (not that humans always do).

richardandtracy · June 15

I always try to give a detailed explanation to my cats. Never makes a blind bit of difference, but it makes me feel better about it. Ozzie had an intersusseption where 18"/45cm of his intestine telescoped inside itself and died. He had to be opened up and the bit cut out and the open ends stitched together. He was so frightened that afterwards when supposed to be quiet and resting, he did a wall of death round our study. But 12 years on, he's still fine. Regards, Richard.

Gordig · June 15

The English Don't Know Nothing About No Sanford and Son Complaint Thread.

SilverGirl · 12:34AM

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out.

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat?

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

butterflyfish · 1:22AM

SilverGirl said:

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out.

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat?

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

I'm not sure. If she can get to the stitches, she might bite through the cloth. I could ask the vet what they think, though. The stitches on her side are near her left shoulder.

She finally came out from behind the litter box about an hour ago, and I got her pain meds in and fed her some treats and a squeeze-up treat. Plus her dry food is out now, although I'm not entirely sure she can reach it with a cone on. This is going to be interesting. I ordered her some elevated bowls that will get here tomorrow, so maybe that will help her get to the food.

SilverGirl · 2:36AM

butterflyfish said:

SilverGirl said:

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out.

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat?

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

I'm not sure. If she can get to the stitches, she might bite through the cloth. I could ask the vet what they think, though. The stitches on her side are near her left shoulder.

She finally came out from behind the litter box about an hour ago, and I got her pain meds in and fed her some treats and a squeeze-up treat. Plus her dry food is out now, although I'm not entirely sure she can reach it with a cone on. This is going to be interesting. I ordered her some elevated bowls that will get here tomorrow, so maybe that will help her get to the food.

If the shirt won't work, there are other non-plastic cone options... they make fabric cones, plus there are donut-collars that keep their mouths from being able to get back to the rest of their body, but aren't as much of a barrier to daily living like eating and navigating the house. Of course, still not going to like it, but maybe it would be a lesser evil? Lots of options on Amazon for either of those, and some of them are whimsical and cute.

memcneil70 · 8:51AM

butterflyfish said:

SilverGirl said:

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out.

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat?

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

I'm not sure. If she can get to the stitches, she might bite through the cloth. I could ask the vet what they think, though. The stitches on her side are near her left shoulder.

She finally came out from behind the litter box about an hour ago, and I got her pain meds in and fed her some treats and a squeeze-up treat. Plus her dry food is out now, although I'm not entirely sure she can reach it with a cone on. This is going to be interesting. I ordered her some elevated bowls that will get here tomorrow, so maybe that will help her get to the food.

I had YouTube on the other day and it shifted to an episode of 'What Your Cat Hates What You Do' or something like that. Well one of the things the guy brought up was their whiskers being like radar (detecting air movement & alerting her to danger) and they can't stand them being messed with, blocked, bowls that get in their way.... Since then I have been careful about touching their whiskers.

Is the cone blocking her whiskers? If so, she might be freaked because her early warning system can't detect danger around her. Is there a way to free up them? Trim the areas where her whiskers stick out? (No clue if that is feasible or workable but I thought I would suggest it to you.)

I am so happy you both made it through the procedure safely. Now you just have to survive the aftermath.

Leana · 8:54AM

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out.

Poor kitty. Good thing the surgery went well though.

garrett_3d · 9:12AM

Gordig said:

The English Don't Know Nothing About No Sanford and Son Complaint Thread.

LMAO

SilverGirl · 9:24AM

complaint: Was too rainy for a walk in the evening when we got up, and it will still be too rainy when the sun comes up, so no walk before bed. Little Dude is 110% feeling it.

Grateful for even the rough days, but I'd be even more grateful if today was a little less rough for both of us.

In blatantly stupid news, he qualifies for his diapers through Medicaid because of his disability. They come from a medical supply subscription service, which sends out a monthly confirmation email where you have to certify a bunch of stuff, including that you have less than a 10-day supply remaining.

The email is sent 14 days before the date that they ship the product.

They also have a maximum amount of diapers per day, for a total of a maximum of 30 days in the month.

Because all months have 30 days, and everyone goes to the bathroom exactly that number of times in a day.

Someone make it make sense.

memcneil70 · 9:30AM

Bean Counters

richardandtracy · 9:35AM

MIL is bed-bound and has similar stupidity through the NHS, only they do renew every 30 days, not every month. It is largely correct for her because her nappy is changed when the carers come, 3 times a day. But re-ordering even 1 day early leads to an order rejection after a week. And they won't allow a second order while the first is being processed. And their delivery time is 5 days, earliest order 12 days before they run out. Basically they try to time it so the order runs out just before delivery (assuming everything works properly). We have 1 pack of 30 spare we bought for her to cover the days when it doesn't work properly.

Regards,

Richard

SilverGirl · 9:40AM

memcneil70 said:

Bean Counters

Oh I definitely get that it's a fraud prevention thing (because clearly I have the time and energy to sell diapers on the black market, I guess), but to be able to say with a straight face that it's reasonable to send the "do you have less than 10 days" email 14 days before shipping...

The math doesn't math.

SilverGirl · 9:48AM

richardandtracy said:

MIL is bed-bound and has similar stupidity through the NHS, only they do renew every 30 days, not every month. It is largely correct for her because her nappy is changed when the carers come, 3 times a day. But re-ordering even 1 day early leads to an order rejection after a week. And they won't allow a second order while the first is being processed. And their delivery time is 5 days, earliest order 12 days before they run out. Basically they try to time it so the order runs out just before delivery (assuming everything works properly). We have 1 pack of 30 spare we bought for her to cover the days when it doesn't work properly.

Regards,

Richard

I'm sorry you have to deal with that too.

I have spares on hand to cover the shortages as well. It just blows my mind that there's such a (rightful) emphasis on making sure the vulnerable have their hygeine needs tended, and then they turn around and act all skeptical about if you REALLY need that many diapers in a day. Dude, sometimes we go through that many diapers in one poop, because if I'm not johnny on the spot with that, I get to clean it out of my carpet, and he doesn't always let loose with all of it all at once. And that's not even counting the ones that weren't heat-sealed together properly at the seams, so they're unusable. And he'll also blow through about two of them after a bath because apparently kids can drink their own weight in tub water.

Same thing with Teen Kiddo's ADHD meds. I get it's a controlled substance and all, but they make you go right down to the wire with getting the next month's batch, and then if the pharmacy doesn't have it in stock you have to scramble because -- it being a controlled substance -- they can't just transfer the prescription over to one of their other branch locations that does have it. You have to go through the doctor to get that handled, and gods help you if it's on a weekend.

LeatherGryphon · 1:00PM

memcneil70 said:

Bean Counters

Decendents of the Golafrinchan Ark Ship "B".

memcneil70 · 3:04PM

OMG - head is shaking.

butterflyfish · 4:16PM

SilverGirl said:

butterflyfish said:

SilverGirl said:

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out.

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat?

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

I'm not sure. If she can get to the stitches, she might bite through the cloth. I could ask the vet what they think, though. The stitches on her side are near her left shoulder.

She finally came out from behind the litter box about an hour ago, and I got her pain meds in and fed her some treats and a squeeze-up treat. Plus her dry food is out now, although I'm not entirely sure she can reach it with a cone on. This is going to be interesting. I ordered her some elevated bowls that will get here tomorrow, so maybe that will help her get to the food.

If the shirt won't work, there are other non-plastic cone options... they make fabric cones, plus there are donut-collars that keep their mouths from being able to get back to the rest of their body, but aren't as much of a barrier to daily living like eating and navigating the house. Of course, still not going to like it, but maybe it would be a lesser evil? Lots of options on Amazon for either of those, and some of them are whimsical and cute.

I did mention a donut to the vet tech, but she didn't think it would be enough to keep Shasta from biting at the stitches. I assume that's because they're kind of by her shoulder? IDK. She's calmed down, though, so that's good.

Sorry for those of you having to deal with stupidity about diapers. How awful. LIke there's diaper fraud going on. Be real.

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