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8 years ago
So I guess I've not been very good at updating?
Sorry about that, I've just been pretty fatigued, and frustrated. Frankly I've been hit with a good ol' case of lost-cat-depression as well. A whole mess of stuff has been going wrong in my neck of the woods lately, and the first thing on my to-do list isn't to go through and relive it by writing it all down in detail so I can then have people talk to me about it, making me think even harder and feel even worse -- I've been going through way too many "What If's". But anyway, enough of that dread. Let's get to a brief synopsis of each emergency area.
First there's Henri. Henri? Like Xenokobra ? Well, yes and no. Henri, the person, has been extremely awesome to me throughout this whole mess so I named the cat we caught after him. We weren't originally going to keep the cat but I broke down my mom until she caved in and now he's our newest boy. In hindsight I'm realizing this is extremely confusing when talking to friends about either of them because it's hard to tell which one I'm referring to... But the cat is getting used to the name so what's done is done haha. Henri is a good ol' boy. He ended up not having any diseases, not even worms, even after coming from outside. He loves people and seems to get along with the other cats, and although he's going to take some getting-used-to with the dogs, he's a really friendly dude. We've had him neutered and he pretty much acts like nothing happened. As soon as he recovers he'll be able to be introduced into the rest of the house with no issues, we think.
So Henri (formerly Chuff) is working out to be a non-emergency. The only deal with him is his vet bill, which we couldn't really afford and so is on a credit card. I think it was somewhere near 200? Vets are expensive.
And then there's the lost boy. Rocky has been 12 days missing now, I believe. I (foolishly) bought a How to Find Your Cat guide, which didn't help at all, but luckily has a guarantee so hopefully I can get my refund. We posted signs and posters and flyers everywhere, and have been handing little leaflets to anyone who'll take them. We were initially going to put the leaflets in all of our neighbors' mailboxes but didn't because my dad (who works for UPS) says it's illegal to open mailboxes like that. We still have a plan to tape them on people's doors, or maybe just slide them between the screen/glass door and wood door. Either way we haven't gotten many calls from the posters. We got one the first night we noticed he was gone, but when we checked it was the wrong cat. We got one way across the highway where there's probably no way it was him, and then about 5 minutes later one where it could be him that we saw a cat that looked like him... We'd been trapping since night 1 -- my aunt works with several rescue groups and is extremely active. I work with her sometimes but not to the extent she does, and definitely not to the extent where I have my own traps. She's lent one to us and we've been setting it up near our house and rebaiting often, but then when we got the call we moved it to the yard of the neighbor where we spotted the cat (with permission, of course). In our yard we caught Henri, an adult possum, and a baby possum. In their yard the trap never even got triggered. And one day when walking to check it we saw a cat that looked like Rocky, but had black instead of stripes -- it could've been the one we saw, given it was dark that night, and the cat lived just across the street. So we've taken the trap back to our place and will start trapping here again. There's a confirmed cat colony on our street. However we don't know where Rocky is, how he is, or if he is... We just want him back.
I've also had to try and adjust my art schedule to accommodate my cat searching schedule. I've just felt so bad lately that I haven't really been in the mood for too much art and I apologize to anyone waiting for pieces. I will do my best to finish everything in a timely manner but unfortunately can make no promises and can assign no ETA's or work under any due dates at this moment.
Now, let's get to Buck. The man of the hour. My good boy.
Nosebleeds. Sick tummy. Drinking a lot, could be kidney issues. Kidney issues and tummy problems could be related to nosebleeds if it's ehrlichiosis, but if it isn't there could be multiple treatments and they'd all be expensive. And if by the slight chance it's cancer (the doctor doesn't think it is, luckily) we probably won't be able to afford treatments and will just have to consider quality of life. Then he still has his leg/hip/back pains -- which are apparently made worse by ehrlichiosis -- that he needs anti-inflammatories for, but he can't get anything until the bloodwork comes back. When does bloodwork come back? Still another 3-4 days. Sad puppy for 3-4 more days, at least.
So he had to get tested for all kinds of stuff -- all the "just to be sure" stuff and the ehrlichiosis, and some general function bloodwork of all his organs and what have you. He needs a doggy flu shot but can't get one til, y'know, the bloodwork comes back. He also didn't actually get his bubble checked because the doc thinks it isn't cancer. So we're going on a thought.
But because of all this extra testing, the bill ended up quite a bit more than my estimate. With just the visit charge and the bubble biopsy I figured it'd be somewhere in the range of 200-225. But then the nosebleeds showed up and things kinda took a turn....
https://imgur.com/a/z8Bm3
So if anyone's interested in commissions to help Buck, please consider. Fullbodies still start at only $5 at this point and would go straight to the bill of Mr. Buckley. If you know anyone else who might be interested I'd be extremely appreciative if you let them know what's going on. And journal boosts are great as well. More info here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/24284037/
Commissions starting at $5 are also being offered by
over here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/24283089/
And rumor has it that the amazing
is considering taking some slots as well.
Sorry for bothering you guys with this again. But I really do care for my critters, and it means the world to me that you guys have helped me come so far already. I wish nothing but the best for all of you and hope nothing like this happens to any of your pets, or to you guys. Thanks so much for all your support, and here's hoping the best
Yours,
Fen
Sorry about that, I've just been pretty fatigued, and frustrated. Frankly I've been hit with a good ol' case of lost-cat-depression as well. A whole mess of stuff has been going wrong in my neck of the woods lately, and the first thing on my to-do list isn't to go through and relive it by writing it all down in detail so I can then have people talk to me about it, making me think even harder and feel even worse -- I've been going through way too many "What If's". But anyway, enough of that dread. Let's get to a brief synopsis of each emergency area.
First there's Henri. Henri? Like Xenokobra ? Well, yes and no. Henri, the person, has been extremely awesome to me throughout this whole mess so I named the cat we caught after him. We weren't originally going to keep the cat but I broke down my mom until she caved in and now he's our newest boy. In hindsight I'm realizing this is extremely confusing when talking to friends about either of them because it's hard to tell which one I'm referring to... But the cat is getting used to the name so what's done is done haha. Henri is a good ol' boy. He ended up not having any diseases, not even worms, even after coming from outside. He loves people and seems to get along with the other cats, and although he's going to take some getting-used-to with the dogs, he's a really friendly dude. We've had him neutered and he pretty much acts like nothing happened. As soon as he recovers he'll be able to be introduced into the rest of the house with no issues, we think.
So Henri (formerly Chuff) is working out to be a non-emergency. The only deal with him is his vet bill, which we couldn't really afford and so is on a credit card. I think it was somewhere near 200? Vets are expensive.
And then there's the lost boy. Rocky has been 12 days missing now, I believe. I (foolishly) bought a How to Find Your Cat guide, which didn't help at all, but luckily has a guarantee so hopefully I can get my refund. We posted signs and posters and flyers everywhere, and have been handing little leaflets to anyone who'll take them. We were initially going to put the leaflets in all of our neighbors' mailboxes but didn't because my dad (who works for UPS) says it's illegal to open mailboxes like that. We still have a plan to tape them on people's doors, or maybe just slide them between the screen/glass door and wood door. Either way we haven't gotten many calls from the posters. We got one the first night we noticed he was gone, but when we checked it was the wrong cat. We got one way across the highway where there's probably no way it was him, and then about 5 minutes later one where it could be him that we saw a cat that looked like him... We'd been trapping since night 1 -- my aunt works with several rescue groups and is extremely active. I work with her sometimes but not to the extent she does, and definitely not to the extent where I have my own traps. She's lent one to us and we've been setting it up near our house and rebaiting often, but then when we got the call we moved it to the yard of the neighbor where we spotted the cat (with permission, of course). In our yard we caught Henri, an adult possum, and a baby possum. In their yard the trap never even got triggered. And one day when walking to check it we saw a cat that looked like Rocky, but had black instead of stripes -- it could've been the one we saw, given it was dark that night, and the cat lived just across the street. So we've taken the trap back to our place and will start trapping here again. There's a confirmed cat colony on our street. However we don't know where Rocky is, how he is, or if he is... We just want him back.
I've also had to try and adjust my art schedule to accommodate my cat searching schedule. I've just felt so bad lately that I haven't really been in the mood for too much art and I apologize to anyone waiting for pieces. I will do my best to finish everything in a timely manner but unfortunately can make no promises and can assign no ETA's or work under any due dates at this moment.
Now, let's get to Buck. The man of the hour. My good boy.
Nosebleeds. Sick tummy. Drinking a lot, could be kidney issues. Kidney issues and tummy problems could be related to nosebleeds if it's ehrlichiosis, but if it isn't there could be multiple treatments and they'd all be expensive. And if by the slight chance it's cancer (the doctor doesn't think it is, luckily) we probably won't be able to afford treatments and will just have to consider quality of life. Then he still has his leg/hip/back pains -- which are apparently made worse by ehrlichiosis -- that he needs anti-inflammatories for, but he can't get anything until the bloodwork comes back. When does bloodwork come back? Still another 3-4 days. Sad puppy for 3-4 more days, at least.
So he had to get tested for all kinds of stuff -- all the "just to be sure" stuff and the ehrlichiosis, and some general function bloodwork of all his organs and what have you. He needs a doggy flu shot but can't get one til, y'know, the bloodwork comes back. He also didn't actually get his bubble checked because the doc thinks it isn't cancer. So we're going on a thought.
But because of all this extra testing, the bill ended up quite a bit more than my estimate. With just the visit charge and the bubble biopsy I figured it'd be somewhere in the range of 200-225. But then the nosebleeds showed up and things kinda took a turn....
https://imgur.com/a/z8Bm3
So if anyone's interested in commissions to help Buck, please consider. Fullbodies still start at only $5 at this point and would go straight to the bill of Mr. Buckley. If you know anyone else who might be interested I'd be extremely appreciative if you let them know what's going on. And journal boosts are great as well. More info here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/24284037/
Commissions starting at $5 are also being offered by
over here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/24283089/And rumor has it that the amazing
is considering taking some slots as well.Sorry for bothering you guys with this again. But I really do care for my critters, and it means the world to me that you guys have helped me come so far already. I wish nothing but the best for all of you and hope nothing like this happens to any of your pets, or to you guys. Thanks so much for all your support, and here's hoping the best
Yours,
Fen
Also hun, you can call me just Xeno to make it less confusing x'3 I'd prefer to be called as Xeno just for branding as well, lol (I mean, who fucking Henri amirite? Xeno/Xenokobra is easier to recognize)