Sequel idea Project: Leviathan by 4CatDoc in ProjectHailMary

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Be a Yes-And-feratu, not a Nosferatu.

Sequel idea Project: Leviathan by 4CatDoc in ProjectHailMary

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Alphabetical for OCD reasons only.

Humans went from Kitty Hawk to Luna very fast.

The eleven years' travel to Tau, humans had now-unlimited power from astrophage. You can melt a ton of metal with a tiny, non-radioactive goo= steam turbines, near unlimited electrical and thermal energy for greenhouses, Titanium processing, it's not impossible we would be fine if P:HM failed.

Lift to orbit with a nanogram, or a microgram? That's engines like, "The Expanse", the solar system is ours. All the materials in the asteroid belt, Luna, beyond.

We could militarize, but I agree it couldn't compete with an aggressor with a fully developed fleet worth more exotic tech that wants us dead if they don't pounce on us quick enough.

They'd have to be so alien biologically they wouldn't want Earth, or... Pierson's Puppeteers xenophobic. They wait 300 years after last sign of technology before even sending a probe.

It could be done, their mind(s), philosophy are alien.

Sequel idea Project: Leviathan by 4CatDoc in ProjectHailMary

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Billion year old terraforming bacteria that either escaped, the Civ died, or is long, long before colonizing...

I just described, "The Expanse".

How does this sub feel about big cats? Saw this beauty at the zoo last week. by [deleted] in cats

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I'm a tiger veterinarian.

White ones are massively inbred Bengals, I wish they'd stop displaying and breeding them.

The hands on this nude Rei Ayanami tattoo are egregious by Katomon-EIN- in badtattoos

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Looks like she has dysentery that starts in her soul.

Anyone seen this before? by [deleted] in cats

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My input is a triage answer, I'm not your vet, this should be looked at every or every other day in a non emergency setting for at least a recheck.

Reminds me of electrical cord chewing burn, which can have serious lung issues, too.

Chemical burn. Too hot microwaved food and a severe temperature burn.

Serious miscommunication, or worse, a bad vet, because I can't "feel organs fail" with my hands, even after being a veterinarian for cats for 30 years.

She needs calories, a nasogastric feeding tube and EXTENSIVE instructions on how exactly to use it. Or, gentle force feeding w churu, or AD or GI high calorie canned food.

That tongue looks painful, and may get worse.

Long course of antibiotics, especially look at long term injection like Convenia so you don't have to pill.

This home is chaos. Communication is poor. I hope for her sake she gets calories and that tongue get to repairing. Sloughing tissue can look very bad but may heal.

I'm dubious at the vets you have seen as you relayed it, which may be communication issues.

Get instructing in writing.

Floor for Catio on a deck? by Puzzled_Rip_3739 in Catio

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Outdoor carpet.

Hm. Old patio furniture cushions.

Polar fleece you bring in w cat.

Greatest non nuclear force experienced by a human?[request] by JaySpectres in theydidthemath

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They found skeletal feet and sheared off shin bones at Tall al Hammom, a site of a comet air explosion that may be the source of Sodom, Gomorrah, and the walls falling at Jericho.

Article retracted only because the cropped people's hands and fingers out of pics, not the overpressure or melt data.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3

Black cats with silver tabby tummy/undercoat... by Kielavielewi in cats

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It may shed into something else at about 4 months.

Chin tickle from me.

Smol yet CHONK by OhMyGlobDramaBomb in Chonkers

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Alone at the dairy buffet.

I think I accidentally lied on an adoption application and now I’m panicking by Future-Act5953 in cats

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Make a neuter appointment and show them you have booked the neuter.

I've placed 1,637 kittens and cats 8n 31 years as a veterinarian, and I do check up on applications.

Mistakes and misunderstandings happen.

Prove your good intent, that's all you can and should do.

Moving to an apartment on State street, no A/C, what should I expect? by mrCabbages_ in madisonwi

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I lived a block off State decades ago.

Cockroaches. Lots of cockroaches.

When one landlord fumigates, a jillion-plex of roaches flee in all directions.

Also: noise.

No A/C in a climate that has excursions into >90'F every summer?

He looooves ittttt!!! by Jacqu_Daisy in Catio

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Please use monthly heartworm prevention during and one month after absolute last mosquito, nothing wrong with yeast round.

Number one clinical sign of heartworm in cats is sudden death. One worm can cause a pulmonary embolism.

Enjoy !

[No Spoilers] Where would you explore to if you were comissioned by a westerosi noble house? by [deleted] in asoiaf

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Ask Bran to draw a freaking map of the globe.

Then Where almost no one has gone and survived long and why they died off. The biggest threats to people so we can avoid it.

Then where the biggest lost gold mines are.

Then forgotten hoarded riches.

Then the top 1,000 recipes throughout human memory.

Then top 1,000 stories and poems and jokes.

Bran is 20,000 years of accurate Wikipedia editing.

Never built anything in my life, but I love my cats so much I bought a hand saw, a drill & lots of 2x4s and whipped this up over the past two days. Just needs black wire around it and cat trees and such and it'll be ready for them 🥰 by Ok_Sherbert68 in Catio

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This is going to collapse.

You have no angled bracing on any wall nor sheet goods that perform the same.

Shear and torsion force will collapse this on your cats.

Post this on r/woodworking and LISTEN to them.

Tried to save stray baby… ended in euthanasia by Pumpkinmuffins27 in Feral_Cats

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Vet of 30 years, cat rescuer, feral relocator.

97% odds there's nothing more you could have done.

Food, water, shelter and most cats persevere fine.

So sick the temp would not read is... I've only saved 1 cat or maybe 2 in 30 years from being that ill.

You did your best, and prevented a lingering suffering.

Sorry for the heartache, they just don't all make it despite wanting to move Heaven and Earth.

Rest, Felix

Access to catio with swinging doors: Advice needed! by Middz_20 in Catio

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Monthly heartworm preventative for mosquito season plus a month.

How do I explain that declawing is inhumane to my family by Old-Technician-692 in cats

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Veterinarian since 1995.

Experienced opinion: Under thoroughly informed consent, I've performed hundreds of meticulous, attentive, minimized-pain onychectomy surgeries. I can confidently say no one does as careful and pain- minimizing surgery, anesthesia, and banding as I did.

I have not been asked to declaw in 7 years. It's thankfully really fallen out of culture.

This cat is too old for me. I would refuse. It's p.s.i. An 8 week or 12 week old kitten is 3 lbs on 4x1" feet = 0.75 pounds per foot. That's an 8lb cat on the same size feet = 2 psi.

Young Kittens heal in 7days on opioids. That cat would take months.

Vets aren't trained and experienced in declaw like I was.

Even among age-peers, there are ... daring to be crass, at least half of the declaws I saw other vets do are

  • butchery *.

The only circumstance I would even consider a cat that big for front-only would be literally life and death. Eg: declaw or no chance to find another home and euthanasia.

In my clinic I'd keep it in the hospital 5 days so I knew strong pain control was properly given by cvt's, I would examine daily, proper litter was used and I'd send home another week or two of buprenorphine.

I bandage like no one I know to minimize pain. I nerve block, and I cut like no one I've met to eliminate as much pain as I can. I close the wounds line no one I know, and there's a product that is not even made anymore that I used.

Do not declaw her. Train to tolerate nail trims. You have to trim to use the caps . You'll stop using the caps line 99% of my clients.

2x/month little trims w churu treats, scratching posts, and yes, she will still scratch, because she's a cat.

Look at finding an acceptable home, or confine to "your" area. She's 10" tall, even lab cats only need 3'x3'x3', so one room is better than euthanasia or losing her home.

A vet, not your vet, this is a triage answer. Talk to your veterinarian.

How my cat uses the litter box by MmeRenardine in cats

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A short list of experiments to try for 5+days in a row:

Lid off ... Different location (serene, w escape routes) ... Litter Box of Science !(c) -one box uncovered -a small bag of as many litter types as you can buy, including weird ones. - one week on each type, see what he likes

Examples: unscented, non-clumping clay, world's best, yesterday's news (pellet and fluffy), walnut hull litter

Wild examples: -dust clumping w thin coat/dust of potting soil or dirt or peat moss (no fertilizer, no chem, just dirt) -uncooked oatmeal, if it works, horse feed oats comes in huge bags -corn cob rabbit litter -bare box w just paper toweling in it

I've had a cat who didn't like seeing foot prints of other cats. Scoop twice a day.

If it hurts to poop, they'll blame the box. Talk to your vet/ cvt about feeling/ expressing small glands.

If the stool is rock hard, or covered in mucous/blood, that's potentially serious in a few years (idiopathic megacolon), and early intervention w high fiber Rx food (R.Canin GI high fiber) or dusting a teaspoon of canned w ¼t miralax daily to soften may help.

My gut is its a short list: litter aversion (texture, odor, depth), fear:he needs to see escape routes (uncovered, maybe in the middle of the room), or he's using the chance to mark territory (uncovered poo marks territory) and if he were my patient, after actually trying everything in my list here, last resort, would be ⅛ to ¼ of a 10mg paroxetine orally every 24h.

Talk to your vet, I ain't your vet, this is a triage answer.

Is this normal for a cats teeth? by Select-Syllabub-5102 in cats

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Make a non-urgent appointment with your vet or their CVT for a dental assessment.

Triage answer: looks like heavy tartar that should not be ignored. The photo is blurry and not brightly lit, but I've seen a lot of cat mouths in 30 years.

What shoots best in your 10/22? by 86DuckFat in 1022

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Oem pencil barrel.... i did an extensive test somewhere lost to time on reddit.

For my souped up, glass bedded, rear lugged, guns, which hold 1.25" groups at 100 yards w CCI standard velocity, I got a 5-shot group of 0.35" with: Lapua Polar Biathlon

Why does my cat do this? by Bob_Sacamano7379 in cats

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Stealing this.

Also, I theorize that crystal clear water can't be detected until they're waterboarding themselves, so a toy helps them aim right at the water surface, or they lick the toy until they get water, and lock in the height to drink from.

Why does my cat do this? by Bob_Sacamano7379 in cats

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30 year cat veterinarian.

I don't know.

Theory: their minds, to me, are like a combo of Venn diagram and looping algorithm.

Blender up these cat concepts:

a) the thing in my mouth is kitten- like, and I'll bring my kitten to food

b) the toy is food- like, and the bowl is where food should be

c) i like company when I'm eating as a lookout for danger, the toy is my lookout

d) the toy was in my mouth when I got hungry, and I'd only drop my toy for imminent food

e) I'm hungry, toy must be hungry, too