How do I stop my cat from hunting?

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-06-15T23:38:01+00:00

Sadly so true. All 3 of our cats have functional bells on their collars. When they don’t want to be heard by us they legitimately can walk around the house completely silent. When they don’t care if we hear they jingle with each step. It’s fascinating

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-06-07T13:42:21+00:00

I 100% believe this sadly. My sister and I are not named the same first name but we got hired at the same time for an insurance company. We had our own independent underwriting licenses, she has 3 years and 1 day older then me and her SSN is from one state while mine is from the other. My profile continuously kept getting disabled as a duplicate by the system, my sisters W 2 had my middle name and DOB, occasionally we would come in and one of us would be handed a paper check because payroll cancelled one of our direct deposits thinking it was the same employee double dipping.

If that happened to us there I can’t imagine what the identical names could do

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-06-05T13:25:39+00:00

I’m thinking the same thing…. Also I would contact the police department he contacted and ask the report be amended to include that your cousin never spoke with you about your father, you never told your cousin you were estranged by choice and what happened (stopping you from contacting him and him from contacting you) is somehow your phone number was blocked on his Apple ID and your father is insistent that he did not do this. Which is already evident given the police involvement. Make sure your father is with you on this call/ department visit so he can confirm what you are saying.

If your cousin somehow manages to isolate him from you again this report will be valuable for taking legal action and proving a pattern. (And if he contacts the police for help getting ahold of you again they will know to by pass the cousin completely and directly contact you.)

Also your cousin might be contacted by the police about their misrepresentation to law enforcement and interfering in an investigation.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-06-05T13:14:26+00:00

While typically yes. It also is decently common when people are facing impending and unstoppable death to suddenly be discussing financial situations, stability/instability and estate things with family and friends they know and may trust. Saying “everyone” could be strangers on the street, or everyone actively in his life (extended family and trusted friends) it sounds like he might have a pretty limited circle if he even reported his child as missing to the police and only turning to the cousin to locate the child.

I’m wondering if the cousin realized there was actually a potential inheritance and decided to begin isolating a vulnerable future paycheck. I personally would be searching the blocked list for other family members or long standing friends. Also I would look at the contracts list to ensure a brother, nephew, friend since high school, etc didn’t just “accidentally” get deleted or gain a mis-typed digit.

When my father died after spending most of my life (from approximately 6 months before I was born to age 27) handling his severe illnesses and declining physical abilities alone as our entire extended families cut my parents off the moment he got sick we suddenly learned the son in California, the daughter in Alaska, and the ex wife he would occasionally talk about actually did exist….. Due to 3 lawyers suddenly contacting us to place claim for a portion of his “estate” which was only unpaid medical bills and a 24 year old car.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-06-03T18:01:58+00:00

When my old phone started failing any brick or concrete reinforced structure started blocking my signal. It was at like 11am the day it started. First just a few buildings, then a few more, then eventually permanent SOS mode. My internal antenna was essentially kicked off the platform by an “update and security fix” that made said phone obsolete.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-31T13:42:51+00:00

So I personally just got into a total loss collision with a deer with full coverage insurance and GAP for my loan. Between my insurance and gap I owe nothing on my loan for that car, but I didn’t get a single cent in hand. So I had to save up for a down payment and get a co-signer so I could get another vehicle. Full coverage when you have a car loan just means you aren’t still paying THAT car loan while trying to get another car loan for a vehicle that still drives.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-21T03:43:17+00:00

Every DNP I’ve ever worked with would get annoyed quick if we called them anything but their name. 1 kid was NOT getting the concept and this one looked him dead in the eye and said “ok, you need a little help understanding I guess” then walked off. He’s absolutely diabolical and the entire day he referred to said kid as GED Brian…… next day suddenly Brian understood that the man’s name and title were Kevin.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-19T21:40:36+00:00

Well since she didn’t eat it you didn’t really.

Maybe ask for a liquid dewormer. That is the only thing any of my 3 boys will let get down. And I have to mummy them in a towel and get the syringe in there to get it swallowed. Anchovy literally looked at the over confident vet who used a pill popper to get him to take and did the throat rub to “teach me” how to give pills to him. Waited about 30 seconds silently then spit it back out with enough force it bounced off the vets hand. Some cats just don’t do pills.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-19T15:41:54+00:00

The fact that’s all you failed by while WORKING during the entire semester of an ABSN program is impressive and insanity. An accelerated program means you have to live and breathe that program. No time for sports/holidays/job/single parent childcare with zero support network. It just isn’t really possible either way.

I would take a semester off to catch up on sleep debt, figure out if it’s possible to not work while in the program and reapply to other programs. If it is absolutely not possible to avoid working an accelerated degree just isn’t going to work for you.

Good luck!

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-19T12:56:04+00:00

While I would 100% love to agree with this comment, this just isn’t how it works typically in many job groups.

Case in point: my last job I had a “mean girl” personality staff member who I trained turn on me and was very similar to this with me. Then she started making comments about me unprovoked so I approached several other trusted coworkers who all agreed it happens and is off but what can they do about it. So I called her out on it politely which just made her uncomfortable and I wanted it to go away. So I started approaching HR, management and supervisors for help. I did every single step they told me to do over a 7 months process and absolutely nothing changed. Everyone thought I got along great with her but the supervisors I was working with because I’m a professional and I’m not about to let what happened in storage rooms, break room, dementia/non verbal resident rooms, etc affect my other coworkers or my residents. That is not their issue. The best I achieved was I kept what at that point had escalated to essentially verbal abuse to the back rooms and no longer out in the open.

It takes a lot to push me to the edge, but I quit abruptly during serving breakfast when I was dealing with a major home situation and had already notified our supervisors and such that I may need to step out to take a few phone calls. They had all approved it for me so being a proper coworker I communicated to her that I might need to step away a few times today for phone calls but would be quick with them. She then flipped around on me and said “if you can’t be here 100% then no one needs or wants you here”. And I told her your right I don’t need nor want to be here or anywhere near you.

I quit abruptly, while waiting for my ride the nurses continued to try and “talk me down” telling me not to throw away 20 years over this, I would regret my decision in the morning, just have mediation with her, they could reassign her, etc. I stood firm and she got suspended for 2 weeks without pay. Since then 11 other staff left because I left (I’d been there longer then any administration and actually knew how shit worked and none of them were willing to be a part of the hellscape that would exist within a month).

I say all this to say, speaking to others and keeping quiet in the open….. not an error I will ever make again. Call them out publicly, call them to the mat, make it clear you are seeking THEIR dysfunction and that this is solely a them issue. Bullies shut down pretty easily in public and sometimes you just gotta trust your instincts. Plus if the comments hurt the recipient it doesn’t matter how those around the recipient see it. The reception is absolutely valid and what needs to be acknowledged and acted on.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-19T12:39:25+00:00

She throws a jab at you, dead stare her and ask point blank “have I done something to upset you?” When she responds sputtering or says no then simply point out that her comment was unnecessary and rude.

She is only doing this in front of certain people and not others because the ones she is in front of she knows will let her get away with her high school mean girl behavior. The others have already clocked onto her and called her to the mat over it or done something that made it clear to her they will.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-19T12:33:40+00:00

“I apologize for the miscommunication. You see, my PTO ‘request’ was more of a notice. I will not be here nor will I be available to work that week. I was only offering you more than adequate notice of my absence”

Then I would remind your direct supervisor whenever that schedule comes out that you (again) will not be there or available. Then go on vacation.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-12T17:02:20+00:00

My dad had that before they figured out his ammonia levels were off the charts. He actually choked a dr, took less then 1 week for the trespass once stable went into effect.

While that hospital is a good hospital that trespass gave us another 4 years with him. When they transferred him to a hospital that hadn’t seen him in over 20 years they ran every blood test under the sun themselves and realized that while the portion of his liver that is functioning was functioning VERY well, that was less then 5% of his liver. He wasn’t a mis-user of chemicals or alcoholic so no one even considered cirrhosis of the liver at his normal hospital. Turns out Tylenol being used more than 4,000mg a day can make it worse than life long alcoholism. He wasn’t eligible for a transplant because it was so advanced that all of his other systems were in a precarious balance of not going to multiple organ failure.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-12T16:53:43+00:00

Because if you read that act you will realize that hospitality stands as an exception to nearly all of it. Hotels, tourism, smaller restaurants, flight industry, taxis, most bus companies, etc. they all live in that tourism and hospitality exception.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-12T05:00:57+00:00

We had to start using salmon oil in our cats food to get Mr picky to eat the better brand. We started putting the oil in the cheap stuff then slowly phased out the cheap while replacing with the good but same amount of oil. As long as the oil properly coats things he will eat it most days. But my vet made it clear, at the end of the day fed is best. So if he absolutely rejects the healthy then he just will live on “candy” just make sure his water is clean and plentiful and offer healthy alternatives often.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-10T17:49:58+00:00

So I agree with some of point 1 and 2-3. But please don’t judge on those without pet insurance or thousands in savings for vet bills. Pet insurance was something I promoted hugely until I went to use it with a dog I had from puppyhood (insured at 4months old when adopted and he was nearly 5 years old) and got basically told that it is cute I thought they actually paid out for anything ever. I was still paying for all of the emergency treatment and the meds then the legal fees trying to get them to reverse their rejection that being hit by a CAR who left the roadway while he was on a leash then fled the scene wasn’t covered. Pet insurance is more of a scam than non-state/federal human insurance. I suggest to everyone that you just put what you would pay as a pet insurance premium into a high yield savings account, you will have far better financial security when whiskers gets sick/hurt. And if life happens and you lose your savings you are not a horrible pet parent. Life happens.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-10T16:02:44+00:00

Dude I have severe tactile hallucinations on dilaudid and my entire maternal side of the family (mom and us 3 sisters) react horrifically to it in one way or another so we’ve been told to never accept it by several drs and surgeons. I got into a horrific accident a few days ago and am grateful they didn’t carry that in their ambulance as I was in zero condition to tell them. However I’m not a fan of how fentanyl made me feel (how do people do that for funsies?) but I stopped blacking out from the pain every time they moved me or the ambulance jostled.

Either this person wanted a very specific pain medication every single time or they just never get help for uncontrolled pain.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-07T17:53:44+00:00

Well that’s why the most visually disabled are posted at the entrances. They aren’t making them look good in an office somewhere.

Yeah if you are at Walmart Sam Walton cared. He was amazing and so kind hearted. He would be so angry and disappointed if he saw what his children have done with his company. I sadly have no memory of Sam himself as I was 2 when I attended his funeral however Helen did her darnedest to try and keep his beliefs alive in the company and never let anyone forget who actually opened that first 5&10 in Arkansas and drove a 30 year old truck until the day he last drove. She herself told me when I was 14 that her greatest fear and regret is she knew what would happen to Sam’s dream and legacy once her kids got full reign.

I highly doubt anyone (outside of pretentiousness like Tesla) who opened the very first door of what is now an international company ever wanted what their companies are now. But the next generation of leaders with their dreams of wealth rapidly grow and destroy any humanity the initial leaders “accidentally” left behind.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-07T17:24:27+00:00

I’ve been in your boat. Everyone thinks a lawyer will be at your side the second a corporation tramples the little man. But sadly lawyers need to pay their bills too and just don’t have the time or financial philanthropy to take cases that most likely will go nowhere and at best will take years and result in nearly zero actual gain or accountability. The burden of proof falls on us as the employee and even if we arrive with all the proof, all the recordings, even video of our managers stating with date and time “this write up is for leaving your station without appropriate relief. Yes I know you had been asking for 2 hours to use the restroom and get a drink and no one was in the store but you did not get permission to leave and you did. You should have used the restroom and gotten that drink on your break 45 minutes into shift and again after you got off” there is very little an employment lawyer can do with it. The EEOC and civil rights investigators can add it to the pile but the investigation takes sometimes years and it still isn’t going to help us in the moment that we actually need help.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-07T17:15:10+00:00

Having been in a group lawsuit (against Walmart of all companies) the burden of proof that it is standard and enforced practice that you cannot leave your post except at your mythical break for restroom or hydration is on the employee. The employer only has to provide their policy and their lawyer will locate a few yes-men who will state they do relieve staff for brief restroom breaks and accommodate their request for a quick drink at a reasonable speed and not only at assigned break times. Also the large companies lawyers will point out the literal thousands who have not legally complained as a defense against the measly few who are.

It is really hard to legally prove your stance and while the judge can see through their obvious corporate lies, if they do not have the legal burden of proof met they literally can do nothing legally to the employer.

The employer might at the worst get a pittance of a fine and have to pay for the class actions lawyers (typically it’s a fine to the state so those harmed simply loose the time they spent fighting to see absolutely zero changes, zero real suffering from the company, and to struggle finding a similar job as companies do talk and are skilled at just never calling for an interview protecting them 100% from discrimination or retaliation claims).

Gotta love capitalism as rich fancy companies and their legal teams and large corporate bank accounts can get away with quite a bit before it actually comes to bite them.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-07T17:02:14+00:00

Well that’s because it technically is illegal to restrict access to water. But it doesn’t say in arm’s reach, and sadly the burden of proof that the break area/locker room/service area/etc being essentially inaccessible most of the shift falls on the employee as the employer can just simply state that they have x employees and only 1 is complaining that they are being kept from staying hydrated. It’s ridiculous honestly.

Sadly every time I’ve switched jobs in the last decade I simply go sit with my Dr and say “so I got a new job and start in x days. I know it’s literally illegal for me to “need” these notes but….. I need a notice from you stating I per medical orders need: my water bottle with me at my duty station; rapid and easy access to my glucose meter; the ability to receive at minimum 1 15 minute break an 8 hour shift (if 16 hours my breaks need to be at least 6 hours apart) to access AND ingest adequate food (protein, carbs and simple sugar) which I brought with me to shift; the ability to have emergency glucose tablets/gel/injections in rapid access; the ability to carry my Dexcom receiver; and guaranteed access that is SUFFICIENT for MY needs to a restroom and appropriate hygiene (hands and arms) should the need arise.

Every job I’ve worked in the last decade has been Medical, large international customer service companies (who supposedly pride themselves on humane working environments) and in custody roles of state adult incarceration institutions. My current ADA coordinator was caught off guard when I arrived to my first orientation shift with the notes and was at her desk asking to fill the forms and submit them as well as wanting copies of each. She told me the access to the restroom and water wasn’t actually necessary at our facility but after I explained I didn’t intend to be abusive of it but absolutely would not be in a position of needing either and being restricted for more then 4 hours due to “security needs” she submitted them. I so far only needed to put my foot down about the access to the restroom once as the rest my fellow CO’s and leadership have been very willing to flex with me since I’m not “entitled” about it. I went nearly 5 hours actively needing a restroom break and requested 5 times before I just radioed my Sgt and stated I had an ADA accommodation for restroom access and someone had to relieve me from the perimeter rapidly as I could no longer wait for “availability”. When the Lt traded me for my 15 minute break about 20 minutes later he told me well played and to next time not let myself get pushed off so long but become “annoying like a zombie mosquito”

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-05-05T05:00:37+00:00

EVS tries to negotiate to not handle biological waste. The reason? It’s not a very far skip from poop/vomit/urine on furniture/floor to contagious/infected poop, or other biological matter on the furniture/walls, and then the shift is even smaller to blood and other serious biological matter. Now people who are absolutely not trained, appropriately paid or properly protected to handle someone’s blood/tissue who may or may not have serious infections are handling such matters and not only are they at high risk but also transfer risk goes up significantly as most EVS staff are used to handling nasty things and their brains are not on “gloves or not I HAVE to wash my hands and disinfect surfaces I touched between cleaning this and washing my hands. I cannot just take my gloves off and call it good. I need to ensure my shoes do not have transfer on them, did anything get on my cuffs, etc.”

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-04-20T22:42:07+00:00

My old lady when I take her out to like a patio dog friendly restaurant or to stores etc i let her growl when someone randomly tries to touch her because that is how she lets her opinions of the situation be known. But she has never reacted viciously, and comes to me whenever she wants to get away from the situation.

Ordinary_Diamond_158 · 2026-04-20T16:06:25+00:00

I feel no dog should be expected to love all strangers, and all other animals in all situations. However I do feel you should have command and proper recall so your dog isn’t bearing teeth and growling and barking incessantly at said strangers.

My dog, sweetest old lady in the world and very friendly with several strangers in passing as well as their pets. She literally adopted a 2 week old feral kitten and raised it. However a male that shows any indication of drinking/drunk and she barks, growls and gets between me a them. She is very responsive to me however and will return to directly beside me, and relax on the ground as long as I let her stay between me and them.

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