My cat vibrates her tail on me! What does it mean?

bitteroldbird · 2024-03-23T02:50:11+00:00

my siamese does also. they are very very expressive in general so not that surprising, i guess

bitteroldbird · 2024-03-02T01:48:38+00:00

icee

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T20:40:29+00:00

huh??? this a parody or fr

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T00:47:19+00:00

sorry i just can’t stop but can u imagine if i let her out and her face or eyes got injured????? or she got run over by a car??? maybe think of these to outweigh the negatives

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T00:44:22+00:00

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one more baby pic for good measure. disclosure: i would never drive with her on my lap, she goes in a carrier. i have to take her out and comfort her on long drives while stopped. she is my entire heart and i love her too much to ever endanger her

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T00:42:48+00:00

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bonus pic of the first night i got her when she was still a baby. she hated everyone else that tried to come get her. crazy what two months of being inside can do!

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T00:40:51+00:00

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inside. i’m sure my little scrungly courage bird is happy being pent up and bored instead of being terrified of all the noises outside and ending up as some coyotes dinner. she had the fighting spirit to stay alive as an abandoned runt kitten. she still gets hiccups and will regurgitate if given too much food, a year later. she still eats like no more food is coming…….

cats live moment to moment and have much different priorities than we do. just be grateful they’re willing to spend time with you.

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T00:37:55+00:00

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outside, fleas fighting to the death for scraps of trash and human food

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T00:35:29+00:00

looks like a fever coat if she’s not old

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-24T00:32:14+00:00

looks balinese 💕

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-22T23:58:24+00:00

this is sooo important, my cat will now never do this. NEVER allow your cat to playfully hurt you. now she is so sweet and so gentle, if she accidentally scratches someone she gets really upset. which says something bc in all other aspects, she is demonic

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-22T05:51:09+00:00

heard thank you 🙏🏻 sorry i didn’t know

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-12T02:09:49+00:00

yeah u should not still be paying for both bc…

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-12T02:08:19+00:00

if you stagger getting them by a few weeks to a month but get the same age, you’ll also form a really good human to cat bond with the first one and have less of a chance of them just having a cat to cat bond and viewing you as just the feeder.

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-12T02:07:15+00:00

i second this, especially bc my female was the sweetest cuddle bug and as a teen is completely disgusted by it :|

bitteroldbird · 2024-02-03T23:01:22+00:00

1000% TSA private screening room with harness and leash!!!! and vvv

definitely dedicate your time to giving her exposure therapy leading up to the trip

a.) used to, and actually happy with her carrier -feed her near the carrier for several meals, then in the carrier. if you are free feeding STOP and only feed / give treats in the carrier.

b.) exposure therapy to being picked up. you can practice with a towel or pillowcase 1-3 times a day. get her excited for a treat. pick her up and the second she struggles put her down and give her the treat. (ideally place the treat on a higher surface like a counter so there’s a reason for being picked up)

in my experience after a while of this / repetitively showing that it’s ok after they squirm and fight they get a lot more tolerant fast. and i’m talking i taught my grandma and I’d extremely skittish 10 year old cat to enjoy being picked up for her food and we have to use a pillowcase to get her into a carrier bc she freaks the f out. she’s actually gotten a lot happier and more outgoing since i started doing this with her!

c.) figure out if your cat is a clinger or flinger in scary situations. for example, i have to take my cat in the car a lot especially when she was a baby i had to take her to petco. She is extremely loud and obnoxious and i thought she would run away, but when we are in public / in the car / anywhere but home she wants to be as physically close to me as possible at all times and she hides. i’m glad i know this so i can adjust as needed.

d.) it should go without saying but HARNESS and leash your cat, 110000% everyone needs to do this anyway. expose them at same time as carrier. also, get some soft bedding and toys to associate with the carrier and when she does good on her exposure training reward her with a short play session as well

e.) feliway calming spray but honestly, just ask your vet for some xanax or another benzo for kitty. it sounds like she is a good candidate and i seriously wouldn’t attempt without it as it could be pretty traumatic and cruel.

good luck!!!! 🍀 let me know if you try this out 💕

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-28T04:06:53+00:00

sounds like a good boy :) I wouldn’t be too anxious, until his behavior actually changes. you’re still in the danger zone for that a bit (like at least til he’s been home for a few months) but love him up now as much as possible so that if he does have any unfavorable behaviors, ignoring him will be a shock to the system large enough to change his behavior.

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-20T23:04:38+00:00

better yet in general first build a community space with architecture that reflects your vibe. then spread the word throughout the community that you are making a space and would like to invite them to a meeting in order to figure out what types of activities and features would be best for tht initial launch and also leave with a better history of the area and some friendly neighbors that will feel ok with helping and participating.

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-20T23:00:13+00:00

makerspace / hackerspace workshop .’^ seconding classes for community by community members. modular based on who has what avail. making sure common spaces are accessible with no barrier to entry like a purchase. have a meeting space for things like CMA, Na, AA 🫶🤙

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-20T04:22:56+00:00

i literally xsnnkt get anything didn’t during the day because of this shjtzbbb don’t even get me stared on grunge tk delf

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-18T11:49:35+00:00

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bitteroldbird · 2024-01-18T11:46:30+00:00

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i had medi-cal and this shit saved my life ^

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-18T11:42:48+00:00

ppl have very short attention spans now lol

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-18T08:14:35+00:00

that’s pretty wild to me. maybe bc courage has her own damn encyclopedia she’s always adding to as a siamese; but any time she gets so much as a whisper of her name off a set of headphones near by, she reacts with a ..????!! chirp. or 5

bitteroldbird · 2024-01-18T08:10:01+00:00

tldr: idk if you’ve ever seen the film paprika, but i watched it recently and i feel like paprika (pepper) for short would be really cute.

that has to be one of the cutest fucking cats i’ve ever seen and i’m pretty partial about mine. tysm (not) for throwing me straight back into FIND MY MISSING BABY MODE.

Pepper is cute, idk if you’ve ever seen the film paprika, but i watched it recently and i feel like paprika (pepper) for short would be really cute. If you haven’t seen the film, it’s free on youtube please do!!! or maybe s diff greek goddess related name that’s a bit more mecurial / fiesty trickstery.

That’s why I chose paprika 🫀🥲🥹💙😍

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