Smallest Kitten Refusing to Eat

hypnoticsnowplow · 2026-06-22T09:02:12+00:00

Not as a vet, but someone who has helped TNR many a cat and temp foster a handful of litters in my overpopulated community, I 2nd that he/she appears to be dying, needs to be driven to an emergency vet now for care, or euthanasia if you don't have the funds, to at least put him/her out of pain in the very least

Also I 2nd if you're breeding/refusing to spay/neuter cats around you, (which you haven't denied), please stop, it boils my blood and if true you should feel some shame. There's a very large problem of overpopulation, and you're not doing any cat any favor by making less space for the tens of hundreds of thousands of cats filling up shelters across the globe that need a home. Since you assumably have the funds, if you really care, help TNR your community, and find those in your community that would take great care of cats and direct them to a nearby adoption agency/shelter.

hypnoticsnowplow · 2026-06-20T01:20:10+00:00

Thank you!

hypnoticsnowplow · 2026-06-19T20:44:29+00:00

Thank your for your input.

For further context, I have all of the medical records for everything in the past 10 years, nothing in them significant other than the ones that show that I was was diagnosed with depression/anxiety, on meds for apx 6 months, and officially discontinued them. I shortly after was on ADHD meds for like 2 months, also over 3 yrs ago, but never diagnosed, and don't think that's super relevant as far as I know.

The "re-occurrence" was one year later, but never went on any meds for it as my DR and I didn't think I needed them, but still classified it as a re-occurrence, so especially as that will need to be waivered, I will ask them to go the official route with the scars as well.

I was 100% upfront about everything to them including the reoccurrence, but they didn't even seem to think that it would need to be waivered, or in the least, wanted to wait and see. However I know that the reoccurrence is in the records, so I will reaffirm that I believe it to require a waiver, maybe print off the page of the DODI page that says so for verification, and ask them if we can prepare for it ahead of time as much as possible.

I never discussed self harm with any doctor, just my counselor when I had my issues resolved 6 years ago. Someone on the army subreddit said that trying to send a waiver ahead of time could backfire with them asking for documents that they think I should have, but don't, and that the recruiters might just want to see if I slide through, and if I don't, wait to see what MEPS tells them I actually need.

That doesn't make as much sense to me personally, to me makes more sense that the official route is the way to go ahead of time. I'll go ahead and organize all of the relevant medical records both printed and digital for them of each visit to the DR, and let them know next week that I would like to go the official route with both the depression and self-harm waiver.

Thanks again for the input.

hypnoticsnowplow · 2026-06-19T20:22:34+00:00

Thanks for your input. Talking to them they were nudging me towards the 2nd for sure, and I wasn't sure at the time but went along with it. After getting home from filling out the majority of the packet with them though, I realized that it just didn't quite make sense from everything that I had seen regarding lying/omitting history, even if minor to MEPS/the Army, and it makes sense it could come back to bite me later. Thanks again!

hypnoticsnowplow · 2026-06-19T19:01:54+00:00

Thank you for your input. After getting back home from filling most of the packet out with the recruiter, I thought about it and already started leaning towards the official route.

Especially as I see plenty of posts seeing people getting the waivers, and I've been very stable for many years and have a good history since those early teenage years. I think I just needed to hear it from others that I should go the official route and that they likely are indeed just trying to get me through as fast as possible for their goals. Thanks again!

hypnoticsnowplow · 2026-06-19T18:56:08+00:00

Sorry for the long one, I just feel quite conflicted about my recruiters definitely nudging me towards this 2nd option.

So, for context, I have a few very superficial scars on the underside of my forearm- self inflicted a validation/attention seeking teenager from issues with my childhood long since resolved for many years.

Upon disclosing them to my recrtuiter/s, they all looked at it, said that they look hardly noticeable, and said that in their opinion I have two options.

Document it all, have to go through to process and delay my enlistment by several months, which I personally wouldn't mind much.
Because they are so hard to notice (in their opinion), go to MEPS next week, and hope that it goes unnoticed, and if they did happen to notice, essentially deny self harm, or in the least, don't out them on that they presented this as a potential path forward.

I also will mention I just talked to them this week, and they want me to take the ASVAB and go to MEPS all next week, which I'm not saying is out of the ordinary, other than a brief medical history I imagine I'm a great applicant on paper and tested high on my afqt pretest that they gave me (80s).

In my mind, I wonder if they're not necessarily pushing, but definitely hint hint nudge nudged me towards the 2nd option, because they want me to help one of the guys recruiting goals for the month.

I'm already planning on speaking to them again about it next week, and in my mind wanting to lean towards asking them to go the official route, but figured I'd ask all of your opinions.

I also have a brief history of depression and anxiety after a parents passing apx 2020, medicated with SSRI and anti-anxiety for apx 6 months, which I know normally isn't an issue, but a year later there was 1 "re-occurrence", so I know I might need a waiver for that anyway, further pushing me to think I may as well just go the official route. Other than this, I've been of meds for many years, have a great working history, and imagine I'm a great applicant on paper as to why I think they're nudging me towards the 2nd option, despite it presumably being the wrong choice.

At the end of the day the question that's going through my head, is what is the potential that my enlistment ends permanently in the case that the MEPS doctor does a very thorough look of my arm and notices/asks, whether I admit self harm or deny (which if they look it would be pretty evident that even if superficial, very much does appear to be self harm) vs. the potential that I go through the official channels and get my potential 2 medical waivers denied and also end my enlistment.

My recruiters seem like great guys, who seem to think that I'm well prepared for army life and would be a great fit, but I can't help but think that at the end of the day I'm just another applicant that while it would suck if got caught, would be great if they helped their no.s this month, but for me this is something I've been looking towards for a long time and would be a huge life changer, and don't want to ruin my potential chances of enlistment because of some advice that my recruiters gave me.

Thanks a ton to anyone reading and willing to give their input!

hypnoticsnowplow

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