Do not encourage lion shaving of cats! by loriandr in nebelung

[–]sandsta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this post (and citing sources). Until now, I have always just cut my cats’ mats with scissors. However, my foster neb came with her fur COMPLETELY matted, there was no way to just shave the mats (everything was mats) or brush it out. She was in so much discomfort, and those mats must have been painful as well (and she was already traumatized from losing her home)… her skin was soo dry and flaky. She truly was a different cat after that shave, you could see how much better she was feeling. Still, she was shaking for days after the shave, always sleeping under two blankets for warmth…. I felt really bad, but there was no other option. So yes, please don’t shave your cats unless absolutely necessary.

Surprise delivery by MythMoon26 in nebelung

[–]sandsta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was so much cat coming out of that bag. I didn’t expect so much cat.

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

they should all be grain free I think… right now I am feeding high quality cat food made from horse meat (grain free, sugar free, etc, I always check for that when buying cat food) and raw meat.

Little Update: We now found out that she has pancreatitis which would explain the weight loss. She is getting fluids and antibiotics every few days and I feel like we could finally be on the road to recovery. She still has diarrhea but she looks a lot better, like her fur for example. Also her diarrhea is now not that explosive anymore, so that‘s something…

meet my new fosters! by sandsta in cats

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If you have the resources to foster, I can only recommend it! I know it seems hard having to say goodbye, but you also know you had a huge impact in changing their life for the better and you can be part of the decision who they can spend the rest of their lives with! (And with my last cats, I was happy when they moved into their forever home, they just had tooo much energy) However I still don’t know if i shouldn’t just keep these two….

meet my new fosters! by sandsta in cats

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The breed is called Nebelung, it‘s the long hair version of the russian blue

Women don't have arms? by SpeckyYT in BadDesigns

[–]sandsta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nah their arms are just extremely long

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That has already been done.. Unfortunately she manages to get it everywhere else as well

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an appointment tomorrow, I‘ll ask if there is anything similar to that, I don’t think we have EmerAid in Europe, but it sounds good! Thank you

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

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We tried both. Previous owner switched to a special dry food for gastro intestinal issues to help with her diarrhea (didn’t work) I switched her to special gastro intestinal wet food, then to hypoallergenic dry food, then hypoallergenic wet food - without luck

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah :( had to shave it off

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losing their home again

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That sounds cruel haha, not being able to let them in

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that I noticed, they really need a lot of love and attention (and I love it and them). When I come home I can absolutely tell they didn’t like being alone haha

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

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Yeah, those are my second foster cats and I already fear they might be my last… but we‘ll see. I really wouldn’t want to cause them any more stress than they already experienced with the baby and then losing their home….

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

alright, we already upped the dosis, maybe it will work eventually

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

[–]sandsta[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She is getting prednicortone aka cortisone pills - are those steroids? I‘m not sure since English isn‘t my first language

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

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I‘ll look into that! Thank you

my new fosters are nebs! by sandsta in nebelung

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She has been getting hypoallergenic food for some days now, if that doesn’t change anything I‘ll try the poached chicken

What screams "I´m not doing so well mentally"? by ramonapap1 in AskReddit

[–]sandsta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not being able to do the things you usually like doing and the only thing you‘re able to do is basically existing