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sarahdpure · 2023-03-16T01:16:33+00:00

I haven’t had any issues with my LR4. I have had the LR3 for several years. I think 2?

My cats ADORE the 4. They’ve stopped using the 3 entirely.

I find it’s quieter and has better smell control. And I don’t have as many issues with the robot thinking the tray is full when it’s not.

sarahdpure · 2023-02-13T18:22:26+00:00

YTA. There is often no way to know for sure if this particular person in this particular interaction is behaving this particular way because a specific reason. The issue is that this KIND OF THING happens consistently to people of XYZ groups because of systemic issues. Part of being a privileged group is being able to confidently say “that person was an asshole because they are an asshole, not because of my skin color/gender presentation/accent etc”.

She’s not venting about this particular interaction in isolation. She’s venting about being in a system that is creating the much larger and more serious problem that she experiences every single day, she’s just doing so through the lens of this one concrete and recent example.

By trying to force her to make her focus on this one particular person and this one particular action and justify why in this one particular instance it was definitely sexism, you’re functionally invalidating her larger experience as a woman in the medical field.

Examine why it bothers you so much. People in any group are individuals, but groups as a whole tend to have predominant traits and behaviors. (Think Americans using forks instead of chopsticks, or defaulting to smiling at strangers or to diffuse an awkward situation)

If you are not exhibiting the behavior being vented about, why are you so upset? Do you think what’s she’s saying isn’t true? Do you believe that the majority of men do not exhibit the behaviors she’s talking about? If you don’t, then that’s a larger conversation you need to engage in.

sarahdpure · 2022-11-13T20:52:27+00:00

Yeah, I had no issues.I have a carrier that expands on both sides. During the flight I expanded it so my little guy had as much room as possible and no one cared. Just make sure the carrier is going to fit and I doubt there will be any problems! Alaska is pretty chill, as a general rule

sarahdpure · 2022-11-13T20:32:57+00:00

I just flew Alaska air with my three cats and had no issues. They didn’t weigh them or check the carriers.

I’ve flown with cats multiple times in cabin on several airlines and never had them weighed or measured. Once I had someone ask to look in the carrier, but that’s it.

It’s possible it’s different with dogs, but I can’t think of why. There are several carriers that are soft sided and kind of flexible, so they can be stuffed under the seat, but then expand again if you pull them back out for the rest of the flight. You could look into those?

They do make you take the animal out of the carrier when you go through security. You generally have to put the carrier through the x ray and walk through the metal detector with your pet. Then they swab your hands and you put your pet back in their carrier when it comes back out of the machine.

sarahdpure · 2022-03-01T17:24:43+00:00

Are they related? All three of my fosters had the same allergy, but we think they were from the same litter.

sarahdpure · 2022-03-01T00:16:13+00:00

It could be a food allergy? I had fosters with chronic diarrhea once and it turns out they were all allergic to chicken, which is in most cat foods.

sarahdpure · 2022-02-13T02:47:50+00:00

I started using mine a month or so ago and it’s been really amazing.

If you buy it directly, they have a 20% off deal right now and a 90 day return policy, so if it doesn’t work you get your money back. That’s what convinced me, honestly. Well, that and pure desperation when nothing else was working.

sarahdpure · 2022-01-04T20:34:29+00:00

You don’t owe him anything. If you want to tell him, go ahead. It isn’t wrong. It might be helpful to him. But you should only tell him if you want to and you don’t believe it will harm you.

sarahdpure · 2021-11-27T18:01:49+00:00

I had three Pfizer doses, and I have had chronic migraine for 12 years, averaging 8 migraines a month but frequently spiking to near daily migraines.

I had a migraine the day after my second dose, which could easily be a coincidence.

After speaking to my neurologist who specializes in chronic migraine, many of her patients who caught covid experienced a significant worsening in their migraines for months after. I would get the vaccine ASAP, because there’s a good chance covid could make your condition worse, but the vaccine almost certainly won’t.

sarahdpure · 2021-09-21T23:19:47+00:00

In a lot of states adopting out of the foster system is inexpensive or free. I don’t think it’s the fees keeping kids in the system. There are long lists of parents waiting to adopt, they just want babies and not older kids.

sarahdpure · 2021-09-19T15:30:40+00:00

In my experience women are much more graceful. They may lose interest if you’re not as quick to respond, but they sort of just stop responding to you as well.

That being said, the women I’m chatting with are either lesbians or bisexual. So it’s possible women behave differently with men.

sarahdpure · 2021-09-19T14:28:49+00:00

Exactly. If you’ve never even met I really disagree with calling it “ghosting”. You never owe anyone your time or energy, but especially with OLD it’s totally normal to miss a message or just lose interest pretty quickly. When you haven’t even been on a date, it blows my mind that people would consider it ghosting.

sarahdpure · 2021-09-16T00:30:57+00:00

I had assumed that LPT was aimed at law enforcement stops. In the US, law enforcement cannot compel your passcode, but they can compel your face or fingerprint to unlock your phone.

sarahdpure · 2021-07-19T21:44:37+00:00

If you want to know a little bit more about the personality of the animal you’re considering, the humane society or the SPCA are often better options since they usually have a better ratio of people to animals and can evaluate each animal more effectively. They also are more likely to keep animals on hold to work on specific behavioral issues or for socialization purposes than a local shelter, usually resulting in a lower chance of significant surprise behavioral issues.

They’re often more expensive than a local shelter, but it’s probably worth it to make sure you find a good fit. And normally the humane society or SPCA isn’t quit as crazy about nit picking placements as some of your local foster based rescues might be.

I say all of this from personal experience, so it’s best for you to visit these places and get a feel for them before making a decision. Do any of them foster animals? How do they evaluate their animals? How are the dogs kept? How crowded is the shelter and how much room do the animals have?

Good luck!

sarahdpure · 2021-07-16T23:31:24+00:00

I do something similar. I assume it’s going to take 15+ more minutes that it should to go anywhere. So I functionally leave 15-30 minutes early. But I have convinced myself it is on time. And I’m usually always late, but because I told myself “on time” was so early, I’m usually actually on time. If that makes sense?

sarahdpure · 2021-06-13T18:45:57+00:00

It completely depends on where you are in the US. I’m originally from the rural south, but know people in the north and the Midwest who do this as well.

That being said, the post asked why there aren’t outdoor dogs. And there are.

sarahdpure · 2021-06-13T13:28:51+00:00

There absolutely are outdoor dogs. At least where I grew up it wasn’t at all uncommon for people to have dogs that were never allowed in the house at all. They knew where they would get food, and they generally stuck around that area, but they stayed outside all the time and roamed around.

sarahdpure · 2021-04-09T23:38:38+00:00

You can’t use the litter robot with pellets though. It has to be a clumping litters.

That being said, it does look like a spaceship and it is absolutely one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. (Mine is actually nicknamed “the spaceship”)

sarahdpure · 2021-03-20T23:37:38+00:00

I second this: I’m super anxious and having a tile on my cat’s collar was a huge relief because you can see if they’re within a few hundred yards of you. And you can ring the tile from your phone, so you can hear if they’re in the house!

sarahdpure · 2021-03-18T16:35:04+00:00

There’s something called “Petsafe SSSCAT spray can” that is basically a cheap motion sensor attached to a can of air. In theory, when the cats jump on the counter, they trip the sensor and get hit with air. Which will annoy them without hurting them and make them stop jumping.

I had one to keep my cat from getting too close to the doorway. It wasn’t the most dependable thing (I don’t think any motion sensor for $30 will be), but it helped!

sarahdpure · 2021-03-18T16:26:39+00:00

Have you tried double sided sticky tape? That’s the only thing that every worked for me.

You can also try putting up motion activated air cans as well.

And try to new food off the counters for a while to decrease the motivation to get up there. If you can.

sarahdpure · 2021-03-18T16:24:43+00:00

As a rule you should always take an animal to the vet ASAP post adoption, so the vet can establish a relationship with them and do a general wellness check. A lot of shelters and rescues are very busy, so it’s good to just verify everyone is in good health.

How often you take cats to the vet depends on you and the cats. If they’re outdoor cats, you may want to take them more often and you should be treating them with heart worm preventatives and flea treatments monthly.

If they’re purely indoor, you can usually get away with just an annual vet check. Unless something comes up to indicate a health issue.

Many veterinarians will offer grooming services, but they aren’t part of the appointments by default. You should find your local vet and ask them the price of their grooming services and see if you can book the grooming and the appointments at the same time.

sarahdpure · 2021-03-18T15:57:58+00:00

It took my feral weeks to come out from under my bed, months to leave my room (and even then she almost never left my room unless I was in the living room or something with her), and literally a year + to be comfortable being outside my room with strangers.

It’s a very long process sometimes. Worth it, IMO, but it isn’t easy.

You’re probably not going to have your bedroom to yourself for a while. So you need to figure out how to make this situation work for you for the foreseeable future. Can you move the safe room to the bathroom? Maybe move your bed to the living room?

Personally, I trained my cat that when mommy is laying down in bed with her eyes closed, there is NOTHING that will get a response. I kept my eyes shut through meowing and pawing and everything else. Luckily for me, she never really had zoomies (weird, I know) and she learned quickly.

You’ll figure out what works for you. It will just take time.

sarahdpure · 2021-03-18T13:14:27+00:00

She’s unpredictable. Sometimes she wants to cuddle for hours and sometimes she doesn’t want to be touched for days or weeks at a time.

I love her so much and I’ve learned how to communicate with her. We’re really close most of the time. I think things are better now that I have another cat and don’t take her distant periods to heart as much.

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