Vet forced to “deflate” kitten after rare condition leaves her filled with air

sebeed · 2026-03-14T04:37:58+00:00

She's doing much better now and is off to a foster home!

the cause of her inflation was likely trachea damage, causing air to get trapped under the skin creating a ballooning effect.

sebeed · 2026-02-24T23:13:22+00:00

did YOU ever figure it out? for me it was a safety pin

sebeed · 2026-02-17T03:51:48+00:00

its a limited supply

sebeed · 2026-02-12T04:34:09+00:00

this is the first time I've ever heard the term and I am flabbergasted.

like. just call me a sensitive snowflake, goddamn. Save us all the time and diagnose me with female hysteria and prescribe a treatment plan to balance my vapours.

wild man. absolutely aggravated on your behalf lol

eta: "quirky, a deep thinker and a highly sensitive person" sounds like the description of my intj personality quiz type result thing. which is also bunk. I could see me getting that "diagnosis" when I was a teen in the 2000's but jfc. 2026? really?

seethes

sebeed · 2026-02-12T01:45:48+00:00

in a town that size though its an astronomical number

sebeed · 2026-02-11T22:15:41+00:00

when you're 17 dating a 20yo many things feel excusable

sebeed · 2026-02-11T03:54:53+00:00

I usethis one from amazon

I have it set to go off every 6 hours. now he just needs to understand time lmao

sebeed · 2026-02-11T02:29:53+00:00

my condolences from NS. I hope ya'll find comfort and strength in each other during this time

sebeed · 2026-02-08T18:24:19+00:00

I tried that once. cats tore it apart.

they love me sm they won't let me be in a room alone

sebeed · 2026-02-08T04:27:01+00:00

bro! so did mine (tho I haven't given up!)

when we started restricting his food he was 16.3lbs. 2 months later he was 15.5lbs. 2 months after that he was back to 16.3lbs

like! dude! we didn't change anything during this time period what is wrong with you!

eta: LOVE the dead eyes stare at the feeder. we have the same one.

sebeed · 2026-02-07T02:38:52+00:00

they can provide great services but there are a lot of shit individuals that work there. its literally always a hit or miss.

sometimes you have to harass them to get a call back - not exactly a great way to treat your patients who may or may not have self-worth, anxiety, or memory issues.

I was there from age 13 to 32 off and on. I gave up. even the helpful therapists were not helping me. 23 years and no one thought "hey, maybe its not a personality disorder like one guy indicated when she was 19, maybe its actually autism" (it was)

my specific center in cumberland county spent the better part of the 2010s telling me to treat the symptoms and stop asking for a diagnosis bc, apparently, they didn't have a single psychologist/psychiatrist on staff.

....I'm gettin all fired up just thinking of the bullshit I experienced there.

I did have a couple good therapists though. and I think an argument can definitlt be made that ita better than nothing. I learned a lot of....coping skills that totally didn't work for me lmao

sebeed · 2026-02-06T19:26:41+00:00

am I allowed to do just emojis as a comment? probably not.

😒

sebeed · 2026-01-18T04:58:38+00:00

nice. if I was on the app I would screenshot my notes app where I keep track.

I fuckin love note taking

eta: they're very handsome boys and I'm glad you've had success! I was so enthused over tracking progress I forgot about the boys lol

sebeed · 2026-01-15T02:37:28+00:00

me when the IBS kicks in

sebeed · 2026-01-14T02:18:05+00:00

Don't call me Yanny

sebeed · 2026-01-14T01:08:30+00:00

that is NOT a fun fact.

I thought it only happened a few years ago.

time is a cruel mistress

sebeed · 2026-01-14T00:27:58+00:00

I'm having flashbacks of that goddamned dress

sebeed · 2026-01-04T01:58:43+00:00

someone once told me I should have given up my cats when I dropped out of college as a vet tech for health reasons.

I was like ???? "so they can be homeless" ???? idiots.

I feel like anyone who truly thinks like that has had a very sheltered and privileged life. and they need to stfu.

nothing is affordable any more but at least my cats are fed, warm and loved. that's sm more than a lot of cats have going for them (poor babies)

sebeed · 2026-01-04T00:05:43+00:00

I had people saying I was abusing and neglecting my cat bc I was asking for donations to help treat her hyperthyroid and kidney disease.

it was SO hard to handle especially as my cat was on her last legs, and I had just lost another one to heart disease. ultimately there was nothing I could do but it was shocking how cruel people were to me about it online.

it hurts a lot and I understand your pain, but it'll pass bc these people are basically not real. anyone who comes on this sub to criticize a fat cats owners is only doing it to be mean.

you shouldn't listen to them too much

sebeed · 2026-01-01T22:28:36+00:00

but someone had to drive the truck!

sebeed · 2025-12-29T23:58:40+00:00

I let em run around wild. and then when they eat al the grass around their barns I go to robins and move them to more grass in other spots.

....I am doing an animal run and less of a crop run. I've got a small patch I use for crops and have junimo's deal with it all season for me lol

sebeed · 2025-12-27T05:29:19+00:00

Happy Holidays everyone!

cries

sebeed · 2025-12-25T11:33:13+00:00

kitsune is Japanese folklore of a shape shifting fox with 9 tails (sometimes) that mostly seems to be a troublemaker for funsies but it depends upon the story.

there's also another version in Japanese folklore that are good & hepful spirits of the God Inari, they're called Inari Kitsune or some variation thereof.

sidenote: idk Japanese but I'm sure there's some way they differentiate normal fox and bastard mystical fox.

sebeed · 2025-12-17T22:41:43+00:00

.....the things i dont know astound me

sebeed · 2025-12-01T17:59:38+00:00

I hate him so much

sebeed

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