SUBSIM Radio Room Forums



SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997

Go Back   SUBSIM Radio Room Forums > General > General Topics
Forget password? Reset here

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-24-17, 06:52 AM   #9976
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default

Our cat Boo Boo, was bitten by a brown snake Sunday morning, cost $800 for an anti venom shot, couldn't afford it so it is a waiting game.
He started off with his back legs paralyzed and slowly moved toward the head, we have been cuddling him and massaging him and is slowly on the improve. He won't eat or drink so we use a syringe (without the needle of course) and force feed him to take water so he doesn't dehydrate.
He still has his back legs paralyzed but not as bad, he can shuffle about when he wants. A few times he slipped back and had us worried but he's a fighter, this will be his third bite of the same species.
__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Old 10-24-17, 10:55 AM   #9977
Aktungbby
Gefallen Engel U-666
 
Aktungbby's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy
Posts: 27,710
Downloads: 22
Uploads: 0


Default the third time's not the charm

Quote:
this will be his third bite of the same species.
Very odd that U should B posting Boo Boo's brown snake bite on page 666 of this thread We don't let our two Burmese cats outdoors as the coyotes eat them, even in urban areas. Rattle snakes abound but are not a problem for felines as a rule. I hope BooBoo recovers fully.
Quote:
The eastern brown snake is the second most commonly reported species responsible for envenomed dogs in New South Wales. Unlike people, dogs and cats are much more likely to have neurotoxic symptoms such as weakness or paralysis. One dog bitten suffered a massive hemorrhage of the respiratory tract requiring euthanasia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_brown_snake
__________________

"Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

Last edited by Aktungbby; 10-24-17 at 11:05 AM.
Aktungbby is online  
Old 10-24-17, 06:55 PM   #9978
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default

I am pleased to say that he has finally eaten some meat this morning, having paralyzed legs I won't mention the 'fun' when he needs to go!!
This cat is almost identical to him, he is a cross feral cat:

__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Old 10-24-17, 08:51 PM   #9979
August
Wayfaring Stranger
 
August's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 22,632
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0


Default

Glad to hear your cat is recovering Reece. We just had to bury one of ours this past weekend. Kidney failure. Poor thing.
__________________


Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.
August is online  
Old 10-25-17, 12:15 AM   #9980
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default

Yes it's a very sad thing when it happens, amazing how you get attached to them. Sorry to hear about it Dave.
My son Dave's cat had to be put down Monday, just old, the cats name was Worf, he was quite a character, his fathers name was 'The Fonz' or Fonzy. (We love to come up with 'different' names.)
__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Old 10-25-17, 11:35 AM   #9981
mapuc
Fleet Admiral
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Denmark
Posts: 17,716
Downloads: 37
Uploads: 0


Default

I'm happy that he is recovering from the snake bite.

A little advise. As you wrote before it wasn't the first time this have happened and you couldn't pay because it cost $800 for an anti venom shot.

Here's my advise, put aside some bucks each month or week if you have the money. Or get a insurance-thing to your cat. Thereby you will either have the money to pay the anti venom, if it should happen again or you have the money to pay about 1-300$ and the insurance take care of the rest.

Markus
mapuc is offline  
Old 10-25-17, 06:39 PM   #9982
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default

There is no insurance over here but honestly if I had $800 spare there are many more urgent things to spend it on. We basically survive day to day, every time we save some money something else breaks down, it's just life!!


Take a picture quick!!
__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Old 10-29-17, 07:54 AM   #9983
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 180,310
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline  
Old 10-29-17, 06:45 PM   #9984
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default



Btw, Boo Boo is back to his old self, the wife let him in last night and he plonked a dead mouse on the floor next to her, she screamed!!
__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Old 10-31-17, 03:07 PM   #9985
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 180,310
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline  
Old 10-31-17, 08:04 PM   #9986
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default


Come on mate I'm bored!! Let's hit the road!!
__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Old 11-01-17, 11:25 AM   #9987
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 180,310
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline  
Old 11-01-17, 07:27 PM   #9988
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default

__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Old 11-04-17, 10:01 AM   #9989
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 180,310
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline  
Old 11-05-17, 05:49 AM   #9990
Reece
CINC Pacific Fleet
 
Reece's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Down Under
Posts: 32,566
Downloads: 171
Uploads: 0
Default


OOOOOOOZE
__________________

Sub captains go down with their ship!
Reece is online  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:34 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1995- 2024 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.