Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>

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  • 1 day ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury We've confined Minnaloushe to the bedroom we had him in when we first adopted him. Got a vet appointment on Tuesday for further advice, giving him gabapentin in the meantime. He wants out, but he's at least more relaxed about everything. He's really been pouring on the affection every time I hang out with him. Now, if only we can get him to do that with Cosmo.
  • 2 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury I feel cruddy about this too, but I'm personally very short on tolerance for pet drama right now after half a year of taking care of and then losing a cat. And he wasn't actively being a jerk to anyone.
  • 2 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury welp, Minnaloushe sobered up and started stalking Cosmo again. Thought maybe it was anxiety, but now wondering if Minna's stopped being afraid and suddenly decided to be territorial and take over the house? Back to thinking about re-homing after three decidedly not playful pounces since Thursday. He might be happier as an only cat, rather than go through getting drugged up and confined to a room in hopes of a behavior change. I know we'd rather not go through that.
  • 3 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury The boys are looking quite relaxed. I kinda want to steal some of their drugs
  • 4 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury Update: The vet gave us gabapentin for both Minnaloushe and Cosmo. The boys are currently having some nice relaxed drug naps on separate floors of the house. Hopefully being doped up for a little while addresses Cosmo's trauma and mellows out Minnaloushe's rampage to interrupt the cycle. Also, Feliway diffusers are deployed in several rooms. We may get anti-anxiety meds for Minnaloushe. I'm half wondering if Minna got keyed up seeing critters on the deck yesterday?
  • 4 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury We've got Minnaloushe separated in a bedroom right now. He jumped directly into my lap, flopped, started purring. I'm like, bud, this is great, can you just stop trying to murder your roommate?
  • 4 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury And I know there's not necessarily human logic in what cats do, but I'm trying to figure it out anyway. Far as i can tell, Cosmo is not an aggressor, he just wants out of the situation. Minnaloushe keeps stalking him and chattering at him before attacking. And it's definitely not play fighting I'm like, did Cosmo do something yesterday that set this off? Is Minnaloushe suddenly feeling sick or in pain that's triggering him? Wish they could speak
  • 4 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury I'm a bit worried that Minnaloushe may need to be the sole pet in a quiet home. He's lovely to us humans. We're his third adoptive home and I'd hate to push him on to his fourth, but drawing blood is a good way to get voted off the island. Talking to the vet, getting feliway and anti-anxiety meds, going to try to get him smoothed out. But, very worried about all this. We've been lucky to have never dealt with this before in 7 cats that we've had at various points
  • 4 days ago
    Content warning:mh-; cat aggression & injury Ugh. We adopted Minnaloushe about 2 1/2 months ago. He's been settling well, though we can tell he's had some trauma at some point. Not aggressive, but hair trigger to throw paws if he gets his boundaries disrespected. Miss Biscuits and Cosmo have mostly respected this, though they both keep making overtures to be friendly. Then, yesterday, he rather abruptly decided that Cosmo needed his ass kicked. Claws out, blood drawn, won't stop stalking him. Cosmo's terrified
  • 5 days ago
    I am having lunch on my deck. I am not alone.
  • 5 days ago
    That my first impulse is to sign each and every one of these randos up for a subscription to hourly cat facts in response is an indicator of my unsuitability for this sort of hustle work
  • 5 days ago
    A thing I'm working at work got posted to Product Hunt. Now my inbox is filling up with emails with subject line "Quick thought on {product name}" from randos - and usually the quick thought is "have you thought about using my product?"

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