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Respite Open Thread: As Long As We’re Talking Chonks

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Gabe and Scout - puppy and kitty

Last time I updated you on Gabe, I think I was still wondering if he was happy here. He’s erased all doubts about that. One day it was like a switch flipped, and he just relaxed into living here. He snuggles when he needs attention, sleeps on my feet at night, spends time outside and comes back when I call him, accepts the ducks as just part of the general craziness here and seems genuinely happy. Oh, and he very often sleeps on top of one of the dogs. Just ’cause.

He has put on a few pounds. But we don’t talk about that here. I’m sure it had a lot to do with being put on such a restrictive diet at the shelter to heal up his UTI. And the stress of the whole upheaval in his life.  As recommended by our very own WereBear, I’ve moved the cats to a mostly wet food diet. He may un-chonk. He may not. He’s still a handsome devil.

Scout is adorable as always.

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  3. 3.

    Mike in NC

    Just watched the first episode of “The Boys” on Amazon Prime. Reminded me of “Watchmen”: superheroes who aren’t such heroes. Seth Rogen’s an executive producer. I’m hooked.

  4. 4.

    zhena gogolia

    We’ve been watching the folk-rock nostalgia fest on public tv. My childhood is flashing before my eyes. There were so many crewcuts and striped shirts.

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    p.a.

    +++ for Gabe. I’ve been introduced to the GF’s 3 cats, 2 dogs (all rescues) & African Grey to (generally) positive reviews. Have not yet met son’s 11′ boa or 5′ python. Not scared of snakes per se, but that’s a lot of linear feet of snake.

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    spudgun

    Ahh, my fave furry guy!! So glad to see Gabe so big and fluffy and contented. And Scout’s still as adorable as ever!

    Had a rough day, so this is an excellent respite!

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    TaMara (HFG)

    @p.a.: I love non-venomous snakes. I pet sat a python once. She would wrap around my wrist while I watched tv to hang out with me. When her owner came to get her, she was wrapped around my wrist when he came in the door – she bit me (I still have the scar) and unwrapped herself and headed toward him. They are just awesome.

    I have nothing against venomous snakes – just the temperament and, you know, venom. LOL

  16. 16.

    p.a.

    @TaMara (HFG): I’ve always heard pythons are more um… worrisome, I guess, than boas.

    Smithsonian: . It is commonly believed that boa constrictors subdue their prey by crushing their bones or squeezing their lungs to suffocate them, but recent research on the constriction method revealed that these snakes employ a different strategy all together.

    Once the snake has its body wrapped around the prey, it squeezes just enough to cause a “circulatory arrest” by cutting off the ability of the heart to pump blood in and out. By keeping blood from flowing to the brain, the animal dies.

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    eclare

    @TaMara (HFG): I used to be a docent at a zoo and loved to take out the ball python for display. More than once it tried to get under my shirt around my waist.

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    CaseyL

    D’aww. Gabe and Scout.

    @TaMara (HFG): TaMara, it sounds like that snake recognized her human and couldn’t wait to reconnect with him. Which is amazing. I like snakes, I like them very much, but I never thought of them as capable of emotional attachment. (Sorry she bit you, though! Talk about lack of gratitude!)

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    Litlebritdifrnt

    FSM help me but I find myself agreeing with Glen Greenwald

    Preservation of the Amazon is imperative for the survival of the planet & the species. That’s a scientific fact. So they world should work with Brazil to ensure it happens, not just demand it of them. Rich countries that are destroying the planet – US, Europe, China – should pay.

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    StringOnAStick

    Were bear is a great resource on cat behavior. I recently discussed our destructive chewer and got some great ideas and advice. Unfortunately our two sister orphans have zero interest in wet food. I’m trying some of the other suggestions.

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    Mnemosyne

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    If it makes you feel better, GG only gives a shit because he has to live there. It wouldn’t even cross his radar if he wasn’t a resident of Brazil.

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    Mnemosyne

    I think a certain amount of pet chonkiness is just genetic. Keaton and Charlotte eat exactly the same food and yet he’s at a normal weight and she’s a chonk. ?‍♀️

    I think Anne Laurie said at one point that Oriental/Siamese cats like Cheryl’s run to chonkiness and Charlotte is basically the twin of Cheryl’s Ric.

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    karen marie

    Excellent advice from Wererbear in re cats and a wet food diet. It kills me to see overweight cats, having lost my own overweight Mr. Mittens (not my choice of names, it came with the cat) at age seven to a stroke . He was the sweetest boy ever but so fat (27 pounds!), he had a hard time licking his own ass. Fat cats are not cute, they’re a life unnecessarily shortened.

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    Mnemosyne

    @karen marie:

    To be clear, when I say that Charlotte is a chonk, I mean that she’s 15 pounds, which the vet says is about 2 or 3 pounds over where she should be. But she does not carry it well, poor thing.

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