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[–] DrSoap@lemmy.world 91 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A few years ago, my cat was limping. I took him to the vet, and he was not limping, walked normally. They checked him out and he let them touch his paw and everything. Took him back home and he was limping again after like 10 minutes. Back to the vet, no limping. Home... limping.

So I start hysterically crying that something is wrong and I'm so scared and I was ugly crying jbti his fur. He stopped limping after that.

I guess he wanted kisses and attention and then realized it was freaking me out? He's been to checkups since, no problems.

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[–] Rootdisk@lemmy.world 60 points 5 days ago

What a lovely manipulative little shithead ❤️

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What a beautiful little stinker!

[–] DrSoap@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks! He's my best friend! :)

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] DrSoap@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Turkish angora. I didn't know when I got him at a shelter. He was super scraggly and sickly. I brought him home and took him straight to the vet. He had ringworm really badly with huge patches of his fur missing and a bad mrsa infection in his paw (which is why I was crying so much, I thought it had come back years later). Once he got better and fed, he really bloomed into a beautiful young man.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Ah, I'll add that to my list of favorite breeds.

Thanks for taking care of the little guy when he needed it the most :)

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I love you and your cat. This entire chain gave me so many feels.